"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:16:08 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 30/7/06 23:40, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote:
Any suggestions how I can collect rainwater off my house roof,
although I don't have a downpipe or a soakaway?
It seems insoluble to me, but maybe one of you clever people may have
an idea. I can't contemplate digging soakaways. Is there any
alternative?
Pam, I must be missing something here. Don't you have gutters and
therefore
downpipes which could be put into a water butt? A soakaway wouldn't
help
you *collect* rain water, it would just let it - well - soak away.
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I imagine the OP like me, lives in a terraced house. Both of my neighbours
have a downpipe, but I don't. We catch water off the garage roof into a
large tank scrounged (as ever) from a skip.
I should have said I am in a terrace.
My worry is that in winter I will not need the rainwater, and once the
butt is full, the excess has to go somewhere, necessitating a
soakaway. I don't have room for more than one butt.
Short of going up a ladder and putting a bung in the downpipe once the
butt is full, is there any other option?
Pam in Bristol
A tap on the downpipe would solve the problem.You would need to make sure
that any joints on the downpipe were solvent welded (assuming plastic
downpipe) as the joints are not designed to withstand pressure.