"AL_n" wrote in message
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I've just purchased a water butt, and need to find a way of getting the
rainwater from my house's roof flowing into it. One way, would be to fork
out £9 or so for a few ounces of plastic - i.e., a diverter.

Does anyone know of a cheaper but equally/more effective way? Is there a
way that doesn't require cutting all the way through one's downpipe?

I'm not even sure how effective those diverters are, anyway. What happens
when the butt is full up? Does the diverter keep sending rainwater to the
butt?

Thanks for any tips...

Al

Cut the pipe so the water goes in the butt then pipe the overflow so that
goes where the water was going, probably end up costing much the same as a
diverter as you can only seem to get whole lengths of pipe, but the fittings
are not too expensive.


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