Waterbutt ( Rain Harvesting )

[GJ02]

Just been to the back door for smoke and its ******* down with rain.
Ive decided i'm going to give rain harvesting a go this year,
Does anyone else harvest rain water and use it to water plants in summer etc etc

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

This has the potential to be brilliant.

 

[GJ02]

This has the potential to be brilliant.

So I take it you don't harvest rain then ?

 

[Schizo]

i have 5 water butt's in my garden for the summer.

all full up now.

 

[GJ02]

i have 5 water butt's in my garden for the summer.

all full up now.

how long did it take to fill the 5

 

[HumanShield]

[serious answer]

we have a waterbutt, and have used it quite a bit in the past. Your local council may be able to provide one for a decent price, ours was from homebase or b&q, cant remember. Easy enough to fit too.

 

[GJ02]

This has the potential to be brilliant.

If you have nothing constructive to add to the thread then don't post in the hope it gets trashed because you think it has potential for something other than what im asking.

[serious answer]

we have a waterbutt, and have used it quite a bit in the past. Your local council may be able to provide one for a decent price, ours was from homebase or b&q, cant remember. Easy enough to fit too.

thanks for that info, didn't realise the council may help, it is recycling after all

 

[Schizo]

how long did it take to fill the 5

cant quite remember how long they take to fill up.

ive got 2 from my shed which fill's up one then flows into the other one.

the others are from my roof and fill up quicker.

 

[Zip]

I can't believe a country like the uk that rains all the time doesn't have rain water tanks being very common. Theyre very common down here.

 

[HumanShield]

thanks for that info, didn't realise the council may help, it is recycling after all

No problem. Wrexham Council do a 190 litre one for under £30 delivered which should be around what other councils do them for!

 

[arc@css]

I've two waterbutts which I mainly use for keeping the pond topped up and also for the plant life. I find it very handy indeed.

 

[Cosimo]

So I take it you don't harvest rain then ?

He's not a farmer butt you might persuade him to catch a few drops.

 

[Duke]

Yeah we have one which catches rainfall from the shed roof, so fills up quick.

 

[Griff7520]

just installed one last week actually...........dont know how much we got in there yet though

 

[andicole0]

We have several taking water from the garage roof, shed roofs and the house. The cheapest barrels we got were 200l each which came from our local car wash, took some cleaning out as they had car shampoo in but at £10 each it was well worth it.

Rain water is great for washing cars too.

Andi.

 

[Derek W]

do you have ones like this?

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/65185-wayne-shows-off-his-new-butt

Rainwater harvesting should be encouraged more cos when designing any extensions etc typically people want it just to go back into the mains drainage but this way at least some can be stored for during the summer months with any excess being overflowed into the existing drainage network / soakaway in the garden ground.

 

[dekez]

I have a similar one to this:
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.j...ies&fh_eds=ß&fh_refview=lister&isSearch=false

Could do with a bigger one really though, I find it runs out fairly quickly in summer.

 

[Andr3w]

I can't believe a country like the uk that rains all the time doesn't have rain water tanks being very common. Theyre very common down here.

True...but we very rarely run out of water like you guys

 

[Zip]

True...but we very rarely run out of water like you guys

Rain water tastes nicer and is healthier though

And it was just 1 or 2 years ago i remember laughing at you lot for somehow managing to be in a drought

 

[Andr3w]

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