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tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 11:56 am Post subject: Water butts, recycled juice containers
Anyone know where I might be able to get really big juice containers for use as water butts? Have Googled, but only come up with the Natural Collection (all its links are broken), and the Green Shop in Hereford (no sign of them on its site). TIA Tawny

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 12:17 pm Post subject:
Taaa daaa www.thetankexchange.com but how you get hold of them before they have been tarted up and priced up, I dunno... anything else you could use? I'm interested too.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 12:19 pm Post subject:
I'm racking my brains, but I can't remember where ours came from - I'll ask OH this evening. We do have a spare, but getting it to Hampshire might be a bit of a problem.

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 12:32 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

but how you get hold of them before they have been tarted up and priced up, I dunno....

I'd just spotted this one too, but aren't they dear? I mean, I can get a 190 L water butt from Bournemouth & West Hampshire water, complete with lid, tap, stand and water diverter for 30 quid including delivery, and here they are selling a used container with no stand or diverter for 27. As for the giant tanks, 163 quid, ouch! You certainly don't save water to save money!

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 12:33 pm Post subject:

Judith wrote:

I'm racking my brains, but I can't remember where ours came from - I'll ask OH this evening. We do have a spare, but getting it to Hampshire might be a bit of a problem.

Ye-es - big as our van is, I think we might struggle. Thanks for the implied offer though, and any info most welcome.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 12:48 pm Post subject:

tawny owl wrote:

You certainly don't save water to save money!

You do if you are on a water meter

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 12:54 pm Post subject:
Woo-hoo! I've found some on ebay!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 05 9:26 am Post subject:

Jack's in colchester used to sell them, but I don't even know if they are still there - Tahir might know - it's his neck of the woods(ish)

Also, try the local council, ours sold off a load of water butts and composters cheap in a car park sale, manned by local sixth formers - the still do composters (one of which I have) but I can't find the water butts (which I kicking myself for not buying at the time!)

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 05 10:53 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Also, try the local council, ours sold off a load of water butts and composters cheap in a car park sale, manned by local sixth formers - the still do composters (one of which I have) but I can't find the water butts (which I kicking myself for not buying at the time!)

Our council doesn't seem to. The water authority (Bournemouth and South Hampshire) do, and in fact, for a normal water butt, their price is quite good - £30 including lid, stand, tap and rain diverter. Anyhow, I'll see how this ebay thing goes (anyone thinking of buying it from the chap in Poole, I saw it first!

), and if I don't get it, then he seems to have lots for sale at £49.99 (1000 L, so about 4 normal water butts).

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 05 5:48 pm Post subject:

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Tawny Owl: (anyone thinking of buying it from the chap in Poole, I saw it first!

), and if I don't get it, then he seems to have lots for sale at £49.99 (1000 L, so about 4 normal water butts).

OK I won't, I promise

Rikki

Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Posts: 35
Location: Bucks

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 05 6:47 pm Post subject:

Have been talking to my Father who has a 300 gal one he got from someone in Sleaford a quarter of a century ago - he thinks he saw it advertised in the Farmers' Weekly. Anyway, he says you can have problems with the UV making the plastic go brittle and cracking in a hard frost. He's covered his with an old tarpaulin to protect it from the sun, and wrapped it round with polystyrene to give it a bit of insulation. Ice is "plastic" and provided freezing occurs slowly the ice will flow to fill a vessel: it is only rapid freezing that bursts tanks etc.

He also has his overflow fitted with a pipe on the inside that goes down an inch so that when a heavy down pour over fills the butt it syphons out, cleaning off any scum that may be floating. The outside overflow pipe needs to have a good drop down to the drain to get a good flow of water, and it mustn't be too large a diameter - say 15mm - or it won't actually start syphoning.

sue ievers

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 24
Location: powys

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 9:50 pm Post subject:
Ours came from our local builders merchant I believe. sue

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 7:18 am Post subject:
Thanks, Rikki - that's useful info. Sue, never even thought of builder's merchants - will have a look today. Tawny

Ferdinand
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 8:45 am Post subject: Storage Tanks
Try LBS Horticulture (not on web, use phone 01282873333). They sell 1520 ltr storage tanks 2m high and 1.07m across, for £120 ex VAT.

Ferdinand
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 9:09 am Post subject:

Hi again,
Just realised that the LBS tank is more expensive / per litre storage than the tank from the 'Chap from Poole' who apparently charges £49.99 for 1000 ltr.
Having given you a contact, will you reciprocate and let me have contact details for the chap in Poole, please ? You say he has lots. I think his size of tank would fit more easily where I intend to place it. I grow orchids and rainwater is essential.
Thanks.

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