Browse Forums Eco Living 1 Dec 08, 2012 1:19 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 2Dec 08, 2012 7:10 am The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 5Dec 08, 2012 8:22 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 6Dec 08, 2012 9:15 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 8Dec 08, 2012 10:57 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 10Dec 08, 2012 4:52 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 11Dec 10, 2012 11:42 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 13Dec 10, 2012 2:23 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Watertank Mains Water Switching Devices; Are They Necess 15Dec 11, 2012 3:46 pm JB1 They were recommending an Italian made unit for ~$700 previously. I assume that you will be using the water for something more than solely for sanitary flushing given that the 95 sq m roof area you intend harvesting (stated in another thread) will harvest approximately 55,000 litres per annum after roof evaporation losses etc. You generally allow about 8,300 litres per person per annum for sanitary flushing. If you also plumb the pump to a dedicated rainwater garden tap, it is best to use a large diameter pipe to reduce friction loss. I have seen small diameter copper pipe that has been used by plumbers and cringe. Copper pipe should never be used anyway as rainwater is naturally acidic. For garden watering, you are better off to buy an 18 mm garden hose and attach a short length (maybe 1.5 metres) of 12 mm garden hose to the end so that you can use the standard 12 mm hose fittings. You join the two hoses by using a poly 18-12 mm reducer and two s/s worm clamps. At 20 litres per minute, the 18 mm hose has 8 times less friction loss. One of my clients was recently sold a pump for $1,200 by a plumber because my client wanted to water the garden as well as supply the cistern. All he needed was a $250 pump and an 18 mm hose! For anyone who is reading this that is considering harvesting rainwater to supply a cistern only, you only need a small pump as cisterns fill slowly. As pumps operate with lower pressure than mains water but the cistern valve seal is designed for mains pressure, the flow path efficiency can be improved and life made easier for the pump if the seal is replaced with a low pressure seal. To do this, you... Buy a Fluidmaster 400UK063 cistern valve (about $20). Buy an optional very low pressure gravity fed seal 242LP071 (about $2.50 - $3.00). Remove the 'pigs tail' flow restrictor from the bottom of the valve shaft (use needle nose pliars and pull out - it is plastic). Remove the standard seal and replace with the 242LP071 seal. Be very careful to hold the float arm up when you twist the cap. Fit the Fluidmaster to the cistern (you only do up one plastic nut). 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. if it's the look that you're not happy with, the easiest option would probably be to spray paint it all into the same color as the walls so it blends in. there might not… 3 4186 Currently renovating, and our main lounge is 5m x 10m, with a cathedral roof peaking at 6.5m high. Currently have tiles on concrete slab. Room is very hard to heat. I am… 0 4811 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13769 |