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jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Tue May 16, 06 1:09 pm Post subject: water butts wanted
off the back of the scaremongering, i was wondering if anyone had any waterbutts laying around they wanted rid of???

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Tue May 16, 06 1:54 pm Post subject:
Don't you know there's a drought on: https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2160477.html

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Tue May 16, 06 2:05 pm Post subject:
thats what i was getting at!!! ive been meaning to buy some for months but only just realised that i need to get them in now in order to fill them...

mrutty

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1578

Posted: Tue May 16, 06 2:39 pm Post subject:
Loads outside Homebase when I drove past. Maybe I should buy them and sell that at 200% more

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Tue May 16, 06 3:26 pm Post subject:
Repurposed containers here - https://www.thetankexchange.com/home.htm prices inc vat, delivery, lid and tap. Just not a base. Some building blocks, or prettier a stack of paving slabs? And don't forget that you need to get the water into the thing. A diverter kit can be simple and neat...

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue May 16, 06 7:47 pm Post subject:
Have you checked out the water company you are with Jamsan. I hvae feeling that Yorkshire Water do some quite cheaply - which may or not be useful info for you My MIL is with them so i might place an order that way.

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:12 am Post subject:
im going up to CAT next week and theyve got some food drums for me..i just have to build a base, i suppose paving slabs will be ok, maybe ontop of some blocks??

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:21 am Post subject:
As long as it doesn't wobble. I used 6 breeze blocks, two to a layer.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:28 am Post subject:
What ever you do, make sure it's high enough to get a bucker, watering can, whatever underneath it. Otherwise, if you're especially stupid, you may have to dig a hole under the tap, and look like a right pillock.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:33 am Post subject:

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:35 am Post subject:
i have lots of buckets but no buckers...should i buy one ???? ( hhehehehhehehehehe)

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:35 am Post subject:
I didn't spot the slight flaw until I'd filled my metre cubed container with 1000 litres of water. I'll get my spade...

Forager

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 144

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 12:30 pm Post subject:

dougal wrote:

Repurposed containers here -
https://www.thetankexchange.com/home.htm
prices inc vat, delivery, lid and tap. Just not a base.
Some building blocks, or prettier a stack of paving slabs?
And don't forget that you need to get the water into the thing. A diverter kit can be simple and neat...

Is the site down?

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 12:34 pm Post subject:
Looks that way.

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Mon May 22, 06 5:54 pm Post subject:
The site is up now. (But its pretty slow...) For anyone having difficulty The Tank Exchange is in Barnsley and they give their phone number as 08704 670706

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