Adrian wrote:
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Walking past my water butt today, I noticed a wet patch on the ground,
and a jet of water coming from the bottom of the water butt. Closer
investigation shows that there is a crack close to, but separate from
the drain valve. Is this likely to be fixable (it is made of an
unknown type of plastic), or is it RIP water butt ?


Adrian

Thanks for the replies and suggestions.

Whilst I prefer to fix things if I can, I suspect that this might be one
of those things that isn't going to be easily fixable. I've just had
another look at it, the crack is the best part of an inch long, and is
right at the bottom, so hard to get at from the inside.


Adrian
Easy to weld as long as it is empty.
I just welded a crack about 500 mm in the bottom of a kayak.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8001797_weld...ring-iron.html
Although I used a heat gun similar to this.
http://www.ebay.com.au/bhp/plastic-welding-gun