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Step 1: Dimensions
This article is based on a 16ft diameter, 4 ft tall tank, holding 6,000 gallons. However, you can alter the dimensions to fit your needs. Round tank: (3.14) x radius x radius x height x 7.5 = gallons (e.g. 3.14 x 8ft x 8ft x 4ft x 7.5 = 6028.8 gallons) Square tank: length x width x height x 7.5 = gallons (e.g. a 18ft square that is 4ft tall will hold 9,720 gallons) Liner Dimensions: You want to make your liner a little larger than the tank's dimensions, so that it has some slack. Also make it 1ft taller than your tank's walls. Even though a square tank is more efficient with space and thus your liner, we would unequivocally recommend going with a circular design. We have done both and the round one is far stronger and requires less work. Any money you might save on the liner for a square tank is negated by the extra strength you will have to add to the frame. If you decide to go square, bury the bottom 1/3 of the tank.
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Step 2: Foundation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Mark out the area where you wish to build your tank, and level it. You can dig down or fill in, though a combination of the two is often the least labor intensive. Put a layer of sand, about 6" deep over the whole area and compact it well. Place a rebar or post in the center of the area and attach a string to it. Tie the other end of the string to a stick or piece of metal, so that the distance between the stick and the center post equals the radius of your tank, in this case 8 ft. Keeping the string taut and the stick upright, mark the sand in a circle around the central post. Center bricks over this line all the way around the circumference, leveling them with each other. Fill your circle with sand, then compact it well, so that the sand is an inch or two below the top of the bricks. Fill that inch or so with finely screened sand and compact again.
Step 3: Walls
1. Drill 1/8" holes every 6" on a 4ft long strip of metal (there will be 7 holes in total). This will be the jig that you use to drill the sheet metal, so that all your holes line up exactly. 2. Clamp the jig onto one 4ft side of sheet metal and then drill through the jig's holes into the metal. Make sure that the edges of the metal jig line up well, so that you will get a precise position on each sheet of metal. Repeat this process until all five pieces of sheet metal have holes on both 4ft sides. 3. Using a 3/8" drill bit, drill out all these holes so that your 3/8" bolts pass through easily. 4. Stand up two pieces of sheet metal, so that their bottom edge is centered on the ring of bricks, and the holes on the sides line up with each other. 5. Bolt them together, making sure the bolt heads are on the inside of the circle and the threads on the outside. Start from the bottom bolt to the top. 6. Continue bolting together the sheet metal until you have completed the circle. 7. Drive in small pieces of rebar at the base of the walls periodically. These rebar should go in the cracks between the bricks. This will make sure the structure doesn't shift and fall off the bricks. 8. Paint the metal walls, inside and out, with a quality metal primer and finish paint.
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Step 5: Liner
1. Fold five strips of vinyl tarp, 4.5ft long and a couple of inches wide. 2. Line these strips over each set of bolts, to protect the liner from any rough edges of the bolts. Tuck the bottom of each strip under the sheet metal walls and fold the top over the top of the sheet metal and attach it temporarily to the highest bolt. 3. Also put a strip of tarp on the top edge of the walls. 4. Place another piece of vinyl tarp on the floor of your circle, so that your liner will be protected from any little rocks in the sand. 5. Get out your liner somewhere outside of the tank and fold it in a way that will be easy to unfold in place. This is best done by unfolding completely, then folding the sides towards the center, then rolling the whole thing up from one side to the next. Lift the liner inside the cistern walls. 6. Position the liner on one side of the tank, then unroll it. Position the bottom of the liner on the floor, so that it meets the walls evenly, then lift the sides of the liner up against and over the metal walls. There should be about a foot of extra liner on the outside of the walls, and once it is all in place, it will hold itself. Make sure to leave a bit of slack on the sides.
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1x 1 " bulkhead 1x 1 " nipple, 3" long 1x 1 " valve Silicon Pond liner potable if needed 16 ft diameter, 5 ft tall Overflow Parts (for this tank, we used 3" overflow) 1x 3" bulkhead 2x 3" male thread to PVC adaptors 3x 3" Elbows 1x 3" T 1x 3" cap 20ft X 3" pipe
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