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  David Cox April 15, 2012 at 6:36pm

  Im about to put an IBC under the path down the side of my house - it will be about 12inches above current ground level, but will be hidden - Taking water from the roof and soakaway / sump that Im going to put in to drain the side of the garden (Im over a clay pan about 3ft down). This will allow me to collect water in winter / wet times, and water the garden in summer when it bakes into a clay-cake.

  Is this the sort of thing your thinking of?
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  timwright April 16, 2012 at 1:25pm

  
  Sounds good to me. The garden i'm designing for is pretty much water logged in winter. I suggest it is drained and the excess is held in a series of tanks so that, as with you, there is some water available at dry times.How do you intend to use the sump? Are you going to use a tank or create a pond?

  Thx f or hte reply

   

  
  David Cox said:

  Im about to put an IBC under the path down the side of my house - it will be about 12inches above current ground level, but will be hidden - Taking water from the roof and soakaway / sump that Im going to put in to drain the side of the garden (Im over a clay pan about 3ft down). This will allow me to collect water in winter / wet times, and water the garden in summer when it bakes into a clay-cake.

  Is this the sort of thing your thinking of?
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  David Cox April 16, 2012 at 6:16pm

  Im going to change the levels quite abit in my garden as it currently slops on a gentle diagonal. Ill be using spoil from my driveway and a patio to achieve this.

  The water will first drain into a pond (from the soakaway on the worst / higher bit). Rainwater into the IBC, which is on a lower level down the side of the house, so the top of the IBC will be about 1ft below the bottom of the pond, so gravity can take overflow water through another small sump, to the IBC. The second sump will be some concrete 2ft di pipe sunk into the ground with a hard base, simply to collect sediment. A filter after this will be made using Nylon mesh - all easy to access and clean in under 5 mins.

  Im working on a detail sketchup design for it at the moment and modeling it, so I will upload the images once done. The ultimate aim is a wildlife friendly garden with maximum bio-diversity while still producing interest for me and somewhere for me to sit, and something to test my mowers on (Small rough grass area).
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  timwright April 17, 2012 at 7:24pm

  Eat your heart out NIgel Dunnett! LOL Sounds an interesting project. plenty of graft!
   
  David Cox said:

  Im going to change the levels quite abit in my garden as it currently slops on a gentle diagonal. Ill be using spoil from my driveway and a patio to achieve this.

  The water will first drain into a pond (from the soakaway on the worst / higher bit). Rainwater into the IBC, which is on a lower level down the side of the house, so the top of the IBC will be about 1ft below the bottom of the pond, so gravity can take overflow water through another small sump, to the IBC. The second sump will be some concrete 2ft di pipe sunk into the ground with a hard base, simply to collect sediment. A filter after this will be made using Nylon mesh - all easy to access and clean in under 5 mins.

  Im working on a detail sketchup design for it at the moment and modeling it, so I will upload the images once done. The ultimate aim is a wildlife friendly garden with maximum bio-diversity while still producing interest for me and somewhere for me to sit, and something to test my mowers on (Small rough grass area).
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  David Cox April 17, 2012 at 9:57pm

  I reccon It will take about 2-3 years from start to finish as I will not do it in a single sitting, more like about 15 little project LUMPS!

  The first thing Ive got to do is get a wood burner linked up to the central heating system first, then Greywater recycle for toilet flushing (On water meter so could save £100+ a year), Then driveway then, and only then my own garden!
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  Ofer El-hashahar April 17, 2012 at 11:25pm

  Well done David , sound like a very good plan.

  Hi Tim, I do not know if it can work with your design,

  but here is a new water saving, that I showed here at LJ before.

  please forgive me tim, but I want to update the new product name

  as water Angel- as a water saver - effecient way to water and even to get some extra free water.
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  timwright April 18, 2012 at 7:44am

  Thats quite a device. Had much sucess marketing it?
   
  Ofer El-hashahar said:

  Well done David , sound like a very good plan.

  Hi Tim, I do not know if it can work with your design,

  but here is a new water saving, that I showed here at LJ before.

  please forgive me tim, but I want to update the new product name

  as water Angel- as a water saver - effecient way to water and even to get some extra free water.
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  Ofer El-hashahar April 18, 2012 at 4:33pm

  Lots on interest, yet struggle to find enough time for marketing.

  Busy season... no complains...

  thanks for asking