Rainwater Connection arrives. |
Bob Burgess, Rainwater visionary. |
Bob briefs the group with info and today's plan.
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Jeff shows the group the water collection point.
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Bob holds a temporary filter by the gutter.
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Bob measures for placement of the sediment filter.
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The gutter is removed, Dawn cuts it to fit into the filter. |
Asia cuts a hole in the deck for the new piping.
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The larger filter and new piping is added to the gutter.
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Asia holds 2 types of filters.
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The water flows from the steel roof into the gutters. One down gutter is selected
to be the collection point. That gutter is cut and placed into a sediment filter
which catches leaves, needles and bigger sediment. It has a steel wool like filter
that can be removed and cleaned as required. The gutter is placed into this filter
and a pipe comes out of the filter and runs down through the deck floor.
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Under the deck the tank waits to be placed.
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Bob makes last minute levelling adjustments.
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The 1,000 gallon tank is pushed into place.
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Bob shows Asia and Jeff the overflow area.
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Dylan of Tofino Bus and Bob discuss piping.
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Bob, Jeff and Asia check the pipes and joints.
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Asia measures the horizontal pipe length.
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Dawn adds adhesive to the pipe joint.
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Jeff and Bob discuss the pipe joints.
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The first flush diverter down pipe installed.
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The pipe carrying the rainwater from the gutter and the first sediment filter
goes through the deck floor and then joins a pipe that goes 90° left and
slightly uphill. By making the water in this pipe flow slightly uphill it allows
this pipe to act as another filter. Clean-outs at each end of the pipe allow
for it to be opened and for the sediment collected to be brushed out.
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Asia, Jeff and Bob cut the overflow and inflow holes.
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The overflow pipe is added.
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Jeff gets the joints ready for the inflow pipe.
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Dylan and Asia look over filters.
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The horizontal filter pipe, first diverter and inflow pipe.
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The first flush diverter pipe is installed.
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Close up of the joint of the inflow pipe.
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After traveling a bit uphill in the horizontal pipe the water flows straight
down the first flush diverter pipe. this allows for the filtering of water containing
dirt, pollen and bird droppings. The size of the pipe is dependent on the size
of the roof area. The water flows down and collects in this first flush diverter
pipe until it fills up. Once it is full then the water begins to flow toward
the rainwater collection tank. The first flush diverter pipe has a clean-out
at the bottom of it that can be removed. This clean-out also has a small hole
in it so that after the rain has stopped the pipe will drain by itself so you
do not have to open it manually to drain it.
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We opted for 2 inline filters: a coarse and a fine mesh.
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Overflow pipe. |
Ball valves on water outlet spout: clean rainwater! |
In order to have very clean water in our rainwater collection tank we opted to
have 2 filters on the pipe that runs directly into the tank. After the first
flush diverter has filled and water begins to flow into the tank it runs through
a coarse filter and a fine mesh filter. An overflow pipe, just in case and the
outlet spout were the last additions. The overflow pipe and the spout have screens
to prevent insects from entering the tank.
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Bob and Jeff by the finished system.
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Thank you to Bob Burgess of Rainwater Connection.
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