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im hoping to move my greenhouse up to my allotment and have been mulling over building a u shaped raised bed and a dripper set up like big mallys using a 330 liter water butt conected to the guttering out side to fill it up with rain water , im wondering what type of wood i should use (i was thinking scafold boards) and should i use a membrain or not ? also for the water butt is there some type of float device i can fit to it that will stop it over flowing when the water butt is full ,abit like something that is used on a toilet systen or in a fuel tank for the petrol gauge ,any thoughts welcome, cheers
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I would use scaffold boards for the beds & just drill a hole in the top of the waterbutt as an overflow, I think you will use more water than you will collect so will have very little overflow........I'm assuming you will be raising the butt off the floor & using a tap from the bottom of it.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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yes the water butt will be put on bricks or concrete slabs and about 30 cm higher than the raised beds so gravity can take care of the rest ,ok a whole in the water butt sounds like a v simple way of doing it , i like that less can go wrong with it ,good idea ,cheersThe Dude abides.Comment
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im not sure how i`ll connect the dripper pipe to it yet i have an old water butt knocking about and i`ll have to check out what the tap is like and take it from there ,cheersThe Dude abides.Comment
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Put a hose from the waterbutt overflow into another waterbutt.
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Something like this:Originally posted by the big lebowski View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzO9eNj9hCIsigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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thats spooky bm i have their cataloge sat here on the arm of my sofa i was just looking at that thinking what a great little device it is, thanks for the link ,ps you dont know this weekends lotto numbers do you ? cheers
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