12-26-2007, 10:19 AM
A further look at contaiers as watertanks. I have located a source of full sized 20x8x8'6 liner for under 900.00. If you lined it with ply on the sides only and made the overflow big (3"
you wouldn't need a top, as the container would be the top. Cut in a good sized manhole which could house a direct easy clean filter. These liners are potable 20 mil white with fully welded seams, weighing about 120 lbs(for shipping). The volume is about 10,000 gals. Also as to gravity feed, we lived with a 200 gal tank at about 10' overhead. If you use full 1" pipe thruout the house, it will provide everything including a shower with plenty of water. A somple toilet float valve switch to a 12 volt direct pump keeps the pressure up at all times. Hooked directly to your containertank, your lift is minimal and electricity is minimal. Granted you won't get blasting LA pressure but it's plenty enough and helps conserve. The key here is to make the whole system 1" minimum. Also in reguards to fire supression, shold saya volunteer unit show up, they'd have 10K of water to work with as this tank wouldn't melt.
you wouldn't need a top, as the container would be the top. Cut in a good sized manhole which could house a direct easy clean filter. These liners are potable 20 mil white with fully welded seams, weighing about 120 lbs(for shipping). The volume is about 10,000 gals. Also as to gravity feed, we lived with a 200 gal tank at about 10' overhead. If you use full 1" pipe thruout the house, it will provide everything including a shower with plenty of water. A somple toilet float valve switch to a 12 volt direct pump keeps the pressure up at all times. Hooked directly to your containertank, your lift is minimal and electricity is minimal. Granted you won't get blasting LA pressure but it's plenty enough and helps conserve. The key here is to make the whole system 1" minimum. Also in reguards to fire supression, shold saya volunteer unit show up, they'd have 10K of water to work with as this tank wouldn't melt.
Gordon J Tilley