Removing old water storage tanks

krishna

The house we are in the process of buying has several old galvanised water tanks in the loft. They are not in use (there are plastic tanks that have replaced them). Do you have to lift the roof to get them out? Is that why they are still there? The hatch is certainly not big enough.

Poppycat

See this thread

Old water tank in loft want rid
Getting old water tanks out of the loft? (1 2)


We used a jigsaw with a blade that is suitable for a metal, it took ages and and blade got hot approx 2-3 hours with odd break for 2 large tanks one had to be cut up in 4 pieces

irnbru_2

Poppycat wrote: »

We used a jigsaw with a blade that is suitable for a metal

Same here.

Buy spare blades from B&Q and take them back if you don't use them.

Poppycat

I got about 3 blades for about £3 odd from local hardware store and we used them in the jigsaw, we used two blades in the process.

We also kept stopping after 30secs as blades got very hot and cold them down with water on a rag, to speed process up once we had stopped cutting.

It was tough cutting through the rivets though, we in the end prized them open.

barrymung

Why remove them? Stick them in a corner and forget about them.

(They will have been put in before the roof went on)

Poppycat

Maybe Op wants maximise loft space for storage etc as I did when we eventually get loft boarded up

benood

I bought a reciprocating saw on ebay to cut ours up, and got through loads of blades before realising that I needed to keep them cool - oil is best but water is better than nothing.

It's great when you've got rid of the things.

Hitch

As i posted in that thread, buy a couple of good quality blades, such as bosch or Bahco. Then keep it lubricated with some oil, even a bit of engine oil on an old brush will help.

Water wont be much use.

Canucklehead

Hi

Reduce the speed of the jigsaw or recip. saw (if it has one) and the blades will last a bit longer.
Corgi Guy.

ForkHandles_2

Hi,

Buy a cheap angle grinder and 2 spare METAL cutting disks, I got an angle grinder for £12 from Homebase and it took 25 minutes to cut mine up. Be careful with the sparks, try and get them to land inside the tank.

Might be best to leave it till it turns cooler (tomorrow then ), oh, and wear protection, eyes and hands.

Might also be a good idea to have a fire extinguisher handy, just in case.

FH

Just read the previous posts links warning about an angle grinder in the loft, perhaps I should have checked here before I cut mine up, looks like I was lucky:o .

Probably best to use a jigsaw.

FH

Poppycat

I wouldn't risk a angle grinder for obvious reasons, fire.