Savoy Hotel, Bournemouth – Cold Water Tank Lining

Savoy Hotel, Bournemouth – Cold Water Tank Lining The Savoy Hotel in Bournemouth needed to address a problem with the tanks used to store and supply water to the hotel. In total there were ten full size galvanised steel cold water tanks located within the attic void of the hotel. All the tanks were heavily corroded and it was a matter of time before they would start to leak. Replacing the tanks would have been impractical due to the limited space available, the cost of replacing the potable water tanks would have been prohibitive (possible roof removal) and there was only six days available in which to complete the work. With only a 15 inch clearance between the top of the tanks and the ceiling, working conditions were restrictive to say the least. Rather than replace the tanks, it was decided to have the tanks relined with a potable water tank lining system. The work was scheduled to be carried out during their maintenance shutdown period the week before Christmas. For this work we used a multi coat tank lining system which is a solvent free epoxy resin glass-flake reinforced tank lining system which has been especially developed for the lining of fresh or potable water tanks in situ. To minimise duct and noise pollution we manually prepared the internal surface of the tanks to clean and abrade the surface ready for the new lining. We removed any remaining dust and fine particles with an industrial vacuum cleaner. After the tanks were completely clean, we then applied the specialist rust converting primer coat. Once primed, the deep caters were filled with a special epoxy resin void filling paste and then we applied two coats of the glass-flake reinforced potable water tank lining material. After a suitable curing / hardening period all the tanks were tested for Dry Film Thickness and the absence of Micro Porosity. The work from our side was completed in just four days, two days ahead of time, and the tanks returned to normal service the following morning. The life expectancy of the newly lined cold water tanks is now in excess of 20 plus years.

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