Connecting Rain Barrel To Gutter

Insert the male threaded end of a pvc connector that has a non threaded female end.

Connecting rain barrel to gutter.

First you must determine which gutter downspout you ll use to connect your rain barrel or barrels. Level the ground under the downspout to make room for the rain barrel. Locate one down spout from your rooftop. The rain barrel will need to be located near a down spout from your rain gutter if you want to get water from a downspout.

Clean the space near the downspout where you want to position your rain barrel. Stack bricks concrete blocks or landscaping timbers to form a stable platform at least 1 foot high to. Start by thoroughly rinsing the barrels inside and out image 1. Now that the downspout is out of the way we need to find a way to redirect water flow into the top of the rain barrel.

The threaded end will stick outside the panel. With a diy rain barrel system step 1. Measure and cut the two pvc pipe pieces to create the w shape pipe system we made here. Make sure that the area level can accommodate the number of barrels you have in mind to install.

How to connect a rain barrel to a downspout. Turn the barrels upside down to. 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. Connecting a rain barrel to a downspout.

How to connect a single rain barrel to a downspout. Choose your rain barrel and assemble it. Place the rain barrel under the downspout checking that it is level. Use shovels to dig out the soil as needed.

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. Cut the downspout and install a gutter diverter then attach one end of a hose to the diverter and the other end to an opening on the back of the rain barrel replace your downspout with the customized downspout extension included with the barrel if your rain barrel came with these included accessories.