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  • From: "Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Gutter options for water catchment from a barn
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:40:34 -0600

Someone just recently gave me an idea for guttering. He said just take a grey plastic pipe (probably 6 inch diameter) a little longer than the length of the roof. Cut it completely down it's length but just on one side. I'm not sure how to do this, but it could be done with a hand saw. (A table saw would make it easy??) I would mark it first with a magic marker line. Spread this opening and slip it over the edge of the roof. Either older corrogated or the newer metal roofing-with the flat places and then the little peaks- works. One would need the end pieces...a 90 degree elbow, and then water could fall into a tank, or add another piece of pipe.

Issues I see: it's made of plastic/oil product. Don't use white plastic...supposedly won't hold up in the sun as well. Cheaper than metal. Metal pieces aren't too expensive, but they almost always leak. Seamless guttering is quite expensive, maybe just here in my area.

This sounds like an interesting idea, expecially if the parts can be scavenged. I think I am going to try it. If anyone else has or does, let us know how it works.

Lisa, in the MO Ozarks


----- Original Message ----- From: "mIEKAL aND" <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:07 PM
Subject: [permaculture] Gutter options for water catchment from a barn


What ideas & options are there for harvesting as much rainwater as
possible off from a barn roof. Each side of the roof is approx 2000
sq feet so I'm thinking a traditional steel 4-6" gutter will actually
overflow pretty easily in a downpour & a lot of the water will go to
waste. Needs to be lightweight, easy to clean out & most of all super
affordable. I'm all ears.

~mIEKAL
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