Connecting Gutters To Water Tank

Fit downspout connector when you have your tank in place it s time to decide where you want your downspout.

Connecting gutters to water tank.

A short piece of open gutter could accept both downspouts and extend to the ibc tank. To harvest rainwater you need to connect pipework to a downpipe from your roof gutter to your tank that water can flow through. The last tank must have an overflow. 1 dry systems and 2 wet systems.

The first method is connecting the tanks at the top. The first tank in the succession fills and then its overflow fills the second tank and then third etc. This involves using the overflow from one tank as the connection to another tank. You can also buy a wide assortment of fittings to connect lines as well as a fitting to attach to your downspout.

Join up the inlet use 90mm stormwater pipe to connect the downpipe from the roof gutter to the tank inlet hole. The pcv pipe is quick and easy to connect and is glued with a water tight cement. Generally most water tank installations involve using pvc stormwater pipe to direct rainwater from the gutter to the inlet of the tank as shown in the dry system image above. However if you only want the tube to deliver water from one spot to another buy unperforated tubing and don t use a sock.

Reader projects outdoor how to install a rain water tank step 1. When installing a rainwater tank and connecting it to supply outlets within a property the relevant australian standards as nzs 3500 1 2003 part 1 water services section 14 sets out the minimum plumbing industry standards for water supply systems from rainwater tanks. This article will explain what a wet. The materials for this system cost about 200.

These pipework systems come in two forms. 1 dry delivery system. Connecting a water tank to a roof install tank and base to complete this step correctly jump to this article to learn how to prepare the right base. I had never worked on any gutters before so i got a lesson on working with aluminum sealing it and in the mind set of how water flows.

1 dry system and 2 wet system. To harvest rainwater then you need to connect a pipework to a downpipe from your gutter to your tank that water can flow through. It would then have an elbow and short downspout going directly to the the fill port on top of the tank. Installing a rainwater tank would be pointless if it wasn t connected via pipes to your roof capture area.

Attach the overflow cut 90mm pipe to fit from the overflow connection at the top of the tank to the drainage. These pipework systems come in two forms.