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Bob and Susan
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no one listens...DON'T ever paint...
its expensive too...
it WILL chalk and bubble...then you can never remove it all without a sand blaster
big mistake...its ONLY a temp fix
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weebray
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Fernweh, you just threw 250 bucks away. Just looking at the construction it is obvious that you are going to have problems with cracks in el futuro.
I totally disagree that the tinaco's are not "as advertised". I guess there may have been a manufacturing defect that caused a failure but that is
extremely rare. I just talked to the jefe at Ayala, our local plumbing supplier, and he said he had only seen "a couple of leakers" in 17 years of
selling tinacos. The leaks were caused by defects in the manufacure. He had never seen or heard of a complete failure. Hands down the least costly
option is to dig a hole, put the tinaco/cistern in the hole and backfill with a cemento gris and dirt mixture.
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
I have a concrete block pila. It leaks and has been leaking. Stucco was applied to seal it but it still leaks. I was told yesterday to apply a coat
or two of fiberglass two-part resin (without the fiberglass) after completely drying the pila. If I survive the confined space application... I will
use a roller to apply on the inside of the tank
I'm looking for advice. Do you think it will work? Any other ideas?
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Marty,
That pila leaked 15 years ago when my mom leased that house. We tried to "fix" it many times. If the black tinacas were around back then we would have
put one inside and called it good. The blue barrels were all we had, so she dealt with it. Good luck!
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Bob and Susan
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can you imagine the size of the mosquitoes that will breed in that open thing
in a week it will get brown alge...in 10 days GREEN!!!
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Fernweh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
can you imagine the size of the mosquitoes that will breed in that open thing
in a week it will get brown alge...in 10 days GREEN!!! |
But it tastes so good on the flour tortillas.......
Relax, a cow drinks approx 70 liters of water a day, so 200 cows will need.........that pila is filled everyday with fresh water from the well - with
a Grundfos solar pump at 4000liters/Hr.
We do only cold bottled Peligrino's
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bigjohn
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Mosquitoes? There are mosquitoes in Baja? 
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