Did the immersion heater work well for you? I fitted one before but totally ruined my tank. It was an expensive error for me and was quite costly to run. But it was so nice to have warm pipes!

My tanks around 25 metres from my van and its filled in minutes, use s 25mm hose for it.

10 metres for me. I use 1.25"/30mm. Which can be gravity or pump fed depending which tank I draw from.

Good mix of volume and not too bulky.

I read it as… I don’t know who has been in my back garden and left the gate open,  if it was you then great but if it was someone else should I be worried?

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You could harvest rainwater.

In Scotland maybe, but in England this past summer, no chance.

You can ameliorate the situation if you have enough storage. Especially on the west side of the country and Wales of course.

A guy down here in Bristol had 5000 litres of storage which at 350 litres a day gives about 3 weeks on a 4/5 day week if there was no rain whatsoever.

He lived in a semi and got half of his neighbour's water by removing a downpipe! 

I just wonder whether the cost of tanks and pumps and general unsightliness is worth it.

Firstly Malc, how are you doing since your operation?

I just think of the lengths Thimble Brimble (Jeff Brimble) went to harvesting rain water, and he lives/lived in Wales. I can remember one post where he was up in the middle of the night disposing of the first water run-off from a gutter, before catching the remaining run-off. I can remember posting a link to an Australian website selling an automatic diverter that sent the first portion of water to the drain before diverting the rest to the water storage tank.

Years back, I monitored how much rain we got on the north-east coast during the summer with a rain gauge. It just wasn't enough, although winter rainful was much better.

There was a poster on one of the forums working in the Netherlands. I seem to remember he managed using 2 or 3 x 1000 litre IBC tanks collecting rain water from his house roof.

Yes Spruce - it is a faff. I have never  bothered  - especially as I'm not on a meter.

As for my hernia op - all excellent and better than new thanks.

Op on August 9th - NHS did it within one week of my OP appointment which was about 2.5 weeks after my GP referral which was a couple of days after my visit to A&E.

Back to low level 2 hours a day for two days in week 6; 4 hours for three days in week 7; 5 hours  for three days week 8.

Week 9 (Early - mid October) normal work including my 4 storey job on a Victorian house and a small block of flats.

For all those suggesting an EGR valve and dpf delete, our mot inspector told me they now have to plug their system into the OBD2 port to read engine oil temps and emissions.
 That OBD report from the vehicle is included with the report that goes to the dvla. That report includes the  vehicle's  chassis number read from the  ecu and of course, the chassis number has to match the vehicle's registration number which is checked at the start of the mot. They will be able to immediately identify if the  EGR and dpf components are missing. These more stringent mot test became into force this past October.
These tests also require a photo of the vehicle to be taken showing the vehicle's number plate with the test in progress.

Our next door neighbour's son had his dpf and EGR deleted on his BMW. It's going to be very interesting how his car is going to pass with the garage that had them removed.