how to get bath water into garden easily

we have our bath on the second floor and I always wondered if i could get the used water transferred into the garden without big fuss
I tested it today and it worked (having 2 left hands..)
Please all handymans don't laugh, this is a post for people which are proud to have managed to put a nail into the wall
I used a hosepipe and bought one of those nozzle/pistol thingys for the garden end of the hose to have a way of stopping the water flow
the other end I only put into the full bath tub
to get the water flowing(because the pipe goes over the windowsill as the highest point, I pressed the bathtub end of the hose to the tap and turned it on for a few seconds,then put mu thumb qyickly to cover the hosepipe end (to stop the water emptying/running down into the garden and put it in the bathtub
all worked very well, the water pressure is strong enough for the purpose, it sprays app 1mtr
saves me getting a water butt too

 

Excellent. Funnily enough, I've been thinking about this myself. I've been trying to work out if I dare sever the pipes outside the house and have a go at DIY plumbing to reroute the bath water so that it goes into a water butt rather than straight down the main drain.

What you did is to syphon it out. Simple yet genius. Might get a bit irritating carrying the hosepipe up every time, poking through the window and priming it up every time though, but for occasional use, excellent.

 

With all the various Bath Salts, Oils, scented Bubble Bath Foam etc. how safe is it to apply bath water to plants and vegetables?
I have this image of foaming Vegetable Soup in my mind

 

Generally fine, but beware of phosphate levels in soaps - more particularly washing machine soap powders though.

Some people avoid putting "grey" water on their veg, and in particular avoid splashing it onto leaves. Don't store it, use immediately. Not really any different to a cesspit which just allows the grey water to leach out into the surrounding "drain field"

 

i have attached the bathtub end with a string (used a hoseclip) to the inside of the room, this way I can close the window and the hose hangs outside and -the water stays in it, so for next time use I put it in the bathtup and it works straight away

Kristen: our bathwater is often fairly clean because we put nothing in it, except when washing our hair, my son usually has a bath out of boredom (when he has to shut down his computer and does not know what to do) and I have a bath mostly when I am to cold

 

It is people like you that built the world as we know it (the good stuff). Fantastic.

This bit made me laugh

 

Me too! The mind boggles!

 

I had been led to believe that it was better to allow it to stand for 24hrs in a bucket to allow a few of the "extras" to evaporate. Not so? It's unlikely to start festering isn't it?

 

I can't imagine 24 hours will hurt, I was thinking that storing it in a water butt etc. for longer periods would not be good.

But not sure what it might contain that is volatile enough to evaporate? I guess the chlorine from the water would.