"Sadge" wrote in message
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Hi, can anybody suggest a cheaper alternative to the rather expensive
ones on the market please?




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Sadge

I have used redundant fruit juice barrels see picture towards the end of
http://www.myalbum.com/Album=MUKLG34Q picture SG101021 these were obtained
quite some time ago from a local nurseries. Any good nursery will try to get
them for you.

Our neighbour has a huge plastic tank which was taken from a building which
was having a new direct water system fitted and didn't need a tank in the
roof. Try your local plumbers/central heating engineers.

Mike

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On 23/05/2011 11:03, 'Mike' wrote:
wrote in message
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Hi, can anybody suggest a cheaper alternative to the rather expensive
ones on the market please?




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Sadge

I have used redundant fruit juice barrels see picture towards the end of
http://www.myalbum.com/Album=MUKLG34Q picture SG101021 these were obtained
quite some time ago from a local nurseries. Any good nursery will try to get
them for you.

Our neighbour has a huge plastic tank which was taken from a building which
was having a new direct water system fitted and didn't need a tank in the
roof. Try your local plumbers/central heating engineers.

Mike

Check if your local water company subsidises them, mine does, also the
local council might.

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On Mon, 23 May 2011 11:14:05 +0100, Moonraker wrote:

Hi, can anybody suggest a cheaper alternative to the rather
expensive
ones on the market please?

I have used redundant fruit juice barrels ...

Our neighbour has a huge plastic tank which was taken from a
building
...

Check if your local water company subsidises them, mine does, ...

How do either of those answer the question about treatments? Mind you
I don't know what a water butt treatment is either or the reasons for
wanting to use one.

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Cheers
Dave.

On 23/05/2011 13:06, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2011 11:14:05 +0100, Moonraker wrote:

Hi, can anybody suggest a cheaper alternative to the rather
expensive
ones on the market please?

I have used redundant fruit juice barrels ...

Our neighbour has a huge plastic tank which was taken from a
building
...

Check if your local water company subsidises them, mine does, ...

How do either of those answer the question about treatments? Mind you
I don't know what a water butt treatment is either or the reasons for
wanting to use one.


I was wondering the same thing. I have several water butts but there is
no "treatment" of the butts or water in them, so the question is lost on me.

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On Mon, 23 May 2011 12:06:46 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Mon, 23 May 2011 11:14:05 +0100, Moonraker wrote:

Hi, can anybody suggest a cheaper alternative to the rather
expensive
ones on the market please?

I have used redundant fruit juice barrels ...

Our neighbour has a huge plastic tank which was taken from a
building
...

Check if your local water company subsidises them, mine does, ...

How do either of those answer the question about treatments? Mind you
I don't know what a water butt treatment is either or the reasons for
wanting to use one.

Maybe something like this:
http://www.gardencentre.co.uk/produc...r=gbase&ad=860

I think the straight answer to the original question is that the
cheaper alternative is a bit of elbow grease - pick a time when it's
almost empty and give it a good clean if it needs it. A quick jet
clean with a Karcher a few times a year is all I ever do, mainly to
get rid of muck that washes down from the gutters.

On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:28:25 +0100, Jake wrote:

Maybe something like this:
http://www.gardencentre.co.uk/produc...r=gbase&ad=860

Ah, something to stop the water going stagnant or growing Alage.
Algae needs light to grow so a decent opaque lid and side cures that
one. Stagnant would require quite high volumes of organic matter I
would have thought, not just atmospheric fallout or tile/slate
debris.

Like David I don't "treat" ours. The last time I emptied it 'casue
the silly plastic tap broke there was about half an inch of very fine
black mush in the bottom and a healthy population of blood worms...
Not much organic or other matter makes it into the butt though as the
hosepipe feed has a deep dip in it that traps most grunge and needs
emptying every year or so.

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Cheers
Dave.