Peter Stockdale wrote:
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Broadback wrote:
I wish to place a rain butt the other side of a door to the gutter
down
pipe. This means the feed will need to be higher than the butt to
get
over the door.
If I install the rain diverter higher than the top of the door,
connect
a hose from this, over the door to the rain butt feeding it
through a

float valve would this work? Once the float rose and shut the
valve
the
pipe would fill with water, then backup operating the rain
diverter.

Would this work, or has anyone a better solution?
TIA


Can you not take the feed from the diverter down via hose under the
door
step and then bottom feed into the bottom of the barrel ?
If you get the diverter level right, your barrel will not overfill.
No valves etc. necessary.
You could alternatively have the diverter higher and fit the barrel
with an
overflow that returns via a separate hose under the step to your
drain.

I have both systems that work satisfactorily.

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

clever!

NT