Building a granite water tank

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
  • How to build a water reservoir from two meter large granite stones.
    00:00 Digging a hole by hand
    00:56 Getting stones delivered
    03:57 Preparations for the outlet pipe
    05:17 Leveling and finalizing the hole
    07:14 Surface preparation
    08:10 Fixing the broken stones
    08:51 Placing the stones on the prepared surface
    12:51 The last stone
    13:40 Inserting the outlet
    17:00 Connecting the tube to the outlet
    18:18 Filling the reservoir with water
    19:06 The finished tank
    19:28 Installing a tap

КОМЕНТАРІ • 43

  • @ToolsForLife1111
    @ToolsForLife1111 Місяць тому

    Beautiful!!

  • @fadetounforgiven
    @fadetounforgiven 2 місяці тому +17

    Nicely done, and if it's not for animal or human consumption then it's ok, but I would have a different approach when installing the outlet.
    Due to the origin of the water, that tank will have some sediment overtime and some algae and other plants may grow.
    Part of that sediment will go down the pipe but there's a risk it may get clogged.
    Now, there will come a time you'll feel the need to clean the tank and even though you take all that sediment and plants by yourself, part of it will inevitably go down the pipe.
    All in all, what i would do is installing the outlet not at ground level but a few centimeters over and I would also install a second outlet, a bigger one, just for cleaning purposes, and this would be at absolutely ground level, big enough I could just clean the tank with just a bit of water and a broom.

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  2 місяці тому +4

      Thank you very much for your good comment and the suggestion with putting the outlet higher. Indeed over time already quite some leaves have accumulated in the tank and you are probably right that a little higher outlet would be better. Please consider what @fadetounforgiven suggests when building yours.

    • @fadetounforgiven
      @fadetounforgiven 2 місяці тому +6

      @@vale.do.salgueiro you're welcome. Now that I think about it, what you could do now adding an elbow connection between that "metal filter ball" and the pipe itself, (maybe with just a few centimeters of pipe, just, just a few) pointing upwards, so the water gets into the pipe from a higher position.
      Obrigado!

    • @SirMetrowy
      @SirMetrowy Місяць тому +2

      @@vale.do.salgueiro If you can maintain high level of water in the tank all year round, I would put the outlet in the middle (like 40% ). The outlet at the ground level for cleaning is must have you will thank yourself later.

    • @aggese
      @aggese 11 днів тому

      Yeah two outletd would be better, one higher up used regularly and one at the lowest point that can be opened fully to flush out sediment

  • @peterflowers6428
    @peterflowers6428 Місяць тому

    Amazing - congratulations guys.

  • @agostinonori9874
    @agostinonori9874 Місяць тому

    gran bel lavoro complimenti!!!!

  • @JamieRogers95
    @JamieRogers95 2 місяці тому

    Love it ❤

  • @donaldmackinnon5779
    @donaldmackinnon5779 2 місяці тому +6

    You guys are amazing well done. I admire work ethic bravo 😊😊

  • @groseler
    @groseler 7 місяців тому +4

    Awesome! Well done 💪

  • @isaakman4640
    @isaakman4640 2 місяці тому +3

    Amazing job

  • @simonelt7317
    @simonelt7317 Місяць тому +3

    With that much flowing water is a Hydroelectric plant on the plans?

  • @gottaspeakout4272
    @gottaspeakout4272 2 місяці тому +3

    I am new to your channel. Is the purpose of the granite tank to water crops? Also when I went to the “About” I didn’t see any information about you and where or why you are doing all this hard work.

  • @indahnoviawindri345
    @indahnoviawindri345 Місяць тому

    Mantap asik asik jos oke banget mantap Alhamdulillah barakallah,👌👌👌👌⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤️❤️❤️🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

  • @user-ev3pu1so6l
    @user-ev3pu1so6l 2 місяці тому

    مكان جميل وعمل جميل

  • @tunhguoDyhctI
    @tunhguoDyhctI 6 днів тому

    Brother what is up with that tape measure

  • @westend273
    @westend273 16 днів тому

    Roman dodecahedron is it a filter from a stone water tank that sits at the bottom where the water exits? people dislodged the dodecahedron over the years to play with, old stone tanks became funerary. Recycled

  • @BobM.-to9ji
    @BobM.-to9ji 2 місяці тому +2

    It always starts with digging a hole doesn't it.....

  • @perstaffanlundgren
    @perstaffanlundgren 2 місяці тому

    Looks nice ! Well done! but
    I wonded why yoy didt use pegs /rodds when connecting the slabs ? Alot stronger than just gluing the stones together . you did use rods with the cracked piece.

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  Місяць тому

      Thanks for your question. You are right it is more stable with metal rodds, we used inox here. And maybe it is a bit hard to see in the video, but we did use them when we connected the last stone of the tank to the sides (see 13:32 and you will see 4 small holes).

  • @chrispy3866
    @chrispy3866 Місяць тому +1

    Here in the States, it’s assumed that the delivery driver is responsible for the safe unloading of any product unless advised beforehand. In this case, the driver would be responsible for the broken pieces, and i would have rejected the delivery of the broken pieces. There is the option for purchasers to unload themselves, but that is clear at the time of purchase. What a shame to see the broken pieces which likely were VERY EXPENSIVE already.

  • @cferguson3368
    @cferguson3368 2 місяці тому

    Is the main water source a spring, irrigation system, runoff, or??

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  2 місяці тому +3

      Thanks for your question! It is an old irrgation system in Portugal its called "levada" de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levada it branches off the nearby river that you see in the beginning and takes the water more than 3km to adjoining agricultural fields

  • @user-ev3pu1so6l
    @user-ev3pu1so6l 2 місяці тому

    لماذا لا توجد فيديوهات اكثر
    ممتعه وجميلة

  • @ATold
    @ATold Місяць тому

    What region does the granite come from in Portugal and who supplies such large cuts? Compliments for your work

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  Місяць тому

      Thanks ATold, Our granite came from the region 4575-006 Alpendorada. If you search this region in google maps, you should see many small and large companies really close to each other, you can contact some of these to get an offer.

    • @ATold
      @ATold Місяць тому

      @@vale.do.salgueiro Many thanks for your answer. A few years ago I already bought in Alpendorada. I was just wondering, if it could be this region. Thanks and compliments for your work!

  • @user-gc7fs2qo9k
    @user-gc7fs2qo9k 2 місяці тому +1

    auch sie hat die haare schoen...

  • @EnchantedEarthSounds
    @EnchantedEarthSounds 2 місяці тому +1

    May I ask in which country this is?

  • @BuceGar
    @BuceGar Місяць тому +3

    ??????????????
    Why would you buy more rocks, and pay to have them delivered, when the site has more rocks than you know what to do with? This does not seem like a good use of money. You should be buying Portland cement, and a backhoe of some type and this will allow you clear areas, dig up big rocks, and allow you to place them. This would be a much better use of any funds you have.

  • @westend273
    @westend273 Місяць тому

    Roman dodecahedron @ 13:52

  • @user-tk1bw1em8g
    @user-tk1bw1em8g 2 місяці тому +2

    Go get a dam tape measure
    Wow
    No wonder you broke all the stone
    Wow

    • @JohnCompton1
      @JohnCompton1 2 місяці тому +1

      It was a bit of an odd budgetary omission 😂

  • @user-xk2bv2tx7l
    @user-xk2bv2tx7l Місяць тому

    more like a tomb

  • @sproket168
    @sproket168 14 днів тому

    Im sorry, but what a waste of time. Poly tank..
    $1500.
    1 hour to install anywhere on earth.

  • @curious736
    @curious736 Місяць тому +7

    Engineered precast concrete panels??? Just saying.

    • @leesmith4703
      @leesmith4703 6 днів тому

      Wheres the fun in that 😂😂