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Message: [QUOTE="Oliver Buckle, post: 216523, member: 12649"] I have twin barrels under my down pipes, hundred litres at the front, two hundred at the back and on the greenhouse. The diverters supplied with the barrels only divert some of the water coming down the pipe and get blocked easily by sand from the tiles, moss and leaves. The down pipe from the roof feeds straight into one barrel and the overflow from that feeds the other barrel. The overflow from the second barrel runs to the soak-away. During the summer I use the water from the barrel fed by the down pipe first, then when it is empty I can clear out the detritus and add it to the compost (lovely stuff) while I use the water from the second barrel. Mosquitoes can be a problem, I use a wipe of manhole grease around the lid (No building site jokes please, it is heavy grease used for sealing manholes with a double lip that carry sewage, and stops the smell) which stops them getting access. [/QUOTE]