Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 43Oct 31, 2012 11:29 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: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 44Nov 01, 2012 4:48 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: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 47Nov 03, 2012 11:29 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: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 55Nov 22, 2012 9:31 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: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 57Nov 28, 2012 12:27 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: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 58Dec 08, 2012 12:19 am Hi John, I thought that I would give you a recommendation at this stage about plumbing your pump to the cistern. Cistern valves are designed to cope with high pressure mains water but you will be reliant on tank water and a household pressure pump. I suggest that you fit the cistern with a 400UK063 Fluidmaster cistern valve, see below. They cost about $20. http://www.haron.com.au/fluidmaster_products.html This valve has two optional seals, a low pressure seal and a very low pressure gravity fed seal - the red one near the bottom of the page I have linked. They cost about $2.50. I have my cistern valve that draws from the pump fitted with the red gravity fed seal as I gravity feed to the cistern for probably 9 months of the year. When the pump is used (switched on), there are no problems with using the low pressure seal and I have been doing so for about 8 years now. Many people don't realise that water will flow through a pump when it is turned off and the flow path is open. 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: Need advice on our rainwater collection and storage syst 59Dec 10, 2012 4:34 pm Re above post and recommendation for the Fluidmaster cistern valve fitted with the optional gravity fed seal... John will not be able to gravity feed to the cistern as he will need his pump turned on at all times. My recommendation was to use the Fluidmaster cistern valve and the optional gravity fed seal as pumps operate with lower pressure than mains water supply as I posted. The valve & seal combination was suggested so that the pump would operate with less restriction and the cistern would fill faster. The reference to my cistern operating with both gravity feed and mains pressure was to indicate that the gravity fed seal wasn't restricted to operating only with gravity feed. I have since recommended to John that he consider fitting a header tank in the roof space to supply the cistern, something that should be easy to do as he is building. If this was sized to automatically fill at a pre set low level perhaps once a day, nearly 4,000 pump start ups would be eliminated every year. Re using a rear access junction to make a sediment trap, while this is a good idea, buying it from REECE PLUMBING is not!!!!!!!!!!! Check out the price for the same fitting from this online store. REECE PLUMBING charge about $35. It pays to Google first. http://www.pipeonline.com.au/listProduc ... S+JUNCTION 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Once you know the basics, the rest is easy. Read my post in the thread linked below. viewtopic.php?p=1919271#p1919271 2 19795 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 31552 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 8602 |