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Repairing water tanks

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'''Step 3:''' Tie sheets of weld mesh together with binding wire and wrap them tightly around the tank and plaster the outside of the tank with 3 cm of plaster 1:3.

*Alternatively, wrap chicken mesh tightly around the cracked tank after which a spiral of barbed wire, gauge 12.5 is wrapped tightly around the chicken mesh with a spacing of 5 cm at the lower half of the tank and 10 cm apart on the upper part of the tank. Thereafter plaster the outside of the tank with 3 cm of plaster 1:3.and keep it moist under shade for 3 weeks.

*Paint the tank with a weather proof paint made of 1 part cement to 10 parts of lime mixed with water.

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