Gutters: Saving the water

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

I guess there's no hoa in the trailer park to worry about.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

I guess there's no hoa in the trailer park to worry about.

Do they make $175k trailers?

 

[ballmode]

Too many mosquitoes to keep water in a barrel

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

I guess there's no hoa in the trailer park to worry about.

Do they make $175k trailers?

You aren't helping your cause. No one gives a shit how much you spent on your trailer, nor do they care for you reasoning behind wasting MORE energy in spite of other people trying to conserve it. Both make you look like an ass.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

Goodnight all....some of you annoy yourselves...I just know it.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
...
Do they make $175k trailers?

Probably. I've heard of triple wides assembled on concrete foundations.

But really, why the anger? Someone is always telling you and me to do something. There will always be somebody trying to impose their values on us - from religious dogma to acceptable grocery stores. You could just ignore them.

Just don't ignore the irs...

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

I guess there's no hoa in the trailer park to worry about.

Do they make $175k trailers?

You aren't helping your cause. No one gives a shit how much you spent on your trailer, nor do they care for you reasoning behind wasting MORE energy in spite of other people trying to conserve it. Both make you look like an ass.

Then I am the biggest asshole you will find. It's my choice to used 1000x my usual power consumption during "Earth Hour" and also my choice to conserve water/utility bills when I choose to.....

It's not for the government(or liberal) to make that decision for me....

Kiss my ass.




I love lamp...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

Be sure you know what you're doing before you try to install them yourself. Anything involving water has the potential to do very bad things to your house. Being a homeowner has made me loathe water.

Also... Koi

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2289545&enterthread=y

here you go. Apparently saving energy is a "liberal" conceit. :roll:

Dude....

GIVE

IT

UP

Let me explain it to your liberal defensive retard ass.

Saving energy is NOT a liberal conceit. However, forcing the concept is. It was frowned upon to have your lights on during "earth hour". No one will ever MAKE me turn my lights off.....

I agree that Earth Hour was retarded. Of course, very few on here deny that your response was far more retarded. Even the most right-leaning rage-fueled fucktards.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2289545&enterthread=y

here you go. Apparently saving energy is a "liberal" conceit. :roll:

Dude....

GIVE

IT

UP

Let me explain it to your liberal defensive retard ass.

Saving energy is NOT a liberal conceit. However, forcing the concept is. It was frowned upon to have your lights on during "earth hour". No one will ever MAKE me turn my lights off.....

I agree that Earth Hour was retarded. Of course, very few on here deny that your response was far more retarded. Even the most right-leaning rage-fueled fucktards.

I love lamp..

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
We are nearly a month away from purchasing our first home. It's a brand new "model" home. We are in LOVE with it.

With that said, this house is completely upgraded.....however they didn't install gutters. I would like to install a gutter system...can't be that hard but just won't be cheap. I was thinking while I am at installing the gutters I could install a reserve tank that catches and stores all the water from the gutters after a rain. Does anyone here actually do this?

I saw online (http://www.guttertank.com.au/) that these guys want $600 for their system. If anyone here does something like this, what do you use? $600 just would take a long time of saving water to justify the cost.

I'd love to use this water to water my plants and to fill my coy pond(when needed and after I build it). Just trying to find ways to save money off of utility bills since this house has a full sprinkler system that I would only like to use once a week.

Any suggestions or ideas?

total

fucking

SHENS.

this, from the guy who planned to buy a shitload of spotlights and crank his electronics and appliances during Earth Hour just to "send a message."
:roll:

And I did......that's a whole other discussion. Keep your ADD ass on subject here. No one is "asking" or "telling" me to do this....Earth Hour was...

I don't get it. Surely you're joking. What message where you sending? Who were you sending it to? Did they receive it? Did they send back a reply?

In case you missed it, I had a "The my excellent compatriot" decal on one of the spotlights.....

I guess there's no hoa in the trailer park to worry about.

Do they make $175k trailers?

You aren't helping your cause. No one gives a shit how much you spent on your trailer, nor do they care for you reasoning behind wasting MORE energy in spite of other people trying to conserve it. Both make you look like an ass.

Then I am the biggest asshole you will find. It's my choice to used 1000x my usual power consumption during "Earth Hour" and also my choice to conserve water/utility bills when I choose to.....

It's not for the government(or liberal) to make that decision for me....

Kiss my ass.




I love lamp...

Nowhere did I say it wasn't your choice. If it makes you feel better to you tell yourself that, please continue to do so. I would also partially believe you if you simply continued using only what you needed, but to go out of your way to use more just to prove a point is childish IMO.

 

[Capt Caveman]

fwiw - in some places it's illegal to capture water runoff. I believe it's illegal in the whole state of Colorado.

 

[gorcorps]

My dad did this a few years back. All he did was get some big ass steel barrels and put them under the gutters. Used it to water some plants and stuff.

Can't do it anymore though as mentioned above it's been illegal in Colorado for a few years now.

 

[iGas]

I have install a few cisterns on small island around my area because they don't have water. Cistern is a common thing in many rural area in the world. The water is fine to drink right after a rain fall, but it will quickly become non potable once bacterias grow due to fallen leaves and germs in the air.

Stored rain water can be use for non potable purposes such as gardening & flushing toilets, however to make it potable filters must be install and trees leaves must be keep out of the cistern.

Stage 1 -- multimedia filter (anthracite [crush coal], fine sand [quartz], coarse sand, gravel)
Stage 2 -- 2, 3, 4, 5, stage carbon filter or RO system.

Slide a UV light in between stage 1 & 2 if you still worry.

Capture water run off is illegal in many places because of the cross contamination fear, such as leaving a garden hose in the rain water barrel and open the hose bib a the other end. Because, there is a change of siphoning or back water contamination due to negative pressure in city water line (broken pipe, or pipe is being work on).

Local code must be check to see what type of check valve, hose bib vacuum breaker, double check valve, pressure vacuum breaker, or reduce pressure back flow assembly that you must install on water line that may come into contact with the cistern/storage water.

There are plastic storage tanks design for this purpose; 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 3000 gallons.

My grand parents farm house have a cistern of 20000 litters (5291 US gallon for the metric impaired), that would last 3 months for 4 people with strict water conservation if there were absolutely no rainfall.

 

[Mo0o]

Seems like a potential biohazard if youre not careful about bacterial growth

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
I love lamp..

I demand you stop wasting electrons this instant and trim your nested quotes. This has been brought to you by "Save the Electrons Day '09"

 

[StarsFan4Life]

True.....my apologies.

 

[Kaido]

LeafFilter Gutters + Gutter Edge

 

[nerp]

Just get a rain barrel.

Many municipalities offer rebate/discount programs for people who want to get them installed. They conserve water and are useful for lawn/garden watering. It's nice during a outdoor water ban to have a ready supply of water.

And if you're using the rain barrell to water your garden, bacteria isn't really something to worry about.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: bobdole369
Back in the day folks in the Florida Keys (and I'm sure in other places too) used to do this and they stored the rainwater in a cistern that sat under the house.

I've never heard of anyone that still does this. City water is very cheap compared to a hospital bill from the bugs in your cistern.

Who the hell would drink it? For water plants/garden/grass, it's perfectly fine.

whether your drinking it or not, bodies of stagnant water are a breeding ground for all kinds of crap in the summer, namely mosquitoes.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Wow...Home Depot has a 40 gallon tank that looks like a giant rock....

 

[waggy]

i know a few farmers in the area who have pretty big systems to catch rain water. we thought about it but decided against it.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: nerp
Just get a rain barrel.

Many municipalities offer rebate/discount programs for people who want to get them installed. They conserve water and are useful for lawn/garden watering. It's nice during a outdoor water ban to have a ready supply of water.

And if you're using the rain barrell to water your garden, bacteria isn't really something to worry about.

I was thinking about installing one this summer too. How do you water your lawn with it though? I mean I know it has a faucet at the bottom of the drum, but how does that then water your lawn? just run a hose and let it dump into your yard?

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: nerp
Just get a rain barrel.

Many municipalities offer rebate/discount programs for people who want to get them installed. They conserve water and are useful for lawn/garden watering. It's nice during a outdoor water ban to have a ready supply of water.

And if you're using the rain barrell to water your garden, bacteria isn't really something to worry about.

I was thinking about installing one this summer too. How do you water your lawn with it though? I mean I know it has a faucet at the bottom of the drum, but how does that then water your lawn? just run a hose and let it dump into your yard?

The one's I have found so far have a spout/faucet connection at the bottom. I would think 40+ gallons of water would allow for decent water pressure for watering.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: nerp
Just get a rain barrel.

Many municipalities offer rebate/discount programs for people who want to get them installed. They conserve water and are useful for lawn/garden watering. It's nice during a outdoor water ban to have a ready supply of water.

And if you're using the rain barrell to water your garden, bacteria isn't really something to worry about.

I was thinking about installing one this summer too. How do you water your lawn with it though? I mean I know it has a faucet at the bottom of the drum, but how does that then water your lawn? just run a hose and let it dump into your yard?

The one's I have found so far have a spout/faucet connection at the bottom. I would think 40+ gallons of water would allow for decent water pressure for watering.

Yeah I guess that was my thought too... though it would get much weaker pretty fast as the water level goes down.