This is why people in the North prefer to live in cisterns! It's incredible

[@rickblessing2447]

I'd move there in a heartbeat to get away from the infested insanity of today.

[@BruceLeeKingoftheSewers]

So go then.

[@johnnyobigcatdaddy]

Amen!

[@bdmenne]

@@BruceLeeKingoftheSewersyou are the ones we are running from.

[@thesurvivalist.]

Same!

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

​@@bdmennego on then have fun. You can get paid well living out there

[@jz422]

I saw cisterns and I though of what of I know called cisterns, an underground water storage tank. In my 60 years I've never heard of a tank as shown called a cistern.

[@SlapthePissouttayew]

That's what I was thinking.

[@angrygnome4779]

Me too. On hot days I swim in my cistern.

[@metalbikiniadventure6644]

same here

[@davidk7544]

I saw an anthropology/archeology program on the Picts, stone age NW England (?) The stone-mound houses they built were called "cysts" (pron. kisseds)

[@curtisthomas2670]

If the tanks are also buried underground they are called cisterns. These shown are used for both transport and underground use

[@Fireguy97]

Who cares what it looks like? If it's warm and waterproof, it's cozy and home.

[@kathleenrayner1234]

Exactly 👍👍👍👍👍

[@cyborgar15]

@Jim Watson Why?..can he borrow yours?

[@nodakjohnsful]

My ex isn't free !😅🤣😂

[@hawghawg381]

@Jim Watson weak men let women run them.

[@henrydycha3738]

Said no girl ever

[@richardjohnson2965]

Bring them here to the US….low cost housing.

[@williamryan9195]

Much needed and welcome low cost housing.We become a better society with secure housing for all.

[@zGoodMan187z]

Ask the railroad for decommissioned oil tankers

[@georgiarasmussen8343]

We already have a gazillion shipping containers, and the ubiquitous little wood-framed sheds produced in every state. The barrier to low-cost housing is zoning laws designed to push poorer folks into section 8 multifamily complexes.

[@sanr6816]

The government here wud find a way to make it cost 80-100k

[@jimj9040]

It’s not about shelter, it’s about providing electricity, water and sewage to those shelters and somebody paying for it.

[@morenofranco9235]

Fantastic. I love it. Way back in the early 70's there was a Big Book called "The Whole Earth Catalog". It included EVERYTHING for sustainable living Off-the-Grid. This mode of accommodation was in there. Thanks, Incredible.

[@doonhamer252]

I packed that around in my kit bag for 3yrs..

[@philhand5830]

Same time frame, I was reading Mother Earth News... very interesting and inspiring...

[@amramjose]

These were also buried and converted to fallout shelters during the cold war. A friend of ours bought a house which had one in its back yard. The kids loved it to play in.

[@mickhannett5858]

That's a great memory the earth catalog was fascinating

[@doonhamer252]

@@mickhannett5858 As someone recently said " the "Google" of the day" wish we had that pile of mags and ME mags... completly differant view of life and what it will become.. My brothers sent me a fairly regular stream of "literature " to prime me for my demob back to civvy life..

[@Colorado_Native]

My wife and I were exploring Tomboy Basin in Colorado. We saw a flag and went to check it out. It was a big old (about 8 feet in diameter and 20 feet long concrete pipe) shelter in the ground. The back end was boarded up and the entrance end had a door and window. Someone had built a floor and put in a bed, stove, table and a couple of chairs. There was a stove pipe barely sticking out of the ground. We were told it was a shepherds shelter.

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

As a Canadian I don't recall ever seeing one of these in remote northern Canada or Alaska. In Russia more likely.

[@lauraw.7008]

Me either. Quonset huts yes. Cisterns?

[@geronimo5537]

Yeah the last photo had a russian sign on it. Otherwise I have never heard of this in north America. Maybe the Arctic.

[@Marcusianery]

@@geronimo5537 Same, I might live in the southern of Scandinavia/Nordics, but never seen anything like this.

[@karlepaul6632]

If you paid attention, they mentioned the Soviet Union along with showing a lot of Russian writings in the background

[@monaliza3334]

Yuh because Russians invent things... 1st in space, 1st in Artika!

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

Lets be honest here. In those temps and conditions- ANY place that kept them warm would be the best thing ever to them

[@551taylor]

We modified standard ISO shipping containers by adding insulated panelling, windows doors, heating and power. You can also add air conditioning if you want. The advantage is that they can be delivered on site by military DROPS vehicles or aircraft. They can be slung under large helicopters and they won’t roll downhill in a strong wind. They can also be stacked for multi-level offices and accommodation. When arranged correctly, they can provide windbreaks for open areas. You can even leave them on any ISO standard truck and live in them ready for bug-outs! Oh, and we buried them as bomb and fallout shelters too!

[@Jim-ic2of]

Got a mouse in your pocket ?😊

[@SwampDonkey64]

San Francisco? 😂

[@ManiacRacing]

Sadly shipping containers are expensive now, and most places have codes against using them without extensive rework and cost.

[@hughjunit2503]

Unless you heavily reinforced the containers they will collapse underground

[@dakota9821]

" They can also be stacked for multi-level offices and accommodation." Wrong. They can be stacked if they're being used as CONTAINTERS. When you turn them into a tiny home and cut sections of the walls out you weaken the container to the point that they are unsafe to stack. They're also not cheap. Container homes are for the gullible and naïve.

[@flowerdalejewel]

These are fantastic! Necessity is the mother of invention. If they hold up great in the extreme weather and are comfortable to live in what would be the problem? If I didn't have a permanent home I'd be very grateful to have one!

[@deborahduthie4519]

Me too. A cocoon when cold and covered with plants for summer. Better than Nursing homes.

[@valvenator]

I'm sure it beats living like a hobo in a refrigerator box sleeping under a pile of newspapers. I was thinking these would make for great rent-a-cabin's in a park or little hunting lodges too. A huge tin can mounted off the ground would keep the vermin out better than a wooden box.

[@yukonfarnsworth1688]

People in iraq want ice water.

[@dr.floridaman4805]

They where made to keep the guards of the concentration camps warm. Gulags

[@davereiland9921]

Citation needed.

[@georgemcmillan9172]

I would have no issues living in an old oil barrel. In fact, I would love to build my home with several of these connected together, and put it underground, using the geo- thermal properties of temperature control...

[@amramjose]

Great idea , as the ground would be a natural insulator.

[@jt1929]

Note- these are stationary cistern tanks that held water storage, not railroad oil tankers

[@joshhayl7459]

🔵 I don't think you understand the material that these 'Cisterns' are made of,....this is no thin-skinned-sheet-metal barrel here, this is SOLID-STEEL a couple of INCHES thick!! ..... a HUMONGUS difference!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

@@joshhayl7459, it makes sense for the thermal aspects, but would not deter me in any way...

[@dylanhuff3414]

Nice George nice.

[@guidosarducci3047]

Why can't we use these for homeless folks. Seems very plausible.

[@richardalexander7089]

Because that would be FAR too logical and cost pennies on the dollar to what "they" demand the taxpayers spend.

[@prezdentraygun8790]

You have the idea that homeless folks don’t want to be homeless. Most do want to keep living without the responsibilities of having a home.

[@curmudgeon1933]

@@prezdentraygun8790 ...or the fact that in many locations rents in the last decade have risen far faster than wages. Right-wing media would have you believe that ALL homeless people are drug-addled losers...as a way to keep the sheep toiling for their crust. As corporate profits climb, and wages flatline, fear of being homeless is a perfect way to ensure compliance and obedience to the capitalist overlords. Of course your KZbin handle gives away your continued trust in Ronnie's 'trickle-down economics'. lol

[@Myfrilleddragons]

We could, but they would just make it methed up

[@HanginInSF]

Because you can't give those people anything they won't destroy.

[@texasblueboy1508]

In the late 1970's and 1980's here in Texas large fuel tanks were used as quick housing for oil field workers.

[@TheSulross]

but in Texas it gets very hot and in some locales - especially where lots of drilling - trees and good shade is scarce

[@texasblueboy1508]

@@TheSulross In West Texas, but we have trees and such in the rest of the State.

[@harrymills2770]

@@TheSulross No problem. Just stick an air conditioner in the window. It's the American way.

[@joshhaney9769]

Been really hot in KS but the other day I actually saw an old farm house without a a/c unit

[@angrygnome4779]

I just put my ac in the window last week. Thought I was going to be able to avoid it this year but I caved.

[@dustyroads5753]

We have 2 for ammo dumps (ammunition storage). Buried in dirt except for the front where the door is located, and a vent pipe in the top. The dirt acts as insulation and keeps the temperature inside in the 50s even during summer temperatures of 100F+ or winter temperatures of -10F.

[@Bohica-tq3ps]

Uhhhhhhhhhh.................How much ammo you got? Asking for a friend. 😁

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@dustyroads5753 Yeah, the brain dead occupier of the white house and the domestic terror organization the ATF want to know.

[@jasonarcher7268]

That's pretty badass

[@Bohica-tq3ps]

@@dustyroads5753 It's no wonder I'm having trouble getting ammo...........And paying through the nose for it.

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

@@Mr.56Goldtop President Mr Burns?

[@MrsSherrymcm]

I think they’re fabulous! Some of them looked beautiful inside!!!

[@stevepowsinger733]

This reminds me of the Quonset hut. We had them in the army - a round roof, effectively a half-barrel shape. A complete barrel seems unnecessary except on permafrost. An oval barrel would be more aesthetically pleasing. Also not for the claustrophobic.

[@sheilagravely5621]

Oh but I would love it! I don't do well in big wide open places, but I do really well in smaller more confined spaces. (I'm a paranoid schizophrenic as well as an introvert). I could easy do this.

[@CrWood-jm2ci]

Mr powslinger I too remember q huts in Korean DMZ during war quiete and cozy really quite warm c r in Texas usa

[@davidbarrus6542]

You are correct.

[@mikemetague7973]

Yes. Their 1941 first manufacture in Quonset Pt., RI, was half round corrugated steel with flat ends w/doors. They were ubiquitous late in WW2 by the military, and surplus Quonset huts became widely used in towns shortly after the war. Our small town had a storage facility-cum-auto mechanic shop Quonset hut. (What I called a cistern back then was a trough-like rainwater catch and retain tub for water drained fr. non-cylindrical roofs.) These huts are prefab and need insulation, just as do tanks and RR tankcars, for setting up as a residence.

[@deanronson6331]

They should be called Gomer Pyle huts.

[@paulmcfeeters5554]

Considering the amount of bears in the north I would rather be in one of these than most stick built houses. Log cabins would work well too.

[@snakemanmike]

They look a lot more comfortable than some of the housing that the US military forced me to live in during my Army career.

[@pennythomas9305]

Definitely!'

[@nadnavlis240]

I guess I was lucky; no complaints about housing from me. But when you spend months out of every year living in trenches, any real housing is appreciated.

[@CrWood-jm2ci]

Mr Lawson you too know about crappy quarters I was drafted and served in Korea when it was still a combat tour on DMZ 1968 as/ a farm boy from Oklahoma and Cherokee I was quite pleased to have a q hut quanset huts and cold ass bunkers 20 feet from north Korea getting shot at by commies and makli kimchi.and ramen noodles some how I still miss it thank you for serving and god bless you c r woodall 2 and Korean war veteran yes.we got combat.pay and..the combat patch in Korea 1966 to 1974 and Korean post 50s campaign medal from south Korea and a.f.e.m good luck you sir

[@tedsmith6137]

In my country, a cistern is the tank that holds the water to flush the toilet!

[@harrymills2770]

I think of a cistern as an underground tank for holding water, typically for drinking. Underground is the typical application, although I think "cistern" just means a tank that holds water. Common application is collecting rain water, which is why people think of them as being underground. The "flush tank" for a toilet is, technically, a cistern. In the U.K., I think water for washing and flushing is not drinking water. That's a whole separate water system. The reason I clicked on the link was because I thought they were putting them in the ground, with modifications for living inside them, like so many are doing, now, with shipping containers.

[@toriladybird511]

@@harrymills2770 depernds where you live.. City water in Portsmouth UK is from the same source so i can safely brush my teeth even using water from my toilet cistern.

[@charlesfoster575]

…all throughout the Caribbean a cistern is the lowest floor of a concrete/block home that is sealed to make a tank to catch the water from the roof since there are no ground water sources. The best ones use an 18” void in at least one of (or all) the walls so water is gravity fed to plumbing and keeps the interior cool. Since the 1700’s.

[@JT1358]

@@harrymills2770 UK homes have only one water supply coming into the house, thus the water used to flush the toilet comes from the same supply as that used for drinking, cooking, and washing. There are very few exceptions to this.

[@Mark5mith]

It's definitely a tank, we're mostly water, I'll go with that.

[@carolannpacificadam1944]

Those could really be helpful to those trying to have a place. Could be cute inside

[@thomastolbert6184]

Lived in a Quonset hut in Alaska when the temperature was fifty six below. Heated it with a small oil heater that burned JP one oil(jet fuel).

[@winnifredforbes1114]

Nice and cozy? 😱

[@jasonwcoleman250]

But didn't you hear the narrator? "The only thing that can battle those temps are a cistern". How did you possibly survive without one?

[@jasonwcoleman250]

But @@kosmotto, the narrator was super specific, only a cistern will keep you Alice in those temps. There's no way igloos have been working for the snow natives, they've been in cisterns all along and lied about their snow globes. I can't imagine a yurt possibly tolerating those temps. A shipping container is clearly out of the question.

[@semrayildiz6970]

@@jasonwcoleman250 A Yurt is all around, round, just like the igloos and the domes. the top is round and the walls are round. whereas the cylinder has 2 flat sides. So Yurts are rounder than cylinders. I can't understand why they wouldnt work in the extreme low temps when they are still being used to this day? And Yurt is something traditional and Turkic and I know that the same people in their extreme Caucasia still use it. If I am wrong can you please explain?

[@standunitedorfall1863]

@@semrayildiz6970 Cylinders are all round. They have no flat sides. But floors, and ceilings have been added making it appear flat.

[@4thinternational283]

This could be the solution to the homeless situation.

[@Greensiteofhell]

Often homeless people don't want a house - too much administration and responsibility. Btw I'm not homeless, but one wants a cylinder house anyway. Do you know where I buy one?

[@bubbablue1100]

2 years later. Apparently not.

[@tablescissors]

@@Greensiteofhell Plus when given housing, they quickly turned it into a crime riddled area full of drug dens, drug dealing, stealing, vandalism, shoot outs, shooting up, and prostitution. The issue is not as simple (for most) as just put them into homes (to ruin neighbors and neighborhoods).

[@cayceesmith2650]

At least the begining. I believe mental health access needs to come along with it. And probably job therapy. Combine the three, and we've got a winner!

[@Montegrl]

Yes, also in isolated communities where transporting supplies and building construction is a challenge.

[@fatoomgierdien2181]

Phenomenal!! This is fantastic. We have a shortage of housing for millions of our people. I myself pay a huge amount of rental even though I am almost 63yrs old. I can live in this comfortably. I am in Cape Town. I will send this to our government.

[@bradtipton986]

The interiors shown remind me of high end motorhomes or large RVs here in the US. Space well used and comfortable for the inhabitants.

[@valvenator]

You'd be the talk of the town pulling into an RV Park with one of these in tow on an 18 wheeler :)

[@bradtipton986]

@@valvenator Don't tempt me. I am too old to take on such a project. Too poor to buy the 18 wheeler.

[@patmcbride9853]

Without proper insulation, the cold soak would kill you. The best shape to retain heat is a sphere, because the surface area is less than any other shape when compared to volume. Cylinders are better than rectangles, and are also more able to part the wind, instead of being pushed by it.

[@got2kittys]

Continue adding elements to a geodesic dome, and you'll make a sphere.

[@patmcbride9853]

@@got2kittys Close enough.

[@evensgrey]

@@got2kittys Except that geodesic domes are bastardly things to build, wasteful of materials, and have lots of unusable space due to the curved walls/roof. A cylinder on it's side may be a bit on the low side, but you can build things that don't need full height, like bunks and tables, into the sides.

[@bluesman97]

The one good thing about those is states won't be able to jack up your property taxes.. due to no increase in appreciation.

[@fjb4932]

blues man, You underestimate the gov't. I've done absolutely nothing to my property, yet my taxes keep going up due to appreciation ...

[@harrymills2770]

@@fjb4932 And inflation. That's how they get rid of people who are on a fixed income.

[@ebayerr]

blues man : If the county or city even allows you to live in one.

[@sascotttx5145]

@@ebayerr Storage for agricultural supplies.

[@ebayerr]

@@sascotttx5145:Good point.

[@ricosuaveon2]

This is amazing. Reminiscent of a Quonset hut, so popular with our army in the mid 20th century, but the curve is extended all the way around.

[@ricosuaveon2]

Is it possible to get them in America?

[@TK-zc5wu]

Remember two used as shops when I was a kid in Plymouth UK was sad when they pulled them down and left the space empty for years progress eh!

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@ricosuaveon2 these look interesting right?

[@deborahduthie4519]

They were called Nissan huts here in Australia. I like these cocoons.

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@deborahduthie4519 are they fireproof, from external fires?

[@BAZZAROU812]

This would make great housing for the homeless as well as shipping containers..

[@MR..181]

Like the round one better...ha ha ha

[@PeterLawton]

Yes. Do that.

[@winnon992]

Yes, You’d just have to rebuild the inside every so often when they tear them up ! That’s why their where their at 99% of them. Try it and see !

[@evelynbreton9652]

They should go back where they came from

[@ronaldlebeck9577]

Having friends who are native Russian speakers, I know how things can get translated strangely. "Tank" in English is бак (bak) in Russian and "cistern" is сливной бачок (slivnoy bachok). I'm trying to figure out why they're using "cistern" in the title... A cylinder is much more efficient and by not having square corners (except on the ends), less prone to stress fractures caused by expansion and contraction from temperature changes. I would at least coat the outside with mastic to prevent rusting, though the addition of spray-on concrete would provide more thermal mass. These could be partially buried with one end facing south. Using spray-on polyurethane foam on the inside would give added insulation (I think that might have been mentioned). I've seen earth-sheltered homes made from culvert sections and also ceramic silo blocks. There's a dome-style structure made in Canada that is supposedly so efficient, insulation-wise, that a light bulb can keep it warm. I need to find that again.

[@brodriguez11000]

I suspect one of the things is weight. Concrete culvert would be very heavy to move.

[@ronaldlebeck9577]

@@brodriguez11000 The one earth sheltered house I saw in a book that I have used half round sections of huge corrugated metal culvert. These were, I'd say, about 10 feet across. I say "culvert" because that's what it looked like, only huge (definitely not the normal size metal culvert that one would see under to the end of a driveway or under a highway). The half sections were welded together and resting on top of a concrete slab with a channel on both sides for the edges of the metal sections to sit in. The whole thing was coated on the outside with mastic to provide a moisture barrier, there were skylights installed, the north end was sealed and buried, the south end had windows. There were two of these Quonset hut-style sections running parallel to each other, one slightly higher than the other, with a connecting piece between them that had the laundry on one side and the mechanical room on the other. There was a garage attached on the uppermost side. The lower section had the living room and kitchen, the upper section had the bedrooms. Everything (except the garage) was buried and grass was planted over it. The whole structure was built into the side of a hill. Oh, the inside had sprayed on polyurethane foam for insulation and was sealed over with something. This was in a book on earth-sheltered house designs that I bought back in the late 1980s, early 1990s. If this type of structure was going to be above ground, one would apply spray on concrete at the building site. I've seen a dome house that was constructed with rebar and wire mesh, then had sprayed-on concrete applied. I've heard of another that had used an inflatable "bag" which was coated with something , sprayed-on concrete applied, when it was completely set up and cured, the "bag" was deflated and removed, leaving the concrete behind in place. Pretty cool.

[@harrymills2770]

​ @Ronald Lebeck You and I frequent some of the same places.

[@jt1929]

I’ve worked in some rail tankers during winter and you do heat up fast with only little ventilation

[@mountainguyed67]

@@ronaldlebeck9577 Cistern means tank for storing liquids (usually water) in English. So they’re using a correct word, it’s just not the first choice for Americans.

[@Norm475]

I lived in a Quonset hut when I was stationed in Japan in 1961, they would rattle like hell when we had one of their frequent earthquakes. The earthquakes were minor and you probably would not have noticed them if you were in a structurally sound house, but living in a tin can you could hear every noise.

[@saxxon9003]

That's really interesting Norm. You were basically living inside your own speaker, transmitting the vibrations from the earthquakes. Amazing when you think of the physics involved.

[@garymucher9590]

Interesting concept. And I have to admit, if they are setup inside with niceties, they look very comfy. Who would have thought... Thumbs Up!

[@amirlach]

I seen these when I worked in Siberia. The first ones might have been made from tanks, but later ones were purpose built. They are intermodal , like Sea Cans.

[@allme2547]

The narrator's cadence & inflection reminds me of how my 3rd grader self would read a report in front of the class... completely disconnected from what any of it meant! Lol

[@bosatsu76]

It's an AI program reading it... So many postings use it for some reason...

[@frankmiller95]

@@bosatsu76 The reason is stupidity, an abundant resource everywhere, but especially here on YT.

[@bosatsu76]

@@frankmiller95 Greed and disrespect as well...

[@vince7735]

Yes true

[@harrymills2770]

@@frankmiller95 Zero work goes into the video that way. All you need is to lift a story/description and you don't even have to worry about reading or editing. There are quite a few KZbinrs who are chasing maximum clicks for minimum work. It could also be people who would turn off viewers if they used their own speaking voice.

[@rozzgrey801]

I knew a priest who used to work there, in what he called the 'Cistern Chapel'. He painted the ceiling up as well.

[@allanwhorrall5142]

Excellent video. What a surprise to see the snug , and warm abode in such cold climate. I would think that these houses/ living quarters would be an asset for our Canadian Natives in the far north. Congratulations to the Russian genius who invented this type of lodging.

[@kgrant3184]

@Allan Whorrall Agree! Exactly what we need for our Canadian winters with summer heat mitigation, too, as we go into "The Eddy Minimum" and its climate change - and not just for our far north! Proper installation would also help mitigate against extreme winds, forest fires & the like - some of the CIA-released Chan Thomas doc "Adam & Eve Story" anticipated happenings. Good on the Russians!

[@philliphall5198]

I want a electric blanket or two just in case, hate the dam cold weather Happy people have a safe and warm place to sleep and live 😊

[@bobyoung1698]

No. Wood has always been a superior insulator in that it is temperature neutral, whereas metal conducts heat or cold immediately and directly. With the same amount of insulation, professionally installed, wood structures will always be more comfortable than metal structures.

[@orrindavis21]

May have less air leakage from these structures

[@bobyoung1698]

@@orrindavis21 that is certainly possible. Even good insulation, if installed poorly in a wood structure, allows for enough air exchange to drop the overall rating.

[@RayleighCriterion]

These structures were transported to the sites most likely with poor quality roads, the strong metal shape was more durable than any wooden structure.

[@cyborgar15]

Can't wait for you to find some wood to build with on the artic ice..

[@bahjinelson3986]

@@cyborgar15 Yeah, but large, metal containers are lying everywhere.

[@j.dunlop8295]

In 1978 my parents moved to Alaska, Moose Creek, December was a really cold month that year, their heating bill for the month was over a $1000.00 in a trailer house, they obviously moved ASAP. -20 to -55 that month.

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

A bear can't get in 😊

[@brokenvessel4171]

If you buried them almost completely, the earth would provide themal mass for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.

[@harrymills2770]

My first thought. I also thought "Why not bury them?" when I watched the video.

[@ericwilliams1659]

Yes burying them would increase their R value but where they are used most likely has Permafrost or solid rock. Making digging them into the earth very difficult in some areas. Secondly if they are buried they are more likely to rust and corrode faster. Shortening their life span and increasing their cost of production.

[@masa461]

Permafrost

[@tommyfred6180]

one you have permafrost in the far north. so buried them and you would freeze fast. two when you get two foot of show in one night the last thing you need to be is showed in underground. having them up in the air provides wind cooling in summer. stops them folding in spring and keeps them out of the snow in winter.

[@crhu319]

@@ericwilliams1659 depends on wraps & coatings available,

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

The military lived in Quonset huts. My parents lived in one during World War Two. "The sides were corrugated steel sheets, and the two ends were covered with plywood which had doors and windows. The interior was insulated and had pressed wood lining and a wood floor. The building could be placed on concrete, on pilings, or directly on the ground with a wood floor. The original design used low-grade steel, which was later replaced by a more rust-resistant version. The flexible interior space was open, allowing use as barracks, latrines, medical and dental offices, isolation wards, housing, and bakeries."

[@tommartinez62]

there wasn't enough information on heating. plumbing. insulation nor. layouts. Is there a part 2

[@amramjose]

I'm guessing they still have to be well insulated inside, otherwise the metal cylinder is at whatever outside temperature it is exposed to. Still, this is a great concept for small homes.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

Yes, I was wondering what they used for insulation, but the video didn't say.

[@RayleighCriterion]

It looks like they have external insulation in the more extreme locations.

[@russcattell955i]

I don't know in all cases but some tanks are double skinned. The tanks I worked with in the milk industry were.

[@michaelmaston4702]

They can be insulated inside...outside...or a combination of both.

[@scotty2jobsscotty2jobs34]

A liquid hydrogen tank is double walled with neoprene insulation in between. It has a one way travel time of approximately 350 hours. So it will keep the liquid at -423 digress for 350 hours before in vents the gas that has accumulated in that time frame.

[@alanrobinson4318]

Funny how the Igloo used by tribes in the far north have been around for centuries. They keep you alive in as harsh, if not harsher conditions.

[@nicolarollinson4381]

Sold! I would love to live in one of these.

[@WallyTony]

I would love to live in one of those homes

[@ShakespeareCafe]

The condensation on the metal surface must be dealt with. There's no getting around it. The metal is cold the moist warmer air inside condenses and water drips from the ceiling.

[@kimdearborn1728]

Find a way to use that condensation for water or a heating situation I'm not an engineer but it's an idea

[@harrymills2770]

Ridding the interior of moisture is a problem. But if you have a vapor barrier between the living area and the metal, condensation isn't a problem. And it's not the condensation dripping from the ceiling that's a problem. It's the water building up in the bottom and causing it to corrode, like the bottom of an air-compressor tank, which reminds me I didn't turn off and drain my tank, yesterday.

[@anthonycampbell8876]

Condensation is the same in air liners. All condensation runs to bottom in cargo bay soaks insulation corrodes metal .worked on DC-8 with so much corrosion you could remove rivets with fingernail.

[@todrohde6087]

Doesn't matter what shape it is. Insulation is more important and controlling moisture. I've lived in temps from +100 degrees Fahrenheit to - 60 in North Dakota.

[@vincent2327]

In the UK a cistern is the small water container on the back of a toilet, which would make the whole concept slightly more difficult.

[@3ppcli]

This concept is absolutely incredible. Thanks for the video.

[@calgreg2569]

Very cool.. you can make them as comfy as you want..

[@TK-zc5wu]

I Thought they looked gorgeous a bit like a hobbit home

[@BobEckard]

This could be a fit for homeless types in designated areas with little to no upkeep.

[@ironnorse]

Some of the most expensive real-estate comes in the form of "recycled" water towers. In San Francisco, one resold for millions having a birds eye view of the entire bay. Freighter containers also make great homes.

[@billjoe39]

any 'new' million dollar 'recycled' home in SF now has exclusive views of homeless camps and dirty streets

[@reganleblanc3606]

I always wanted to convert a water tower, location, size, possibilities, just super cool in my eyes.

[@ironnorse]

@@reganleblanc3606 Regan its been done and looks great! Id settle for an electrical tripod, first level platform sits about 250ft high, second, although much smaller at about 300ft. made of metal. How about a forest ranger watch tower?

[@theodoremartin6153]

@@billjoe39 and abandoned

[@keithfaulk1354]

I like it!!❤

[@SuckMyPlums]

I’d live in one ☝🏼

[@michaeltreadwell777]

WOW, that's brilliant 🙂

[@LambentLark]

They should look into using these on the north slope oil fields in Alaska. I had to go up there a few years ago to do a walk down on a facility. (Before new consruction engineers check measurements IRL to what is on the engineering drawings the facility was built from so their new drawings will be accurate.) While I was there, I stayed in a connex. One morning, I left my pillow lean against the wall, when I tried to go to sleep that night it had froze to the wall. I'm a pillow flipper but that was nuts!

[@tawnihaynie1065]

You should of asked to be out in the North Slope Borough in Prudhoe apartments. You must of been a very long distance away. Prudhoe Bay is a city within itself. ☺☺☺😇😇😇

[@LambentLark]

@@tawnihaynie1065 Yeah, I wish! I was out at Milne Point. And I wasn't on a regular rotation. I would just go up at the pre-engineering phase and make sure the drawings we were working off of were accurate. The food was good though.

[@peterevans8194]

I am not sure why these are considered miraculous? They are just a conversion of a standard railroad tank...I am not sure I would want to live in a tank that had been carrying unknown chemicals or even crude oil? Other than that, I assume they are reasonably cheap and easily available, at least in the Russian far north... Being circular, they probably have a better snow load than say a shipping container..The circular shape also means you get an underfloor space (and extra insulation)....All that is needed really is to insulate the interior, which is not rocket science...

[@dbach7051]

I would imagine the main reason is because it is a small space and smaller spaces are easier to warmup.

[@dany3356]

And better if it is cilindrical like these ones, because you don't have upper corners where the warm air could hide.

[@ConwayBob]

@@dany3356 -- Yes. Plus the circular cross-section means there's less surface area for the same volume, and that means fewer square feet that can conduct and/or radiate heat out of the house.

[@waynemiller6156]

Great video

[@bobclifton8021]

Have you ever heard of Quonset huts? Probably not. During WWII and afterward they were standard housing units in the far north and elsewhere. They were very effective too.

[@harrymills2770]

Now they have fabrics infused with quick-crete. Inflate them, hose them down, the quick-crete hardens, and instant quonset hut. Quick, sturdy temporary headquarters that will remain standing for years.

[@caseysmith544]

@@harrymills2770 There are also huts made of tent like material or a thicker material once used for older Military Ponchos in the 1980's that get starched to the point of full tightness and they do the same thing, hose the building down with fast dry type concretes then let dry and same deal but they are not inflated but set up quickly. This I have seen used on some of the dome tent shapes with a thicker rubber material to make a cheap permeant Igloo looking house.

[@robinjonson5242]

I have a Giant Quanset Hut & a Tubular Tank, like the ones they shown,but it's Standing Upright to hold water, Lol.. never thought to make a little house out of it !!🤣

[@ljprep6250]

I was born in one in the '50s on an Air Force base in Alaska. It was their hospital.

[@doonhamer252]

@@ljprep6250 our quarters and sick bay were quanset huts, the gables were bricked in .. then in Arctic, they were same but timber frame walls with a canvas liner.. in winter they shoveled snow half way up the wall to cut some of the wind chill .. as snow is just on 0 Celsius, but wind -40 +. We bought an unused kit unit that was to be used on dew line.. in it was yhe instructions on how to put the quansett on to masonery, timber or concrete walls in order to allow for greater head room, ours went onto timber ..plus ours was fitted with roof lights(windows)

[@____________________________.x]

5:06 that’s an underground bunker, not a tube house 🧐

[@jenniferjuniper97]

How is the oil residue removed?

[@philipmonaghan8267]

Fascinating!!!! I think one of these would suit me very well! Great idea!

[@hanksteroz6140]

That was very enlightening & interesting

[@PhilipShand]

Containers are also plentiful & often used this way

[@pityparty9955]

The county zoning here would never approve such a good idea. Wonder what a tank would cost in the USA.

[@kenreynolds1000]

Overkill for most of the US. Better to use a container.

[@stephenmartini5890]

@@kenreynolds1000 ....containers aren't a better idea because they are prone to leakage and rust. Also, their flat walls are not structurally strong making them like a sail in high wind, ask any truck driver. The roofs are flat and may pool water if not covered correctly.

[@happydee6950]

We use 10 foot diameter corrugated culvert in the U.S. which costs $100 to $300 a linear foot to build similar structures. The oil tanks they used can be much more expensive. The trick is to keep it under 50ft long so you can ship it on a standard truck flatbed with no oversized load requirements.

[@kenreynolds1000]

@@stephenmartini5890 I still think that the cost to overcome known issues with containers are cheaper and easier than a prepping a cylinder for habitation except for the worst conditions. Those leak/rust/oven issue don’t magically go away without lots of mitigation on a culvert as well.

[@Norm475]

I know people that buy shipping containers to use as a deer camp.

[@victoryfirst2878]

What is the type of insulation used in the cisterns ?? How thick is the stuff ?? Interesting video too. How does the problem with metal sweating and condensation addressed ??

[@gerry5134]

I know there is a craze to convert shipping containers into homes. They can even be stacked one on top of the other.

[@gerry5134]

@Septimus of Gorgas Would make a cool looking structure ! 👍🏼

[@gerry5134]

@Septimus of Gorgas LoL 😁

[@bobelschlager6906]

Totally fascinating. For some reason, fun to watch. Thanks.

[@pixiepostcard2090]

Ahead of the curve, eco-conservationists can learn a lot from this.. cool stuff!!!

[@agypsychild]

Why did this sound like a propaganda short film about the “new soviet man”? I mean I get it, it was informative how the cylindrical shape of the cistern makes it useful for shelters, but the style of the piece was like propaganda.

[@AndyCutright]

Because it is.

[@chilkat_river]

I live in rural Alaska. I know what it takes to heat a steel barrel this size. It's propaganda or something like that. I wish it was true. I would love to have something like this that actually functioned.

[@harrymills2770]

@@chilkat_river Give it a good, corrosion-resistant coating, and you could drop one into the ground pretty easily. But it'd probably be cheaper to do the same thing with a treated shipping container. Use the Earth to naturally insulate it. But yes. This is probably translated from Russian, and taken from the Soviet days, when they made a virtue of necessity, with a lot of excess/used oil tanks, probably from the Great Patriotic War, and somebody said "I bet we could stick somebody in one of those! Or maybe somebody made a little living space out of one, and the local Commissar got the credit for inventing it, after he sent the inventor off to the Gulag for misappropriating the People's Property. I imagine it's a lot different at lower altitude, but when I was up around 8,000 feet or above, and you had 4 walls, a floor and a roof, just about any heat source was enough to knock the chill off.

[@garynorden1117]

New Housing to come getting us programed for the housing needed for all the immigrants and homeless. The question is where are they going to put them?

[@toriladybird511]

@@garynorden1117 immigrants worktheir way out of poverty. Pay taxes and are productive society members. The issue is we are told we need to "own our homes" i am lucky enough to live in social housing. Its cheap i get repairs done swiftly and i have support if i am strugglingm

[@kimdavis6398]

These are great! There are so many solutions to put a dent in our homeless epidemic which was created and is maintained by politicians. Too bad we don't have public servants instead.

[@danielholman7225]

Yeah, I’d live in a “cistern” if I thought I could save on the heating bill. Looks pretty cozy.

[@kilterkaos1]

My family has been into the tank manufacturing business since the mid-70s. To this day we build and install tanks for companies like Procter & Gamble’s, Smuckers, US ALCO .. It would definitely be cheaper to purchase already built and used tanks then it would be for a company like ours to build one. Altering an already built and used tank would make for a great side project though.

[@Dewydidit]

That depends on what was stored in it I suppose. It would be touchy to slap a torch on one that held diesel fuel for 20 years.

[@M70ACARRY]

@@Dewydidit I was a medic in a oil producing community. Have had several fatalities with 100 barrel tanks. Two Young boys lit a lighter to peer inside. Several others were ignited by welders. Dangerous stuff.

[@Dewydidit]

@@M70ACARRY I know you can weld on them if they are filled with water or inert gas... But folks shouldn't just snag a used tank and start striking sparks.

[@Incognito-fe8cw]

Why can't these be used to help solve the housing shortages and affordability crisis for homes ! They are far better than mega appartment buildings and offer great pricacy !

[@ladypilliwick8179]

I live in a 1953 Spartanette. it's like an airstream but made better 28 foot travel trailer... every thing he's saying is true

[@jeffreyallen9626]

Great idea so good that these men would create a warm comfortable home for all of their people🙏❤

[@hecate235]

Link several together, cover them with earth, and you'd have a hobbit house! Warm in winter, cool in summer, and tornado proof too!

[@fasx56]

What a wonderful evolution of the original idea of living in a cylinder that can withstand very cold temperatures. What is so beneficial and cost effective is the small investment it takes to produce these portable homes. They have been engineered and designed to be comfortable and attractive and the best all weather homes used in the Arctic. Thank you for producing this video and a very successful story brought to light.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

Makes me wonder if it's also cheaper to leave the tanks where they're sent rather than send them back empty to be reused.

[@BouncingTribbles]

This is simply how trade works. Old trading ships could only sail trade routes that let them fill their cargo holds. If there isn't anything to send back then you don't send the box it came in back

[@Camillo-e8q]

Yea metal containers. Durable walls, no mice, no need for drain pipes, minimal maintenance.

[@HeatherRose_]

I live in northern Canada and I've never seen anyone living in one of these.

[@dr-stephennewdell3882]

these are in Russia

[@BelloBudo007]

An Aussie here - Do you think such a dwelling could catch on? In my experience, sometimes when things seem too good to be true, it's because they are.

[@keirfarnum6811]

I lived in Alaska for 20 years and I never saw one of these either.

[@ricosuaveon2]

@@keirfarnum6811 Alaska is not Russia.

[@heru-deshet359]

Perhaps because they are all underground.

[@rudolfsykora3505]

Wait, -60° outside , steel structure... whats the insulation? I like it, they look like space stations

[@javi8431]

I'd put 3 of them together just to make a bit more room out of them side by side

[@BelloBudo007]

Do you mean like in a U shape with connecting doorways? That's certainly an idea.

[@HectorPerez-tb8hn]

what about an interior patio ? or a pond ?

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@HectorPerez-tb8hn greenhouse?

[@toriladybird511]

I would say create a courtyard and use four connected with glass corridors that could be like mini green houses. The court yard could be used as a area to use greywater to grow veggies.

[@Travelgirl0224]

@@toriladybird511 - great idea! I was thinking have them spoke out like a wheel, like 5. They would all come together by one end of the structure... to a general hall/ entry way.

[@rebelbecky276]

What a good 💡 idea! Where can I get one?

[@joshhayl7459]

🔵 These would make the most sensible zombie-proof housing that exists!.... and it can be moved if necessary!

[@danielgriff2659]

wouldnt it be a death trap? how would you get out?

[@joshhayl7459]

@@danielgriff2659, 🟦 I think you failed to grasp the meaning of the phrase "Zombie-proof",..... It only works when you're IN-SIDE of it. Other than that, you leave by the DOOR!....The same way you would any OTHER Bldg.

[@a.e.rivera-weaver8175]

Seems great as an underground shelter too.

[@kman2783]

I'm thinking three of these in the shape of a T would be awesome. One for kitchen and dining room, another section for living room and office/Gym area. Lastly one more section for sleeping area and bathroom W/Shower, washer/dryer. My Alaskan retreat, hunting/fishing lodge. 🌴😎🌴USA

[@lordofthestings]

You could bury that in the side of a grassy hill and make a kind of hobbit house out of it.

[@pisathongsonlone3935]

Metal is a great conductor for heat but they have to keep the fire going cuz it’s also great conductor for cold

[@tomtompkins6779]

Pretty simple to insulate would help with both heat and cold and condensation

[@studio107bgallery4]

Where to buy one?

[@bufordpruitt9501]

How many times can a salesman say "This is great! This is great. This..." No real information here. Empty calories.

[@Casinogamer790]

I would live in one of those.

[@ignaciovarga3162]

The solution to the homeless epidemic.

[@tablescissors]

Incorrect. There are even very recent examples of why this did not work. Sadly. When given housing, they quickly turned it into a crime riddled area full of drug dens, drug dealing, stealing, vandalism, shoot outs, shooting up, and prostitution (the exploitation of women & children, human trafficking). The issue is not as simple, for most, as just put them into homes, which in turn ruins neighbors and neighborhoods.

[@TaneKarnes]

I bought a retired school bus and have bought an acre and parked and finishing it. I have 222 square ft. I had suggested using the older buses for the homeless in the big cities. Tulsa is bad. They can't tear them up, easy to move if needed.

[@johnrodgers8457]

Homeless epidemic is more of a mental health crisis than anything else.

[@godblessamerica99]

Not really. They'll take homelessness into the cistern with them. They need mental health care.

[@cedarhatt-vx8kf]

Cannery Row lol great Steinbeck story, was made into a movie. Lived in an old boiler, man an wife!

[@craigpittman9764]

My house when I was a child had a cistern that used to be used to collect rain water, my dad cleaned it out, and we filled it with water from a local town, which was necessary because our well was only 20 ft. deep and often went dry.

[@augustreil]

How thick is the insulation ? Thanks.

[@Dewydidit]

That depends on the R rating of the insulation. The higher the rating, the thinner you can apply it.

[@HectorPerez-tb8hn]

it depends on how much snow you have around it !!

[@recoveringsoul755]

They didn't even say how big they were, diameter and length. Would be good to know

[@augustreil]

@@Dewydidit, thanks. I figured it would be closed cell but how thick it was ?

[@bcatypical]

@@recoveringsoul755 They SHOW furniture and people inside. That SHOULD give you an idea....

[@joedamore9350]

Bury it 4 feet underground and it would be an awesome secure home.

[@casparcoaster1936]

oldest known huts in archeology, weren't square or rect foundations... they were circles. round houses were oldest on earth found so far.

[@mountainguyed67]

Yeah, but not oriented this way. Right? The circle would have been drawn on the ground, not in the air.

[@stevehartman1730]

Where can we get the metal cisterns n what do they cost.