What is Rainwater Harvesting?

Rainwater harvesting is the process of collecting water from a roof space, and storing it in a large (normally underground) storage tank.

By installing a rainwater harvesting system you can expect to half your water bill. But the benefits stretch far beyond that:-

• Help protect the environment by not drawing as much from potentially vulnerable river eco systems.
• Help your planning application- authorities look favourably on housing with good eco credentials.
• Prevent flooding- rainwater harvesting systems prevent flooding as they work as storm attenuation devices. Reducing our over reliance on council drains.

Firstly, almost all systems we sell use underground storage tanks. This means the water stays at a constant, cool, temperature and has no exposure to light. This makes bacterial growth almost impossible. The water is also very heavily filtered in a number of stages to remove any debris.

For domestic (toilets and washing machines) use we would normally advise our Gravity Feed Rain Director system. The advantages are huge- it uses far less energy than any other system on the market, and has lots of other clever features- see this excellent product in more detail here. This system does though require a small header tank for the loft space.

Direct feed systems are the UK standard and are slightly cheaper and easier to plumb.

We also sell systems just for garden use.

To size the tank we have our clever tank size calculator- that takes into account lots of factors and comes out with an ideal tank size for your needs- See our tank size calculator here

Any competent builder should be able to install a system. In fact the many of the latest systems use flat dig tanks - making install much simpler and less expensive. The plumbing work is all completely standard- using easy push fit connections.
We provide full, picture based, easy to use instructions, along with a manned technical help line. As a rule, if installed efficiently somewhere in the region of £700-£1200 to a new build property would be normal.

We have a team of technical sales personnel who can answer most of your questions either by email or by phone with supporting literature and images online ready to download. In 5 years we have come across many different installations and may have dealt with just the situation you are facing.
Much of the product you see is drawn from our stocks in the UK. If your order is very urgent we will do our utmost to help and the team relish a challenge. We have a full in-house fulfilment and web development team processing orders both online and by phone and email. More About Us here

We’ve just scratched the surface here. You’ll probably will have many more questions. If it’s a quick one why not Tweet a question to @Watersavings- we normally will have a reply within the hour.

 If its longer why not give us a call or email? Or come speak to us at an exhibition. We’re always happy to help!