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Originally Posted by rohrmann
Actually, there are four braces, two were the original U-shaped ones and two 1 1/2" angle iron braces I added, so they are about a foot apart from each other. I attached them with the same 1/4 X 1" TEK screws like what was used on the other braces and also used to attach the coroplast. The tanks are sloped at 1/2" per foot, so I just grabbed a couple of 2 X 4's I had laying around to start with, as that spot was at the 1 1/2" space. Not having any other scrap lumber, I ended up buying a sheet of 1/2" foam board and a roll of tape that happened to be red. I cut the board to make a 1/2", 1", and 2" spacers. I then installed the braces and glued the blocks of foam taped together with the red tape to the bottom of the tanks with silicone caulking. After that was set up, I removed the braces, installed the coroplast back on, and then reinstalled the braces. This is a better photo of the braces.
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Excellent fix images.
Just to make sure I understand, the angle you added needs the support blocks so the brace actually supports the tank? IE the tank doesn't go all the way down against the coroplast? I was thinking of adding crossmembers of 1.5" angle as you did, thinking the tank was against the coroplast, but it looks like I need to add blocks like you did to support the tanks weight. This seems to be a good project to avoid the inevitable from happening.
I had a similar tank dropping issue in my Rockwood kitchen grey tank, but I think it was down against the underlayment they use. The first sign was sink water weeping out of the cabinet, then I noticed the coupling hose was disconnected and found the tank shifted .
Did you cut out a section of the coroplast? It seems like it might be good to get a layout of the tank locations to do this to all the tanks.
Thank you
Allen