Rainwater harvesting tank size

[Hilly]

Has anyone got a rainwater harvesting tank for washing machinery? Which they run either a volume washer or pressure washer off?
If so what size tank do people normally buy?
10k litres 15k litres or 20k litres?

also areEnduramaxx tanks any good

thanks in advance

10k litres for volume washer , tanks direct they not dear good service .

 

[upnortheast]

Yes there’s always that to look at....been wanting a borehole for years but always seems to be something to spend the money on

Best return on capital of any project we have done

 

[Hilly]

Just had a look on tanks direct 20k lite for 1800 , cheap that imo like , they are excellent tanks .

 

[Badshot]

I've picked up some steel tanks, secondhand, £1k each. Just don't suck from the very bottom and you get perfect clean water every time.
About 30k litres each.
Spraying only, and I can empty 1 tank in a couple days, hence a second has appeared.
Sitting on crushed concrete base.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Check your insurance policy if you're getting a bigger (30,000l) tank.
If you fit a firefighting outlet to them then you can save a heap of money on premiums, with some companies anyway. Helps justify that bigger tank, especially if you're remote

Standard size here is 33,000

 

[JCfarmer]

Our 30000 litre tank I bought used but only 6 months old sits on road plainings

 

[7610 super q]

With the benefit of hindsight, I should have kept the bottom 3 rings of a Simplex corn silo I sold.
Would have held a lot of water I think.

 

[Bury the Trash]

360,000 litres big enough ?

no should want at least twice that


could sell it then ,hmmm selling water, is that even legal? or would it have to be 'inspected' or something

 

[Hampton]

Think I like the plastic enduramaxx ones better than steel

Not strictly related to rainwater harvesting, but I have a 10k enduramaxx at my home farm and a 5k enduramaxx at other farm. They have been in a few years and seem good tanks.

 

[Andrew K]

Not strictly related to rainwater harvesting, but I have a 10k enduramaxx at my home farm and a 5k enduramaxx at other farm. They have been in a few years and seem good tanks.

We have sold many Enduramaxx tanks over the years and I can honestly agree that they are a quality British made product.
With water supply costing upwards of £1.50 a cube on many farms, Rainwater harvesting makes good financial sense esp if you can get grant aid.
Since we fitted RWH on our own farm we have halved our water bill and find there is no need for additives with Glyphosate as we are now using soft rainwater rather than hard ground water.

 

[JCfarmer]

All tanks I have are Enduramaxx plastic and so far so good.

 

[dannewhouse]

There is a calculation to work out the optimum size, it is calculated 2 ways one by demand (cattle for the example I followed) and one for the supply, roof area X predicted rainfall.
I think it came out with a rough estimate how much you'd utilise

 

[Kentishfarmer]

Does anyone know of any rainwater harvesting installers/companies?
Putting a fair size system in as part of a stewardship scheme and trying to get a few quotes.
So far only JRH have been any use with advice & quotes, but ideally could do with some comparisons

 

[Robert K]

Does anyone know of any rainwater harvesting installers/companies?
Putting a fair size system in as part of a stewardship scheme and trying to get a few quotes.
So far only JRH have been any use with advice & quotes, but ideally could do with some comparisons

We are happy to quote for storage tanks and the filter kits

 

[M-J-G]

Our 25 thousand litre vertical pastic tank was £2630 + vat.

 

[ollie989898]

I would have as big a tank as would fit and within your budget. Client of mine had an 8000 litre one I think, was perfect for filling the sprayer and of course rainwater is often a lot better for this than mains for spraying purposes.

Also very very handy in the event of a fire.