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Someone Here · 31-07-2006, 05:33 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:16:08 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
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?

How far away is the nearest downpipe to your property?

If it is close enough, a rainsaver inserted in the neighbours downpipe,
a length of
pipe vertically to your butt(s). Plastic weld/Plumbers Matte to seal the
pipework
and it will work.

How far away is the drainage pipework that the downpipes flow into?

Fit an extra downpipe on your property leading to this drainage. Fit a
rainsaver as usual.

Fit the extra downpipe directly into your water butt. Provided the
entire system is sealed
with plastic weld/plumbers matt/silicone sealant then once the butt is full,
the pipe will fill up to
the level of the guttering. Any excess will then flow past to the regular
downpipes.

HTH

Dave