What to do with dismissed loft cisterns?

phloaw · Aug 16, 2025

Hi everyone.
So, I'm finally switching from a traditional boiler to a combi boiler, which will feed everything: water taps and radiators. Therefore, the beloved hot water cylinder will go to the tip. However, I'm not sure what to do with the two feeding cisterns in the loft. The tradesmen will probably just disconnect them and leave them empty in their place. Then I'm free to dismantle and throw them away or do nothing. My idea was the latter, and then use the empty tanks to just store random stuff (diy tools, books, etc.), which would be useful since the loft has no crawling boards, so that it cannot really be used to store stuff itself.

Could there be any issue or unforeseen problem with this idea?

Thanks!
JW

ShaunCorbs · Aug 16, 2025

Cylinder copper if yes scrap it

And other than them being dirty depending on age eg if there galv steel

Zippymark · Aug 18, 2025

Yeah, they'll be full of Limescale most likely, which will dry then flake off. If they can come out easily enough, maybe make a little water feature in the garden or something?

Also, don't take the cylinder to the tip, you'll get maybe £30/40 for it with a scrap metal place