(02-09-2024, 12:02 AM)kalianna Wrote: This post couldnʻt be more timely. We have been told that our catchments (yes, two of them) are both in danger of catastrophic failure. Contacted Island Catchment and havenʻt heard back from them yet. Been waiting three weeks on Hawaii Catchment for the bid after they came and looked and tried to leave a message for the Catchment Dude but his voice mailbox was full.
Try texting him.
(02-09-2024, 02:43 AM)macuu222 Wrote: We tried to get a quote from Island Catchment. They wanted $90.00 to come down and look so we tried others that didn't charge. Also....and I did not know this. Island Catchment and Waterworks are both owned by the same person.
They are apparently owned by the same person but operate much differently. For example, Waterworks came and gave us a quote for free. I didn't know that Island Catchment charged a fee. And like I previously had said the quotes we got from Waterworks were higher. Maybe because their office in Hilo has higher rent?
Waterworks wanted to install the new liner over the old liner. Catchment dude said that wasn't a good idea because the liner needs to be removed to properly inspect the tank and make sure there is nothing sharp under it, and also that when the tank is empty (a prerequisite for installing a new liner) it sags down away from the walls and its impossible to get a good install over something like that. Normally he cuts and removes the liner, leaving just the part on the top to give extra padding over the abrupt edge of the top, and he leaves the bottom to provide extra padding over the ground, but he still has to pull it up and inspect underneath of it, and when doing that to mine it was so old and brittle he said it was going to be a liability rather than an extra 25 mil of padding.
Basically I had the impression that Waterworks didn't want the extra hassle of removing and disposing of the old liner. I originally thought that leaving the old liner in place was a good idea, until I learned the reasons why it wasn't.