How To Hook A Water Barrel To A Gutter
Glue the overflow valve made from two elbows and a length of pvc pipe to the hole created on the left side of the first barrel image 1.
How to hook a water barrel to a gutter. Follow your manual s instructions to adapt the downspout. Use shovels to dig out the soil as needed. Remove the screws holding the straps to the downspout and any screws that may have been put in to attach the spout to the gutter. Boring or cutting out a section of downspout and installing a diverter that connects to the barrel with a hose.
Generally downspouts are attached to the house by straps and will need to be dissasembled. Place a carpenter s level on. Cutting the downspout to allow the barrel to fit under it and attaching an elbow section if needed. Place the rain barrel under one of those spots and you ll get plenty of water.
If your barrel isn t already equipped with a spigot attach one by drilling a 15 16 inch hole about two inches from the bottom of the barrel where you can install a inch hose spigot. Place the rain barrel under the downspout checking that it is level. Lock in place with silicone to keep the system watertight image 3. The threaded end will stick outside the panel.
Then attach a flex elbow from the gutter downspout to the hole in the top of the first barrel image 2. Measure and mark carefully. Level the ground under the downspout to make room for the rain barrel. Following the design of connecting pipes for tandem barrels we drilled a 13 16th inch hole in the flat panel at the end of the gutter fairly close to the bottom of it.