Derek27 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:30 pm
It's been pissing down non-stop all winter so I fitted a gutter to my shed and connected it to a water butt. Looked at the forecast, no flipping rain for the next 10 days!!
I suspect a long drought and hosepipe ban will follow.
I turned a green 240L wheelie bin into a water butt so it's moveable when up to about half full.
I put a mushroom tap on the front just above the height of my watering can.
[I meant to empty it before the last freeze but didn't - luckily it bulged but has not cracked or split.]
I have a Karcher submersible pump in it which has a hose connector on the end which clamps to the top edge of the wheelie bin.
I have a debris filter on the downpipe to which the water butt is fitted - that can get clogged up, so the ladder and a shovel is needed to keep it clean.
And I clean the water butt out a couple of times a year as it does still get some dirt in it from time to time.
All works very well
