I'm really hoping that all of this works out and pays off. The city water service is $600/yr plus any overages. I'm hoping that we can come up with a safe way to treat our water that we catch off of the roof. If so, we should be ahead by the end of year 2. I'll add a 2nd cistern for water out of the creek to use for irrigation. Don't see any sense in that though until we move out here full time.
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Loaded up and headed home. A tank of gas saved me the $250 delivery fee. I've just got to figure out how to unload it by mylself! |
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Unloading turned out to be pretty easy. Get is started rolling and get out of the way. 250 lbs but it tipped over upright easily. |
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Kim, pounding in steel rebar anchors for pad |
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Boards on completed pad to roll cistern onto |
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Cistern in place on pad. I lucked out in that I miscalculated the width of the tank. Luckily we had an inch or 2 to spare. :) |
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View of cistern beside house |
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Shower system on back of house ready to plumb to cistern. |
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Gutter up and attached |
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Gutter draining into cistern |
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