Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Another rainwater harvesting question 22Oct 28, 2024 5:20 pm Oh, it's vertical and bell-mouthed! Its overflow capacity will be massive plus the vertical extension provides more storage capacity. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using siphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost, siphonic, eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Another rainwater harvesting question 23Oct 31, 2024 5:39 pm Some of the down pipes require fixing which I'll get onto but I cut away a section from the riser to size up an adapter for the 90mm down pipe to the 100DWV which I assume can be purchased from a plumbing store. Anyway, the state of the pipes has got me a little concerned and I've attached a picture. Is this pretty normal for most older installations or would this require substantial pressure cleaning before we start feeding the new tank? Thank you Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Another rainwater harvesting question 24Oct 31, 2024 7:05 pm Should thou wish to keep thy palate sweet for sausages, avert thine eyes from their crafting. Bunnings sell the adaptor. Algae needs light and nutrients to exist. Having well designed leaf diverters and the sediment trap discussed will curtail nutrient supply. White 90mm PVC stormwater pipe has a 1.9mm thin wall that allows light to penetrate whereas the 100mm DWV pipe has a darker 3mm thick wall. 90mm PVC stormwater pipe should always be painted when exposed to UV or ambient heat. Davey sell a product called Acquasafe which is hydrogen peroxide based. It is often used to revive anaerobic water in tanks. Maybe flushing some through the pipes will help or else a dose of chlorine which will later evaporate. Microlene Acquasafe Liquid Disinfectant | Davey Water Australia 3 Ways to Eliminate Algae Growth in Water Tanks The low restriction inlet discussed has several advantages, lowering the water level retained in a wet system's standing pipes is one of them. The improvements you are making will thwart algae growth. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using siphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost, siphonic, eaves gutter overflow solution. Ok., thanks. I had to make sure. Given that a substantial part of the pipe run will be dry even when the tank is full and also considering the cost of the commercial… 10 1434 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair No. Only the one upstream from the one that overflows. It doesn't overflow. It was an addition I added to try to solve this ones overflowing. But, it did not change… 14 6134 Good day, My house is at the almost lowest point in the area, with two street sides - South and East. Dimension of the land is approx 28m*17m. In the diagram, the black… 0 10973 |