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Once removed, wash the inside of the
container thoroughly with soap and warm
water and leave to dry for 24 hours.
Since you need three DWC channels as per our
design, follow the same steps with the other
IBC. Once completed place the DWC cannels
on the purlins to ensure that everything lines
up. Ensure that you have enough clearance
for your plumbing (see diagram “Plumbing
Layout”) and if need to, move the necessary
blocks or purlins to ensure sufficient clearance
Construction of the Water Outlets:
The water of a DWC canal overflows into a
25mm x 300mm standpipe. A 320mm x
50mm piece of pipe with draining slots goes
over the standpipe and is long enough to go
through the raft to the surface to prevent the
raft blocking the standpipe. The standpipe
drains into a 50mm pipe which in turn returns
all the water from the interconnected canals
back to the biofilter. At the end of the first
and last canal is a vent pipe which prevents
airlocks forming in the drainage pipe.
Design drawing to illustrate the construction of the DWC grow beds:
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