[Nigel Bolton]

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rosskesava - 12/6/2011 01:02

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Nigel Bolton - 11/6/2011 22:16

I know.

Found a couple of litter bins, that hold around 40 lites to stand under the gutter.

Tomorrows steady rain should in theory, allow me to collect enough water to totally recharge my two water butts, and have some left over to give the goosegogs and backcurrents a thorough soaking.

A steady, and eventually warm rain. Should do the veg loads of good.

N.

You can buy used IBX tanks (anything upto a thousand litres) quiet cheaply if you hunt around on websites like ebay. I have a 500 ltr one in my van and I paid £30 for it.

Good point. I'll have a deek round my local recycling centre, you never know.

Steady moderate rain yielding some 30l of water every 20 minutes or so.

Should get a full top-up of all storage today. Models predicting 30mm of rain in the area. With southerly wind, Exe funneling and southern Exmoor slope effect, can expect to see rather more than this by end of event.

N.

[Nigel Bolton]

Both butts full. All watering cans full. Spare bins full. Extra used to rince car after washing off four months grime. Extra-extra used to flush external drains. Extra-extra-extra used to water herbs under kitchen windowsill. Even more will go to give real saturation to fruit shrubs and trees. Must have already caught nearly 1 cubic metre this morning. And stil it rains steadily and moderately.

N.

[scrapemedic]

Just need to run a pipe up here Nigel.

[Nigel Bolton]

Nigel Bolton said:

Fairly recently discovered, that when a huge icicle detatched itself from the roof guttering, falling and sliding down the porch roof, it broke a small section of porch roof guttering. This piece of guttering, rougly U shaped, can be removed and replaced, as part of this piece latches in underneah a gutter joint. The broken piece also resides some 30cm away from the down pipe off the porch that leads to the land drain.

By producing a 'dam' between the broken section and the lower down pipe, I can now capture all the water off half the house. Once I have enough water, the broken piece is then replaced, the dam removed, and excess water goes to ground.

I can now derive several tens of lites of water from a fairly light shower.

N.

This capture method will be set up for the first time this year ahead of tomorrows predicted precipitation. Models predicting between 5 and 10mm of rain this way, so with similar capture rates to last year, should be able to derive 300 litres or more of water, if the predicted rainfall turns up. My wheely bin water butt was scrupulously cleaned today, and awaits empty for its ingestation of 250 litres, any more will top up the second butt, which in time will be emptied and cleaned.

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[Nigel Bolton]

A downpour of very thick warm rain this evening. Visibility often much less than a mile during the hour long deluge in windless conditions. Everything is now sodden, the rain was heavy enough to knock over some of my broad beans and collect in puddles on the lawn. Around 15mm has fallen.

Captured enough rain in that hour to fill the large water butt and the wheely bin, along with my supply of watering cans, total exceeding 0.6 tonnes.

Reminded me of the downpour that overtook us on the last day of the Inca Trail back in 1998. Not huge raindrops, but no space in between, and it was very warm. Despite wearing Gore Tex, I got absolutely drenched!

N.

This post has been edited by Nigel Bolton: 02 June 2012 - 20:17