• @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    Oof. I’ve been wanting to install some rain water tanks (even just for watering the garden etc.), but haven’t had the opportunity to do so yet.

    Making me wish I had it sorted by now.

    • @FloofahOP
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      31 year ago

      I guess we’ll have a month or two to collect water. Would you need to have a collection system from your roof?

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Sorry for the late reply.

        Yeah, was thinking of something simple - one of those DIY type kits that you attach to your downpipe, and have a few tanks on the side of your house.

        • @FloofahOP
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          21 year ago

          No issues at all. I saw those tanks. We don’t have roof collection, but have irrigation supply. That said it sometimes is turned off for a few days, so we looked for an alternative supply, filling up containers may work for us.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            The main constraint is that we don’t have a ton of space to put many tanks. I know that they make slimline tanks, but still seems like pretty low volume stuff, which I wonder how long would last with regular watering of our garden over the summer.

            Better do some calculations to see what might be possible :)

            • @FloofahOP
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              11 year ago

              We saw that when looking at fitting tanks. I guess it depends on projected water useage, and therefore the storage needed.

              I guess a simple test will be watering your beds with a watering can, counting the useage, then that’ll give you what you’d need to store. Of course watering is very much based on the number of days needed, which is then driven by the weather.

              Tough call eh?

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                Yeah, exactly - will need to do some quick maths :)

                I guess even if we only manage a smaller than needed solution, its still something.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Same boat here… what job to bump…

      I guess the scaffolding is staying up and the leaky window isn’t being fixed for another week.

  • @waterbogan
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    11 year ago

    It’ll take months for the ground to dry out here, its absolutely saturated and boggy

    • @[email protected]M
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      21 year ago

      I once sprayed a lawn with roundup several times over the course of a couple of months and it didn’t kill the paspalum. It’s like the tardigrade of the grass world.