WATER TANK

After a lot of planning and with great relief our 7000L tank is now safely in the ground.

We'd had a shocking wet and windy week but Friday was a nice fine day.

We started at 7:00am digging the 3m deep hole in the front yard. The depth was at the limit of excavators reach.

After a lot of juggling stockpiles and a couple of trips to the tip we were ready for the concrete tank by about 12:30.

The truck backed across the kerb, up to the hole and craned the 9 tonnes of tank and lid straight in with absolute precision.

After back filling around the tank with crushed rock it was up to the plumber to connect up the inflow from the down pipes and the overflow out to the street.

We were all finished by about 4pm which just left me to clean up the street, naturestrip and footpath. We'll connect the pump, float and rainsaver closer to move in date to prevent them 'going missing'.

We previously plumbed the house with a seperate tankwater line feeding the downstairs toilets and the washing machine. For now they are charged from the mains.

It all ran smooth thanks to Dave and his excavator, Frankston Concrete Products who supplied, delivered and craned in the tank (and pump etc) and John from John Henderson Plumbing (Geelong) who ran the show.