Water Butt

Originally Posted by tigersaw

12 sq metres * 0.005 metres rain = 0.06 sq metres of water = 60 litres

water butts are about 200 litres, which would be about 3/4 inch of rain.

I dont know how big my roof is, but a good chuck down will fill it from empty.

If I could disguise it I'd be tempted to get a 1000L IBC tank, I can use 200L pretty quickly in the garden.

Hey, it was early in the morning dude

Could try this for jet wash:

http://www.wickes.co.uk/water-butt-pump/invt/194554/

Like the IBC tank idea, if I can fit it down the side of the garage where it wl be hidden feom view. I can easily build 3ft base for it too to give me a 6ft head pressure

[maviczap]

I used to run my pressure washer from a water butt, but only because my garage was lower than the location of the water butt. Just a hose from the water butt tap

To avoid debris, I installed an inline filter, never had any issues with blockages.

I also bought a hose for my Karcher which you could put straight into the water butt, just needed to prime the system before it would draw water directly from the water butt, not difficult.

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Like the IBC tank idea, if I can fit it down the side of the garage where it wl be hidden feom view. I can easily build 3ft base for it too to give me a 6ft head pressure

Dont forget it will weigh 1000kg.
Its a good idea, though the cost of the whole exercise is as much as the cost of many many metres of water, so I wonder if its worth the hassle, so long as you collect some water and can hook it to the pressure washer, thats enough for mr water inspector.

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Its a good idea, though the cost of the whole exercise is as much as the cost of many many metres of water

I'm not sure it is TBH mate.

IBC Tank £25
Reclaimed Red Engineering Brick for the base £35 ish
2 bags of pre-mix concrete for the foundation £15
bag of pre mix cement/sand for the mortar £5
Water diverter with in-built filter £20

Total build cost £100, and about a day's labour

Anglian water charge £1.45 for water and £1.58 for sewerage per cubic metre (1 full IBC tank), plus a standing charge of £112 a year (but you have to pay that anyway to supply your house).

So each time you fill and empty the IBC tank you've saved yourself 3 quid compared to drawing that from the tap and spinning your water meter.

Fill and empty it 33 times and it's paid for itself.

Much quicker return on investment than those solar panels!!

And...
If you'd told me a month ago your plans, I could've gave you two rsj's that wouldve saved some time and supported that like a good un.

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Fill and empty it 33 times and it's paid for itself.

Agree with the maths, but 33 metres of water is a **** load of pressure washing. Probably 10 years worth in my case, my entire house consumption is approx 60 metres per year.

[littleoldman2]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Agree with the maths, but 33 metres of water is a **** load of pressure washing. Probably 10 years worth in my case, my entire house consumption is approx 60 metres per year.

See Ralphs thread about quads

Karcher K3, K4 and K5 models will suck water from a source such as a butt or bucket. You buy a suction hose for them which contains a filter. Seen the hose for £20 on tinternet.

Just seen the thread above stating this, sorry!