Posted by Moonraker on September 4, 2010, 2:26 pm
On 04/09/2010 17:47, 'Mike' wrote:
> ""I collect the run-off from my garage, which is 20' x 10' ""
> Mine is the same but backing up to a garden shed, both feed into water butts
> linked together, five of them :-))
> Another butt is fed off one of the downpipes from the roof and yet another
> is fed from the roof of the veranda which goes right across the back of the
> house.
> Mike
They certainly fail to divert all the water when there is a deluge, the
outlet to the butt overflows, so it just goes down the drain.
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Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire
Posted by chris French on September 4, 2010, 8:28 pm
>On 04/09/2010 17:47, Mike wrote:
>> Hi y'all, just some words of advice, I have just dismantled my diverter
>> on the downcoming rainwater pipe leading to the waterbutts as we are
>> moving house soon, and found a lot of debri that included cherry seeds
>> etc, this must have stopped 50% of my rainwater collection for a couple
>> of years, I doubt if I would have ever looked there for problem, but it
>> is well worth checking along with guttering etc.
>> Every little helps. Mike, Cambridgeshire Dustbowl.
>I simply put my rainwater downpipe directly into the water butt. Then
>put an overflow on the water butt so the excess goes to... another
>water butt. And the overflow water from that goes to ... another water
>butt. Any after that goes down the drain. So I don't waste a drop of
>rain. I'm not convinced those diverters transfer 100% of the rainwater?
No they don't, but I think for most occasions it's enough.
Collecting straight into a butt will sooner or later lead to the butt
overflowing as the pipe to the next ones won't be able to cope with the
flow.
This may or may not matter depending on where the butt is situated.
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Chris French
Posted by Martin Brown on September 6, 2010, 2:15 am
On 05/09/2010 01:28, chris French wrote:
>> On 04/09/2010 17:47, Mike wrote:
>>> Hi y'all, just some words of advice, I have just dismantled my diverter
>>> on the downcoming rainwater pipe leading to the waterbutts as we are
>>> moving house soon, and found a lot of debri that included cherry seeds
>>> etc, this must have stopped 50% of my rainwater collection for a couple
>>> of years, I doubt if I would have ever looked there for problem, but it
>>> is well worth checking along with guttering etc.
>>> Every little helps. Mike, Cambridgeshire Dustbowl.
It is worth checking them annually in late autumn just after the trees
have lost their leaves. That is when they are most likely to jam up.
>>
>> I simply put my rainwater downpipe directly into the water butt. Then
>> put an overflow on the water butt so the excess goes to... another
>> water butt. And the overflow water from that goes to ... another water
>> butt. Any after that goes down the drain. So I don't waste a drop of
>> rain. I'm not convinced those diverters transfer 100% of the rainwater?
>>
> No they don't, but I think for most occasions it's enough.
The only time when they seriously malfunction is when a few leaves have
managed to get down and one has got across the outlet to the butt. Has
happened a couple of times to me. It is fairly obvious in strong rain.
> Collecting straight into a butt will sooner or later lead to the butt
> overflowing as the pipe to the next ones won't be able to cope with the
> flow.
Depends on the diameter of the pipe. I'd expect a 1.25" pipe to cope
with most circumstances. I rely on manual syphoning into two spare
(salvaged from a neighbours building site) plastic bins for extra
capacity. It is quicker to dunk a watering can in open water.
> This may or may not matter depending on where the butt is situated.
Mine overflows into the same drain that the downpipe uses.
Regards,
Martin Brown
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> Mine is the same but backing up to a garden shed, both feed into water butts
> linked together, five of them :-))
> Another butt is fed off one of the downpipes from the roof and yet another
> is fed from the roof of the veranda which goes right across the back of the
> house.
> Mike