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Thankyou for these videos, you guys are doing some awesome stuff out there!!! A question of practicality from someone that has only dabbled so far - would it make sense in some circumstances to simply dig the hole and just line that? What is the real purpose for earthbags when already in the ground and using a liner?
The amount of physical labor you both put into this project is incomprehensible for most people. I have worked in construction for 40 years, all I can say is Wow and maybe you need a tractor. What a great job.
I have to admire your persistence most of all. There were moments where I couldn't see your vision. But, then you'd do the next episode and I would sit up straight and exclaim, "Ah ha!". Keep going. Your race has barely begun.
I'm shopping for a 10k gallon direct burial right now in Cali & all the numbers I'm getting are in the $20,000.00 range! You guys killed it & you will never regret going that big... especially when water becomes more valuable than gold! I know this is old but thought it would add to the awesomeness of what you guys accomplished... keep on keepin' on!
The value of water is directly related to scarcity:if you are dying of thirst it is more valuable than gold.If you are drowning then water has is worthless.
WELL DONE TO BOTH OF YOU. What an an amazing job, you both should be extremely proud of this accomplishment. When you first started, I thought to myself 'This will take them forever😳'. Well, 'Forever' is here. Congratulations on this major milestone of your dream home😃
Living in Az myself this gives me great feeling that one day I'll have my own off grid retirement home. After they stated their cost I had to see how much a tank that size would cost...😱😂 they go from 12k-15k, don't for forget the install and deliver. The hard work pays off and looks beautiful! Keep it up you two.
Coming from a guy who has done a LOT of home construction projects himself, this projects may have been financially cheap, but there has to be a value for your own time and labor. Because building that looks like a heII of a lot of work for a man and woman! If you two really built it by just yourselves by hand, I’ve got to hand it to you both!
Green Dream Project Jim and Jessica, My Uncle and I are looking at some land around St Johns, AZ and are going to live off grid, build us a cistern and house from earthbags as well!!! You guys did a fantastic job with this!!! Your filming is awesome, your work and work ethic is superb, before you know it you'll have your house done as well. You need to either get something to leach the toxicity from the cement or seal it so it won't leach into the rain water...unless Ferrocement is already nontoxic, I haven't researched it to know!!!! The surface area of the top of your cistern with the gutter is 415.27 ft2. For every 1000 ft2 and 1" of rain one collects 600 gallons of water. So, at your basically 415 ft2 which is a little less than 1/2 the 1000 ft2 you will collect just off the cistern approximately ***250 gallons*** of water for every 1" of rain you get, just off of the cistern!!! You figure your area because it's round, by taking the radius and square it then multiply by Pi/3.14, so 11.5 X 11.5 X 3.14 = area of 415.27 ft2!!! I'm so happy for you guys!! Thank you for sharing your journey!!!!
Wow. Living in the Midwest we build Cisterns so differently. Coming from the Midwest It just doesn’t look like it would hold water but I’m sure it functions perfectly.
I'm so impressed! I'm from the VI, and it's the law to have cisterns there. For a normal average home, we figure the cost is around $30 to $45K. Most people I know with a normal house have at least 15K gallons. The law states (simplified) that every square foot of roof = cubic foot of water. $2500 is beyond amazing!
governments can be silly. In Oregon it is against the law to collect rainwater. I'm all for collecting it, just not government mandates. Hawe an awesome week in the beautiful VI
I showed my mother what your doing so she could understand why im going that direction for my grand children. She really enjoyed watching you.while we were at my gallery.
For future reference, for making liners. Sew old bedsheets together, then soak them in melted bees wax. Particularly the dirtiest part of the bees wax. (The throw away portion). Seems like the grit in it helps seal better. This is what my landscaping guy does for small backyard coy fish ponds.
Congratulations on the completed project. After watching all the videos of your sistern build, I've decided one thing. I'm definitely buying pre-made water tanks LOL you guys put a lot of work into that and I admire that.
That’s an amazing structure. And to have made it yourselves brings it to whole other level of accomplishment. By the way was the digger a free gift from a friend. If so big bonus.
Damn, this is hardcore physical work, I think you're the reincarnations of some pyramid ou cathedral builders, and the result is amazing and priceless in terms of autonomy, congratulations!
absolutely brilliant. i have 10K for my orchard and love it. i am in much colder region so mine is fully under ground and i did not put outlet at the bottom keeping my liner in tact. i am on solar power and pump the water out from top.
Beauty is in simplicity. This couple is humbled and beautiful, not only I like watching them achieving their project, I also like how they correctly name insects, which makes this friendly channel perfect for family and all audiences. I gladly subscribed and I can't wait to see you starting on the house project. It will be nice if you add a Q & A session at the end of each video. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Well done.
Keep on rockin in the free world. I would like to see a double size garden before you start the house. How about a shade tree in your little oasis and fruit trees. I will always watch your videos, like Dan said because your always doing stuff.
Greensteader here🤘 Congratulations on a job well done. I know you both poured a ton of sweat Equity into this project. I hope it provides you with free water for 100+ years.
Que gran idea! Y que bien ejecutada! Me encantan sus videos y siempre son muy ilustrativos, gracias por enseñarnos como desafiar al sistema y aprovechar los recursos disponibles. Dios los bendiga amigos. Saludos desde la Baja Sur!
The determination and effort involved in this build is truly inspiring. The savings and experience were well worth it. Man, you two did something special here. It looks pretty cool too. ❤️👍🙌🌧️
So the one thing that you didn't account for, that I think you should have, was the cost of digging the hole. You can probably divide by 3 (since there were 3 holes dug), but I'm sure it's not going to raise the cost by much. Of course there are other small things, if we want to be pedantic, but I don't think those matter in the greater scheme of things. Good job on the build, you two, that's definitely an epic feat!
Thanks Raoul! I was thinking about the dig. I didn't add it on, because one, it was mainly for the house build, and two I thought technically somone could hand dig it. So I mainly kept it to materials that went into the cistern.
Now you know what you can accomplish by working together! Congratulations for a job well done and I look forward to your epic home-build in the future!
cool fun project.. although I am not sure about everyone else watching, but still wondering how you plan to sanitize that much water and keep it sanitized... I mean pretty much everything on this planet wants to get into your cistern and live there...
This is amazing, but I wanted to see the connections and hear about the amount of rain you typically get, how long it takes to fill, what you use it for, etc.
Amazing job you guys!! You have totally given my husband and I both inspiration and hope for our future off grid life!! We are currently in escrow on our new 41 acre homestead in Northern AZ (coconino county)!! I'm behind on videos because we have been busy but...can't wait to see what's next. Thanks so much for sharing your journey ❤️
I love this. I am planning to buy some property in the same area. Don't be surprised if I stop by and get some help doing the same thing. I was going to buy the barrels, but if I do what you did, it will save tons of money. Keep up the great work.
You two shonuff worked your butts off on this project! Well worth the cost over having to buy a tank no doubt. Awesome job done you two. Notice I did not say all Jess this time. LMBO. Stay safe my friends and have a great weekend!
That much among of water can be used to store a lot of potential energy to another tank 4 meter higher if we use the concentrated sunlight thermal pump all days. When the water falling back to the big-tank through a pipe, the water flow can drive a turbine to generate electricity at night while the concentrated sunlight pump is doing the same.
Fortunately your TIME is free.. and with everything you had to purchase to "do" the job it came up to more than 2500, but I am sure you have plans to reuse those items again.. (Technically you can store ~56 tons of water.). Damn good job and a true asset to your homestead.!!
Yep. Labor is the big deal. I have done all of my own fencing on the homestead. Because I wasn't paying labor I could use the best horse no climb fencing. So far I think I've spent about $6 - 7k on posts, fencing and hardware. Up here fencers would have quoted $22 - $25 per FOOT! So I am estimating that I have about $70k of fencing had I had someone come in and do it. That's the way it has been the whole 8 years out here. I am retiring from all this construction once the last of my fencing is in (8 days!). I need to live it and run it now. My infrastructure construction has been killing me. Time to bask in the glow.
Great video and what an awesome project for a great price! I can't wait for the rains to come. You two should be very proud of yourselves for what you've accomplished with your hard work, frugality in your choice of materials and out of the box thinking. You make me happy to be a Greensteader,!
You guys did a wonderful job....watching you toil away for the last several weeks, well months, I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. But in the end, you did it and you most certainly gave me reasons to consider something similar for my own purposes :)
I would love to have something like that at my house. Of course i would have to put gutter up on my roof. But that is already in the plans. But i only have 2 IBCs for the catchment. I plan on using this to water on my garden and emergency water( once it's filtered.
I live in Northeastern Arizona just right outside of the White Mountains. The cistern is a great idea even up here. We have a well, but I would love to rain harvest.
Man that is a lot of hydrostatic head on the connection if it ever gets full. Water weighs almost 8.5Ibls per gallon so I truly hope it holds. You will have about 20psi of pressure at the valve. I hope you fulfill your dreams.
Jim and Jess, great job on the build! Its impressive for sure. Water security is number one in the desert and you are ready for the monsoons now. I can't wait to see this one fill up. :). Super happy for you both.
A true labor of love that will give back several fold long into the future! What would I do? I will follow Handeeman's approach. Get one of those 30,000 gallon monsters!
Until you need a boat to access it you can't go too large on water security in the desert. The fact that 14000 gallons would be multiple years of water so once full you no longer need to worry about if it is a dry or wet monsoon season. Odd question but would you like a visual indicator of water level in the tank without ever needing to open the hatch? Very simple build using a float ball normally found in a toilet tank screwed onto a fiberglass rod that connects between the float in the cistern and the rod exiting a small drilled hole for it. A simple high vis flag on the end of the rod and measurements painted onto it and you can know exactly how much water is inside as the 1 foot of water equals 1,697.93 gallons
@@ourselfreliantlife Don't worry I stole the idea from Engineer775 as he put in one to be able to see the level in the tank on the hill without needing to go up there. I properly removed all the serial numbers before passing the idea on as it is such a simple method as a float and fiberglass push rod 8-10 feet long so everything is under $100 including paint. When next to a post it is easy to paint on how full the tank is as it is 25% per 2 feet of water. Can also enclose the marker flag to help keep bugs and dust out when the wind is blowing using a 2-4 inch clear section of pipe with a cap on the top and cemented to the cistern cap on the bottom but that would add another $100 or so onto the cost.
What an accomplishment! I can’t even begin to imagine the cost of labor that went into that, but you certainly saved a ton of money doing it yourself. Congrats on a job well done 👍😊
Can definitely tell your not aussies😂 "Caught him with my bare hands". I love your work, thank you so much for sharing ❤ I plan on using your idea for my property. Blessings 😊
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Thankyou for these videos, you guys are doing some awesome stuff out there!!!
A question of practicality from someone that has only dabbled so far - would it make sense in some circumstances to simply dig the hole and just line that? What is the real purpose for earthbags when already in the ground and using a liner?
A couple that works together, stays together. This build is amazing and so are you.
Thank you so much Judy!
The couple that works together, stays together.
The amount of physical labor you both put into this project is incomprehensible for most people. I have worked in construction for 40 years, all I can say is Wow and maybe you need a tractor. What a great job.
Thank you Brett!
I have to admire your persistence most of all. There were moments where I couldn't see your vision. But, then you'd do the next episode and I would sit up straight and exclaim, "Ah ha!". Keep going. Your race has barely begun.
Thank you!!
I'm shopping for a 10k gallon direct burial right now in Cali & all the numbers I'm getting are in the $20,000.00 range! You guys killed it & you will never regret going that big... especially when water becomes more valuable than gold! I know this is old but thought it would add to the awesomeness of what you guys accomplished... keep on keepin' on!
The value of water is directly related to scarcity:if you are dying of thirst it is more valuable than gold.If you are drowning then water has is worthless.
WELL DONE TO BOTH OF YOU. What an an amazing job, you both should be extremely proud of this accomplishment. When you first started, I thought to myself 'This will take them forever😳'. Well, 'Forever' is here. Congratulations on this major milestone of your dream home😃
Lol! Thank you. It felt like forever, but we're finally done and ready for those monsoon rains. 😀
Living in Az myself this gives me great feeling that one day I'll have my own off grid retirement home.
After they stated their cost I had to see how much a tank that size would cost...😱😂 they go from 12k-15k, don't for forget the install and deliver.
The hard work pays off and looks beautiful!
Keep it up you two.
Thank you! I had done some research on tank cost before, but thank you for those numbers.
@@ourselfreliantlife the tank price was more for your viewers.
Coming from a guy who has done a LOT of home construction projects himself, this projects may have been financially cheap, but there has to be a value for your own time and labor. Because building that looks like a heII of a lot of work for a man and woman! If you two really built it by just yourselves by hand, I’ve got to hand it to you both!
We did do it by ourselves. 😁
It was just a warm up for the house.
You guys are nothing less than a tough warriors. super motivators of self reliance.
Thank you!!
Green Dream Project
Jim and Jessica,
My Uncle and I are looking at some land around St Johns, AZ and are going to live off grid, build us a cistern and house from earthbags as well!!!
You guys did a fantastic job with this!!! Your filming is awesome, your work and work ethic is superb, before you know it you'll have your house done as well. You need to either get something to leach the toxicity from the cement or seal it so it won't leach into the rain water...unless Ferrocement is already nontoxic, I haven't researched it to know!!!!
The surface area of the top of your cistern with the gutter is 415.27 ft2.
For every 1000 ft2 and 1" of rain one collects 600 gallons of water.
So, at your basically 415 ft2 which is a little less than 1/2 the 1000 ft2
you will collect just off the cistern approximately ***250 gallons*** of water for every 1" of rain you get, just off of the cistern!!!
You figure your area because it's round, by taking the radius and square it then multiply by Pi/3.14, so 11.5 X 11.5 X 3.14 = area of 415.27 ft2!!!
I'm so happy for you guys!! Thank you for sharing your journey!!!!
Thank you so much! Good luck on your search.
Don’t forget the savings in gym memberships and workout equipment 😊. This is an amazing accomplishment. 👏.
Lol! Too true. We forgot to factor that in.😆
Wow. Living in the Midwest we build Cisterns so differently. Coming from the Midwest It just doesn’t look like it would hold water but I’m sure it functions perfectly.
I'm so impressed! I'm from the VI, and it's the law to have cisterns there. For a normal average home, we figure the cost is around $30 to $45K. Most people I know with a normal house have at least 15K gallons. The law states (simplified) that every square foot of roof = cubic foot of water. $2500 is beyond amazing!
governments can be silly. In Oregon it is against the law to collect rainwater. I'm all for collecting it, just not government mandates. Hawe an awesome week in the beautiful VI
Wow, months of labor as self employment to secure free water for lifetime. Great deal, great idea. Kudos👍👍👍
I showed my mother what your doing so she could understand why im going that direction for my grand children.
She really enjoyed watching you.while we were at my gallery.
That's awesome! We're glad she enjoyed the videos. Did she get a better feel for the lifestyle?
For future reference, for making liners. Sew old bedsheets together, then soak them in melted bees wax. Particularly the dirtiest part of the bees wax. (The throw away portion). Seems like the grit in it helps seal better. This is what my landscaping guy does for small backyard coy fish ponds.
You two can be so proud of yourself, what an amazing job! The price was definitely right and I love the way it looks! Now, let the rains come!! 🌧️👍😀
Thank you Yvonne! I think this monsoon season is going to be that much more special.
You two are a powerful team.
no words could say how much i admire you guys, absolutely awesome big hugs all round x
Thank you so much!
Congratulations on the completed project. After watching all the videos of your sistern build, I've decided one thing. I'm definitely buying pre-made water tanks LOL you guys put a lot of work into that and I admire that.
That’s an amazing structure. And to have made it yourselves brings it to whole other level of accomplishment. By the way was the digger a free gift from a friend. If so big bonus.
Wow! That's going to be a lot of water! You built something amazing that should last for many many years. Great job y'all! 👏👏👏👏💚
Thank you Debbie!
Thumbs up to this amazing couple, very inspirational for the people dreaming self sufficiency outdoors lol
Damn, this is hardcore physical work, I think you're the reincarnations of some pyramid ou cathedral builders, and the result is amazing and priceless in terms of autonomy, congratulations!
100 years from now humans will say it was made with Extra-Terristerial technology because NO way did mere human strength build it...
absolutely brilliant. i have 10K for my orchard and love it. i am in much colder region so mine is fully under ground and i did not put outlet at the bottom keeping my liner in tact. i am on solar power and pump the water out from top.
Beauty is in simplicity. This couple is humbled and beautiful, not only I like watching them achieving their project, I also like how they correctly name insects, which makes this friendly channel perfect for family and all audiences. I gladly subscribed and I can't wait to see you starting on the house project.
It will be nice if you add a Q & A session at the end of each video. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Well done.
Thank you!!
My pap had a 4000 gallon cistern that lasted us about a month i think once yours gets full your going to be good guy's takecare and keep safe
Keep on rockin in the free world. I would like to see a double size garden before you start the house. How about a shade tree in your little oasis and fruit trees. I will always watch your videos, like Dan said because your always doing stuff.
Thank you! We definitely have to get planting soon. I want to get stuff in the ground before monsoons.
The cost is amazing!@
thank you
We build fish pond/swimming pool
my cat and me
and God
Natural filtration
homemade water filter
So awesome to see the breakdown. Way less than I would have expected. Way to go guys!!
Thanks Jack! I was a little surprised too when we crunched the numbers.😆
You guy are literally RockStars!!! It looks AMAZING!! 💕💕🤗💧💧💧Bring on the monsoon!!😃
Thank you!!
can you believe its finished already? you guys work great together, a job well done.
Thanks Joey! We can't believe it's done. Just have to fine tune a few things.
Greensteader here🤘
Congratulations on a job well done. I know you both poured a ton of sweat Equity into this project. I hope it provides you with free water for 100+ years.
Thank you! Man, I can't believe we finished this thing. It was a beast of a project, but we're ready for the house now.😀
100 years - those are some darn good vitamins! Sign me up!
Que gran idea! Y que bien ejecutada!
Me encantan sus videos y siempre son muy ilustrativos, gracias por enseñarnos como desafiar al sistema y aprovechar los recursos disponibles.
Dios los bendiga amigos.
Saludos desde la Baja Sur!
I think building and rendering a stone wall is better than using bags and plastic sheet ...Just cement and sand to buy...Good work
Great job guys. I watched it being built. No doubt about it, it was a lot of work.
Thank you Adam!
This project is invaluable, congratulations 👏 and thank you for constantly being a homesteading inspiration/aspiration.
Thank you!!😀
The determination and effort involved in this build is truly inspiring. The savings and experience were well worth it. Man, you two did something special here. It looks pretty cool too. ❤️👍🙌🌧️
Thanks Jay! I feel like this was a huge milestone for us out here. We learned a lot and built something that lasts.
Jessica, you are a tough lady, you don`t fool around.
2500 dollars .. that’s awesome
You save a lot of money ..
Thank you Dan! Well worth the effort I'd say.
Awesome job it looks really solid. Congrats on keeping the cost down, you two rock and have the rocks to prove it👍😊💞
Thank you Jackie!
Such an impressive build. I admire you both for your sticking to this one. Wow. Hat's off!
Thank you Patty!
So the one thing that you didn't account for, that I think you should have, was the cost of digging the hole. You can probably divide by 3 (since there were 3 holes dug), but I'm sure it's not going to raise the cost by much. Of course there are other small things, if we want to be pedantic, but I don't think those matter in the greater scheme of things. Good job on the build, you two, that's definitely an epic feat!
Thanks Raoul! I was thinking about the dig. I didn't add it on, because one, it was mainly for the house build, and two I thought technically somone could hand dig it. So I mainly kept it to materials that went into the cistern.
@@ourselfreliantlife aint nobody hand digging that lmao
Now you know what you can accomplish by working together! Congratulations for a job well done and I look forward to your epic home-build in the future!
Thanks Butch!
cool fun project.. although I am not sure about everyone else watching, but still wondering how you plan to sanitize that much water and keep it sanitized... I mean pretty much everything on this planet wants to get into your cistern and live there...
Yup, that was a lot of hard work and will be quite the blessing.
Congratulations guys! I can't wait to see it in action.
Thanks Bill! Monsoon season is going to be crazy exciting. 😀
This is amazing, but I wanted to see the connections and hear about the amount of rain you typically get, how long it takes to fill, what you use it for, etc.
I’m looking for the follow up!!!
Amazing job! Has this 14000 gallon cistern ever been full with rainwater? What was the most rainwater you were able to collect per rain?
We just finished building this not too long ago. So there's barely any water in it.
We've started building an earthbag root cellar now.
Amazing job you guys!! You have totally given my husband and I both inspiration and hope for our future off grid life!! We are currently in escrow on our new 41 acre homestead in Northern AZ (coconino county)!! I'm behind on videos because we have been busy but...can't wait to see what's next. Thanks so much for sharing your journey ❤️
Congratulations!! That's awesome! Thank you for being a part of our journey and best of luck on yours.🙏
I love this. I am planning to buy some property in the same area. Don't be surprised if I stop by and get some help doing the same thing. I was going to buy the barrels, but if I do what you did, it will save tons of money. Keep up the great work.
You two shonuff worked your butts off on this project! Well worth the cost over having to buy a tank no doubt. Awesome job done you two. Notice I did not say all Jess this time. LMBO. Stay safe my friends and have a great weekend!
Lol! I appreciate the credit CB.😆 I think it was worth it too. Couldn't afford to buy one this size.
I am really glad I found your site , see you someday, from Canada.
I really enjoy absorbing your knowledge! TY TY TY!!!!
Life is an education. Good job!
That much among of water can be used to store a lot of potential energy to another tank 4 meter higher if we use the concentrated sunlight thermal pump all days. When the water falling back to the big-tank through a pipe, the water flow can drive a turbine to generate electricity at night while the concentrated sunlight pump is doing the same.
Fortunately your TIME is free.. and with everything you had to purchase to "do" the job it came up to more than 2500, but I am sure you have plans to reuse those items again.. (Technically you can store ~56 tons of water.). Damn good job and a true asset to your homestead.!!
Thanks Robert! Yeah, I didn't include things like the pump and the mixer, because I didn't get them specifically for this build.
2500 dollars excluding labour costs but that was a great job, well done.
Wow! You guys are absolutely amazing! I’m so excited to see the finished product! Come on monsoons!!!
We're ready for those rains!!😀
2,500 dollars plus sweat equity..... worth Much more than 2,500. Priceless!
Awesome job y’all. Hard work pays off
It absolutely does! Thanks y'all!🙏
submersible pump or a jet suction pump goulds is a good brand name . you guys rock.
Yep. Labor is the big deal. I have done all of my own fencing on the homestead. Because I wasn't paying labor I could use the best horse no climb fencing. So far I think I've spent about $6 - 7k on posts, fencing and hardware. Up here fencers would have quoted $22 - $25 per FOOT! So I am estimating that I have about $70k of fencing had I had someone come in and do it. That's the way it has been the whole 8 years out here. I am retiring from all this construction once the last of my fencing is in (8 days!). I need to live it and run it now. My infrastructure construction has been killing me. Time to bask in the glow.
DIY and you save a ton. 😀
Very exciting project so inspired by your work ethic. Awesome educational experience for viewers like me to!😊
😀Thank you!!
It is PRICELESS ❤️ I'm so excited to follow along with the house built . I'm so very proud of you .
Congratulations, I feel like you set up new standard of cisterns for harvesting rain water. All the best I'm from Algeria.
Thank you!!
Great video and what an awesome project for a great price! I can't wait for the rains to come. You two should be very proud of yourselves for what you've accomplished with your hard work, frugality in your choice of materials and out of the box thinking. You make me happy to be a Greensteader,!
Thank you so much!! It will be amazing when the monsoons finally come.😀
You guys did a wonderful job....watching you toil away for the last several weeks, well months, I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. But in the end, you did it and you most certainly gave me reasons to consider something similar for my own purposes :)
That's awesome! Thanks Thomas!
Wow,,,with more respect,,you guys did a great job
Great video. Beautiful tank. Great job!
Let it rain!One more project under your belt!Boom....
Yes!!😀
I would love to have something like that at my house. Of course i would have to put gutter up on my roof. But that is already in the plans. But i only have 2 IBCs for the catchment. I plan on using this to water on my garden and emergency water( once it's filtered.
Great video! Very well presented! Thanks for sharing! Your break down of cost was very helpful! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!!
What an amazing job you two executed. I so look forward to your house build. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Richard!
Amazing! You both work so hard & I look forward to seeing you kick back one day.
Lol! We look forward to that day as well. It might be awhile though.😁
Thank you Stacie!
Great job yall have to be the hardest working people I've ever seen
Thank you!!
so nice that it is done! Great learning opportunity for when you start on the house!
Thanks Paul! I agree. 😀
Wow, that is amazing! I admire your ability and willingness to go all in and do so much back breaking work! You saved a ton of money!
Thank you Lynette! It was a lot of work, but I think it will serve us well for awhile.
finally you actually said something educational !!👍
Dang guys! Nothing short of epic! Congratulations!
All the best from California 💛
Thank you!
I live in Northeastern Arizona just right outside of the White Mountains. The cistern is a great idea even up here. We have a well, but I would love to rain harvest.
Man that is a lot of hydrostatic head on the connection if it ever gets full. Water weighs almost 8.5Ibls per gallon so I truly hope it holds. You will have about 20psi of pressure at the valve. I hope you fulfill your dreams.
Wow absolutely amazing have enjoyed seeing the project progress that is awesome sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed
Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing your projects with prices. Eventually my dream home will made in Baja California. Thank you!!
Awesome job on you rain water harvesting system , blessings on your land and home , shalom
Wow, amazing job! You know we are always impressed with everything you do, but wow!
Amazing job 👏👍
Thank you so much!
Jim and Jess, great job on the build! Its impressive for sure. Water security is number one in the desert and you are ready for the monsoons now. I can't wait to see this one fill up. :). Super happy for you both.
Thank you Paula! This monsoon season will be epic.😀
A true labor of love that will give back several fold long into the future! What would I do? I will follow Handeeman's approach. Get one of those 30,000 gallon monsters!
I won't lie, those tanks are nice. Quite a bit of scrilla though. We wouldn't be able to afford that.
Good job, guys.It was impressive to watch the build!
Thank you Michael!
Mind blown. Amazing job guys. What a feat. Mad respect 👍👍
Thank you so much G!
Informative & Inspiring! Love that Gabion! Blessings Abound. Praying for rain!
A great build well done patient lady.
Until you need a boat to access it you can't go too large on water security in the desert. The fact that 14000 gallons would be multiple years of water so once full you no longer need to worry about if it is a dry or wet monsoon season.
Odd question but would you like a visual indicator of water level in the tank without ever needing to open the hatch? Very simple build using a float ball normally found in a toilet tank screwed onto a fiberglass rod that connects between the float in the cistern and the rod exiting a small drilled hole for it. A simple high vis flag on the end of the rod and measurements painted onto it and you can know exactly how much water is inside as the 1 foot of water equals 1,697.93 gallons
Thanks! We'll definitely have to include that.
@@ourselfreliantlife Don't worry I stole the idea from Engineer775 as he put in one to be able to see the level in the tank on the hill without needing to go up there.
I properly removed all the serial numbers before passing the idea on as it is such a simple method as a float and fiberglass push rod 8-10 feet long so everything is under $100 including paint. When next to a post it is easy to paint on how full the tank is as it is 25% per 2 feet of water.
Can also enclose the marker flag to help keep bugs and dust out when the wind is blowing using a 2-4 inch clear section of pipe with a cap on the top and cemented to the cistern cap on the bottom but that would add another $100 or so onto the cost.
Great job, I've learned a lot but quick correction at 3:38. Barbed wire $80 x2 = $160
Great job finishing it been watching you work on it for weeks bet your both super pleased its done :)
Thank you James!
Looks really good. Seems like you have a LOT of water storage. What was the thought process for having so much? Thanks
Man you guys put in the work. That's amazing. You guys are a great team.
😀Thank you!!
What an accomplishment! I can’t even begin to imagine the cost of labor that went into that, but you certainly saved a ton of money doing it yourself. Congrats on a job well done 👍😊
Thank you Cathy!
Awesome presentation guys, well done!
Thank you Carl!
Can definitely tell your not aussies😂 "Caught him with my bare hands". I love your work, thank you so much for sharing ❤ I plan on using your idea for my property. Blessings 😊