[gary999]

just took tds of my first rain harvesting 003ppm

happy days two 210 ltr water butts filled in less
than half n hour

i just need an ibc tank and one day of torrential rain
a week and i will be sorted

[Richard Neal]

What about the dirt and bits from off your roof and gutters do you still filter it somehow?

[gary999]

im running mine off my shed roof ive strapped
a hard  piece of pvc which covers the roof

the water im getting is absolutely clear good enough to drink

will just give the roof a wipe over every week to keep clean

[gary999]

sorry should of said ive got piec of sponge in down pipe
to stop any large bits going through

[the bfg]

just took tds of my first rain harvesting 003ppm

happy days two 210 ltr water butts filled in less
than half n hour

i just need an ibc tank and one day of torrential rain
a week and i will be sorted

well your in luck for tomorrow for the torrential rain 

[ant french]

lol i did this today, i got 4 inches of rain happy days lol

[Cliff perkins]

Anybody else do this recently and is it really worth doing.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

jeff brimbles the man for this 

[Dougaldum]

Anybody else do this recently and is it really worth doing.

i do just have a look at my preview post;s 

[king marko]

I'm sure I've heard somewhere about a government grant regarding rain harvesting - or is that boll**ks ?

[andrewlefkas]

I have been doing this for a couple of months now ,I have a P3 filter in downpipe of roof and made a deep trap with a drain to try and keep bits down plus some sponge in pipe which I clean regularly.I fill two 100 lbutts then transfer to a 1000l IBC tank with a hozelock pump which only takes a few minutes.I have a TDS of 30 off the roof . I put a washable filter in my RO as there is a few micro bits still getting through ,its a 5 micron filter and so far so good ,the TDS has been at 0ppm for ages now .My tapwater tds is around 270- 300 ish so its bound to make my resin last longer.
My IBC had iced up other day so slightly concerned but all is fine now.Its really nice not to see all RO waste going down drain PLUS I use the rainwater to wash car with Hozelock pump, because of the very low TDS car dries perfect after rinsing so great result.Costs a few quid to set up and bit of messing about but worth it for me.

[carl stanton]

do you have any pictures??
we like pictures 

[Cliff perkins]

Yes show up pics

[Dave.]

im running mine off my shed roof

How big is your shed?
 
I'll be interested to hear about any government grants or incentives too

[andrewlefkas]

I have taken some pics of my set up but for some reason it wont upload .
 From the P3 filter I have short bit of transparant tube which then goes into my trap of 15mm plastic pipe ,traps about 2ft long ,draint tap fitted at bottom to release crude then via transparant tube to first water butt ,when that fills goes through tube to 2nd , I pump to IVC for storing when there full which doesnt take long at all as its a fair size roof.i put some sponge in pipes work as a rough filter and the P3 filter also has a rough gauze built in which is very easy to wash.
I feed RO from IBC with hozelock water butt pump then booster pump through membranes.I have found first per filter gtes muck quicker so bought re-usable/washable filter (5micron).So far it all seems fine and water bill will come down!! If you send me yer email I can send pics that I m having trouble with putting on here.

[Cliff perkins]

oh well when u get a chance to upload them we would like to see them 

[Klean07]

[Klean07]

These are my two babies.

[rosskesava]

I'm quite envious. I live in a flat 12 floors up.  

I should think that collecting rain water like that is a satisfying way of doing things WFP.

[Klean07]

Its fast and effective and a back up to my Merlin. Sometimes I can't be bothered to wait for Merlin to do the job so when my tanks are full I use the water from them. The tds is approx 20.