We filled the hole with crusher dust, and David compacted it with the equipment we hired for half a day. It took longer to collect the compactor from town, than it did to compact the site.
The only thing left for us to do now, is dig the trench that will take the water from this new tank, up to the pump of our existing one. All things going well, the truck with the crane, will arrive on Friday morning and lift our tank into place.
Then we'll just need the plumber to arrive and connect it all. Almost there.
It will be great when it is all finished, Chris. We have a 30,000 litre tank here and several smaller ones bought during the drought. All your hard work will be worth it.
ReplyDeleteWith the extra tank we'll have over 40,000 litres of water. Which sounds great, but the catch is, it's our only water supply. I'm looking forward to filling an extra tanks worth of water though.
DeleteI'm glad you got extra smaller tanks, because it really adds up in the end. It can make or break an edible garden.
Hopefully, once it's in, the skies will open and fill it with rain! We have two tanks here on our suburban block. A small one under a section of verandah and a much larger one under our house. So grateful for them, in dry weather they save the garden! Meg:)
ReplyDeleteIt really does help, being able to capture and use your own rain water. I'm glad you're able to do it too. Every bit helps. :)
DeleteHope all goes well for you and everything gets done prior to any rain, there is nothing better than rainwater, especially when its free. Guida.
ReplyDeleteFingers and toes crossed for tomorrow. Delivery driver called this afternoon, and said to expect him at 8.30am.
DeleteI think the rain must be holding off until your a done installing. :)
ReplyDeleteI was wondering that too, lol.
DeleteYou said ..."up to the pump of our existing one". Does that mean the existing one is higher than the new one? Doesn't sound right! Oh, wait, maybe you just meant TO the pump. Oh, I remember now, the new tank is next to the old one but was taller, hence all the excavation work. Duh! Sorry, not having a good 'brain' day here. :-(
ReplyDeleteI don't know about Victoria, but it was a very warm day in Queensland today. So brains are overheating. Well, mine is, lol.
DeleteThe reason the pipe from the new tank is going to the existing pump, is so we can use it to move water between the two tanks. I was a little concerned we'd have to buy another pump for the new tank, but the plumber said the existing pump is rated to be able to do both tanks. He just has to install diverter switches, so we can decide which tank we want the pump to operate.
The first (original) tank, is plumbed to the house, so if it gets drained, we can then switch to the second tank, and transfer the water to the first tank again. All going well that is.
We have a second tank that is connected to the main tank. The second tank is about 30 metres away (at a guess). There is trenched plumbing to allow us to bring the water from the second tank to the main tank.
DeleteAnd today is D Day (or is that T Day), good luck I hope it all goes smoothly, quickly and easily.
Ah, that's interesting your tank is so far away from the other tank, but the same principles still apply.
DeleteThe tank is in though. Booyah! I'll have to do a post on it.
Puff puff - this is so drawn out for you. You will be well tired of it all when it is finished.
ReplyDeleteWe're at the tail end now, of our physical involvement. But it will be so good to sign off this project (fingers crossed) before Christmas arrives. :)
DeleteI need to show this to Dan. He's not entirely settled on a base for our large rain catching tank, which needs to to be hooked up as the rainy season is upon us!
ReplyDeleteThe reason the tank manufacturer's recommend a base of crusher dust, is so that no rocks can work their way into the base of the tank, as it takes the full load of water. A sharp rock in the base, can weaken the plastic, and eventually cause a leak.
DeleteIt just depends how large a tank you have. With our size tank, it's recommended a minimum of 10cms compacted crusher dust. If we thought we could get away with avoiding the base work, we would have, lol. But it's a shame to spend the money and risk getting a leak.
I'm happy to hear you'll be installing a large rainwater tank. It's great to have the extra storage capacity, to take advantage of the rain when it comes. Because it sounds like its a long time between drinks at your place, the same as it is, at ours.