On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:47:08 +0100, Peter Twydell
wrote:

|!I want to fit guttering and downpipes to our detached garage with a
|!pitched roof to discharge into a water butt on each side. Each half of
|!the roof is about 20 m2 in area.
|!What do I do about surplus water? At the moment it just runs of the roof
|!onto the ground (no gutters, as implied above). Do I have to provide a
|!soakaway or suchlike, or can it just overflow from the butts?

WE just have empty dustbins catching the drips from our garage roof. When
they overflow the water runs into the tarmac no problem.
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