Water Butt overflow outlet
If you're connecting your downpipe directly into your tank or water butt you'll need to ensure you have some way of discharging flows when the level reaches the top of the tank otherwise water will spill from the tank in all directions!
The overflow can be directed into drain, another tank or another area of the garden or raised bed.
An easy way to do this is with our barbed overflow elbows or 40mm (push fit) water butt overflow.
For the majority of residential single pithed rooves (<50m2) a 32mm overflow will suffice for the majority of storms conditions.
The barbed 19/25/32/40mm elbow pack comprises:
- 1 tank connector with barbed elbow the mm dimensions refers to the barb followed by the the thread dimensions in BSP
- 1 Washer
- 1 Back nut
The 32/40mm push fit pack comprises:
- 1 40mm tank connector
- 1 90 degree elbow
- connecting piece
- 1 terminal elbow (to direct flow)
- Standard 32/40mm push fit pipe can be used to extend the overflow between the overflow elbow and the terminal elbow (not supplied)
The 1/2" Snaplock (Hozelock) option includes a washer (not shown) and a back nut which allows a male snap lock connection (spigot) allowing excess water to be drained directly to a hose with female snap lock connection. This should only be used in very low flow applications (shed, conservatory, canopy etc) as the connection has limited flow capacity which could result in the tank backing up and over topping during a downpour.
Optional Accessories
- Simply use the matching ribbed hose shown here to drain the tank
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