10-09-2009, 03:11 AM
David
I'm surprised that your tank builder got cold feet. My engineer, a rather cautious guy, has no problem using our tanks for foundations. He has stamped plans for us on several occasions for structures built on our standard round cover as well as on octagonal and rectangular concrete covers. I have one image of a small structure under construction on top of a 6000 gallon ferrocement tank here http://pacificgunite.com/covers.htm .
Working with the round shaped cover as a foundation is ideal and won't cost any extra. Those cantilevered covers will run more however.
I'm surprised that your tank builder got cold feet. My engineer, a rather cautious guy, has no problem using our tanks for foundations. He has stamped plans for us on several occasions for structures built on our standard round cover as well as on octagonal and rectangular concrete covers. I have one image of a small structure under construction on top of a 6000 gallon ferrocement tank here http://pacificgunite.com/covers.htm .
Working with the round shaped cover as a foundation is ideal and won't cost any extra. Those cantilevered covers will run more however.