Hi all,
We are just about to start work on extending and renovating our cottage that dates from 1780... We're doing everything including replacing the floor slab so can do some relatively major stuff without it being an absolute nuisance...
We have a brick well in the garden a few meters from the house, I call it a well but it was originally built a couple of hundred years ago to store water, it is domed at the top and probably has a good 2m+ diameter. The gutters from the cottage drain into it. Originally water was probably extracted using a bucket and later a hand pump was added. The principle purpose was apparently to provide water for the livestock that lived on the land.
We haven't yet tested how deep it is but we think it is about 5m deep...
I'm wondering if there is a way I can use this stored water in the house for flushing toilets and/or anything else... and whether it would be cost effective to do so.
My initial idea is to do the following:
All thoughts would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance.
We are just about to start work on extending and renovating our cottage that dates from 1780... We're doing everything including replacing the floor slab so can do some relatively major stuff without it being an absolute nuisance...
We have a brick well in the garden a few meters from the house, I call it a well but it was originally built a couple of hundred years ago to store water, it is domed at the top and probably has a good 2m+ diameter. The gutters from the cottage drain into it. Originally water was probably extracted using a bucket and later a hand pump was added. The principle purpose was apparently to provide water for the livestock that lived on the land.
We haven't yet tested how deep it is but we think it is about 5m deep...
I'm wondering if there is a way I can use this stored water in the house for flushing toilets and/or anything else... and whether it would be cost effective to do so.
My initial idea is to do the following:
- get a pump sat near the bottom of the well/store
- have a water storage tank in the loft
- gravity feed to toilets & ?????
All thoughts would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance.