Water Butt Collection System

[gromit]

Hi

I am looking to replace a water butt collection system from existing guttering downpipe that has a diverter into side of water butt. This constantly blocks with silt from the roof,

Is there a way of just using the downpipe straight into the water butt (hole template in lid already) without the water butt overflowing. The existing diverter allows water to flow back out tof the butt when full back doen existiing drainpipe.

Any advie would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Pinnacle69]

yes no problem just run pipe straight into butt and use the original pipe to the diverter as an overflow pipe it may need extending or you could join it to an extra butt and run them in series

 

[Morrisman]

We are thinking of having a water butt collection system, with three or four butts, but I've had the bright idea of having each butt overflow to the next one, and the final one overflows to a drain or soak-away. The idea being that any floating muck or angle, bugs, mosquito larvae, etc will wash out every time it rains. Sensible?

Or is that just normal?

 

[gromit]

yes no problem just run pipe straight into butt and use the original pipe to the diverter as an overflow pipe it may need extending or you could join it to an extra butt and run them in series

Thanks,

Quite simple If I'd have thought about it!

Thanks for your help.

 

[RedHerring2]

We are thinking of having a water butt collection system, with three or four butts, but I've had the bright idea of having each butt overflow to the next one, and the final one overflows to a drain or soak-away. The idea being that any floating muck or angle, bugs, mosquito larvae, etc will wash out every time it rains. Sensible?

Or is that just normal?

You should start your own thread, rather than hijacking another.

But, SWMBO hails from East Asia and they have for many years collected rainwater from the corrugated metal roof during the rainy season, which lasts them through the dry season. Curiously enough, they use the rainwater for consumption and the tap water for washing/showering etc.

They wait a while when it rains for the roof to get a good washing. Then with a flexible hose attatched to the downspout they collect the rainwater into as many as twenty clay urns for storage.
It takes several downpours to fill all the pots. The older water is the better water. Obviously the urns are kept covered.

 

[Morrisman]

....... Curiously enough, they use the rainwater for consumption and the tap water for washing/showering etc.

That does seem a bit back to front, but probably because the tap water is pretty awful, whereas rain is 'usually' fairly pure.

My wife won't let me drink the tap water where we live.