[Stephen burton]

Anyone use anything different then an ibc tank when storing pure water, I’m about to move house and the access to the back isn’t very good apart from a narrow alley so I can’t get my ibc in the garden, I did think about 3-4 220 litre water butts anyone else use them?

[matthewprice]

Just purchased two water butts 250l each .tall narrow.for the same reason .found tap was to small at 13mm so have ordered two 25 mm barbs to link the two .seem to do job ok .

[rb4no]

360 litre wheelie bin and get more and run in parallel to desired amount..

[Den68]

I used to use two 200l water butts connected together with a fitting kit, also had two transfer pumps one in each butt. Now days I have a Ibc tank.

[Spruce]

Anyone use anything different then an ibc tank when storing pure water, I’m about to move house and the access to the back isn’t very good apart from a narrow alley so I can’t get my ibc in the garden, I did think about 3-4 220 litre water butts anyone else use them?

You could also use a 650 liter upright Wyedale tank. It has a width of of 575mm, so that's less than your kitchen counter top.

An 800 liter is 700mm wide.

You can also order it in black if its going to stand outside.

[Jon_Phelps]

i use a 900 litre upright in my shed.  it was more expensive then an ibc by quite a bit but its perfect for the slim shed i ordered for it.  i got a bit nerdy about it and laid a substantial base to carry the load, lined the shed with insulation, electric socket, light, and oil radiator in it (along with all the other work bits like jet washer etc).  fitted a neat hose to the outside, plumbed in the ro and piping inside where its warm.  keeps the garden nice a neat too not having pipes and tanks everywhere.

[Cookie]

360 litre wheelie bin and get more and run in parallel to desired amount..

I use 2x360L wheelie bins linked together with a water butt linking kit. I do find that the top of the bin expands when full of water meaning the lid cannot completely cover the top - I cover this with an old scrim to prevent ingress of dirt etc...

I also use a 240L wheelie bin which does not expand at the top.

I use a Clarke submersible pump to pump water from the bins into my van tank.

The advantage of wheelie bins is that they are more manouvurable than an IBC tank.