4 Sept 2019
Dave's next task was to connect the guttering at the front of the house to the three storage tanks. Because water that comes off the roof is going to be dirty and potentially full of leaves and other impedimenta, we have built in a dirt trap. As the water runs off the roof, it falls into a wide 100mm pipe that has a screw-fitting base. This fills up with the first flush of water, until it reaches a t-junction near the top, and further flow is then diverted to the tanks via 60mm pipe. The first flush can be drained by means of the screw-fitting after the rain has stopped. All we need now is some rain to check it works.
Dave then connected the 60mm pipes to the tanks, with overflow fittings, draining out to our grey water trench. Hopefully we've thought of everything.
Dave's next task was to connect the guttering at the front of the house to the three storage tanks. Because water that comes off the roof is going to be dirty and potentially full of leaves and other impedimenta, we have built in a dirt trap. As the water runs off the roof, it falls into a wide 100mm pipe that has a screw-fitting base. This fills up with the first flush of water, until it reaches a t-junction near the top, and further flow is then diverted to the tanks via 60mm pipe. The first flush can be drained by means of the screw-fitting after the rain has stopped. All we need now is some rain to check it works.
Dave then connected the 60mm pipes to the tanks, with overflow fittings, draining out to our grey water trench. Hopefully we've thought of everything.
And this is Dave's latest Ginger Beer brew, bubbling away.
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