Day Trip: 2nd February 2016

Completed a quick day trip to drop off 2 new 5000Lt water tanks. Chris finished as much of the deck as he can and also installed galvanized strapping to strengthen the roof trusses to the walls.

Day Trip: 26th December 2015

Probably the last time I’ll see Amaroo this year so delivered some Christmas presents being 2 x 1000Lt IBC’s for greywater catchment. We were hoping to have a motor bike ride but the rain just came down too hard!
Better luck next time!

The tarp  we covered the shed floor with was still in place but ripped all over. We re-secured it and tried to drain off the water pooling on it but we just kept getting more rain!

The down pipe off the gutter had fallen off and we missed the mornings downpour of rain. Its back in place now and awaiting PVC cement to secure it permanently when the other tanks are installed.

Water Catchment and Storage

Firstly, we bought 2 x IBCs to hold water on the property for washing and gardening etc but mostly for capturing grey water. They have had engine oil in them from Shell so we have set them in the sun and dumped kg’s of kitty litter to soak up. They won't be used for drinking water for humans or stock. We referred to the MSDS of Shell Oil to check on the method of cleaning up the product they were used to hold. There is an abundance of IBC’s on Gumtree and eBay and courier company’s have been known to mix chemicals old and new so always be sure with what was in it previously or leave it alone.

So while the oils are soaking up in the IBC and the greywater is taken care of, I took advantage of some discount offers at Masters Hardware and purchased a 5000lt water tank, Bushmans brand. It took 2 weeks to arrive being a special order, I wanted blue! Although we are nowhere near ready for set up, the tank will safely sit at our residence until such required time.

The 5000lt tank will be positioned next to our container awning once built in December, to act as a source of water whilst building.