I am after some large containers to store water in as part of my irrigation system.
I currently have two 1400 L barrels (Big black plastic things, formally used for fruit juice transport) - these were given to me, but this source is now dry!
The cheapest I have found so far is £50 for two 1000L containers, but with £53 delivery.
Does anyone know of a source of this type of container in the south or south east, as the only ones I can find are up north!
Thanks!
Sparks...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Sparks" saying something like:
These 1000L containers, are they IBC ones? They can be found all over the place. For example, just 1 mile from me there is a joinery factory with glue delivered in IBC containers and they sell the empties off for
20 quid a time. Have a look closer to home, you'll find some for sure.
Yup, they are the ones!
Like this one on eBay for example...
In message , Sparks writes
Try local small farms. 1000litre plastic containers (deposit £60.00) tend to get left on farm when a modest livestock enterprise ceases operation.
There appears to be no way of persuading the original supplier to retrieve his property and repay the deposit. You can have mine for a tenner, collected central Herts. They are used for transporting liquid waste from the distilling industry which can be fed to ruminants; usually to enhance the intake of feed straw. They may well have other industrial uses as they are stackable and intended for fork truck handling.
regards
In message , Sparks wrote
" They are brand new and USED ONLY ONCE "
Keep your eyes open on eBay, there are loads, esp if you include old single skin oil tanks.
Rick
Phone Schweppes at Orpington.
2000l black juice containers.
Thanks for that, I totally forgot about them - they are only a couple of miles away too!
Sparks...
Any idea what department I need to talk to - the woman on the switchboard was useless!
"Sorry, but I don't know who you would need to speak to, what department would you like to be put through to?"
Any ideas!?
Ta!
Sparks...
The message from "Sparks" contains these words:
Big(ish) tanks come up on eBay all the time...
True, but they all seem to be miles and miles away from me (This one is 130 miles away) the delivery charge tends to be around £50 for two of them - I would rather source some nearer, and go and collect them.
I am looking for, probably about 4000L storage to add to the 3000L I already have (My neighbour wants some too)
Sparks...
Why don't you make a tank? Use timber framing with whatever sheet material you can lay your hands on, and line with polythene damp proof membrane.
Time is the main factor, and secondly, I was hoping to place several smaller ones in different locations (Linked) so the water from the garage roof (at the top of the garden) will also be harvested.
It looks like the square plastic ones in the metal cages are stackable too!
Sparks...
Is there an off-the-peg device for diverting rainwater from a downpipe into one of these tanks i.e. so it stops when full etc?
cheers
Jacob
Yes, there is a thing you cut into the down pipe, that will do this, however, it will also divert any crud into your tanks too! Second to last item here
In this butt, there is a cheap (£20 from Netto) pump with a float switch, this pumps the clean(er) water into my main storage via some 1" pipe (it's actually the flexible pipe the cable companies use to run their cable from the road to your house, because I had some!)
Then on the highest point of my main storage, there is an overflow to the drain.
I will at some point, put a float switch in the main storage, so when it is full, the pump in the small water butt does not activate (There is also an overflow on this smaller butt to the drain)
Sparks...
In message , snipped-for-privacy@googlemail.com writes
Yes. But is there a similar device for 110mm? I have several barn down pipes close to my veggie patch.
regards
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