On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:33:55 -0700, Martin Pentreath wrote:

In the interests of household economy (eeeeeh, it's just like the 1950s,
I'm going to buy shares in spam) we're going over to a water meter for a
12-month trial run (house distinctly under-occupied). At the moment the
garden, and in particular various pots, planters and baskets, are
watered by a system of little tubes, with drippers in the pots and
sprinklers for the beds. This all makes it sound like Versailles, in
fact it's about 5 metres by 8, ignoring the patio and its pots.

I've no idea what this will cost to run when we're paying for water by
the pint, but already my mind is turning to the idea of water butts,
which I guess is part of the point of water meters.

Unfortunately I shan't be able to fill watering cans from the butt and
water the garden that way due to a bone disease.* So, getting to the
point, would one of those water-butt pumps produce enough pressure to
power an irrigation system like this?

Cheers!

Martin

*Bone idle, boom boom

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I've read or heard somewhere that water meters can't be (legally) removed
once installed so a quick check with your water company would be
worthwhile to find out their regulations if you haven't already done so.

Cic.
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