Has anyone had any experience with water pumps for rain barrels?
We are now a 2-rain barrel household, having just installed the 2nd rain barrel on the other side of the garage. Now the entire roof of the garage goes into a rain barrel (we have 3 separate roofs on our house).
This rain barrel was free; we found it behind my dad's shed, a place where things go to die. Where he got if from is anyone's guess; but then again, the man is a mystery.
Now that we have these 2 barrels, I have decided that I am sick of carrying watering cans full of water all over my yard. I want to use the hose but there's not enough pressure.
Solution? A water pump.
I saw landscapers using pumps to water our Memorial Park in our downtown; they brought huge vats of water to the site on flat bed trucks and then they pumped the water as if it were a hose connected to a main line. I watched in awe.
I found some pumps on Cleanairgardening.com but it seems that if it says Rain Barrel Pump, the price is double. Is there another kind of pump that works as well? Sump Pump? Pool Pump?
We are now a 2-rain barrel household, having just installed the 2nd rain barrel on the other side of the garage. Now the entire roof of the garage goes into a rain barrel (we have 3 separate roofs on our house).
This rain barrel was free; we found it behind my dad's shed, a place where things go to die. Where he got if from is anyone's guess; but then again, the man is a mystery.
Now that we have these 2 barrels, I have decided that I am sick of carrying watering cans full of water all over my yard. I want to use the hose but there's not enough pressure.
Solution? A water pump.
I saw landscapers using pumps to water our Memorial Park in our downtown; they brought huge vats of water to the site on flat bed trucks and then they pumped the water as if it were a hose connected to a main line. I watched in awe.
I found some pumps on Cleanairgardening.com but it seems that if it says Rain Barrel Pump, the price is double. Is there another kind of pump that works as well? Sump Pump? Pool Pump?
2 comments:
Check out instructables, they have lots of rain barrel advice:
http://www.instructables.com/id/SVZZ43KFU6LWQZU/
You can buy a pump for about $100 at Farm and Fleet. You attach a hose on it and plug it in and it really pumps.
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