Rain Collectoin Project

mbfirey · 08-06-2010, 03:29 PM

Planning on collecting rain for watering these plants and wanted to kick it up a notch from the standard rain barrel- I'll be putting on a gutter that feeds into this thing: 250 gallons. I know it looks gruesome but, it used to contain "Mulch Die" so I know that whatever chemicals it may have contained will be safe for plants. I plan on raising it on concrete blocks and figuring how to adapt it from 2.5" to a standard garden hose.

MediaHound · 08-06-2010, 03:35 PM

Nice! I was out there in the heat today wishing I had a rain collection system to drip my plants with. Following along your thread to see how the final product looks. Thanks for sharing with us.

Abnshrek · 08-06-2010, 05:56 PM

Some places have the 350's too.. I saw some on craigslist a couple weeks back. I think there's a port on the bottom of those tanks, might even be 1". :^)

mbfirey · 08-06-2010, 07:54 PM

It's got a huge hole with a screw lid on top- and the faucet is 2.5"-
I'll have to drill an overflow hole and attach a pipe.

Abnshrek · 08-06-2010, 08:47 PM

If its plastic those plastic welders from Harbor freight, work really good. I've done a couple gas tanks with them. If its metal your going to need a sealed weld unless its on top. :^)

mbfirey · 08-07-2010, 06:30 AM

No, it's plastic- I figure with a hole saw and a threaded pipe, and some sealant will work. I could just drill the hole- but I'm going to try to pipe the overflow to an area with EE's that I'd like to keep wet.

john_ny · 08-08-2010, 04:18 PM

A few years ago, I was leasing a piece of property where I had a 17' X 96' greenhouse. There was a lousy little shallow well there where, if you pumped 5 gallons out, you'd have to wait 15 or 20 minutes before you could get another 5 gallons. Since I was only renting, I didn't want to spend thousands for a new well. I decided to collect rainwater. I dug a hole behind the ghouse, lined it with poly, and erected a section of a smaller greenhouse over it. I put gutters along the main greenhouse, and collected. For every inch of rain we got, I put 1200 gallons in the tank.

mbfirey · 08-08-2010, 06:03 PM

It will be collecting from half my roof but I'm sure that will still fill up the 250gal fast. Just planning on putting it on drystacked concrete blocks 2 high,

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