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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
OK final update I hope on this topic. My plumber friend came round yesterday and we repaired this properly. In the end we had to cut the downpipe just above…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
Not that I can see, there's enough fall away from the house that the water was draining away.
Drainpipe is exposed to UV (it's on the Northerly aspect of the house),…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
Progress update. The L bend was indeed leaking (badly). It was quite squashed and the PVC pipe fed from it horizontally was also deformed.
I cut the pipe to the…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
Ok helpful people - general area located! Lawn was super wet here so I started digging. It then started raining, and the hole filled up in about 2 minutes. There's…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
I believe the ARI 20 is 251 (Sunshine Coast). The 12 x downpipes are 90mm, the riser is 110mm. I believe that the stormwater drains fed from the downpipes are…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
It's a fairly large house - I am attaching a drone shot so you can see. Yes, there is a significant amount of underground pipe to get to the tanks.…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
Thanks so much for your feedback!!! I also notice some potential bandicoot holes in this area - I wonder if they have damaged the PVC?
I will excavate around the riser…
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
saveh2O you seem to be the guru, any thoughts?
Thanks
Jeremy
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Rainwater Tanks not filling in light rain
We have approximately a 250m2 roof feeding into leaf diverters and then downpipes into a wet system. Our house is on the Sunshine Coast and there hasn't been a lot…