Outside Tap

[Gingerbread Man]

Sheepshanks said:

Gingerbread Man said:

Dig down to where your water main enters the house. T into it and bring to the surface. Fit an isolation just above ground, and a drain point to drain down come winter. The isolation before the tap will save having to isolate in the street come maintenance as well as winterizing it.

It's an option.

...added bonus of free water if you have a meter in the house.

You can actually get a meter for your outside tap. You pay a proportional rate of waste water from the incoming water. But because the outside tap water is likely to go into the ground and not the sewer, you shouldn't have to pay waste rates on it. It doesn't have to be treated. Most councils will have a similar setup available.

[Sheepshanks]

Gingerbread Man said:

You can actually get a meter for your outside tap.

I was more thinking of omitting to mention it.

[Andehh]

What about a big (500L - 1L) Water Butt, and a decent pump? Feed it through a decent gutter and that will keep you going for water for most of the year.

Vast majority of my garden water comes from this setup, this pump gives me better pressure/Flow then the garden tap:

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