Greenhouse With Rain Collecting Roof

Around 600 gallons of rainwater can be harvested from about one inch of rain if it falls from a thousand square foot roof.

Greenhouse with rain collecting roof.

Well we thought so too. Greenhouse roof has the highest collection efficiency most surfaces are a ok. Approximately 900 gallons of water will flow from the roof of a 30 by 96 high tunnel with a half inch rain event. I bodged together a way to capture water off the mini greenhouse roof.

I always collect. The roof of the greenhouse is taken as a catchment surface with gutters installed and have a series of the downspouts which are connected to a 4 inch or 6 inch pvc pipe. I searched for greenhouse rainwater collector kits on ebay today for my home gh to collect nutritious rain water for my seedlings. Also guttering system allows you to collect rainwater which is ideal for some plants.

The good news is most roofing materials are suitable for rainwater harvesting. Making my own gutter end and down pipe arrangement. It was quick and easy it worked. This will affect the soil for example by forming holes in the ground.

Fitting guttering to the greenhouse to collect the valuable rain water using recycled materials 312 duration. The water then drains into the downspouts which are connected to pvc pipes. These pipes take the water to the water barrels where the rainwater is stored. I found some for 18 a pair now i don t like to pay much for anything so into the workshop i went to make my own.

Because rainwater is as yet a free resource and typically one of high quality and nutrition growers are seeing benefits to installing harvesting systems. With the increase in the number of gutters the downspouts are connected to larger pipes the length of the end pipes can go up to 18 inches or larger for big greenhouses. Rainwater harvesting rwh is a method of collecting rainwater from the roofs of buildings or other catchment surfaces and sending it to storage for future use. Just a quick evening blog.

Doesn t that sound like a lot of water that you could harvest and use for free. Without any guttering system the rain water running from the roof of the greenhouse structure will drip off the ends onto the soil. While metal roofing or plastic sheeting e g. Terry king s allotment gardening on a budget 5 500 views.

Clara coleman a second generation american organic farmer consultant and speaker notes that the water collected from the roof of your greenhouse from runoff is a great asset with one caveat.