Sealant slurries have the troubeling tendency to allow leakage as soon as the walls crack in the least. They are basically only a coat of water-sealing paint. As soon as the walls or floor develop some tiny cracks, they leak. And the structural parts probably will crack some. Even if something is built as massive as this? Water is heavy and ground will settle under a lot of mass. You can use them, but be prepared to empty the cistern, clean the walls, and redo the base&sealant every few years. Liner is much more tolerant of unstable ground, settling walls and frost - which is important in DIY projects.
Instead of the lining why not try something like fiber reenforced black jack it’s used for roofs and sealing foundations but would wrk and add strength
One a parapet wall is architectural and provides the step ups and notches for the desert Santa Fe style of our home. Secondly they provide for roofing termination at the structure perimeter and for the scuppers ( a metal flashing that penetrates the parapet ) to control rainwater and direct it into downspouts or other similar runoff control. Thanks for your comment and good question.
Do not do the withdrawal like he did it. It incorrect. The cleanest water is the first foot and should be a floating withdrawal that is under the surface of the water about six inches. On the bottom the water becomes septic.
The rainwater is stored for a very short period of time and only used for landscape watering. It has actually stayed very clean to our surprise when in the cistern for longer.
It would be great if you built a playlist that has each video you uploaded that was related to this project. Please Include a materials list and a link to the plans.
It’s pretty easy to find each video once you are on one of them. The cistern was built to fill a hole dug for grading material for a driveway. There was no material list or plans developed. Just a DIY project to share with other spontaneous thinkers and doers.
Dine Malphrus It was built DIY so I didn’t track my labor. Used left over materials from our home build project so there’s no cost estimate. You’ll need to Do It Yourself aka DIY.
My husband and I were talking about building something just like this at our house! Do you have any issues with the water freezing since some of the tank is above grade? We live in Missouri. It doesn't freeze too cold but we probably have a week or two of below zero temps/year.
We developed a leak in the liner somewhere at 4400 gallons and I just haven’t gotten the n there to make repairs. We’ve had great rain totals last few years so it’s just not on my list right now. Roof was made with left over materials.
@@southwestconstruction4261 Ok, good to know. I am about to drain a 10000 G concrete tank on our farm; it currently holds about 6000 G of water. It has been in place for a very long time (close to 40 years) and it seems to be holding ok. I need to transfer the bulk to a new tank (closer to the barn) ... hence the questions about how it's holding up. Cheers.
danny ho. I don’t know why not but you would need to have some engineering done for it. I used the earth backfill to support the water load. I also had the hole dug from a grading project.
No, well yes but no. It is using the ground to provide back pressure. If you built this above ground you would need to change it to the point it would be cheaper to get a tank. Water pushes out and concrete is stong in compression, not tension. (it pulls apart)
@@letsnotmakethispersonal6021 It looks like he has a bond beam with steel on every course and looks like he has vertical steel every 2 feet. He then grouted it sold. This should be able to be 100% above ground and withstand the outward force . (I’m guessing he has a bond beam every cause because when the camera panned over to his blocks on the pallets all I saw was bond beam block ).
Yes you could, but the paint might not be a cost savings. Look into the paint used for ponds or pools. Home Depot carries "Pond Shield" for about $300 USD per 1.5 gallon kit which will cover about 240 square feet so about $1.25 per square foot per coat. They also sell pond liner for closer to $0.50-0.60 per square foot for the cheap stuff or $0.80-$1 for the better EPDM rubber liner. I did a bit of searching on the Internet for "45 mil epdm pond liner" and found some suppliers that have even better prices and much more selection in sizes.
You can. But those sealant slurries _will_ crack with the settling walls and floor. So you have to empty, clean and redo a few times in the first decade, when shifts in the millimeter percentile lead to leakage. Liner is much more tolerant of slight shifts under the large water loads. And will hold longer if, as here, protected from UV. And, as was already pointed out, those slurries are mighty costly.
3 Quick Questions Please? But first, great job and thank you for sharing your experience. 1- Did you install tall vertical rebar in the slab that passed up through the block? 2- Did you fill all courses of block from slab to top? 3- How much wider/longer is the slab than the block cistern perimeter? Any help is truly appreciated. Thank you & Best Wishes!
OK - Now this is so sensational! Only $2300! do you know about how many gallons this is? I was watching the previous ones - but skipped ahead - I know! I know! I have no patience - possibly even ADHD!! LOL really great build series! super - had to sub your channel! Do you use this for your house water or just water plants etc., and do you use a water pump to pump it out?
did you pay attention to how much this cost you - and how many gallons this holds - I havent watched all of these yet - so you may have said in one of your other videos - Im trying to see if this would be less expensive than buying a plastic water tank... btw - really great series of videos - Ive been on yt for about 2 or more hours trying to find videos on this - and yours - hands down - are the very best - best shoot quality - best explanation of whats going on - really really great videos! Ive saved them all to my playlist so that when we do our water tanks we can follow this exactly - if its cheaper than buying a plastic tank... Thanks for sharing these - they are great!
