Thanks everyone for your advise. I do have a question on the soaker hose.
Doesn't it require pressure to force the water though the walls? I would be
afraid that the water would back up in the line.
Ron Olds
-------------- Original message from "Mullen, Tim (IS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>:
--------------
> Brian Kennedy wrote:
> >
> > A big enough dry well should do the job. How about attaching it
> > to a soaker hose? Is there something nearby that needs watering?
>
> I cleverly did this many years ago. I attached some clear plastic
> tubing to the outlet on the outside of the house (used a couple of
> adapters to size the plastic pipe down to the tubing size).
>
> Then I ran the other end of the tube to a flowerbed along the fence so
> that we wouldn't have to water there anymore. Big mistake. The AC
> makes a LOT of water, and it ended up drowning the plants.
>
> However, this would work better if you did in fact attach it to a soaker
> hose to spread out the runoff.
>
> But in any case, attaching a hose/tube to the outlet can easily be done
> to re-route the water to another place.
>
> Tim Mullen
>
> Chantilly, VA
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