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Re: Collecting rain off of the roof

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>Bill sent through this link to a site that has many different sqft ideas 
>and contraptions, among them a set of barells that traps rainwater that 
>ran off of a roof and through a raingutter.  Now, a month or two ago I saw 
>somebody on this list cautioning somebody about using runoff that came 
>from off of a roof. (Sorry, cannot find that email now...)  Is there 
>really a problem with doing this, and what is it?  Does it depend on the 
>roofing materials?
>
>I just always thought it would be a cool idea to catch such rainwater and 
>set up some sort of system that immediately uses it to water a garden or a 
>greenhouse.  (Actually, my garden already is the unintended beneficiary of 
>a lot of shed run-off, down a tin roof...)
>
>Does anybody know the issues here? (of if there ARE any issues??)   Thanks.
>
> >>> Bill & Vera Missenbmissen@telusplanet.net> 2/23/01 1:29:48 PM >>
Wouldn't water off a tin roof be too hot for plants in summer?  Margaret L


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