The systems that keep a rural home running: rainwater and wells, septic and composting toilets, off-grid solar, wood heat, fencing, and chainsaw and tool basics. For new homesteaders and anyone looking after a rural property.
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How to work out what a roof can collect, and how gutters, first-flush diverters and cisterns get rainwater into storage and keep it clean.
41 total questions
Card #1
Catchment area (for rainwater sums)
Card #2
First-flush diverter
Card #3
Calming inlet
1. A roof with a 1,000 sq ft footprint gets 1 inch of rain. About how much water runs off it?
2. A house has a 1,500 sq ft roof footprint and gets 20 inches of rain a year. In theory, how much can it collect in a year?
3. A shed roof covers 100 square metres and 10 mm of rain falls. How much water runs off it?
1. One inch of rain on one square foot of roof gives about ___ US gallons.
Hint: A number just over six tenths
2. Fine ___ over the inlet, overflow and vents stops mosquitoes breeding in a tank.
Hint: Insect mesh
3. Gutters should slope gently toward the ___ so water does not sit in them.
Hint: The vertical pipe
