Tinacas

boca chica dave · #1 10-19-2009, 09:16 PM

Can someone give me an idea of the prices on certain sizes of tinacas. Also, I remember seeing a thread about cleaning them being a problem. Is there a size to get to make cleaning easier? Thanks

Hillbilly · #2 10-19-2009, 09:38 PM

TINAJAS OR TINACOS...ONE OR THE OTHER...

Tinacos are those big plastic tanks you see on folk's roofs..

HB

boca chica dave · #3 10-19-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly

TINAJAS OR TINACOS...ONE OR THE OTHER...

Tinacos are those big plastic tanks you see on folk's roofs..

HB

Sorry. Tinacos.

JDJones · #4 10-20-2009, 08:26 AM

Dave, stop in any hardware store and ask, everyone is selling them nowadays.

As for cleaning, you can easily clean them by attaching a piece of pvc tubing to a garden hose, and use it to "vacumn" the bottom, or place a sand filter somewhere on the water feed line into it.

boca chica dave · #5 10-20-2009, 11:33 AM

Thanks. I was thinking of a filter- will try to devise something.

Chirimoya · #6 10-20-2009, 11:36 AM

Tinajas, in case anyone was wondering, are large earthenware water jugs, like amphoras.

El Rey de Mangu · #7 10-20-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly

TINAJAS OR TINACOS...ONE OR THE OTHER...

Tinacos are those big plastic tanks you see on folk's roofs..

HB

"Tinacom" is a brand name. The Dominicans say it fast, like many other words, so the "m" is left silent.

It's like says "Fridge". The name originates from the brand name "Fridgedaire" (sp).

À bientôt · #8 10-20-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Chirimoya

Tinajas, in case anyone was wondering, are large earthenware water jugs, like amphoras.

Tinajas: do they still exist? We had one before we had a nevera, and it kept the water cool.

I'm so old: I was selling abrigos en la Duarte by the time FSM inventó el frio.

El Rey de Mangu · #9 10-20-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by El Rey de Mangu

"Tinacom" is a brand name. The Dominicans say it fast, like many other words, so the "m" is left silent.

It's like says "Fridge". The name originates from the brand name "Fridgedaire" (sp).

Could be wrong about the origin of the name Tinaco. The brand is definitely Tinacom, but not aware if the name "tinaco" existed before the Brand name.

The Tinajas were the older ball-shaped fiberglass water tank models.

À bientôt · #10 10-20-2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by El Rey de Mangu

Could be wrong about the origin of the name Tinaco. The brand is definitely Tinacom, but not aware if the name "tinaco" existed before the Brand name.

The Tinajas were the older ball-shaped fiberglass water tank models.

Fiberglass? We had a clay tinaja before fiberglass was ever invented.