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What size of water butt do I buy?

dharm999 · 2025-10-03 15:59:19

Am going to replace two apex sheds, with two pent sheds, one is 10 x 8 and the other is 16 x 8. Am planning on putting guttering on them do I can collect water in a butt. Having never had one before I have no idea what size I need? Given the size of the sheds, are 100 litre and 210 litre water butts too small in proportion…

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Niv Posts: 2,618 Forumite

27 October 2025 at 11:07AM

I had 2 x 210l butts installed less than a month ago on a small bit of roof (a few m2, maybe 4ish), the second linked butt is already discharging so I have collected over 210l already! This is in the southwest.
I was surprised to have collected so much so quickly tbh.

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