hot water cylinder tray - wish I'd fitted one!

Go forth, multiply and die spamming femal sexual organ!

Go forth, multiply and die spamming female sexual organ!

Not new. How much? I used a tray from a pet shop and cut a hole in the side for an overflow. Quite cheap.

Except it doesn't work, does it? A burst cyclinder would innundate your tray and the surroundings before the water could drain to the outside.

A large plastic bag would be better. When the cylinder bursts you could put goldfish in it, just like at the fair.

MBQ

Maybe not a catastrophic burst, but should cope with a fair size leak.

It would reduce the risk (outcome x probability) of damage and depending on price and ease of fitting the drain could be worthwhile.

Robert Robert

The money and time would be better spent on a quality tank and taking care over the connections. Decent cylinders simply don't leak of their own accord. And if a cheap one split open, what sized tray would be needed to prevent spillage?

But perhaps you have a pet lion...

We have (had) a decent tank. It did however eventually split (18 years on). Not badly, and it was just a fast trickle; enough to ruin decorations in the room below. A tray would have worked nicely.

Richard, it would? He goes on....

They don't?

Ah - not directed at you since your plumbing skills are well documented on here. You should fit a tray under every joint you make. And another tray under the overflow pipe joint from that tray as that will leak too. A win win situation.

Sad isn't it. Very sad indeed. They are giving him Cauliflower Cheese today you know.

Leaving aside the pork luncheon meat aspect of this post, the actual product seems a bit pants inasmuch as it raises the cylinder by about 50mm which rules it out for most replacements since you'd probably have to re-do all the pipework - not to mention having to arrange yet another overflow pipe. And given the conditions in most airing cupboards there'll be a mass of lint and an old sock sitting in the bottom of the tray blocking the outlet pipe when it does leak. Let's face it: if the cylinder or one of its connections is leaking it demands attention pronto, so I'd be more inclined to fit a flat tray (which doesn't raise the cylinder) with an audible (very) liquid detector to let you know when there's something wrong. Something with a lithium battery should have a reasonable chance of still being working when it's needed.

I don't know how much the spam device costs but the fact that the website (which is pretty pants too) doesn't say suggests it's likely to be outrageously expensive ("if you have to ask you can't afford it").

Can't see myself fitting any unless the customer insists (and is willing to pay the £100+ extra).

If a combi is fitted all this crap is avoided.

So you used the cat tray on a combi?

Sad isn't it? I wonder if they have stopped him walking around the those waders yet.

Didn't know you'd been 'plumbing' here...

He doesn't know the difference between waders and normal shoes. Sad isn't it.