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(9 August 2013, 18:53)Steve Wrote: My current 2750l tank is a heating oil tank, bunded ( double layer ). It's been used for rainwater storage for years with no damage. Water is fed down to animal troughs by gravity and up to a sprinkler system in the polytunnel by electric pump with pressure vessel. I drained the electric pump last January when I moved in, but it's a simple job to put it into an insulated box and lag the pipework. Some of the distribution pipework is buried deep enough to be OK, but the overhead sprinklers would be damaged if I didn't drain them.

I will install the IBC containers in a cube shape, linked with lagged pipes, and surround the whole lot with straw bales and bale wrap. I have a lot of old carpet to use too. If this doesn't work I'll have to bury them and rely on pumps.

Yes, I'm going the straw bale route too. My Barns are realy ancient with extremely thick walls so the buildings have very good thermal mass which generally staves off the cold until the very end of the winter... trouble is that if it freezes then, the tehrmal mass works against me and I'll have an ice house till summer:-(

Thanks for the heads up on your setup.