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.
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
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.
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 ).
