Last Saturday, Scott, Dad, and I borrowed a flatbed trailer from our buddy, Bevin, and drove out to Safford to pick up the last of the well equipment that we needed. The storage tank that we purchased is 8ft in diameter and 7 1/2 ft tall. The thing isn't very heavy, so it was fighting against the tie-downs trying to take flight the whole way home.There is no room at the end of the easement to turn the Yukon and trailer around and, since I am not the world's greatest trailer backer upper, I decided to try and back up the easement to the well site instead of driving straight up it. This would make it so once I hit my backing capacity I could still just drive back down the easement and not be stuck. Anyway, as you can see from the video, it didn't take long for me to max out by trailer reversing skills.
We decided to roll the tank up the easement. This ended up being much quicker than me trying to navigate the narrow easement with an enormous black disk blocking my view in the side and rear-view mirrors. Lesley got some film of that too.
That was quite a workout. I think I might roll that thing up and down the hill everyday. It was a full body workout. What you don't see in the film is that we had the kids roll the tank the rest of the way up the hill. They took over when their dad and uncle couldn't take anymore. Actually it was just fun to watch them fight that thing the last ten feet over the crest of the hill.
Here's a shot of our Livvey sitting on top of our well. We don't need to worry about any "Baby Jessica" moments with this well.. None of my kids were small enough to fit in that thing even at birth. You can see the electrical pedestal behind Holman. We tried to get that green tagged too(see Lesley's blog) but the "Dream Crusher" said we had to have all of the well electrical equipment in place before he would green tag it. We are still waiting for our final public hearing for our water pumping and storage facility so we are not in too big pf a rush, but it would have been nice to have that piece done.
Now we are trying to decide whether to bury the tank to make it Earth sheltered or to leave it above ground.
I'm taking a poll in the comments section of this post for what we should do with the tank. Here are a few ideas to get you started on your suggestion:
1) bury it - not my first choice for maintenance reasons.
2) leave it above ground and leave it black - can you say solar water heater?!
3) above ground, paint it with the cool coat elastomeric roof coating- most likely in a tan hue
4) above ground, paint it to look like a silo and paint the pump house to look like a barn - Martha Stewart eat your heart out
5) above ground and burm the earth up the sides half way up or so - Earth shelter with easier access for maintenance
6) choose your own adventure
5 comments:
Totally go with the silo and barn :)
In AZ you probably would rather have cold water than hot, so #2 is out. If you really want cool water all the time you're probably stuck with #1 or #5.
Other thoughts -- is the sun going to be break down the material? If so, gotta paint it at least. It might look ugly out there unless you're a really good painter on #4. What kind of "maintenance" does the thing need, anyway? And how are you going to know if it ever springs a leak? (Am I right in thinking your well is going to have to be like 300 ft deep?)
I say build a cone on top to make it look like a missile coming out of a silo -- maybe you'll get better satellite photography of your area on Google maps that way. =)
Paint it green and make it look like a barrel cactus!
Paint it red so it will look like me in my Friday shirt. Seriously, I think you should bury it. How much maintenance could there be on a buried tank? I would think there'd be less chance of freezing too.
As your loving neighbor, bury it. :) Actually, I'd bury it 1-2' just so its got a little something, other than water, holding it in the ground as we are known for having a bit of wind out here.
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