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Ideas for waterbutt lid
determined_new_ms
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in Gardening
My water butt has a kinda rubber lid which has perished and cracked and needs replacing but they're quite expensive to buy and I am cash poor!
Any ideas of what to use MSE style?
Thanks
Any ideas of what to use MSE style?
Thanks
DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £195
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £195
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A bit of wood with a brick on top to weigh it down.0
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Does it need a lid?0
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Is it like this one ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/water-butt-lid-/252161925036?hash=item3ab6059fac:g:fZ8AAOSwiLdWB95eThere are more questions than answers :shhh: :silenced:WARNING ! May go silent for unfriendly repliesPlease excuse me Spell it MOST times
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Wow thank you so much! That might just be in my price range
DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1950 -
Does it need a lid?
It does as there is a plum tree hanging over from my neighbours garden and leaves have been getting in also we have a small childDF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1950 -
determined_new_ms wrote: »also we have a small child
I suppose you have a point. My father used to use an old galvanised water tank from an attic for his and I remember eating bits of ice from the surface of it in the winter.
On the other hand, I'm still alive :j0 -
My water butt is an old blue plastic chemical barrel that I got from my Dad years ago (no, he wasn't Walter White). He put a tap in it for me and made a lid out of a piece of wire mesh and bent it into place with pliers. Keeps the leaves and stuff out, but lets the air in.0
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try evengreener online store they sell parts.0
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