Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (ajchan) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:14:47 GMT

Picking up the floor under the salon table will require removing the table and the round pedestals that are screwed through to the floor with #14 flat head slot screws. Once the table is up, the piece of flooring under the salon is actually one of the easier ones to get up, as all you have to do is unscrew the perimeter. It will lift up with a minimal amount of fuss and you will see the plywood (painted white on TPO) as soon as you lift the floor.

There is no need to cut anything to...

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (svzephyr44) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:09:40 GMT

I am going nuts. I thought that when I picked up the floor in the main salon (1995 2 cabin pullman) all I saw was fiberglass. Yes, the pullman bunk tank has a wood plate on top and a cleanout under it. But I am expecting to have to cut thru a fiberglass (not plywood) floor to get to the top of the tanks to the starboard and port of the bilge. Am I just dreaming all of this? If I pick up the floor under the salon table will I find a plywood plate? Help me out here...

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (ajchan) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:49:40 GMT

The water tanks sit in a well that is molded into the sub floor. The tanks are recessed far enough into the well to permit a piece of 3/4" plywood to cover the tank and sit flush with the subfloor. The plywood is screwed down at fairly close intervals with #10 oval screws to act as a hold down for the tank. There is no other physical restraint for the tank, other than the 3/4" piece of plywood. (all of the tanks are held down this way)

I put 6 inch clean out ports in the...

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (SteveInMD) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:55:58 GMT

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Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (svzephyr44) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:14:48 GMT

I remember that there was a thread somewhere about adding clean out ports to the main starboard and port water tanks. I am considering doing this as part of the spring commissioning process. My question to whoever did it: Did you lift the flooring and install the ports as flush as possible, then replace the flooring, or do the ports show over the flooring. The reason for my question is I am not seeing ports that would install flush to the deck, rather they would have a small (perhaps 1/8...

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (brucegorle) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:11:40 GMT

Thank you. I went to a wine making shop and purchased a product they use to clean various implements and carboys and it as presently sitting in the tanks busily (I hope) sanitizing. I like the idea of using vinegar in the flush water so will try that.
Bruce Gorle
Lifes Tough

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (peter) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:22:49 GMT

If you add a cup of white vinegar per tank to the flush water you have the recipe for potable water

Re: Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (cqr35) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:45:45 GMT

Each Spring, I flush the antifreeze out with several partial tank fulls of water. Then I add about a cup of bleach into a gallon of water, add to each tank, and top them off with fresh water. I then let them sit for the month or so between the last freeze and the first sail. Drain, flush once, and refill. Works for me.

Kevin
Harmony #729

Cleaning Fresh Water Tanks

feeds@yuku.com (brucegorle) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:10:32 GMT

I got some bad fresh water last summer so I would like to clean the tanks as part of my Spring commissioning this year. Does any one have a sure fire recipe to flush/clean the tanks?
Thank you
Bruce Gorle
Lifes Tough
#903 2 cab