The guys were so skilled at their jobs.
The man who delivered the tank on a trailer, backed up the driveway perfectly, which is not easy!
Tom Robinson and his son Justin have been installing water tanks for many years and it was amazing to watch their maneuvers getting the tank into a very small location without disturbing the surrounding flora so the existing manzanitas would remain there to screen the tank from view.
Backing the tank up the driveway:
Lifting the tank off of the trailer:
Now to begin maneuvering it into its resting spot:
Over the manzanita and under the tan oak!
It's in!
Here is the pond portion of our pond/planter. It's quite a piece. The pond cement has a special compound mixed in to make it water tight.
They planter will be poured seperately:
Back to the apartment and an unusual (for this summer) balmy evening with full moon sky.
3 comments:
Wow! It's amazing. You'd hardly know such an operation had occurred. What is the purpose of the tank? Where does the water come from to fill it?
The pond - oh, my goodness. That is quite a structure. I can't quite picture it finished, I'll be interested to see it done.
You guys have inspired me to scheme about our (falling down) house. I'm thinking about a project where we would put a great big roof over the whole third floor with nice overhangs all around the house to help keep the rain out - most of the leaking comes in around the windows and facia boards of the third floor. It might be easier that trying to fix every little nit-picky piece of rotted wood. . .
Anyway, we'll see.
Thanks for the pics.
I like that idea! Would it be possible??
The water i the tank is mostly for fire protection. New homes are required to have 10,000 gallon tanks!
Plus we'll get water gravity fed from the tank when the power is out (which happens frequently every winter)
Very cool. Good to know there are still skilled workers out there.
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