I became expert at siphoning back in the days when I made lots of home made wine - but it takes a bit of practice to do it without swallowing - sometimes I had to walk to pick the children up f rom school rather than take the car
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If your waterbutt won't give you water To help you, our forum,won't falter. Don't get in a flap With that troublesome tap Let's check out what else you might alter.
Assuming you're not very bright (And I know this may seem somewhat trite) But it adds to your chores If your butt's kept indoors; So make sure that you choose the right site.
Now most of the experts have found That the top shouldn't be on the ground! Coz you'd soon start to shout When the water falls out This advice, you'll agree, seems quite sound?
If your ego is too big to swallow, Then this next bit might seem hard to follow: (Forgetting your pride) Has it got an inside? Have you checked that your waterbutt's hollow?
There is one last thing you need to know If you want your butt water to flow: If the tap's at the the top Then the water will stop So be sure that you fix it down low.
Once you've checked it all for the last time, Violence would not be too much of a crime: You could stop being 'chicken' Just give it that kickin'! Coz I'm not writing any more rhyme!
If you've never been able to get water through the tap it certainly sounds as if it's a problem with the tap itself. Little choice apart from emptying the water and removing the tap to check it out. I suspect a bung in the tap or the outlet from the butt, where the tap connects, is still covered by plastic from manufacturer. Whichever the cause I would be giving the person who put it together a slap for not checking it was working.
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I became expert at siphoning back in the days when I made lots of home made wine - but it takes a bit of practice to do it without swallowing - sometimes I had to walk to pick the children up f rom school rather than take the car
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You got all that, Naki?
Isn't this forum a wonderful place? No end of fun we can have with even the minimum of material..
Hope you get your butt working
soon coz there's no knowing where they'll go with it otherwise! 
It's official you're all bonkers.
Being re-edited
Last bit of advice
If your waterbutt won't give you water
To help you, our forum,won't falter.
Don't get in a flap
With that troublesome tap
Let's check out what else you might alter.
Assuming you're not very bright
(And I know this may seem somewhat trite)
But it adds to your chores
If your butt's kept indoors;
So make sure that you choose the right site.
Now most of the experts have found
That the top shouldn't be on the ground!
Coz you'd soon start to shout
When the water falls out
This advice, you'll agree, seems quite sound?
If your ego is too big to swallow,
Then this next bit might seem hard to follow:
(Forgetting your pride)
Has it got an inside?
Have you checked that your waterbutt's hollow?
There is one last thing you need to know
If you want your butt water to flow:
If the tap's at the the top
Then the water will stop
So be sure that you fix it down low.
Once you've checked it all for the last time,
Violence would not be too much of a crime:
You could stop being 'chicken'
Just give it that kickin'!
Coz I'm not writing any more rhyme!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you've never been able to get water through the tap it certainly sounds as if it's a problem with the tap itself. Little choice apart from emptying the water and removing the tap to check it out. I suspect a bung in the tap or the outlet from the butt, where the tap connects, is still covered by plastic from manufacturer. Whichever the cause I would be giving the person who put it together a slap for not checking it was working.
Birdy 13. Thank you. Just the thing to brighten up an unpleasant day. (Wind, rain, sleet non stop here.)