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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: C.C.S. on March 06, 2009, 02:37:26 pm

Title: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: C.C.S. on March 06, 2009, 02:37:26 pm

just wondered if regular water butts can be used to store pure water.heard somewhere that beeing made from recycled plastic they contaminate the water and leaves impurites.is that true as have 2 spare ones in my garden and thought that they could be good for storing the pure water and save some money on a new tank.many thanks

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: pjulk on March 06, 2009, 02:39:07 pm

Yes they are fine for pure water but don't hold a great deal.

Maybe better getting an upright tank or IBC

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: matt on March 06, 2009, 02:45:31 pm

yes

i have 2 X 210 L rain water butts, used them for years

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: C.C.S. on March 06, 2009, 03:02:21 pm

thanks good to know that you use them with no problem.just read somewhere that if they are not made from food grade plastic can contaminate the water but i think it's just not true than.thanks once again.i'll be thinking on upgrading to a proper upright one but maybe in a few months

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 06, 2009, 04:13:31 pm

I used a 210L - no contamination issues -  but it was a bit fiddly even with a larger tap. (Gravity feed)

So last year I bought a 600L IBC and have a 3" bore transfer hose which gravity feeds me a 400L tp my van tank in a few minutes.

In fact no algae either due to "solid" colour plastic.

I must get round to blacking out my IBC one weekend.

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: tacky on March 06, 2009, 11:07:48 pm

dont know if these ar cheap .but 210ltrs garden water butts in wilkinsons ,£19.99. lid n tap included

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: suds window service on March 07, 2009, 04:54:15 pm

yea no probs i had two 210l  but now have 1000l ibc wish i could fill it,just got 200gpd system  ??? and by friday iam scraping the water out to finish me jobs

Title: Re: garden water butts .yes or no?
Post by: sparklebright on March 07, 2009, 08:19:33 pm

Quote from: suds window service on March 07, 2009, 04:54:15 pm

yea no probs i had two 210l  but now have 1000l ibc wish i could fill it,just got 200gpd system  ??? and by friday iam scraping the water out to finish me jobs

You can add a membrane to make 300gpd, I did, makes a lot of difference :)