Rain Barrels...

[IrregularPulse]

Yes, probably. I paid $60/each for mine, they're old olive barrels, came outfitted with screw-one screened lids, overflow connex, and spigots (plus my city is giving $30 rebates for rain barrels now, so they'll end up being $30/ea) I wouldn't use anything that's had farm chemicals in it! The Rain Barrel Company might deliver to you...they come from Raleigh. Can't hurt to ask.

We use them mainly for watering plants and for the initial wash water in our laundry.

hmm. I'll check them out. Laundry would be easy. I have a downspout right outside the basement window that's in the laundry room. A simple hose with a valve ran right to the washer would be simple. Nothing to worry about in the rain water for clothes? I know very little about this kind of stuff.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I see no mention of $60 barrels on their website. Did you buy them indirectly?

 

[Evan!]

hmm. I'll check them out. Laundry would be easy. I have a downspout right outside the basement window that's in the laundry room. A simple hose with a valve ran right to the washer would be simple. Nothing to worry about in the rain water for clothes? I know very little about this kind of stuff.

Well, I wouldn't use it for the rinse cycles because it smells a bit like olives, but for the wash cycle, it's fine.

I see no mention of $60 barrels on their website. Did you buy them indirectly?

See, I don't think that's the same company, but I don't know, really. She said she was from Raleigh, but the "www.therainbarrelcompany.com" says they're in Atlanta. Hmm. Anyway, I found them via craigslist. Here's the ad they're running right now, same as always.

You might just give that woman (Cindy) a call and see what she can do for ya...Ohio might be a little far, but I don't know. She goes all the way up to DC and Maryland, so...

 

[IrregularPulse]

ok thanks man. Think the olive smell will ever dissipate? Looks like the craiglsit ass is for the "damaged" portion of the ones they receive. Damaged meaning scratches and what not.

 

[Evan!]

ok thanks man. Think the olive smell will ever dissipate?

Eventually...we've had them since April, and it's not as strong as it was. It's not that bad, though, in any case...

 

[uglygoat]

do you redirect the downspout to the storm drain when it fills up? or you still trying to pump it up and over/out? i was thinking about catching rain off my roof this weekend, then stumbled upon this thread.

 

[Evan!]

do you redirect the downspout to the storm drain when it fills up? or you still trying to pump it up and over/out? i was thinking about catching rain off my roof this weekend, then stumbled upon this thread.

I had a gutter downspout that emptied onto a splashblock on my patio, then sheeted out from there. I simply cut the downspout off just above the rain barrels, and used a couple plastic flexible elbows to direct it into the first barrel. Then I hook them up between the spigots, and they fill equally. If they get full, I have a hose hooked up to the overflow outlet, which just drains onto the patio, as it normally would.

 

[uglygoat]

ahh, all my downspouts are tied to a storm sewer that runs around the house and out. that water would be in my basement otherwise, i'd have to empty it a good distance from the foundation.

make any olive beer yet?

 

[IrregularPulse]

If my rear downspot gets knocked off (Everytime I trim the yard) and I forget to put it back on before a big rain. We get water in the back corner of the basement.

 

[Evan!]

ahh, all my downspouts are tied to a storm sewer that runs around the house and out. that water would be in my basement otherwise, i'd have to empty it a good distance from the foundation.

Well, think about it: if you disconnect the downspout from the storm sewer (really probably the french foundation drain system, too), then you should just be able to run the overflow hose from the rain barrel into that open storm sewer connection, so that if the barrels fill up, it will overflow into the storm sewer line. Right?

make any olive beer yet?

Yeah, I'm sending it your way. Deeeelicious! :cross:

 

[uglygoat]

fcuk! good thing your brain works evan!

 

[IrregularPulse]

The lady will deliver to Ohio for an Order of 50 barrels. If any Ohio people want to get in on a group buy let me know. I'm down for 2. Just need 48 more

 

[Evan!]

The lady will deliver to Ohio for an Order of 50 barrels. If any Ohio people want to get in on a group buy let me know. I'm down for 2. Just need 48 more

Tell her to post her CL ad locally...