Water butt pump?

[Scarlet]

I have several of those big blue storage containers that I use for water butts.
I've just cut the tops of and I dip a watering can in to get the water.
This is quite heavy work and when it's really raining - like today - it would be great if I could empty the whole butt quickly on the green house floor.

Any ideas? A small pump would be fab (I don't want it to be pricey!). I don't want to put a tap on them.

[bikermike]

I've got one of these. Very useful, as well as waterbuts, we used it to recycle bathwater last summer. And for pond filling purposes.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/gardenline-wa...11936259936600

[greenishfing]

I remember once, a long time ago I had a small pump that fitted into a drill. You connected one side of the pump to a hose that went into the tank (butt) from where it pumped and the other side of the pump to a hose that went to the receptacle that was catching the water. You could fit the pump into the chuck in a drill where the bit goes. There were no battery drills when I owned the pump but I can't think of any reason you couldn't use one if you don't have mains power. We used it on our boat.

[Seanc]

A water pump from a caravan powered by a car battery is an option I've seen used on the allotment

[Scarlet]

I remember once, a long time ago I had a small pump that fitted into a drill. You connected one side of the pump to a hose that went into the tank (butt) from where it pumped and the other side of the pump to a hose that went to the receptacle that was catching the water. You could fit the pump into the chuck in a drill where the bit goes. There were no battery drills when I owned the pump but I can't think of any reason you couldn't use one if you don't have mains power. We used it on our boat.

I thought I'd seen one of those! My OH's Dad has a boat many moons ago....I may have seen it then.

[Scarlet]

I've got one of these. Very useful, as well as waterbuts, we used it to recycle bathwater last summer. And for pond filling purposes.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/gardenline-wa...11936259936600

Thank you - I'd love to know how to save my boys shower water! One of them was in there for 20 mins earlier before I threatened to go in

[Scarlet]

A water pump from a caravan powered by a car battery is an option I've seen used on the allotment

I'll have to look that up - thank you!

.....and welcome to the vine even though you've been a member for over 2 years! C'mon, tell us a bit about yourself. Allotment or garden?

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...duce-yourself/

[Scarlet]

Sorry Sean I missed your first thread!

[veggiechicken]

I've seen one like this used to pump water out of a blue barrel and pump it along way up the garden into another water butt that was empty.
Obviously, needs electric to work!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400W-Subm...UAAOSw0ntchhLS

[Scarlet]

I've got electric in my shed.

[SarrissUK]

Those kind of pumps are really quite powerful. I've used a taller one, probably twice the height of the one that VC linked, and it was very, very efficient. Noisy but very efficient.

[Bluenowhere]

We use a bilge pump that are designed for boats. 12v very efficient and pumps at a much higher rate for less amps than caravan pumps, also cheap. Am@zon or eBay sell lots of types.

We run ours off a leisure battery connected to a solar panel on our allotment.

[roitelet]

Living in the sticks I use one of these to pump out a grease trap and other things. Works a treat!!!! Doesn’t clog and will deal with dirty water ie ponds.

[Can the Man]

I have 2 suggestions (1) I have seen ALDI and Lidl both advertise these in the past, in fact I think they had them about 2 -3 weeks ago. (2) if you had an old garden fountain then you could salvage the pump from it, They can generally be submersible