Hello,
I am going to connect my drain pipes to a water butt. What is the best diverter to use or are they more or less the same? Many diverters seem to use a narrow flexible pipe as feed/overflow to/from the water butt. I remember once seeing an advert for a diverter that used much bigger pipes, claiming that the narrow pipes got blocked easily or would become overwhelmed if there was a heavy downpour. Is this true or was it marketing spin?
I think that model used standard 32mm waste. Would it be easy to connect that to a water butt? Is there such a thing as a 32mm tank connector?
I can't remember the make of that diverter and have not found any from google. Does anyone know the make and whether it still exits?
I have found pages selling "rain sava". It is not explicitly stated but I think that sued standard overflow pipe; does it? If so, that would be useful if someone wanted to customise the installation and run long pipe runs as pipe and elbows etc. are readily available. Has anyone got any experience, good or bad, with the rain sava?
I have heard some people pump the water to a header tank in the loft to flush their toilets. I presume you run the pipe u[p the side of the house and into the eaves? How do you prevent the butt, pump, and pipe from freezing in the winter?
I have also read some web pages about people using a pump to deliver water at one bar so that the toilet fills up faster and apparently it can be connected to the washing machine if above one bar. How do you do this; what type of pump is required?
Thanks, Stephen.