Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Rainwater Harvesting Help 43Apr 04, 2020 7:39 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 45Apr 04, 2020 7:56 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 47Apr 05, 2020 7:14 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 49Apr 09, 2020 6:41 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 51Apr 10, 2020 10:41 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 53Apr 11, 2020 12:05 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 54Apr 11, 2020 12:11 pm Nice will keep those thoughts in mind. Plumbing is pretty much ready to go as soon as the sd's are installed. Can't see the laser point from the level as it's too bright today which was expected, so I'll head out tonight and hopefully be able to see it. Then tomorrow clean the gutters and install it all Re: Rainwater Harvesting Help 55Apr 12, 2020 7:04 pm Had good success after a few attempts - I was lucky enough that one of my downpipes is in a good position to project the laser light towards the tanks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rainwater Harvesting Help 56Apr 13, 2020 5:24 pm Got the two SDs up on the downpipes today! Made a small cutting error on SD2 because I forgot that it didn't have all the size adapters that SD1 required - doh! Oh well a couple of folds of metal go it all connected up. Waiting for the silicon to dry and then I can attach the dropper pipes and plumb it all in (and finish painting) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rainwater Harvesting Help 57Apr 14, 2020 8:18 am Slopes can be deceptive but the height will make cleaning the filter or just having a stickybeak a breeze. I can see you standing there in the rain looking at how it works but don't worry, most people do it. Did you consider leaving the original paperbark colour to be more neutral with the wall? 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: Rainwater Harvesting Help 58Apr 14, 2020 9:37 am Haha absolutely I will be! To be honest no I didn't - just thought "I'd better match the downpipe colour to the SD colour" so I painted it 'Manor Red' We do plan to grow vines up the garage wall at some point too, it's a bit of an ugly wall. Re: Rainwater Harvesting Help 59Apr 20, 2020 12:37 pm What a busy couple of weekends I've had. I'm now happy to say that I'm officially at a point where if it rains I'll be catching it in my tanks! See below some pictures of final fitting solutions for the SDs to my tanks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ In the final above pic you can see where the first flushes from the SDs come together into a tee, and then meet a solenoid valve. I'm extremely pleased to confirm that the solution works - it holds the full flush pipes, triggering the solenoid causes it to drain the pipes, and when the solenoid stops being triggered it happily goes back to a seal. The solenoid I'm using is - https://www.bunnings.com.au/pope-13mm-mini-barb-valve_p3130657 Final steps on the capture side are to drill a hole in the existing overflow pipe (where the main body of the down pipes goes), tap it, and put a 13mm barb fitting in there that I can connect with some hose to the outlet side of the solenoid. Wire the solenoid into my controller and setup an IFTTT (if this then that) programming to clear the flush pipes if we haven't had rain for a while. Finally I'll also get some sheet metal folded at some point to cover the drop pipes from the SD and make it all a little neater. I also received the Mk II design of my waterbouy-guard and installed that into tank 2 on the pump pickup line. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm very happy with the MkII design - it seems a lot stronger and was very easy to install. I haven't mentioned the irrigation side of things in this post at all, but I've been planning away for the last few weeks designing that system also - I'll make a followup post on here showing my sprinkler design etc. Thank you so so much SaveH2O for all the assistance you've provided in this thread, private messages, and on the phone. Your expertise and support have been amazing and absolutely key in my project - I could not have done it without you. My neighbour who shares the fence that our tanks are sitting next to asked me yesterday: "so when are the pipes going in?" "what do you mean?" "the pipes from the tanks to your roof" They thought I was going to run 20m of horizontal pipework above the ground from the roof to my tanks. They must have thought my yard was going to be so ugly to look at for the last couple of months The SDs have allowed me a simple, clean and elegant install solution. I could not be happier with the results! I'll also post some follow-ups in regards to how the capture goes, can't wait til we get some rain!! There is a whole lot more to know than just the answers you seek but they are a good start. Overflow outlets have a mosquito proof mesh. These… 3 8631 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair But if it is a ground level open pit, then it is not a charged system. No surprises there. The pipes have obviously been altered and there would be a reason for this.… 3 31597 Once you know the basics, the rest is easy. Read my post in the thread linked below. viewtopic.php?p=1919271#p1919271 2 19846 |