I just can't bring myself to get rid of old pressure tank.

[SimplerTimes]

Many years ago I put in a Flotec Pressure Tank, In part I purchased it because it has a replaceable bladder. 15 years later you cannot find the replacement bladders and it seems people were having trouble finding them even 10 years ago. One year ago today I put in a new pressure tank.

I kept the Flotec hoping I could find a replacement bladder and I was going to add it to my current system thus having a backup tank and more capacity. I have given up on doing so, I do not believe bladders are available. So now I have this 16 year old tank in perfect condition minus the bad bladder and I just cannot bring myself to set it out for scrap. The paint is still perfect, everything about it looks brand new. This was not in a damp crawlspace and it shows.

I have bargained with myself that I will remove the Union from it and scrap it, but I just cannot bring myself to bring it up out of the basement.

Does anyone have any ideas of how I can repurpose the old pressure tank? I thought about making it an air tank, though surely there is something that can be done with it besides that.

 

[ripcord]

What is the pressure rating? How many gallons?

 

[Kira]

Make a wood burning stove out of it? Lots of people did that with water heaters.

Ask other plumbers?

 

[PimTac]

Depending on the size,

A smoker or a grill.

A fire pit.

Emergency water storage.


Lots of possibilities.

 

[RoadDukie]

Cut the bottom off of it...hang it by a rope...
You'd have one heck of a gong.

 

[spackard]

Use it as a family safe. Nobody's going to go looking in there, right?

 

[jhellwig]

The old thick heavy galvanized ones we used to cut in half for water troughs or feed troughs.

 

[eljefino]

Rain barrell?

Weld some stuff to it, paint it pink, have a piggy yard art?