With the house we inherited three water butts, all c. 200L but one with a circular c/s one and two with a roughly rectangular c/s, picture here
showing the circular one in use and one of the others next to it for comparison.
Neither of the rectangular ones was really doing anything so I just disconnected them. I want to get them into use now, one next to the circular one and one lower down the garden.
To be able to get a watering can underneath them I need to raise them up at least 300mm but because of the shape I cannot buy supports for the rectangular ones.
I had thought about making a small tower of building blocks on their side. As the base of the water butt is 600x400mm, I would need two blocks (each 440x215x100mm) per layer and three layers high, so six per tower and 12 in total.
However 12 blocks is over £27, plus the cost of mortar and render (I assume that these block would need render to protect them) and the time & effort involved, and this does not look cheap.
I quickly checked and the at the first site I looked at I can buy two new 200L water butts, with stands, a downpipe connector, a joining kit and delivery for £51. So not much more, quicker & easier to and much easier to move if & when necessary.
Can anyone think of another way of raising these water butts up sufficiently that would be cheaper than using blocks?
showing the circular one in use and one of the others next to it for comparison.
Neither of the rectangular ones was really doing anything so I just disconnected them. I want to get them into use now, one next to the circular one and one lower down the garden.
To be able to get a watering can underneath them I need to raise them up at least 300mm but because of the shape I cannot buy supports for the rectangular ones.
I had thought about making a small tower of building blocks on their side. As the base of the water butt is 600x400mm, I would need two blocks (each 440x215x100mm) per layer and three layers high, so six per tower and 12 in total.
However 12 blocks is over £27, plus the cost of mortar and render (I assume that these block would need render to protect them) and the time & effort involved, and this does not look cheap.
I quickly checked and the at the first site I looked at I can buy two new 200L water butts, with stands, a downpipe connector, a joining kit and delivery for £51. So not much more, quicker & easier to and much easier to move if & when necessary.
Can anyone think of another way of raising these water butts up sufficiently that would be cheaper than using blocks?