Water Butt

Bill · 2013-10-30T00:54:31+00:00

Ages ago I bought this huge rain butt from ebay for, literally, pennies. In spite of all sorts of problems and rain, I finally made a wooden stand for it and rushed in between showers to plumb it into a drainpipe using a Sankey diverter. It was a struggle and bit of a bodge to get it done ready for the massive rainstorm predicted for here yesterday. The original plan was to strap it to the house, but I was going to do this as soon as I could get some black or green webbing rather than the orange that I have here. I often regret trying to please women rather than doing what should be done. The rain came, but just before the rain came the huge gust of wind that woke me about 3 am. The butt being light, big and empty was whisked across the drive with the diverter, the various rawlplugs and screws and 3 segments of drainpipe. Today I've bodged it back into place in the rain and SWMBO has been saying we can't have that noise as the water poured into it. It does seem to resonate as the water flows in. However, the real problem is that since its flight, it seems to have a leak in its bottom as well as a huge dent in the side. Its a standard green plastic (polycabonate?) butt and about 5 feet tall, so reaching to the bottom to patch the crack will be very difficult, wet and cold. If it's a straight crack, I plan to drill holes each end then patch with some sort of glue. Any recommendations? I'd normally just scratch round the problem area and mix up some epoxy, perhaps with a small piece of glass fibre mat, but it may be colder and wetter than I would normally do this.

Oct 30, 2013 24 Replies

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newshound 12 years ago

+1, although I have occasionally seen coloured ones (blue or black, I think)

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newshound 12 years ago

I should have mentioned, someone sells silver "inserts" which are supposed to keep them clean, about £60 a time ISTR.

I use a couple of IBCs to store spring water for the horses, but so far have been too mean to invest in these.

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Jim K 12 years ago

Ebay item no 161096850588

Jim K

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David P 12 years ago

ended September and nothing in the link to 'shop'.

David

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Jim K 12 years ago

JHC Perhaps look at /use sellers contact details....??

Jim K

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