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Hi all,
We’ve just moved in here and I don’t know how to get water to this water tank from the roof, and then back into the storm water if it ever fills! :).
thanks for any suggestions that don’t involve a licensed plumber.
To get water from your roof into the tank without involving a plumber, @stuartheth, you’ll need to do a bit of detective work to figure out the existing setup. From the images, it’s not immediately clear where the inlet is. A good place to start is the cover near the hose at the base of the tank. That’s likely the outlet, maybe feeding a garden or the home via a pump. What you need to find is the inlet, usually at the top of the tank. Check around the top of the tank and take a photo from the other side if you can; that will help identify where water should enter.
Often, there’s an underground PVC pipe running from a downpipe on your guttering into this inlet. Once the tank fills, it usually has an overflow at the top that either spills onto the surrounding area or is plumbed back to the stormwater system. Unless the system was installed recently and you know the layout, it can be tricky to decipher.
To clarify your next steps, is the tank currently not filling when it rains, or is there another issue you’re trying to fix?
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
Photos from the top here. I’d say the inlet is at the top, and there’s another pipe at the other end of the top.
The tank is not filing when it rains, but that’s Jo surprise as there is nothing connected to ot from the gutters.
I have found a piece of down pipe which has a hole patched in it. Could that have been the original fill point?
