Ideas for waterbutt lid

determined_new_ms

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

wellused

A bit of wood with a brick on top to weigh it down.

Elsewhere

Does it need a lid?

MoneyMate

Is it like this one ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/water-butt-lid-/252161925036?hash=item3ab6059fac:g:fZ8AAOSwiLdWB95e

determined_new_ms

MoneyMate wrote: »

Is it like this one ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/water-butt-lid-/252161925036?hash=item3ab6059fac:g:fZ8AAOSwiLdWB95e

Wow thank you so much! That might just be in my price range

determined_new_ms

Elsewhere wrote: »

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 child

Elsewhere

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 :j

LutonGirl

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.

Stubblue

try evengreener online store they sell parts.