Turn your water off!!/Cold Water Tank Lid - where can I get one?

simonhgreen

Hi guys

Came back from 3 weeks in Oz today & thanked my lucky stars I turned the water off!

When I turned it on the overflow was chuckin it out - I dread to think what 3 weeks worth would have cost (I'm on a meter)!

The chaps who insulated everything just taped the foam (in black polythene) over the tank. This had sagged and landed on the ballcock, causing the valve to be held open.

What I'm after is any advice as to how to fashion an appropriate (robust) lid. There is a pipe which comes over and into the tank so I would need a hole/slit/slot to accommodate this. One side of the tank is also fast against the joist so it make take some manoevering to get in place.

Can I buy (and if so where from) any suitable lids, or am I better getting a sheet of something (don't know what) and cutting it to size?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

shammyjack

50mm polystyrene sheet will do the job if not carrying weight and will also insulate but a proper plastic lid from a Plumbers Supplies would be better and should not cost more than a fiver !

shammy

kenshaz

Yes you can buy lids for plastic tanks,any plunmbers merchant in fact bye-laws demand it ,but you could cut a piece of ply to fit keep it simple

plumb1_2

Ask for a byelaw 30 kit

simonhgreen

Thanks guys, very useful as ever.
Cheers

plumb1_2

simonhgreen wrote:

Thanks guys, very useful as ever.
Cheers

there is a tab to thank people:cool:

simonhgreen

Do the lids come with a slot/hole in them?

The reason I ask is because the vent(?) pipe that goes over the top and into the tank finishes lower than the brim of the tank.

If the lid is entirely solid it means I wouldn't be able to fit it to the tank because it would hit the down pipe when I tried to put it on the tank.

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Thanks

plumb1_2

simonhgreen wrote:

Do the lids come with a slot/hole in them?

The reason I ask is because the vent(?) pipe that goes over the top and into the tank finishes lower than the brim of the tank.

If the lid is entirely solid it means I wouldn't be able to fit it to the tank because it would hit the down pipe when I tried to put it on the tank.

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Thanks

The lid is solid, you will have to drill/cut a hole in it.

kenshaz

plumb1 wrote:

there is a tab to thank people:cool:

do you think he will press the thank-you tab this time ,if not have one from me

jockettuk

could have been worse my friend came back from hols to find her overflow had blocked and it ran into her daughters bedroom and over a fortnight it eventually brought down her ceiling and ruined all the furniture and might have caused more they waiting for the reports... think she might turn off her water next time

plumb1_2

if going on holiday etc, have 1 of these http://www.plumb-warehouse.co.uk/ishop/images/968/remote.jpg