Off The Grid Build - Cistern Installation

[heresyournametagmark]

bunch of noobs with no plumbing experience

[muffyfromlegal]

Wow thanks for posting this!!! This was very informative. We are going to be building an earthship this spring and this was one part that made me nervous. You made it look quite simple, hope it actually is, lol.

[davehutchinson67]

How the hell do you get off the grid if your trapped on the East Coast? lol...I"m looking at starting an aquaponic farm (2nd Quarter) this year....but I want todo more...

[TheJordano45]

estan buenas las cisternas para el manejo de lipsidiados para producir gas butano si no estoy equivocado

[cbemerine]

Interesting, where does the water come from to fill the cisterns? Is it trucked in? A well? Made me wonder how long 1,700 gallons (X2 will last without refilling. Very cool, thank you for sharing.

My one concern will probably make you laugh, if those tires caught fire, would the heat melt the hose and/or cisterns. Tire fires are notoriously difficult to put out once started and burn very hot. Like I said, you will laugh.  Great idea having an independent water source!

Burying them?

[abark]

@cbemerine The tires can't burn because they are filled with dirt.

[hillbillybone21]

how much did it cost you

[NavyBlueSTL]

Nice video. I do have one comment. Anyone gluing PVC pipe, give the wet joint a eighth to a quarter turn then hold. Just inserting straight in may not result in a leak proof seal. PEX is a great material to work with. If you building your own home, it would be a good idea to learn about it.

[GridJumping]

@NavyBlueSTL That's not that big of an issue when the water isn't under pressure. You're still right though; it certainly doesn't hurt.

[theKCGreenman]

Nicely done Dan.

[bvonmoss]

Does anybody have comments on installing tire cisterns? These go lengthwise. If I did a tire cistern, is it better to do round ones or eliptical shaped or hotdog shaped? I would think the hot dog shaped cisterns might cave in in the middle. Any comments? It is cool how the bottom of the cistern is above the floor level, so there is pressure coming in from the cistern. Water is heavy. This subsystem is awesome how very little energy is used to deliver it to the earthship sailor.

[osm3u]

Is this going to be your main source of water?

[offthegridbuild]

@osm3u Yes, my only source of water.