Hi all After last summers drought I want to recycle the bath waste water during the summer. Any ideas on how to divert the water with a switch to save getting on the roof and changing the pipework each time I don't need to divert
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Hi all After last summers drought I want to recycle the bath waste water during the summer. Any ideas on how to divert the water with a switch to save getting on the roof and changing the pipework each time I don't need to divert
Mondo
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Im only thinking out loud here but if you bypass it in winter you will have standing water which gets smelly and isnt good. why not just give the storage an overflow, then when its full new water will come in and old (ok old mixed with new) will go out of the overflow! thus keaping the tank topped up with relatively new water.
although you may wish to have a divert for when your washing the bath with chemicals etc? -again Im thinking out loud, i dont even know what you plan on using the second hand water for!
although you may wish to have a divert for when your washing the bath with chemicals etc? -again Im thinking out loud, i dont even know what you plan on using the second hand water for!
That would be what's called "grey" water, and would go smelly very quickly in the summer, so you could only keep it for a day, max.
You can get motorised or solenoid electric valves up to 2 inch quite easily
but these are cheaper:
You can get motorised or solenoid electric valves up to 2 inch quite easily
but these are cheaper:
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I suppose you could use a rainwater diverter as sold for gutter downpipes etc. that normally tees into a gutter downpipe and acts as a combined filler and overflow for the water butt.
You could just let the filler/overflow design do it's job as intended, or you could fit a simple on/off valve in the connection between the water butt and downpipe to allow butt to fill or divert the flow back to the downpipe,
You could just let the filler/overflow design do it's job as intended, or you could fit a simple on/off valve in the connection between the water butt and downpipe to allow butt to fill or divert the flow back to the downpipe,
It's just a WC cistern flap valve thingy - bog standard. You could fit one into the bottom of any tank you use to hold the water and pull a chain in time honoured fashion to let it out. Not sure what depth of water you could open it against though.
Hi allThis is a link to a site given to me which solves my problems.
http://www.naturalcollection.com/natural-products/Bath-Water-Diverter.asp?bID=6253398
Another site is
http://www.greywatergardener.co.uk/diverter.php
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