Hi Max,
Thanks for that good info there. At this stage we will put a meter of concrete around the bottom and probably half way up the tank, then once it sets probably put another meter around it. It is a tank for inground installation so that is not a problem and there is no hope of getting any drainage from under the tank as it is in clay all the way and it is over 6 feet deep. With a 1000 litres of water in it it just bobs around like cork. Hopefully with 2 meters of concrete holding it down it should be ok. The chains we have put on it are mainly to hold it in position while we pour the concrete in, fingers crossed
Another thing I have thought about because of the amount of surface water in this yard, which is about 1 acre and dead flat which for months he is unable to mow with his zero turn rideon because it gets bogged easily, is to put in a pit close to the tank so we can pump any water collecting there into the stormwater. That idea is not going down well with my mate but we pumped thousands of litres out of this are over winter this year. Before winter comes again we want to put in a couple of hundred meters of trenches and fill them with scoria. He is getting a lot of water coming in from both properties either side of him. Always a problem if you buy on the floor of a valley, water is always a problem during winter.
Last edited by NormK; 06/01/23 09:23 PM.
