I've been working on a 375 acrylic(been months due to weather). Just reinforcing the seals, nothing really wrong, only for peace of mind for myself and landlord.
I've never reinforced seals; I'm nervous I'll break it, asking questions everywhere, yada yada. I'm almost done with the reseal, I'm REALLY excited, looks pretty good for a first time. To get the weld-on #40 to cure in the right spot you have to angle the tank just a couple feet up, not as crazy as I was expecting. Multiple people suggested a saw horse. So I get one, start working on tank, all's well, almost done, I turn it to do the final side, make sure saw horse is stable, go to mix the #40, I glance over to look at my accomplishment annnnd the saw horse collapses right in front of me. I freak out, jump up to inspect what has consumed my thoughts for months, and there's two cracks in the bottom from the overflow moving. I had foam in there and THOUGHT that would be sufficient if it fell. No. APPARENTLY NOT.
SO! If you EVER put a tank up, even if it's just a couple feet, REINFORCE IT!! Make sure to use something that will prevent it from moving. Like a house. Cover tank, then lean it against a house, put saw horse as support. This happened yesterday, now I'm here attempting to learn how to fix my damn tank. Don't be like me... Be smart! Get backups for your backups! If you think "that's probably enough" ; put something else!
I've never reinforced seals; I'm nervous I'll break it, asking questions everywhere, yada yada. I'm almost done with the reseal, I'm REALLY excited, looks pretty good for a first time. To get the weld-on #40 to cure in the right spot you have to angle the tank just a couple feet up, not as crazy as I was expecting. Multiple people suggested a saw horse. So I get one, start working on tank, all's well, almost done, I turn it to do the final side, make sure saw horse is stable, go to mix the #40, I glance over to look at my accomplishment annnnd the saw horse collapses right in front of me. I freak out, jump up to inspect what has consumed my thoughts for months, and there's two cracks in the bottom from the overflow moving. I had foam in there and THOUGHT that would be sufficient if it fell. No. APPARENTLY NOT.
SO! If you EVER put a tank up, even if it's just a couple feet, REINFORCE IT!! Make sure to use something that will prevent it from moving. Like a house. Cover tank, then lean it against a house, put saw horse as support. This happened yesterday, now I'm here attempting to learn how to fix my damn tank. Don't be like me... Be smart! Get backups for your backups! If you think "that's probably enough" ; put something else!
