We have absolutely no stores of water food or fuel. Only so much room in a two bed rental flat. By the looks of some of the well off houses nearby I could always join the raiding parties, if the need arose.
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We have absolutely no stores of water food or fuel. Only so much room in a two bed rental flat. By the looks of some of the well off houses nearby I could always join the raiding parties, if the need arose.
Nope, the neighbours are fine - we’re very good friends, and have a gate between backyards - always at each other’s place having a beer. It’s in the Estate bylaws type of thing - minimum 900mm clearance from any building (or tank as it turns out) to the fence line. Stupid really as the new estates have the gutters on their houses almost touching...Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
Still, even if I could, I’m not spending nearly $5.5K all in for a tank.
I could be wrong about Victoria, but up here if the neighbour gives written agreement, the council can relax the boundary restrictions. We have done this twice in Maleny when building carports with approval from the Sunshine Coast Council. Council approvals override estate by-laws, I believe.
If you that good with your neighbors just go for it[emoji106]just say it was there when you bought the place [emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Estate by laws don't have much power really. The developers would have moved on long ago. If the council agrees, that's all that counts.
Agreed, but the Council don’t agree unfortunately. 😒
Hard to claim that when I built the place... 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by LRJim
Given that I could be selling I the next 12 months, no point either and I don’t want something here that hasn’t got a permit - you can’t get them retrospectively any more.
Well yeah if your selling bugger it then!Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Well bugger, get the neighbor to put the tank in, give him $5 for a T and plumb into hisQuote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
problem solved
Aint you fellows lucky there is some problem solvers amongst us
cheers
blaze
There are issues such as mosquitoes laying eggs in stagnant water in 'funny' spouting that hatch into wrigglers in tanks, pollen in the wattle flowering season clogging everything, dust that naturally settles out of the air when it rains settling in the bottom of tanks, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by LRJim
I've got 2x 22,500 litre tanks that get fed off a shed roof via a system that I made that takes all the dust and pollen out of what goes into storage. I'm not on the mains but could easily be if I wanted.
The mosquito prob is best dealt with by ensuring spouts drain completely after rain, i.e. they've got the legal fall or better.
It really isn't that hard to get to this stage, been about 5 years now with crystal clear water at my ponderosa.
Simonds would never be allowed to call collected water 'potable' because of regulation.
Pretty sure they wouldn't want to in any case.
cheers, DL