This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook installs a rainwater collection system for yard and garden irrigation. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Rainwater Collection System:
– 650-gallon rainwater pillow kit
– heavy-duty plastic tarp
– PVC pipe and assorted fittings
– PVC primer and cement
– anti-siphoning valve
– garden hose and lawn sprinkler
– bark mulch
Tools for How to Install a Rainwater Collection System:
– push broom
– hammer and cold chisel
– PVC pipe handsaw
– drill/driver
– shovel
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What kind of pump is this.?
Which type of filter pad is used...??
so you put the top under the pillow?
You should put a 1000 gallon tank underground, maybe two and that could be an emergency water supply. It would be perfect in Kalifornication, but it's illegal to use rain storage there. If I lived in Kalifornication I would just install them the tanks at night and screw the democrat politicians.
Roger's flexible pipe...
Of course, don’t let your states DEP, or federal EPA get word of you doing this!
which is illegal in some states
I’m just going to lay down this tAAP
I wonder what it would cost - materials and labor - to have a company install this system?
Just let nature water your grass