water butt

givememoney

Thinking if getting a water butt now we are on a water meter
Advice please on what we should get.
Thank you

[Deleted User]

They all do the same thing so get one based on size, looks and budget.

Remember your drainpipe attachments.

TonyMMM

Check with your water supplier first - they often have cheap ( or occasionally free) water butts available.

Other than that - if you are a keen gardener and do a lot of watering, get the biggest you can fit in the space you have. They empty surprisingly quickly.

Teapot55

Our one had two different holes already in it when we got it so you could feed a pipe into it either through the side or through the lid. We were getting mosquitoes breeding in it so I plugged the hole with a wine cork.

unrecordings

Top tip: Make sure the outlet tap is a convenient height for your chosen bucket/watering can before it (the butt) fills up.

If you've a sloping garden, with a little consideration & some hosepipe you can position the butt down near where the water is needed, with just the diverter at the top of the garden

gamston

I got one of the IBC 1000 lt butts years ago for £20,
IBC 1000 Litre Water Tank
stands concrete blocks & pallets so its raised off the ground by 2ft

ariba10

ALDI usually have them on sale a couple of times a year and they come complete with a stand.

I have two and am satisfied with them.

(Can’t remember the price but were reasonable)

unrecordings

gamston wrote: »

I got one of the IBC 1000 lt butts years ago for £20,
IBC 1000 Litre Water Tank
stands concrete blocks & pallets so its raised off the ground by 2ft

I'd love one of these, but delivery would be a problem - my fantasy was to bury one, have the excess feed a pond, and plonk an old fashioned standpipe in the top. As it stands I've an inherited gravity fed system that I've terminated on one side of the garden with a tap bolted to one of the greenhouses - planning to run another hose down the other side as/when

savemoney

I have four water butts I got them online from evengreener they do butts for Yorkshire water or did when I got mine. You do need them up from ground as said so you can have height for a watering can.



As for IBC tanks there not really suitable for houses unless you like the look of them I have one on allotment.

no1catman

I too have four water butts - all different. None bought at full price, most when a DIY place was closing down, able to get one for a fiver or a tenner!
Over time, one split at the bottom, otherwise no problems.
Best one I have is from Wilkinsons - I got it at the end of the season when they were selling off their garden items. Why is it IMHO the best - the outlet tap was integrated into the unit, with the others it was a two person job to fit the tap - one crawled inside to tighten the nut, while the tap was held in place!
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-250l-green-water-butt-with-tap/p/0406184

andrewf75

Try facebook/gumtree etc, they are often available for around £20