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Re: Collecting rain off of the roof

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Might be a concern about unknown chemicals leaching out from an  asphalt
roof.  Not something I had thought about before.  -Olin

----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Lauterbach"
<mlaute@micron.net>> >
> >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...
> >Does anybody know the issues here? (of if there ARE any issues??)
Thanks.

> Wouldn't water off a tin roof be too hot for plants in summer?  Margaret L


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