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Recommendations for Water Butt that connects to guttering

paulpuk2000paulpuk2000 Posts: 93
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Hi,

I'd like to save water usage by buying a water butt that can be connected to the rainwater pipe/guttering.  Can anyone give me a good recommendation?
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It's worth checking your local water supply website. 
    They often have very good deals for combined butts and downpipe kits.

    e.g.
    https://www.savewatersavemoney.co.uk/products/view/38791/slim-100l-waterbutt.html


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • paulpuk2000paulpuk2000 Posts: 93
    Oh really?  What a gr8 idea !  Would never have thought of that.  thanks a lot !

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Otherwise DIY shops sell them (I got my last one from B&Q, in the section with guttering).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    You'll soon come to realise, paulpuk2000 , that it will only take a fairly modest rainfall to fill a normal 200 litre butt so, if you're serious about collecting large quantities of water, you may like to consider linking several together to feed off the one downpipe.
  • paulpuk2000paulpuk2000 Posts: 93
    edited August 2020
    Thanks for that Nick.  It's more a question of location really.  If I wanted to put 2 there, I'd need to break into the guttering at another point, and then I'm not sure it'd look particularly attractive, but it's something I'm definitely considering.  Perhaps I could cover it with flowers of some kind.  Our main garden area starts some 20 metres from the house, whereas the area nearer the house is paved, with some plants in pots.  Guttering at the other side of the house is a shared driveway, so putting one there would awkward.

    We do have an area, right at the end of the garden, which has a concrete panel fence some 2 metres from a school fence, which we back onto.  Maybe I could put a tank there?  It'd certainly be nearer the garden, if I could figure out a way to bring it into the main garden area.  If I could put a large tank there, it'd be largely covered by shrubs and trees.....hmmmm....Interesting thought !

  • paulpuk2000paulpuk2000 Posts: 93
    Ahh, you mean side by side, sentry fashion?  That's also a possibility.  Thx again.

  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Yes, paulpuk2000, any plumbers' merchant will supply joiners and taps so, from one downpipe you can have any number of butts, each linked at the top with a tap at the bottom.  As No1 fills, the water flows over into No2 and so on.  When taking water, you start from the tap furthest from the downpipe.
  • paulpuk2000paulpuk2000 Posts: 93
    Brilliant advice.  Thank you for that.  If cost was a problem, we could say, go for two butts, for now, then add more, later.  Like that idea.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Here's how I done mine
    3 in a row, downpipe into butt at the left and tap on the butt on the right



    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • paulpuk2000paulpuk2000 Posts: 93
    Nice one.  What's that grey pipe for?
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