Water tank corrosion? Is this tank history?

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  • March 30, 2011 11:28 PM
    Reply # 558228 on 552828

    To installing a bladder into the existing water tank of a W28 I think you may be able gain enough access to the original tank from under the starboard and aft settee seats without having to compromise or cut any of the visible or structural interior liner.   You should be able to gain access into the top of the water tank from either or both of those locations. 

    There should be a piece of 1/2" plywood in the locker bottoms over the top of the tank at these locations, cutaway the plywood using something like a Fein vibrating saw to expose the tank top.  Then cut into the tank.  The current fill is located under the aft part of the settee. 

     

    Kevin 

  • April 01, 2011 11:23 AM
    Reply # 559444 on 558228
    Anonymous
    Kevin Donahue wrote:

    To installing a bladder into the existing water tank of a W28 I think you may be able gain enough access to the original tank from under the starboard and aft settee seats without having to compromise or cut any of the visible or structural interior liner.   You should be able to gain access into the top of the water tank from either or both of those locations. 

    There should be a piece of 1/2" plywood in the locker bottoms over the top of the tank at these locations, cutaway the plywood using something like a Fein vibrating saw to expose the tank top.  Then cut into the tank.  The current fill is located under the aft part of the settee. 

     

    Kevin 

    That was a great help! I had no idea that I could access the tanks from within the lockers.  I'm going to the boat this weekend to recon the situation. I may do the bladder thing but eliminating the weight of a steel tank from the boat is an appealing idea also.
  • April 01, 2011 12:08 PM
    Reply # 559481 on 552828

    One of the biggest problems with bladders is that they are very subject to abrasion.  You need to make sure that the space completely around the bladder is very smooth.  If it is going inside an existing tank, then the inside of the tank has to be lined with a smooth plastic type material, such as 1/4" or thicker sheet foam, plastic, or rubber.

    Maybe better to cut an opening large enough, and insert a polyethylene holding tank.  There are lots of commercially available sizes and shapes available.

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