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The Rainkeeper

Rain caught, water bill spared

Your roof and patio shed thousands of litres a year. Catch some of it and a hosepipe ban gets smaller — and so does a metered water bill.

Rainfall: Met Office regional averages (1991–2020). Water price: typical metered supply + sewerage. Indicative until they join the monthly checks.

Your patio
Your roof, roughly
What you water
Water butts you’d fit
2
  • Rain you could catch57.1k L a year
  • Watering banked for a ban11 days
  • Butts to buy£90
  • Off a metered bill£16 a year
  • Butts pay for themselves in≈ 6 years

The paving angle

A sealed patio sheds its rain to the drains. If you're paving a front garden over 5 m², the rules want that rain kept on your land — permeable joints, a border, or a soakaway. In a dry summer, caught water is the cheapest hosepipe there is.

Rainfall: Met Office regional averages (1991–2020). Water price: typical metered supply + sewerage. Indicative until they join the monthly checks.