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Rainwater diverter

dallinson.sfi77kw_lvVdallinson.sfi77kw_lvV Posts: 2
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Hi, this might be a silly question but I'm complete newbie to gardening so appreciate advice.
I want to grow vegetables, salad and herbs and thinking of getting a waterbutt with a rainwater diverter as I'm on a water meter and really want to keep water cost down, but my downpipe includes pipes from bathroom which I'd like to avoid because I bleach my hair and use bathroom products like limescale remover and bleach so don't want these going in water I use for food.
I've attached a photo and wonder if rainwater diverter can be positioned above my bathroom wastes or is this just not practical?
Thank you for your help

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    yes youcan fit it above and run the hose down, then run the overlfow down into the drain
    Devon.
  • dallinson.sfi77kw_lvVdallinson.sfi77kw_lvV Posts: 2
    Thank you hostafan. So I've seen you get a pipe that goes from drainpipe to waterbutt. Does that include an overflow from water butt to drain or is that a self adaptation? 
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    As a child my family had a huge (and I mean huge) water butt that took all the water from the bath and sink in the bathroom. This grey water was used for the garden.
    I always assumed that every body did the same but found that this wasn't the case.
    Whilst I appreciate what you say about potential problems with chemicals diverting the water....how does that remove the chemicals?
    It is great that you are looking into the issue.
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