Forum home› Tools and techniques
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Re-using grey water with a hose and a siphon - bath system.

124678

Posts

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    You can also just suck on the end of the hose pipe at the lowest end to begin the flow from the bath.
  • InBloomInBloom Posts: 68
    I'd rather not  :# but yes you could. 
    For anyone interested there are also small pumps available powered by an electric drill or screwdriver
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Fire said:
    You can also just suck on the end of the hose pipe at the lowest end to begin the flow from the bath.

    It wouldn't work for me - I bath/shower last thing at night and I don't want to be mucking about outside in the dark in my nightie :open_mouth:
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Yes, that's why siphons are handy.
  • AnguisFragilisAnguisFragilis Posts: 95
    I’m thinking of doing this but with a grey water butt beneath the bathroom window. This summer we have showered with buckets on the shower floor and get about 20l a day on the beds that way.
  • InBloomInBloom Posts: 68
    Suppose if used straight away would work, but there are issues around storing grey water because of the high bacteria content 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My plan is to use the grey water from the butt the next day for watering with cans, and direct whatever's left on to the garden with a hose connected to the butt tap. Just waiting for a new tap to be delivered (the old one broke so I've ordered a new one with a push-fit for a hose). Last night's bathwater went straight on to the garden (all on one spot) and this morning it's soaked in so well that I can hardly tell it was there.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    If grey water is going via a butt, expect to have one smelly butt!
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Ah, but is a full but smelly butt better than an empty butt? :D

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2022
    @JennyJ Maybe you can run a forum trial for us - the effects of grey water butt use - sweet or smelly?  :D
Sign In or Register to comment.