What People Say

The Original Rainwater Pillow will be part of this year’s Greenbuild Expo in Boston November 18 – 20, 2008. Visit us at booth 460.

http://greenbuildexpo.com/About/

GreenDaily.com
by Christina Clark

We just got some rainwater collection barrels for our house a few weeks ago. A great local company called Catch the Rain brought them right to us. We have a decent little garden plot so I am pretty excited about catching and storing rainwater to keep it hydrated.

But when I saw the Rainwater Pillow, I knew what my next rain storage device would be. The pillow is basically a big bladder made of reinforced polymer alloy. You place it in a crawl space, under a deck or anywhere else that it will fit. Then, when it rains, the pillow can hold 1,000 gallons or more if you buy a larger one.

A 1,000 square foot roof, properly set up with gutters and such, can collect 600 gallons of water from a 1 inch rainfall. So, if you have space for a rainwater pillow you can really maximize your rainwater collection. It also has a remote controlled pump inside that will push the water out through a regular garden hose so it is easy to use on the garden or lawn.

If you decide to purchase a rainwater pillow or any other environmentally friendly type of home improvement check for local, state and federal tax breaks. I didn’t have to pay sales tax on my rainwater harvesting barrels. It didn’t save me a ton of money, but, it was nice to save a little.
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http://www.greendaily.com/2008/09/17/collect-rainwater-in-a-pillow-instead-of-barrels/

Green Bulider magazine recognized THE ORIGINAL RAINWATER PILLOW as a new earth Saving Innovation. See The full story….

http://www.greenbuildermag.com/files/past_issues/gbm_062008.pdf

Water availability for landscaping continues to be a growing concern for areas where water restrictions can inhibit a homeowner’s ability to maintain a traditional landscape. Last month we talked about designing a drought-resistant garden.  Today we’re focusing on collecting rainwater to use for landscaping and possible domestic water applications inside the home.
Though certainly not a new concept—the rain barrel at the corner of the house fulfilled a basic low-tech water storage need—new materials and technology allow for collection of fairly large amounts of water without a lot of investment.

Your home’s roof is an ideal collector—a large flat sloping surface. You’ll need to remove roof debris with either gutter guard systems or a roof washer system. The latter diverts a set amount of roof debris such as leaves or pine needles to a catchment. Once the reservoir is full the remaining water moves directly to storage.

The most intriguing solution of cistern technology is the Original Rainwater Pillow, which can be installed beneath a crawlspace or under a deck in just about any configuration. Unlike structural cisterns, which can be large, involve a fair amount of construction and may cost a lot to ship, these flexible bladders ship flat and are installed easily by fitting and gluing pipes together.  The bladder fills using gravity alone, and have a 10 gallon per minute pump attached to deliver water to a spigot for use.

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http://www.katahdincedarloghomes.com/071408raincollect

For customers and builders searching out innovative water-conservation tactics, here’s an innovation: the Rainwater Pillow. The pillow — essentially 10×10 rubber bag or bladder — stores up to 1100 gallons of roof-collected rain water and can feed a drip irrigation system, water grass or wash a car among other things. The Rainwater Pillow is designed to be tucked away in a crawlspace under a house but also performs — and is just as obscured — under a deck or porch. The Rainwater Pillow is low maintenance, according to the company (just clean the filter every so often) and leak-free (testing shows it’ll hold water for 5 years.) And, the more you use it the easier it is to keep clean. Rainwater has a sign that shows local officials you’re using stored water during a drought situation. 1100 gallons of water takes you a long way toward being green — and greening your yard or serving green-conscious clients. The water is pumped to your hose at the same rate as an outdoor spigot and there are larger and custom size pillows available.

http://www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/np_editorpicks/article/0,2623,HPRO_26596_5897572,00.html

May issue of Green Builder

Water, water, NOT everywhere … The theme of the May issue is water conservation. Across the nation, water is becoming a big issue, and savvy builders need to know the options they have in order to comply with the mandates that seem to be cropping up all over. One alternative to storing a tank above or below ground is using a water pillow. Through his business, The Original RainwaterPillow, president Jim Harrington sells felxible water storage tanks that can be stowed in a crawl space or beneth a deck. Harrington offers to install his systems at homes in and around Atlanta. For those farther away, he leaves it up to the homeowner or builder. “For anyone who’s done light construction, the systems are fairly easy to install. It’s a matter of gluing and screwing pipes together,” Harrington says.

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http://www.greenbuildermag.com/content/view/246/180/

The Greening Of The Garden

Two of the gardens on this year’s garden tour feature The Original Rainwater Pillow. Collected rainwater stores in the Pillows is the primary source for watering these beautiful gardens. Check out the full your details.

http://georgiaperennial.org/events/2008_tour_1/index.htm