IBC tank accessories

IBC tank accessories help you put a 1,000-litre rainwater container to work watering the garden. You’ll find drain taps and valve adapters, reducers and fittings for the garden hose, a connector for linking two tanks, a cap, a filter for the filling opening and covers that keep off sun and dirt.

IBC tank accessories

Drain taps screw onto the bottom port of an IBC tank with the coarse S60x6 thread and have a 1/2" or 3/4" connection. Alongside plastic models there’s a brass lever tap that the manufacturer says is frost-resistant. Valve adapters with an S60x6 or G3/4 thread offer a 5/8" hose barb and a rotary valve for controlling the flow.

To hook up the garden hose, use reducers and fittings from 60 mm to 1/2", 3/4" or 1", some with flow control or a quick connector. The S60x6 connector links two tanks and evens out the water level, and you can close an unused port with a cap of 56 mm inner diameter.

Oxford fabric covers measuring 120 × 100 × 116 cm shield the tank from sun, dust and rain, slowing algae growth and ageing of the plastic. The 16.5 or 24.5 cm filter catches leaves and coarse dirt in the filling opening. For watering, use a new tank or one that held a harmless substance. Clean a tank that held chemicals thoroughly before use, or don’t use it for watering.