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MO Cabin
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:23am
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I am ready to add water to my cabin, but can not aford to install a well (10,000+). I have already purchased a 12 volt pump to be run off of batteries and decided on pex tubing. I will need a sink, toilet, and shower to be on the water line. I am wondering how everyone else has done their water storage.
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MJW
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:54pm
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Alot of folks use pretty much the same set up you would find in an RV.
Holding tank, pump and lines with a power source to run it all.
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Borisvonf
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:57pm
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My little cabin is short stay only so I use an rv tank and pressure pump inside cabin to run 1 sink - inside reduces freezing. Toilet is compost.
I have a well on far side of property and transport to cabin in plastic barrels. Originally used 55 gal food grade vinegar barrels from a bakery but was too bulky at 400+ lbs full so changed to 15 gal barrels.
I bring drinking water from home reverse osmosis filter in 3 gal jugs.
I have rain collection into 275 gal chemical totes from factory. only use that water for putting out fire, washing tools, boots, etc.
Others will have much more elaborate plans. Mine is simple and mostly scavenged.
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Martian
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:52pm
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I put in what was supposed to be an 850 gal underground tank. It only holds 700 gal, but that last for several weeks of full time living.
Tom
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TheWildMan
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:08am
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i had to be cheap, a well costs under $2000 to drill (have hand pump for it) but cant afford now, so i set up some gutters to fill 55 gallon plastic drums, i got 10 food grade ones for $15 each. so can store 550 gallons for only $150
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MJW
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:37am
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Holy cow!!! Where can you get a well drilled for under 2k?
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steveqvs
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:57am
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Yeah I am also in Missouri and the wells around me are going in the 10 to $12,000 range...... I figure an underground tank and a someone to haul water for me.... should take me a lot of years before I get to the $10,000 mark.... right now i have a camper and haul my own water for the summer.... drain it for the winter.
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TheWildMan
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:03pm
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i am up in the adirondacks, rains so much here we call it the abspestos forest (too wet for forest fires), US geologic survey report for my place says the water table is less than 6 inches below the surface (i have bog plants growing in the low areas, reeds and cattails). my backyard is a forested wetland, the drill is owned by a local contractor (the guy and his brother are the only employees) and for a 30-40' well (no one in the area has any more than that) he said he could do it in a day or two. its enough to go 30' into the water table and a shallow or hand pump can draw up the water.
half the year my 6' dug well in the back has 4' of water in it (and a lot of mosquitoes, its only for watering the garden)
its only that cheap since the water table is so high that it only needs to go a short distance
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GomerPile
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:54pm - Edited by: GomerPile
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Cheap underground tank:
Materials:
+ Cheapest poly tank you can find or plumb together 55 gallon food grade drums with bulkhead fittings
+ Concrete blocks and mortar
+Pressure treated lumber planks OR cement and rebar
Dig a hole however deep you need to and use concrete blocks to build a perimeter wall large enough to hold your tank. Drop tank into the hole. Place pressure treated lumber on top or perimeter walls and backfill. Make sure the planks can hold the load, double up if needed. The PT planks will have a limited lifespan...
Another option for the tank "cover" is to cast some concrete in place to make 4'x1'x3" "planks" reinforced with wire or rebar. Something this size can be handled by one or two people.
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