Rainwater diverter how does it work

Rain Water Filter and Diverter The only rain water diverter and rain water saver which diverts and filters the water before it goes in the water butt, and allows you to turn the diverter on and off by means of rotating the filter basket with an automatic cut off when the water butt is full. Cleaning the filter is a 30 second job. No physical effort or tools needed. Standard water diverters do not filter the water and block very easily.

When blocked it is not an easy job to open up the diverter to clean it out. Initially this unit was designed to address the problem which most households have at some time or other - blocked rain water gutters. This prevents a large proportion of the debris which collects in the gutters from going down the drainpipe. The result is the gutters block and then overflow. This can cause damp walls and rotting roof joists. The weight of rain water in blocked gutters can sometimes collapse the guttering.

The Gutter Mate filter allows you to remove the Balloon strainer in the top of the drainpipe and then the rain water will wash the debris down the drainpipe into the filter. This works very effectively. The filters have been in operation since the end of and to date they have worked as they were designed allowing the users to keep their feet on the ground and not on a ladder.

The Health and Safety Executive brought out new regulations in early with regard to working at heights, the essence of which was that if you can avoid working at heights on a ladder you should do so.

These are very easily blocked by leaves, moss and sand from the guttering. The filter prevents debris being washed down the drainpipe into the soakaway or drain. Blockages in either of these can be very expensive to fix relative to the cost of the filter. Expensive to dig out, if they are under your yard or lawn. If blocked could cause localised flooding. The construction of the filter is in Polypropylene and is UV stabilised.

It will have the same life as the drainpipe and will not fade due to sun light. The filter has had UV tests done by one of the largest guttering manufacturers in the country. What is a soakaway? As the box contains electrics the correct thing would have been to use a proper weather proof electrics box such as an external meter cupboard. The next fail is your beliefs with regarding the connections between the rainwater down pipe and the barrel.

Firstly when the barrel is full the water will NOT flow "back up the pipe", it will simply stop flowing allowing roof sediment to settle.

What you would create by connecting it your way is a sediment trap, with the result that the connecting pipe would get blocked with sediment.

If you object to water running over the top of the barrel, it should then be fitted with a proper overflow pipe leading back to the down pipe or to a suitable gully.

Well, thank you, Mr "Unknown", for your speedy response - I am always saddened to receive anonymous comments, it smacks of people who don't have the nerve to stand behind their opinions. I hope you enjoyed your coffee while you were making this comment, and that the traffic wasn't too noisy outside? To take your points in order: The box: yes, you are right. It's not my house, I can't affect their box arrangments although for your information I have already commented that the box could do with refurbishing but I certainly can change their water butt arrangements.

Whilst on The box: there is a world of difference between the occasional shower, bearing in mind the box is hard against the house and therefore in rainshadow, and a constantly dripping join, concentrated in one point. My description of the water going "back up the pipe" was simplified for the benefit of readers, most of whom are not water engineers. In point of fact, having done this experiment with rain water diverters which do come with clear simple instructions and hoses, I can assure you that the pipe, when the water barrel is full to the input point, will indeed fill with water perhaps I should change that phrase from "flow back" to "fill with", would that make you happier?

Any sediment is therefore caught in the diverter's inside water trap, and if you have ever had rainwater diverters you would know that they need to be cleaned out periodically. Of course I object to waste running over the top of the barrel! Any sensible person would! We're not talking about a couple of odd drips, we are talking about the entire downflow from the roof.

If the handyman had bothered to fit an overflow pipe then I would have not lambasted him for that failure, but I would still blow him into orbit for the other five failures.

I hope you are happy that I have listened to you, and responded, and thank you again for taking the time to let off steam about it.

Rachel I thought your post was extremely clear and informative. I think some people just like to pick holes in other people's advice out of self-importance or dare I say possibly misogynistic reasons.

And interestingly, that commenter did so anonymously, as "Unknown". Now, two and a half years later, the ID "Unknown" has been replaced with "Dave the Builder" so we can assume that he decided to update his account and start using it properly, rather than anonymously.

So hello to Dave the Builder: and now we all know that changes to your Account name are applied retrospectively to every post you have ever made!!

Hi my diverter is blocked with sediment or moss and so rainwater is continuing to flow down the downpie rather into the water butt I have sealed my diverter into the downpipe so cleaning it out is not an easy matter. I'm so sorry, Chris, you are going to have to get a workman in - perhaps Dave the Builder, ha! Diverters need to be cleaned out every so often, maybe even once a year, so there's no point struggling with pipe-cleaners etc every year, you might as well bite the bullet and get it altered.

Collecting rainwater is going to be increasingly important over the next few years: between global warming, water shortages, the cost of water, and the fact that it is chlorinated, fluorided if there is such a word!

As a final ray of hope: if you don't mind getting wet, you could try putting a narrow spray nozzle on the end of your hosepipe, and pushing it into the diverter's pipe - pretty much, I imagine, where you put the pipe-cleaner - and turning it on. How does a rainwater diverter work? A rainwater diverter attaches to a downpipe that runs from the roofline guttering down towards the ground, and diverts some of the rainwater into a water storage tank, instead of the water running directly down into the ground drainage system.

What is a downspout diverter? Downspout Diverters are a family of devices which divert water away from the natural flow of a downspout toward the rainwater storage tank. What is a first flush device? In the context of rainwater harvesting, a first flush diverter is a simple device that is designed to protect a storage cistern from contamination by first flush runoff. This leads to a higher quality of water captured, and less silting of the cistern over time in dusty areas.

How does the rainwater tank work? How Do Water Tanks Work? When it rains the roof of the house becomes the water catchment area. The gutters on the roof funnel rainwater into the pipes, which connect the gutters to the water tanks. The water is then transported via pipes to the water tanks installed above or below the ground.

How quickly do rain barrels fill up? Time how long it takes to fill up a one gallon jug. It takes about 20 seconds in our house, which means our water flows at three gallons per minute. Does rain barrel water go bad? Fact: Water doesn't expire or go bad, but can only become biologically or chemically contaminated.