Fiberglass Tanks Converted Into Storage Shed

Fiberglass Tanks Converted Into Storage Shed BUILDINGS New Techniques 27-4-3 "I couldn't be happier with it," says Jim Kaczmarek Jim's Repair, Hastings, Minn, who converted a pair of 15-ft. long, 12-ft. dia. fiberglass tanks into a storage shed next to his shop. The tanks are made from 1/2-in. thick fiberglass and were originally used to store linseed oil. Jim got them for free and a neighbor hauled them 20 miles on a trailer to Kaczmarek's place. He cut off one end of each tank and then placed both of them together end to end. He partially buried the tanks underground and then put in a concrete floor. He also cut double doors into both ends of the building. He keeps a sandblaster, an air compressor, and an exhaust fan inside the building. Kaczmarek uses the fan to pull exhaust out of running vehicles inside the shop next door. Underground pipe runs from the fan to six outlets in the floor of the shop. The fan is wired to a push button inside the shop, so whenever Kaczmarek wants to use the fan, he runs a piece of hose from the vehicle he's working on to one of the outlets in the floor and turns on the fan. "Regardless of where the vehicle is, with six floor outlets I always have access to an exhaust hose," says Kaczmarek, who also ran hoses from his air compressor and sandblaster into his shop. "The nice thing is that both the compressor and my sandblaster are outside my shop so I don't have to listen to a lot of noise or put up with dirt and dust. Another advantage is that they don't take up space inside the shop, where space is precious." Kaczmarek has put up other fiberglass tank buildings on his farm and he's happy with all of them. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Kaczmarek, Jim's Repair, 16330 Goodwin Ave., Hastings, Minn. 55033 (ph 800 618-8738 or 651 437-7199; e-mail: jimsrepairjimstractors.com or bkacz@jims repairjimstractors.com).

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