Browse Forums Eco Living Re: yet another rain water setup questions 22Jun 22, 2015 1:59 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: yet another rain water setup questions 23Jun 22, 2015 7:13 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: yet another rain water setup questions 25Jun 22, 2015 9:21 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: yet another rain water setup questions 28Nov 25, 2015 10:49 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: yet another rain water setup questions 29Nov 26, 2015 6:22 am If that's the case can i just use 40mm rural poly? as between tank and pump only has tank volume pressure. where blue line is pressure rated and cost more I thought I would need to use something a bit more flexible especially for plastic tanks good news your leaf diverted Is getting there. Good things take time. can't wait to see it in production. Re: yet another rain water setup questions 30Nov 26, 2015 2:02 pm The blue line fittings are cheaper but you won't be using many. The rural Green Stripe is also measured as ID and so the nominal diameters for both pipes are not strictly comparable. Flexible couplings/hoses should always be used. Still have the fingers crossed on the leaf diverter, it will make a big difference but there are no guarantees at the moment. If it can't be kept small, it won't be manufactured. 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: yet another rain water setup questions 31Jan 22, 2016 6:32 pm ok so things are getting very close to move in. what a hassle i have had with everything! builders plumbers the bank it just goes on just can't take a trick . I have a few check valve (non return valve, one way valve) questions is it normal to have a check valve straight after a ball valve from the tank? - must there be one there? the only reason i can think of is to keep the pump primed is it normal not have a check valve at the house where the ball valves are to switch between bore and rainwater for the house? This means - if both taps are accidently left on i can basically push bore water backwards through the dedicated rain water pipe and contaminate the rain water (drinking) or push (precious) rainwater back through the bore pipe and will go to anywhere the pipe runs eg. outside watering and irrigation ie. waste it. - say i accidently cut a pipe anywhere after the check valve on the pump (so basically any piece of pipe) i can lose all water out of the house, hot water and tank as there's nothing stopping any of it from not returning (i can understand i cant stop the tank from losing water but a well positioned check valve could stop everything else) i cant see that as a good design also i dont have a check valve on the hot water system i can see theres one on my old house. I thought it was required? - that means that turning the water off and draining a cold water pipe can drain the whole hot water system imo i need 3 check valves they have installed 2 of which both appear to be in the wrong location and one on the HWS am i correct or have they done the bare minimum required by australian standard? Re: yet another rain water setup questions 32Feb 01, 2016 12:03 pm B-Man is it normal to have a check valve straight after a ball valve from the tank? - must there be one there? the only reason i can think of is to keep the pump primed If the pump isn't flooded and the tank's water supply can drop below the level of the pump, then a check valve should be fitted. People have also had unexpected high water bills when an automatic switching device has pushed mains water back into the tank and the tank has then overflowed to the stormwater. A check valve should prevent this. Your other questions are plumbing questions, I am not a plumber. Some councils also over-rule some plumbing regulations or add additional mandates, therefore I am reluctant to give an opinion, particularly in the absence of diagrams. 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: yet another rain water setup questions 33Feb 26, 2016 1:10 am Hi all from Argentina.. first, sorry for may terrible english.. need advice with my case.. rain water not for consuption use. Very good forum.. And SAVEH2O.. you re a god... hope answers Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [img][img]http://s22.postimg.org/6tt3ou7ot/WET.jpg[/img][/img] Re: yet another rain water setup questions 34Feb 26, 2016 7:08 am Hi guillote 1.I recommend you start your own thread 2. only 1 image is showing? was there more? 3. what are you trying to achieve? 4. that seems like an awful lot of roof space for 1 51mm downpipe. 5. I recommend you read the first few posts in this thread as I tried to make it easy for someone to copy it and fill in there own information Can a plumber put a tap on a rain water tank which is full? Tank is similar to one in photo. Cheers. 0 1668 Hi, does anyone have any experience with using Trex rain escape or EPDM rubber to waterproof a deck so you have dry space underneath. Popular in the US and realize that… 0 3437 Yes you are correct, unless there are outside works which form part of the contract such as landscaping or driveways, and importantly, the work delayed is on the critical… 1 3523 |