The rainwater tanks arrived on Monday at 8:30pm. On Tuesday, the plumbers re-assessed project (hence previous irrate post) and yesterday they began work.
The drains all go under ground now to the 2 tanks which are 5000gallon each. Therefore we have 45000 litres of tanks connected to the house. The third 5000 gallon tank will go the shed.
The down pipes USED to curl under and UP under the verandah into long pipes that were suspended and had lots of bows in them so that there would have been lots of puddles of water in the pipes all the time because they couldn't drain properly. So, all the down pipes were cut and have been extended straight down into the ground where we laid new pipes right around the house 50cm deep.
They all go to a first flush device, which will stop the first 30~40 litres of rainwater from going into the tank. Instead they will drain away into my future wetland/pool.
As for the future wetland, I'm talking about a Natural Swimming Pool.... see the link below. They've been big in Europe for 20 years and in the UK for a few years and they're just being found out in the US. I want to do something along those lines.... they rely on aggregate and planted out shallow sections as well as water cirulation in order to have a swimming
hole that is clear and clean without the
need for artificial chemicals such as chlorine. Which also means that insects and fish and frogs that eat mozzie larvae can also live there. The water cirulation further deters mosquitoes.... anyway, I digress...
I cleaned out the gutters today and Nettie
has started work on the soil (I'l let her post about that) and the Stump-grinder guy has come. So no more big stumps... and we have to find uses for the large logs that are left. Maybe a few garden benches and coffee tables and chairs...
Anyway, all good apart from the usual challenges and frustrations!
CYA
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