06-22-2008, 10:30 AM
Ferrocement is a magic substance, and it's will worth any DIY kind of person to learn the skill. It's used all over the world for most anything as it is far and a way the cheapest building material out there.
The tank can go where ever, and look like whatever. Be creative. Here's a picture of one, very simple but it describes the process and shows what you can do. Scale up or down if you want. If you want your catchment tank to look like a concrete dinosaur peering over the palms, that could be done too. The beauty of the technique for remote sites especially is that no one need carry in anything bigger than a 100 pound sack of concrete, which is great, because you can't get a boom truck in just everywhere, and if you don't want to clear your lot, it's about the only option.
http://aquamor.tripod.com/rainwaterb.htm
You simply cannot believe how strong the material is until you're familiar with it. A 2000 gallon ferrocement tank with have walls 5/8s of a inch thick and feel like plate steel.
The tank can go where ever, and look like whatever. Be creative. Here's a picture of one, very simple but it describes the process and shows what you can do. Scale up or down if you want. If you want your catchment tank to look like a concrete dinosaur peering over the palms, that could be done too. The beauty of the technique for remote sites especially is that no one need carry in anything bigger than a 100 pound sack of concrete, which is great, because you can't get a boom truck in just everywhere, and if you don't want to clear your lot, it's about the only option.
http://aquamor.tripod.com/rainwaterb.htm
You simply cannot believe how strong the material is until you're familiar with it. A 2000 gallon ferrocement tank with have walls 5/8s of a inch thick and feel like plate steel.