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Originally posted by terracore
We've never had our catchment tank cleaned. What exactly do they do?
We had ours done maybe a year ago. Tim's Catchment Cleaning did it. Our tank is one of the large diameter ones. It's about 22 feet across but not very tall. He removed the cover, and found that the people we bought the house from were using a large like a beach ball, to hold the cover up. He said that's not a good method long term, as the rubber ball will break down and the particles go through the system. So, we had him put on the metal supports and tossed the ball.
He used like a shop vac, wet or dry. He also installed a lady's nylon using a very large hose clamp, onto the the big white pvc pipe that drops the water into the tank from our gutters. That nylon catches a lot, o all of the dirt, chunks, etc that would have gone into out tank. We check that nylon now and then and replace when it needs it. Our house, gutters, tank, everything were built in 1996, and I bet it's all original.
Watch the condition of your tank as far as rust goes too. A friend of mine had his tank basically split and dump all the water all over due to rust. I think the companies that assemble new tanks can probably put one together and get it up and working in a few days. My friend hooked up a chain to his truck and pulled the bad tank out of the way for the people to erect the new one. But, 12,000 gallons of water suddenly dumped from a busted tank isn't a good thing.
Tim's number is 808-443-4048 assuming he's still in this line of work.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
