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    Downpipe mod. into rainwater tank

    thanks guys Unfortunately the only pipe coming down is a straight vertical one and if you think i'm not going to get any water out of it then i think i'll leave it as it is. I did want to divert the entire thing into my water tank and then have an overflow but i came into problems when no one...
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    Downpipe mod. into rainwater tank

    I'm not sure what a rain leader is, i'm assuming that's a pipe that comes down from the gutter and feeds into something? something like this http://scrantonsewer.org/index_024.htm . I'm actually on the 1st floor of seven so having one of these come all the way down isn't a possability. there is...
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    Downpipe mod. into rainwater tank

    Thanks jadnashua, So do you mean to have a rubber sleave that goes from the end of that boss clamp pictured to my wine barrel (they do both have similar size entry/exits). Or is that rubber sleave meant for where the boss clamp connects to the down pipe, i can't really imagine how that would...
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    Sewerage/sulphur smell in house?

    i remember going up to my friends farm which used well water and the sulphur smell there was pretty bad and you had to clear the taps for a bit each time you went up there. I spoke to my lecturer about it and he said it was a bacteria solution, basically you have a thing of sulphate down in the...
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    Downpipe mod. into rainwater tank

    Hi I have a large 44 gallon plastic wine barrel that i want to use as a water tank (we have drought here in australia). I want to connect this to the down pipe that drains water off the roof of my apartment building. I had thought this would be a simple procedure of getting some fittings from...
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