How To Install Rainwater Tank in Ryde

Posted by Gary Renouf Plumbing on January 2nd, 2020

The installation of a rainwater tank represents an increasingly common operation, given all its advantages. You want to install a rainwater tank at your home, but you don't know how to do it? Follow our advice for a successful installation whatever the model of recuperator you have chosen: overhead or buried, whatever its functionality: watering the garden, washing the car, flushing toilets...

Why install a rainwater tank?

Many people install a recovery of rainwater in their garden. Indeed, water has become an increasingly scarce vital resource, its price is rising, especially during periods of drought.

The use of rainwater thus allows you to reduce the use of the public drinking water network, which reduces your bill. Also, rainwater, pure and acid-prone, contains no additives or chlorine and is perfect for watering the garden and flowers.

However, this water is not drinkable and must be reserved for domestic use, not food. It is indeed very suitable for watering the garden as said above, but also for flushing toilets, washing cars, floors, laundry ...

This is the reason why a water tank is very useful. It is also quite possible to install a buried rainwater tank, taking care to comply with current legislation. You must then have a secondary water network (to separate this water from the drinking water network).

How To Install Rainwater Tank?

Step 1: Define the best location and prepare a flat and stable ground for your recuperator. Some recuperators are supplied with a support to hold them, otherwise, a wooden slab can generally resolve the problem at a lower cost.

Step 2: Install the manifold on the gutter downpipe taking the measures so that it is at the right height from the tank. Some models require that the collector be placed a little higher than the arrival in the tank to create a slope with the hose which will convey the water.

Step 3: Install the valve at the bottom of the recuperator. It can be supplied with certain models, otherwise, it will have to be obtained separately. To drill at the faucet location, use a hole saw.

Here, your collector is ready to be used!

Our last little tips for the road: remember to always empty the tank in winter to prevent water from freezing and bursting the tank, put a cover on the tank to prevent access to insects which like to proliferate in stagnant water and regularly empty the collector filter so as not to clutter your gutter downpipe.

If the price of a rainwater collector or tank can be high, such an installation allows you to reduce your water consumption. Therefore It is an attractive long-term investment. But before opting for the installation of a water recuperator, it is better to find out about the prices of installation rainwater tank in Ryde. Our experts give you all the information to help you prepare your budget as well as possible.