The conservation of municipal water used on our flowers, bushes and tomato plants, we have installed an easily manipulated-150-liter plastic water tank farm type under our deck, where it was a concealed cistern. We pulled the spout rainwater collected from the tank with a small electric sump pump with a portable garden hose connected to the outlet. During our manual irrigation systems, we controlled the flow with an adjustable nozzle on the end oftube.
Used items
a tank of 150 liters of stock of plastic with a water drain plug, 35 "H x 39" W x 58 "L" (adapted from a hardware store off-farm supply)
a portable 110 - VAC submersible sump pump, a flat bottom floor of the guy with the hose connection, 1/4-to-1/3-hp, or equivalent
four cartons of cheap wood, 1 "x 2" x 40 "
a role in full-screen window aluminum fine-mesh, 64 "x44" or larger
January 8 ½ "long screws and a screwdriver speed compatible
small box of 1 / 4 ", staples and small hammer, or equivalent
a garden hose 5 / 8 "by 50" or, if necessary with adjustable nozzle
an extension cord (length required to reach an outlet)
a 110 - External socket VAC (switch controlled if possible)
a rain gutter spout on the roof of the house
Meeting
Fasten the strips of wood on top of the narrow width of the tank by screwing to the edge.
Enter the sump pumptube attached to the bottom of the tank to the desired position. They have the power cord and garden hose attached to hang over the edge.
Spread the shield over the slats on top of the tank to completely cover. Staple the screen to the plate. Let the area of the screen above the pump and hose and cable remains a loose flap in case the pump should be repaired or removed.
Tighten the drain plug.
Place the tank near the chosen gutter spout. If possible, hide behind or under abridge or shrub, or disguise as required.
Route the end of the gutter to the upper wall of the tank above the screen, so that the container is harvested rainwater.
Extension of period for the power.
Drip
Experts say an inch of rain, for a total yield of 600 liters of water from an area of 1,000 square feet of home services. Our house is just over 1000 square meters. Thus, our tank is full to overflowing from an outlet during the first rain. L 'overflow leaving the house through a sloping terrace.
We had no problems of water from the reservoir during the summer because we had enough rain this year. A larger tank would be equally well filled. The tank is shielded well that he kept her and her excess water accumulated debris, which consisted of grass blowing in the wind, leaves, and various screen material covered gutters.
Two advantages
Came up with two big advantagesRoof water collection in this way. First, the tank was not an eyesore, because it was hidden. Our platform is surrounded by bushes.
Second, the sump pump, provided that sufficient water pressure at any time, even when the water level in the tank got low. In fact, with our tank and pump, you could run multiple nozzles for lawn, too. We can prove that next summer, though perhaps a slightly different pump.
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