Best Value Water Butts? (merged)

olibearhorse

afro wrote: »

Do water butts make financial sense?

1000 litres of water cost approximatley £1 on a meter, maybe more.
Get a £16 butt from tesco that holds 175 litres
You'd need to save 16,000 litres to break even - that's 91 full butts of water.

Over several years I guess it would work out!

Don't just think financially, think environmentally as well!

Solomon_Broad

Wickes now have a special offer on water butts. The 200L one is £17.49. The SKU ("skew") is 194674, and the offer should be on until 8th July 2007.

Ring the store and check before you go in.

MKwife

Tesco sell one for 17 pounds...

Solomon_Broad

Is it an in store offer? I cant find it on Tesco Direct.

MKwife

Well the one I saw was in a Tesco extra, but it is not on Tesco Direct http://direct.tesco.com/q/N.1999856/Nr.99/Ns.P_SORT_Price/No.40/btnResultSort.x%3d27/btnResultSort.y%3d6.aspx the cheapest one here is 20.97.

Have you got a tesco extra near you?

Solomon_Broad

The nearest one is about 20 miles away.

MKwife

Solomon, have you tried your local https://www.freecycle.org ?

Poppycat

Just got my water butt today from Blackwall via Yorkshire Water online.

It took about 2 weeks to come, I was busy at the back tidying up and noticed a large water butt outside front door.

It took about 45 minutes to fit, I was a little unsure about us taking water downpipe off an cutting a 3cm gap to fit the plastic thing that catches water to butt. I got one with stand, lid and attachment for water to be caught in downpipe. Almost £40 inc postage

I have to check now it works lol

Prudent

Does anyone know where it is possible to buy cheapish water butts? Either online or in Hereford/ Worcester area? I am asking on behalf of my elderly dad who is a keen gardener, but is finding one too expensive to buy.

ribenagirl

Have you tried your water board? Most do cut-price water butt kits. We are Severn Trent and got ours from them - admittedly it took A YEAR but we were pleased when it eventually arrived!