I'm in the process of moving my cold water tank and F&E tank so I can put a proper sized loft hatch in. I am considering putting a drip tray under the tanks, for a few reasons, I had a leak on the isolation valve on one of them which just dripped to the ceiling (fortunately caught it in time), the F&E tank ends up with a lot of condensation on the outside which runs on to the plywood board and can't be doing it any good, and also both plastic overflow pipes had pulled out of the connectors on the side of the tanks!
My thought is to have either a large tray for both, or one for each tank, with a drain hole running to the overflow out of the wall, and direct the tank overflow to the drain hole. So then if the tank or one of the valves sprung a leak it'd catch it, and it'll stop the danger of the overflow pipe pulling out. I could also put an audible flood alarm in just in case the drip tray started filling up. Something like this...
Has anyone done this, and if so what did you use? I'm thinking along the lines of an old shower tray, the bottom part of an old (larger) water tank, or a reasonably priced proper drip tray...but I'm open to suggestions. Or if there's a good reason to not do it, tell me now!
My thought is to have either a large tray for both, or one for each tank, with a drain hole running to the overflow out of the wall, and direct the tank overflow to the drain hole. So then if the tank or one of the valves sprung a leak it'd catch it, and it'll stop the danger of the overflow pipe pulling out. I could also put an audible flood alarm in just in case the drip tray started filling up. Something like this...
Has anyone done this, and if so what did you use? I'm thinking along the lines of an old shower tray, the bottom part of an old (larger) water tank, or a reasonably priced proper drip tray...but I'm open to suggestions. Or if there's a good reason to not do it, tell me now!
