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Offline ARKANSAWYER

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First one for me.
« on: July 17, 2006, 07:48:03 am »
  Well I have built my first water tower.


























 The water tower base is 16 ft tall with a 10 square bottom and the top is 80 inches and all made from white oak.   Inside sits a 250 gallon stainless steel water tank.   The side walls of the building are made from cedar board and batton with pine 2x4's  and are 8 ft tall.   The top of the roof is 26 ft from the ground.   The whole thing sits on a 12 ft square concrete pad that is 6 inches thick and full of rebar.    "L" braces and 1/2 bolts hold it down to the concrete.   It took 1/2 day to saw out and 1 day to cut all of the lay out.   Two days to stand in 95 degree + heat.   Check's in the bank.    ;D


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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2006, 08:39:05 am »
Arky,

Is the tank filled with the windmill?  Nice job on the structure. 8)
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2006, 10:51:39 pm »
dewwood, No I think he said it would be filled with water. :D

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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2006, 11:20:05 pm »
Very sweet!
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2006, 11:21:52 pm »
Arky,

How is the water contained?

Is there a tank inside the timber siding, or is the timber the retaining material?

Am curious, it's different to how we do it.

asy :D
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2006, 11:25:37 pm »
Quote from: ARKANSAWYER on July 17, 2006, 07:48:03 am
Inside sits a 250 gallon stainless steel water tank.


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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2006, 11:32:38 pm »
* asy hides in shame.

sorry.

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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2006, 01:08:56 am »
Looks like a 250 gal tank sitting beside the structure in the 4th pic, and a couple more that follow. Suspect it was lifted in place before the roof put on. Looks like there is room to spare.
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2006, 07:40:35 am »
Nice job.Looks real good.What was the reason to buiding the water tower?I see power pole in the back ground of one picture.How are you getting water into the tower,by the windmill?
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2006, 01:57:58 pm »
I had the same question.  What is the reason for the tower?  Just curious....  Nice job, looks really cool.  Can you give me a reason I should build one :D?  I need more projects that I dont have time to do.
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2006, 02:03:17 pm »
Asy, you're supposed to read the articles, not just look at all the pictures...... :D  :D  :D

At least Arky doesn't have a staple through his belly button!!   ;D
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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2006, 06:31:12 pm »



   Sorry it took so long to get back but my computer died.   It is redone now and working better.
   These folks are trying to get off the grid.   The windmill is to pump water up into the tank in the tower so it will have good head pressure to the house that is below me in the photo up top.   On none windy days there was no pressure.   Now we have good pressue and one less thing on the grid.   Really needed a larger tank but they are on top of a hill so the wind blows more and the tank they have was free.    It was one of them fun jobs and a first for me.   I want to build a grist mill now.
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2006, 07:23:42 pm »
That's a real great looking water tower.  :o That would be great at a camp if the winters weren't so cold up here. As always I like to analyze stuff.  ;D But, just gotta ask.....you guys pay that much for power that ya gotta build and maintain water towers? My power bill is no higher than $90 in the dead of winter (mostly less than $75) and $55-60 in summer months, includes water heater rent/maintenance fee. It's actually less than my phone bill, which blows my mind.  ::)
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2006, 07:52:32 pm »
SD, my water bill was $30 last month and my electric bill was $218. That's less than a lot of people around here. I am doing all I can to make sure my new house is as much off the grid as possible. My first off grid project is a solar powered well with a thousand gallon water tank. Many people in the area are looking for better alternatives, especially since some of us spent many days without water and electric last year after the storm.

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« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2006, 07:37:25 am »
Seems it ain't so cheap after all liv'n in the south.  ::)
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2006, 09:36:25 am »
Still stuffing their corporate carpetbags  ;)

I'm wanting to see pics of that grits mill when you get er done. The farm looks like one you restored a few years ago Arky, looking good.
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2006, 06:33:21 pm »

   Barn when I first saw it.   "You want to do What! to that thing Lady"?



   Not so bad now.




    You is right Don.
  No power is cheap here and would only cost about $10 a month to run the well on electricity.   But their goal is to get off the grid.   They live on 80 acres and are tring to get to where they can live off the land as much as possible.   Read to much "Country Side" or something.    Should have bought ground on a creek and put in a water wheel and had better farming dirt.
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2006, 07:53:59 pm »
Very nice,

Is the barn still a barn or is it a house?
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2006, 07:57:27 pm »
WOW ARKY!!!

Is that the same barn? or did you push the old one over and build another with remarkably similar lines???

Could we please have some more photos? Especially closer, the sides and inside? How much did you need to rebuild? How long did it take??? 

It looks magnificent, bet they're thrilled!!!

asy :D

PS: Power here (inner suburbia) costs me roughly $50/pcm/aud.

asy :D
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« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2006, 02:50:07 am »
I dunno if I'd like that life, but if they're buying, I'm mighty agreeable... :D :D
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Re: First one for me.
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2006, 09:39:08 am »
I was talking by phone a few weeks ago with a timber framer in TX and he said down there in his area the water resource committee requires water meters on even private wells as you are restricted to how much you can draw out of the earth per month, for your own use on your own property.
I'd never heard of such a thing before.......
I guess then need to plan to have enough for everyone.....

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