Best Water Tank Storage Option! We're Building an Earthbag Hyperadobe Cistern To Harvest Rain Water

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[@diplomaticimmunity2469]

I will have to watch all the videos thank you

[@TerraformTogether]

Happy to help

[@eurekadocumentary]

i see water. i subscribed 😂🎉

[@TerraformTogether]

Thanks for the subscription! New videos coming out pretty much every week!

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

😎👍

[@TerraformTogether]

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[@dherrington2001]

Beautiful job in this cistern!

[@TerraformTogether]

Thank you very much!

[@DallasHabitat]

Thanks for sharing! Always great content!

[@TerraformTogether]

Thanks for watching!

[@TerraformTogether]

Thank you for watching!

[@BrokenArrow685]

Such a pleasure seeing this cistern coming together, R. I want to pick your brain sometime regarding our honeycomb cistern plans when we're back in CC.

[@TerraformTogether]

Thanks for watching. Happy to help however I can :)

[@carloskoppen]

Raschel Knit Mesh is the weave you need for good Hyperadobe

[@timmbot6082]

Yep, that’s what the Volm bags are. Very sturdy!

[@TerraformTogether]

I didn't know what the mesh was called. Thanks for sharing

[@TerraformTogether]

Our bags on our home build were fully exposed to the Arizona sun and weather for 2 years and still looked brand new

[@Blindhomesteader]

nice work!

[@TerraformTogether]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DeezyMack1]

Is it complete now? When will you show the next water tank video?

[@TerraformTogether]

We are in our summer break season right now. It's too hot out to do much building and all the snow birds have left. We'll have more videos coming out in the fall and finishing this out. If you'd like to subscribe you'll be sure to get notified when the next video comes out :)

[@RastafariNation]

I hit the subscription but no more videos 😢

[@TerraformTogether]

We will be back at it soon enough! Summer is our slow time out here in the desert. Thanks for being along for the ride!

[@youmebornfree]

My only concern is I think after your first big rain that back fill will sink a few inches. I watched a couple earth bag/hyperadobe builds where they didnt account for that. They thought tamping it would be enough. Maybe if the roof is overhung enough and/or come trenches to divert water away from the outer edge of structure.

[@TerraformTogether]

We will have a big overhang. I am also debating putting big gabion rock walls around the whole thing to help hold it all together. It's all an experiment. We'll see.

[@jamesfisher9594]

Did you upgrade the brakes on your car so you can stop that extra 500 pounds?

[@TerraformTogether]

Should be fine 😅

[@TerraformTogether]

I figure if the car can handle two big dudes in the back, the equivalent weight in concrete is no big deal

[@kenreynolds1000]

Wouldn't a cylinder be a better design for a cistern? no buttressing required, larger volume to wall ratio...

[@TerraformTogether]

Yes. Originally the hole was dug to just drop the poly tanks in. Then we changed plans

[@jessicasoss1586]

Mmmaaaaannnn jonathan (T.S.H) said the weave on the cheaper bags was bad.. but MAN i didnt think it would be THAT bad. ... how did you guys even get dirt to stay in those???

[@TerraformTogether]

They don't. Haha

[@Anna-tc6rz]

Im curious how long it took you to fill the bags and size of the walls. Im thinking of building my own cistern and house but unsure how much time i need to do it myself.

[@TerraformTogether]

As it sits we are about 3 months into bag work on this build. We have a crew of 4 working 2 - 7 hour days per week. I would recommend individual bags if you're working alone. We have a comparison video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmipo6qCbdl8iKs

[@johnarizona3820]

^5

[@TerraformTogether]

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[@totallynotdelinquent5933]

Could you use this for keeping fish in? I was thinking of doing something similar with an aquaponics system.

[@TerraformTogether]

I don't see why not. We will be using a pond liner ment for fish