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I have a used tank that was stored in a garage in a fluctuating climate so the seal is shot on it. You can also tell it has been badly resealed before by just adding a ton of silicon on top of the old.
I started to remove all the old silicon to reseal it, which went fine on all the sides and seemed like an easy job, until I hit the issue I have now with the overflow.
I know that I need to remove the center flow tower to seal the tank correctly, besides the overflow is not the original glass overflow the tank was meant to come with. it was obviously a poorly made home job that it is cracked in a few spots and out of square.
Normally, I would not think twice to cut it out and replace it, BUT... This is something I have never seen before and it scared me enough to bring me to a screeching a halt.
This overflow has two thin pieces of glass that run along the inside of the overflow box. It definitely seems like they were for the original glass overflow but now they are using it as like a secondary brace for the plastic overflow to create an extra seal? I am having a heck of a time trying to remove this overflow and I an scared to go at it hard because I am not entirely sure about the glass pieces function.
ANY Help or input is much needed right now.
I started to remove all the old silicon to reseal it, which went fine on all the sides and seemed like an easy job, until I hit the issue I have now with the overflow.
I know that I need to remove the center flow tower to seal the tank correctly, besides the overflow is not the original glass overflow the tank was meant to come with. it was obviously a poorly made home job that it is cracked in a few spots and out of square.
Normally, I would not think twice to cut it out and replace it, BUT... This is something I have never seen before and it scared me enough to bring me to a screeching a halt.
This overflow has two thin pieces of glass that run along the inside of the overflow box. It definitely seems like they were for the original glass overflow but now they are using it as like a secondary brace for the plastic overflow to create an extra seal? I am having a heck of a time trying to remove this overflow and I an scared to go at it hard because I am not entirely sure about the glass pieces function.
ANY Help or input is much needed right now.