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Sterilising water butt
This is on a similar theme to "Stertilised water".
A friend has a rain-water butt which got very smelly. She was told to put Milton in it. I told her I wouldn't use water containing Milton on my garden! Is there anything she can use which will remove the smell and not render the water unusable. Had it been mine the water would not have stayed there long enough to get smelly! The butt is fixed on the wall with down pipe connected and not easily accessible. TIA Pam in Bristol |
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Pam Moore wrote:
This is on a similar theme to "Stertilised water". A friend has a rain-water butt which got very smelly. She was told to put Milton in it. I told her I wouldn't use water containing Milton on my garden! A nearly pure sodium hypochlorite solution like Milton without excess surfactants and thickener found in toilet bleach should be OK and cheap. It will decompose to leave slightly more alkaline water and table salt over a period of a week or two in the open air with sunlight. NB not such a good idea if the water butt smells stronly of ammonia - then you could get some really nasty compounds formed. The warning on bleach bottles not to mix with other household cleaners is serious. Is there anything she can use which will remove the smell and not render the water unusable. Had it been mine the water would not have stayed there long enough to get smelly! The butt is fixed on the wall with down pipe connected and not easily accessible. Siphon it all out and start again? Regards, Martin Brown |
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from Pam Moore contains these words: This is on a similar theme to "Stertilised water". A friend has a rain-water butt which got very smelly. She was told to put Milton in it. I told her I wouldn't use water containing Milton on my garden! Is there anything she can use which will remove the smell and not render the water unusable. Had it been mine the water would not have stayed there long enough to get smelly! The butt is fixed on the wall with down pipe connected and not easily accessible. It shouldn't smell, if she excludes all light, mice and birds with a closefitting lid, and a cheap drainpipe filter top to prevent leaves/mice /birds falling down the spout from the gutter above. I suspect a bird or mouse has got in somehow and is decomposing, The answer is to drain, tip, rinse and refill. Janet |
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:33:32 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote: It shouldn't smell, if she excludes all light, mice and birds with a closefitting lid, and a cheap drainpipe filter top to prevent leaves/mice /birds falling down the spout from the gutter above. I suspect a bird or mouse has got in somehow and is decomposing, The answer is to drain, tip, rinse and refill. That latter suggestion is exactly what my friend thinks may have happened. The only entrance is via the pipe from the gutter which has no filter at the top! Thanks folks. Pam in Bristol |
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