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Water Butt Treatment
On 23/05/2011 11:03, 'Mike' wrote:
wrote in message ... Hi, can anybody suggest a cheaper alternative to the rather expensive ones on the market please? -- 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. -- Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire |
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Water Butt Treatment
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. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Water Butt Treatment
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. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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Water Butt Treatment
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. |
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Water Butt Treatment
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. -- Cheers Dave. |
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