We have water butt's to collect water. How could we get them to water tank so c

Denise Humphries Published: June 8, 2020, 3:45 a.m.Last updated: Sept. 15, 2020, 3:45 p.m.

Water pump to get water to tank in roofs pace?

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Emmanuel Cosgrove June 8, 2020, 2:15 p.m. Reply

Not sure what your question is, please write it out in more detail.

Denise Humphries June 10, 2020, 2:08 p.m. Reply

We have a holiday home with no mains water. We collect water in water butts but were trying to get a pump to pump the water from the butts into a water tank in roof space. Thank you

Emmanuel Cosgrove June 19, 2020, 8:58 a.m. Reply

Hi Denise, we don't sell pumps if that is your question, sorry.

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