New usage

Well after a week of getting the leak fixed we have now gone back down to our normal usage of 1000 litres per week. My wife has filled out the leak form and sent it to the waterboard. We shall now see what happens with the outstanding bill and see if it gets reduced.

Water Leak Sorted.

Well A Big thanks to Dave!

He has managed to find my leak!   It was in the upstairs toilet!   The rubber valve on the filler valve was gone and overflowing by a great deal.   Now need to fill out the water leak form for the water board.

I have also purchased a header tank and 25 meters of plastic pipe.    Will up load some pictures soon.

Also moved blog from Iweb to Blogger to allow easier uploading....

My First Purchase

Well after looking around or a suitable tank, I decided that the best one would be to get an IBC.

I managed to get this one off ebay for £30 in Torquay!

It had been used for bio diesel.    

I have cleaned out detergent and water and have got to just jet wash it before moving it into place.

I also managed to get a 1KW pump for £20 from the same person that I got the IBC from which it is it of a bonus.

As it is from Germany all of the instructions are in German.  Good news it that a friend from work has a son who can translate German!

I should be getting some more stuff next week.  So check back then!

First Entry

Hi,

And Welcome to my Blog.

Any way the main reason for setting this up is to give you the details of my rainwater harvesting project.

After being in our house for over 1 year and paying for around 30 cubic meters of water per quarter our last Any way the main reason for setting this up is to give you the details of my rainwater harvesting project.

After being in our house for over 1 year and paying for around 30 cubic meters of water per quarter our last bill was a bit of a surprise.  It seems that we have used 73 Cubic meters.   We are on a water meter.  I have done all of the leak tests and could not find anything.

It seems that we are currently using around 4 to 5 cubic meters of water per week, which we have worked out as not being correct.  

We are getting the water company to check out the meter as we think it may be faulty at the cost of £75.   If it is found to be faulty then we will get that back.

During this investigation I decided that it would be a good idea to look into rain water harvesting.   

After doing quite a bit of web surfing it seemed that the most cost effective would be to do my own DIY system as the professional system is far too expensive!

With some advice from a friend at work I have decided to install a tank outside and pump water up to a small tank in the loft for the toilets and washing machine to run on rain water. was a bit of a surprise.  It seems that we have used 73 Cubic meters.   We are on a water meter.  I have done all of the leak tests and could not find anything.

It seems that we are currently using around 4 to 5 cubic meters of water per week, which we have worked out as not being correct.  

We are getting the water company to check out the meter as we think it may be faulty at the cost of £75.   If it is found to be faulty then we will get that back.

During this investigation I decided that it would be a good idea to look into rain water harvesting.   

After doing quite a bit of web surfing it seemed that the most cost effective would be to do my own DIY system as the professional system is far too expensive!

With some advice from a friend at work I have decided to install a tank outside and pump water up to a small tank in the loft for the toilets and washing machine to run on rain water.