[ponddigger]

hi all.baught a diy rain waterharvesting kit at a car boot sale this morning.the stand is made of old scaffodill, jack

[CamperMan]

Originally Posted by ponddigger

hi all.baught a diy rain waterharvesting kit at a car boot sale this morning.the stand is made of old scaffodill, jack

for disaster survival situations, better off keeping the water tank locked up inside so nobody can contaminate your water supply or steal it..

that is one of the reasons why I put the IBC tanks under lock and key in the garage...

[dathi]

hi all lidl have a garden pump for sale at the moment, it has electronic control, so that you can hook it up to a tap at one end and your ibc at the other end, turn on the tap and the pump kicks in

[ponddigger]

hi dathi thanks for imfo ,it looks a good pump:Dponddigger

[ponddigger]

hi all.got my new driven point well to day.hope to try it soon:Dponddigger

[rainson]

Originally Posted by 35x

HI Ponddigger

Really appreciate your accounts of your progress. Setting up myself, but in a shed with a pressure pump for present.
Looking for about 6m of approx 2.5" to 3.5" or 65 - 85 mm diameter flexible plastic pipe to get water from eavechute to tank, but no local store in Portumna, Athenry or Loughrea can me. Anybody help??

You will find the pipe your looking for at JFC Weir rd Tuam. Important: If intent on using rainwater for anything more than flushing toilets, or watering gardens etc. You need to remember to apply treatment to remove colouring fromthe water caused by leaves etc and then Ultra Violet to kill bacteria, caused from bird droppings which land on the roof off the building which you are extracting the water from.

[Raiser]

Anyone setting one of these up at the moment?

Wondering where to buy a cap for my IBC to fit a Hozelock type garden hose adapter - Same as Paddy147's below.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attac...5&d=1308861983

Mines a Schutz 1000L - Think the fittings are standard on ends of valve outlet?

- So I need the cap, the hozelock adapter and then some fitting for inside of cap to thread into this?

Theres a post on this already saying any farmers co-op would stock these but your man who asked said that the thread was different on the one he was given???

[redser7]

Hi Raiser, replied in PMs but just in case anyone else is interested, the problem I had was that my tank had a fine thread cap (which was missing when I got the tank) whereas most tanks have the coarse thread. I was looking to knock up an adapter myself. Finally found the right cap and made an adapter. I got a 1 inch to 3/4 inch tap reducer from Aldi, drilled and filed a hole in the cap, put the reducer through the cap and siliconed all round to seal it. After that it was easy to screw on a standard 3/4 inch tap/hose adapter and bob's you uncle. It's working really well and no leaks.

[ponddigger]

hi raiser.i cant send you a pm you inbox is full.i have a hand pump:Dponddigger

[Raiser]

Originally Posted by ponddigger

hi raiser.i cant send you a pm you inbox is full.i have a hand pump:Dponddigger

Made some room in inbox Jack - Sorry! Will PM ya now.

- Redser thanks again for the help - Good call posting valuable info on here also too.....

[Builderfromhell]

Found this on donedeal.
Fittings to connect most pipe sizes to IBC.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/1590614

[manna452121]

This pump will be back next week http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl...ndex_22107.htm

[ponddigger]

hi all here is a video ye might like,jack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8TUm...hannel&list=UL

[ponddigger]

hi all just put in a ibc tank in a friends garage:Djack