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Adding more water butts to a rainpod

Greenfingers23Greenfingers23 Posts: 16
in Problem solving
Hi just wondering if anybody has connected at least 5 or six water butts to a rainpod? I have 2 waterbutts at the moment but space for 6 really but wondering if the water pressure would be more as will have more water butts? Here is a pic

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  • Greenfingers23Greenfingers23 Posts: 16

  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    You may get lower water pressure depending on how you connect up the additional butts. If they are all connected at the bottom tap then they all fill at the same time so it takes longer for them all to get full. The lower the depth of water the lower the water pressure so you will never get more pressure by adding more butts.
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Any plumbing goods merchant will supply fittings for use in this situation.  You'll need two types.  Each butt will need a tap at the bottom, easily inserted with normal tools.  The whole chain of butts needs to be joined at the tops, one to another, with another plastic 'joiner'.  As No 1 fills to the joiner level, the water flows over into No 2 and so on until ideally all butts are full.  To take water, begin at the butt furthest from the down pipe and continue until it runs dry.  Close that tap and start using the next butt and so on until, hopefully, rain comes before No 1 also runs dry.  If there is any concern about No1 becoming dangerously stagnant through never being used, it can always be used 'out of order' as the others will still contain their stock.
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