Stormwater Pipes Part 2
So you’ve got your gutters in place and you’ve got your water tanks in place and everything is ready for you to collect your own water off the roof of the house. But with things the way they are you aren’t going to be getting any water are you?
Because you haven’t connected your gutters to your water tanks. If there is no pipes that go from the gutters to the water tanks then there is no water that goes from the gutters to the water tanks.
You need to connect your downpipes. Luckily all of these things are now made in plastic and it’s very easy to work with these plastic pipes. You can cut them easily with a hacksaw and you can also glue them very easily with the right type of glue.
But it’s probably better to use rivets to connect your downpipes to your gutters using the small circle of galvanised metal fitting that hangs below the gutter where the water is to run out.
Just fill a hole through the plastic of the downpipe and the galvanised iron and pop a rivet in place and this will hold them securely.
Your downpipes run down the wall below the surface of the ground and then perform a 90 degree turn and then you lay more plastic pipes from there right through to your water tank. Luckily you can also buy the 90 degree bends in plastic and so it’s just a matter of glueing them on and sticking all of it together. And then when you reach the water tank you do the exact reverse and you have a 90 degree bend into a piece of plastic pipe leading up to the water tank entrance, and 2 more 90 degree bends to direct the water into the tank.
It’s always worth remembering that you should paint any of the plastic piping that is above the ground because over time it can break down in the sun because of the UV radiation. It’s very easy to paint them, just paint them the same colour as the house and you won’t even notice them on if you don’t paint them then you will find that they stick out and look all wrong.
Of course it’s a little more complicated than I’ve said here so you should buy a good book setting an all-out and you also need to find out about stormwater regulations where you live, but I tried to do it myself and found it highly successful and saved lots of money.
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