Are you looking for a way to save rainwater and reduce your water bills? Look no further than water butts and water tanks!

Rainwater harvesting systems are ideal for collecting and storing rainwater for future use. Water Butts & Water Tanks both of which come in a variety of sizes and capacities, making them suitable for both domestic and commercial rainwater recycling systems.

With a little bit of effort and some resources, you can install a water butt or water tank in your garden and start collecting rainwater for use around the home and garden. So, if you’re ready to start saving rainwater with a water butt or water tank, read on!

With rainwater harvesting systems, you can collect and store clean and free rainwater from rooftops to use for a variety of purposes. The best selling water butts are those that are connected to the downspout of your house or other building, allowing you to capture the rain as it comes down. This can then be used to water your plants or garden, wash your car, or even to flush your toilet! By using a rainwater harvesting system, you can save money and conserve water.

Summary: If you are looking to improve your home with cost-effective harvesting equipment you may want to consider Water Butts Direct. Water Butts Direct is a reliable online shop offering great advice on how to save money on your home. Read on to learn more about Water Butts Direct and the range of products they have to offer.

Save on your water bill, and save on your energy consumption too

Water Butt Direct is a one-stop online shop specialising in rainwater harvesting equipment and ensuring that you make the most cost-effective and sustainable choices when it comes to your home water butts. The team behind Water Butt Direct prides itself on making sure that your water butt is kept in good condition by providing all the necessary equipment including accessories, stands, and taps to keep it up to scratch. As a family-run business, your happiness is their priority, and with trusted payment options allowing you to spread the cost, they aim to ensure your water butt purchase is stress-free. If you're concerned about your energy consumption and would like to lower your energy bills, Water Butt Direct may be able to help.

A brief history of Water Butts Direct

Water Butts Direct is the UK’s leading distributor of water butts for both household and commercial use. With decades of experience in the water conservation world, they offer a range of high-quality products in the hope to help you on your way to sustainable living at a great value price. Based on their experience with water butts, they will help provide the best advice, offering a speedy service to ensure your needs are met.

What they offer

Water Butt Direct offers the UK’s largest range of water butts appropriate for every home including:

The 100L standard slim water butt

Sporting a slender design, this water butt is one of their best sellers as it can fit against any wall and even be placed in restricted areas. It also comes with a stand and diverter to make your water butt purchase simple and easy, supplying you with everything you need.

Standard water butts

If you are looking for something simple to do the job, Water Butt Direct offer standard water butts, suitable for every home and an easy choice to get your water bill savings started.

Space saving water butts

If you are short of space but still want to reap the benefits of a water butt, Water Butt Direct’s space-saving range is perfect to help you save money on water and energy consumption without crowding your garden.

Water butt accessories

To ensure that your water butt is taken care of and will be a long-term investment, Water butt Direct also provides everything you will need to keep it in good condition. This includes natural cleaners to keep your water butt smelling fresh, stands to make sure it is sturdy and secure, and even a variety of taps.

Contact Water Butt Direct

Water Butt Direct is the UK’S leading water butt distributor, offering a range of cost-effective products to help you save on water and energy bills.

Christmas is a fantastic time of year to look towards the future, not only in our own lives but also in the lives of others. Water conservation is one of the best things we can do individually, that can help others in the future, and with the amount of cooking and cleaning that goes on in and around Christmas, there are many ways in which you can limit your water usage!

Cleaning

Whether you are prepping your house for guests, or cleaning up after Christmas day, you're sure to do your fair share of cleaning. This can take a fair bit of water to accomplish, especially if you're cleaning the whole house.

Lemon and vinegar is a great alternative to most chemical cleaning options, and you're bound to use less water overall. Why not try a more organic cleaning solution for Christmas?

Re-Use Water

Preparing the Christmas dinner the night before is a popular tradition, and saves time on Christmas day. While you're soaking vegetables, why not keep that water to be used the next day for when you boil your veg?

Similarly, once you've finished boiling your vegetables, you can use the same water for your garden! Starch released from potatoes and other veg can stimulate nutrient release in the soil.

Food Scraps

Rather than scraping food waste in to your bin (where it will end up in landfill), or rinsing your plate under the tap (wasting water), why not simply add your food waste to a composter?

A composter can break down most types of food waste, but a hot-composter will be needed to break down meat and cheese. This will provide you with nutrient-rich compost which you can use for your garden!

General Tips

• Fill a dishwasher to the brim to make the most of the water, if washing in the sink, be sure to use a bowl
• Keep cold pitchers of water in the fridge so you don't have to run the tap every time
• Don't defrost frozen foods with hot water, leave them overnight to defrost on their own
• If you have a real tree, use any leftover water to keep it watered
• You can use a water butt to harvest rainwater and provide usable water for your toilet, washing machine, and more!

A rainwater harvesting system is invaluable during drier months and when we tend to garden more but when the weather changes, we garden less and our once often used water butt can become neglected. This season is as important as any when it comes to maintaining and caring for your water butt so that you can use it all year round. For it to survive the temperatures and lowered usage just follow our handy hints and your system will still be at its best come summer time.

On our sustainable gardening journey, many of us invest in a water butt to harvest rainwater to use on plants and other things around the house (read our previous blog on how to be water smart for some tips). Whilst this system should be used all year round, the weather can sometimes stop us from making the most out of it. We may be in for rainy weather over Autumn, but this could mean you can use your harvested water for other purposes in the house. To do this, you may need to care for your water butt a bit more as the weather changes.  

Read through our handy tips to help you carry on using your water butt throughout Autumn. 

The Best Water Butts for Small Gardens

Water butts are a great way to do your bit for the environment by collecting rain water, and it’s also a great way to save money and help your plants to flourish. If you’re not particularly blessed with space in your garden, you may be wondering if installing a water butt is still an option, but let us reassure you that it is! As your one stop shop for rain harvesting equipment, we have plenty of tips and suggestions when it comes to finding the best water butts for small garden spaces.

Collecting rain water in a well chosen water butt is an easy way of watering your gardening in an environmentally friendly way. Best of all, this water is free, so you could spend less money on your water bills! 

Water butts are easy to attach to your house, shed, garage or any other garden building that has a gutter and a down pipe. If a building such as greenhouse doesn’t have any, then consider having them fitted – you could save many litres of water. It is estimated that around 24,000 litres can be saved from the average house roof every year. (BBC Gardening) 

In winter 2013-14 there were 12 major storms and winter 2015-16 was named the second wettest season for 20 years. This year (2020) we have been hit with three storms (Storm Ciara, Dennis and Ellen) in a month which ended in destruction to many of our gardens. With high winds and storms becoming more regular in the UK, it may be prudent to weatherproof our gardens. Items such as water butts and composters are not always built to withstand extreme gales. So, how do we carry on our sustainable garden activity through bad weather?

Collecting rainwater used to be just the pursuit of the hardened gardener but in recent years, more and more councils across the UK have started to install water butts on new build houses to stop flooding and to save their sewage systems from being overwhelmed. Even if harvested rainwater is thrown down a kitchen sink, it staggers the rainfall and eases flooding in the streets during a storm. The good news is, the more we harvest rainwater, the more things we find out we can do with it (read our article on how rainwater harvesting could save you money to find out what you can do with collected rainwater). Water butts, water tanks and water barrels can help to create a sustainable garden and support people wanting to live in an eco-friendly manner. Rainwater harvesting systems have become a hero to many so you may be considering installing one yourself.

Read through this definitive guide on whether you should have a water butt, water barrel or water tank:

Easily one of the most loved water butts on Water Butts Direct, is the 160L Terracottage Wall Mounted Water Butt. Its unique design and sturdy construction mean that owners of this water butt keep it working for years. The Terracottage Wall Mounted Water Butt can help you garden more sustainably and will help you save on space. If you’re considering having a wall mounted water butt but not sure what sets them apart, we here to help.