[at-l] Grey water

[s.landis at comcast.net (Steve Landis)]

On 2/11/2004 8:50 AM, Jim Bullard wrote:

> If you are building a new house this is fairly easy to do but it can be 
> a major project in an existing house especially in a Northern climate. 
> You need to install a separate drain line through the cellar wall below 
> the frost level for your area. If you have a cellar like mine with 30" 
> thick mortared stone (make that boulder) walls it is not an easy 
> do-it-yourself project.

In an existing house you can keep it fairly simple by running the 
discharge hose from your washing machine out of the house into a 55 gal 
plastic barrel (or two).  Doesn't collect all of your grey water but a 
good portion of it.  Here in PA you can do this for 3+ seasons.
We also run the downspouts into barrels for watering the garden.  If the 
barrels have open tops you should cover them with screening to prevent 
mosquitos from laying eggs.

Steve