Butts......

[binley100]

Water butts in particular. I would like to have water butts in our centenary garden for obvious reasons but would they have been the wooden barrel type ones a hundred years ago and where on earth would I be able to find them......../

[Bren In Pots]

I've found a couple of eBay, is this what you're after Binley :-

Wooden Barrels 'Complete' on eBay )


oak whisky barrel barrels water but garden feature on eBay

[phil the shed]

found this if it helps
Barrel Style Waterbutts :: Water Butts Direct

[Aberdeenplotter]

You may if you are lucky be able to persuade one of the Whisky distillers to let you have one from one of their cooperages and if you are really really lucky, they may even pay for carriage .

[arpoet]

sink a Whisky barrel in the gound and you would have one heck of a slug trap

[binley100]

Thanks for the help......would they have used empty oil type drums or is the period too early for them to be around ?

[binley100]

Just remembered when I was little my Grandad had a big green metal waterbutt outside his kitchen door...It was sort of barrel shaped and ridged like it was corrugated .......bet there's none of them around anymore.......

[Bren In Pots]

Do you mean like a Dolly tub ?

[binley100]

Not sure Bren it was pretty tall .......(or I was pretty small) my Grandad used to lift me up to watch the water boatmen.....