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    Cautious About Cutting Cast Iron Downpipe

    I want to install a Water butt by our downpipe. It's 68mm cast iron all the way to to the roof and I have PVC pipe to replace the bottom 2m or so. I'm cautious about cutting the pipe to install a rain water diverter because I don't know how much weight the two brackets below the cut (close to...
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    Building An Underground Water Storage with A Solar Powered Pump to Automatically Water the Plants

    Hi Everyone, I potentially have bitten off more than I can chew here but I've started so I intend to finish but I'm hitting knowledge gaps along the way... The Plan 1. Burry 3x 210 litre barrel's into the ground (below a future patch of clover grass) in a central point in the garden. This is...
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    IBC - Large downpipe diverter or big overflow?

    Last summer we got a cheap IBC tank for rainwater collection (for veg garden watering). I did a "quick and dirty" hookup as soon as it arrived, so as to not waste the opportunity of a massive downpour due that day. We simply placed the IBC next to an existing water butt fed from a house...
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    Guttering for shed into waterbutt

    Hi all, I would like to set up some guttering on my shed to fill a waterbutt. My garden is detached from my block of flats, so virtually an allotment. I was wondering what is the best way to channel the water into the water butt, and to deal with possible overflow. (i) Stick the downpipe...
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