Outdoor water storage is it possible outside of BC?

Allpointswest · #1 09-21-2016, 04:08 PM

Do you have a crawl space of any sort? Or an attic? maybe with careful placement you can put something up there and plumb it. it would be a pain to add salt to your salt res but you could pre mix it and pump it up as well. (just thinking out side the box lol) another idea is look for a different shape water storage. Maybe something that is tall and skinny that will fit behind coats in a closet or long and short for under a bed.

lyall12 · #2 09-21-2016, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Allpointswest

Do you have a crawl space of any sort? Or an attic? maybe with careful placement you can put something up there and plumb it. it would be a pain to add salt to your salt res but you could pre mix it and pump it up as well. (just thinking out side the box lol) another idea is look for a different shape water storage. Maybe something that is tall and skinny that will fit behind coats in a closet or long and short for under a bed.

That's not a bad idea. I had a look last year at different water tanks. You can actually get some low profile rectangular tanks for RV water storage. Might be able to effectively hide those inside somewhere.

corpusse · #3 09-21-2016, 04:40 PM

I do indeed have a crawlspace and I've just come from there. Trying to figure out if I need to reinforce the floor for a 180g or not. Looks like it's in a great spot but that's a discussion for another thread.

I was under the impression it's bad to store water in the crawlspace however there are companies who make water storage tanks specifically for crawlspaces. The crawlspace has several heaters down there set to 10-12c so that's certainly warm enough for the water if I have to use a pond heater to heat the water to tank temp that would be fine.

Allpointswest · #4 09-21-2016, 05:57 PM

I thing the main issue would be ventilation. If its vented in a way that moisture does not build up or your containers are sealed so that they cant evaporate into the crawl space which might not have much air flow you would be fine. If you own the place I think I would add an out side vent with a fan that pushes air out and an in side vent somewhere so that heated house air can be pulled down and in to keep any moisture moving out. What size of vent and fan you will need Im not sure. Just like our tanks. Standing water isn't good and neither is standing air. Other wise I think you will be fine.