A 55 gallon drum filled with water weighs about.
How to cut gutter for rain barrel.
Boring or cutting out a section of downspout and installing a diverter that connects to the barrel with a hose.
Build a platform below the downspout to elevate the rain barrel making it easier to access the spigot and.
How to adjust a gutter for rain barrels.
Select a downspout with solid hard ground below so the heavy rain barrel has a firm footing.
Step by step guide to installing a rain gutter diverter for hooking up a rain barrel filling a pool koi pond etc.
Turn the barrels upside down to drain and dry.
Next mark the downspout anywhere from 8 to a foot above the diverter.
On the bottom of one barrel trace an opening for the downspout flex elbow connector with chalk then cut out with a jigsaw images 2 3.
Cutting the downspout to allow the barrel to fit under it and attaching an elbow section if needed.
Mark your downspout at the top of the barrel.
Next use a hole saw to cut out a hole for overflow at the top of the barrel on the left side image 4.
You can see the technique i presented in the instructable tandem rain barrels to see how i used pvc pipe to connect one barrel to the next in tandem.
This will be one of the cuts you make in the downspout so draw a line all the way across it.
This is where the rain will flow in from the roof.
The garden is fairly large and we need water for the plants during dry periods.
This will be another cut you make to your downspout.
Follow your manual s instructions to adapt the downspout.