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    gidday pearly question for ya. Iam cutting a door and window in an old water tank thats seen better days. This is gonna be a cubby house for the grand kids but whats your ideas on making the edges safe, after an angle grinders done its thing. Tried 20mm heavy duty plastic water pipe but cant bend it. So on a friday arvo with nothing else to do I need your ideas please. Make em simple and cheap
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    I'd just make up a wooden frame and fit architraves inside and out.
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    13 or 19mm black poly garden irrigation pipe?

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    I am with Pulse on this one, stick on with silastic.

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    Yep pulse is on the hammer here only I would pop rivet the hose/pipe on.

    Not that wooden architrave does not look good just not as fast or easy. But if you have the time and the wood go on have a play.

    Are you puting a roof over the tank or is it in fair nick as far as that goes??

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    thanks guys poly pipe is the go bugger is Ive got 200 m back in Adelaide and none here. Grand Kids due in 2 weeks. Damn mutter mutter fitz gritzrim rim stuff it and the bloody prices they charge here too. Its got the original flat lid on and covered that in with spare sheet metal and silicone seal. Man farmers buy and use that stuff in bulk. Crazy to think its cheaper to buy 6 tubes than 3 seperately.
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    An aggy supplier? It's not unusual for 'em to have "scrap" lengths that some mongrel has driven over or dumped a load on, causing crimps or splits so they can't sell normally.

    Come to that, any rural tip should have short lengths rattling around somewhere...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonto View Post
    gidday pearly question for ya. Iam cutting a door and window in an old water tank thats seen better days. This is gonna be a cubby house for the grand kids but whats your ideas on making the edges safe, after an angle grinders done its thing. Tried 20mm heavy duty plastic water pipe but cant bend it. So on a friday arvo with nothing else to do I need your ideas please. Make em simple and cheap
    Tonto
    Dont forget to fill er up with water before they use it...


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