I’m researching suppliers of concrete water tanks atm. Seems most tanks these days are plastic/polyethylene. But we need concrete on the bush block because of the bush fire risk.

I’m having trouble locating suppliers. If anyone can think of names to drop, I’d be most appreciative.

we have a 2 conrete water tanks yeehah..cant ask dad right now eg he is in brisbane for work meeting to night he should be arriving there soon…. they would be about 16 years old now (same as me).

Yeehah said:

I’m researching suppliers of concrete water tanks atm. Seems most tanks these days are plastic/polyethylene. But we need concrete on the bush block because of the bush fire risk.

I’m having trouble locating suppliers. If anyone can think of names to drop, I’d be most appreciative.

here in luckyland its
-manicon
- ri industries.

Hi yeehaa

just curious?? is that a council/shire requirement?

If the heat is intense enough it’ll probably crack the concrete structure depending on water level, which will probably be low considering season.

Then is it a viable option considering cost?
maybe you can go the plastic option and insulate it????

If the tanks are buried then theres no probs I guess……….

interesting topic’

WH

wormhunter said:

just curious?? is that a council/shire requirement?

If the heat is intense enough it’ll probably crack the concrete structure depending on water level, which will probably be low considering season.

Then is it a viable option considering cost?
maybe you can go the plastic option and insulate it????

If the tanks are buried then theres no probs I guess……….

interesting topic’

WH

Yes, it’s a council requirement. Could have steel, I think, but absolutely not plastic.

We’ll be building on a 25 acre bush block, more details at:

http://yeehahsgarden.blogspot.com/

I’ve found a number of sites that supply underground concrete tanks, eg for where space is limited and people put them under driveways, but we just need a couple of prefabricated 22,000 litre/ 5,000 gallon tanks. We’re planning on having Tank A next to the house to collect roof water, and one up the hill a bit to Tank B (in the middle of the trees) so that Tank B will gravity feed back down to the house. Will be on alternate power, so don’t want to have to power a pump every time we turn on a tap. Just once every now and then we’ll turn on the generator to pump up to the header tank.

Can’t find a website for Manacon that works. And that’s for the SA branch, not for the Toowoomba branch, which is only a couple of hundred kms up the highway (quite close really).

Hmm, did you know that www.fatcow.com.au is a site that is an “Australian agriculture products and services portal”?

Let’s see what they have in the way of concrete water tanks.

Yeehah said:

but we just need a couple of prefabricated 22,000 litre/ 5,000 gallon tanks.

I understood that they got poured on site…

bluegreen said:

Yeehah said:

but we just need a couple of prefabricated 22,000 litre/ 5,000 gallon tanks.

I understood that they got poured on site…

The bigger concrete tanks, over 22,000 litres, get poured in situ. I know that the biggest they can deliver prefabricated, though, is 22,000 litres. A house I rented had two of them linked together.

But in rural situations in particular, it may not be practicable to have a concrete mixer travel to your place. People who are seriously out the back of beyond get their tanks delivered in pieces on the back of a truck – huge big corrugated iron jobbies (not sure how they bolt it together) with a plastic liner. But I don’t want one of those either. The concrete has a longer life span than the metal ones, from what I read a couple of years ago.

Now it’s just a matter of finding a supplier.

(The FatCow site didn’t find anything interesting, btw.)

one thing I remember about a concrete tank that people we knew had, a small one on a stand, is the stalactites forming on the bottom :D

i know our plastic tank came in one peace on a truck.. i was to young to remeber the concrete ones

manacon – whoops.

have you looked in the phone book ?
dumb question but some of the best suppliers here are the small companies without a web site.

pepe said:

manacon – whoops.

have you looked in the phone book ?
dumb question but some of the best suppliers here are the small companies without a web site.

Nar, I was too lazy to think of that. The phone book’s out in the hallway, and I was already sitting at the computer ;)

I’ll hit the Yellow Pages website, see if that’ll save me a trip.

Yeehah said:

I’ll hit the Yellow Pages website, see if that’ll save me a trip.

lol u got a rolly chair i have one i roll around the computer room.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

manacon – whoops.

have you looked in the phone book ?
dumb question but some of the best suppliers here are the small companies without a web site.

Nar, I was too lazy to think of that. The phone book’s out in the hallway, and I was already sitting at the computer ;)

the phone directory is online…

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

manacon – whoops.

have you looked in the phone book ?
dumb question but some of the best suppliers here are the small companies without a web site.

Nar, I was too lazy to think of that. The phone book’s out in the hallway, and I was already sitting at the computer ;)

sometimes the septic tank suppliers also make rwtanks.
on that note cya.

Economy Concrete Tanks look good. Will have to ring.

And have phone number for Manacon – seems they don’t have a website though. Odd.

When I was little my father made corro tanks for a living. If mum was helping I’d have to go too. I hated it, bored me silly, but there was the factory cat called Rivets to play with and a paddock overgrown with wild cotton where I hunted for wanderer pillars.

No help to you I know but I thought I’d throw in a useless bit of trivia.

What’s wrong with the poly tanks?

>sometimes the septic tank suppliers also make rwtanks.

Hope they wash their hands….

Bubba Louie said:

When I was little my father made corro tanks for a living. If mum was helping I’d have to go too. I hated it, bored me silly, but there was the factory cat called Rivets to play with and a paddock overgrown with wild cotton where I hunted for wanderer pillars.

No help to you I know but I thought I’d throw in a useless bit of trivia.

i enjoyed the trivia – was ‘rivets’ the name of the tank company as well?
- and i call that plant ‘wild cotton’ – its real name might be useful one day.

colliewa said:

>sometimes the septic tank suppliers also make rwtanks.

Hope they wash their hands….

surprise – septic tanks start life as clean as rwtanks.

Just ring the first tank manufacturer you find and ask them. Despite all the hoo-ha about service being obsolete, I have found most people are still helpful even when they are getting nothing for their time.

>surprise – septic tanks start life as clean as rwtanks.

;^)

Yep – use your phone directory – especially in rural area, concrete tanks are still available. I had mine built on site in suburban area about 12 years ago. You may find individual tank builders only have one or 2 moulds so may not get the dimensions you particularly want. It was easy for me the fellow had 2 sizes and I had to have the construction a minimum distance from my boundary – so only the 5,000gal one, not his 10,000 would fit! The concrete had to be pumped in from the driveway so access to tank site is important – you probably won’t need the extra expense of a pump though.

When you speak to them find out the height and diameter. But on a rural block that won’t matter so much!

Ask if you have any questions about the construction and I’ll see what I remember -and have photos of it going up if they are of any interest…Make sure they don’t clean the concrete pump onto special gardens!

cackles said:

Make sure they don’t clean the concrete pump onto special gardens!

Funny how the little things can be quite important ;)

pepe said:

Bubba Louie said:

When I was little my father made corro tanks for a living. If mum was helping I’d have to go too. I hated it, bored me silly, but there was the factory cat called Rivets to play with and a paddock overgrown with wild cotton where I hunted for wanderer pillars.

No help to you I know but I thought I’d throw in a useless bit of trivia.

i enjoyed the trivia – was ‘rivets’ the name of the tank company as well?
- and i call that plant ‘wild cotton’ – its real name might be useful one day.

No Rivets was just the cats name. I used to take him bread and dripping. Dad rented the factory space and Rivets just appeared one day so someone named him.

I did know the scientific name at one time, the old brain’s not what it used to be.