Place the rain barrel under the downspout checking that it is level.
How to hook a water barrel to a gutter.
The threaded end will stick outside the panel.
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.
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.
How to connect a rain barrel to a downspout.
Then attach a flex elbow from the gutter downspout to the hole in the top of the first barrel image 2.
Insert the male threaded end of a pvc connector that has a non threaded female end.
Boring or cutting out a section of downspout and installing a diverter that connects to the barrel with a hose.
Use shovels to dig out the soil as needed.
Stack bricks concrete blocks or landscaping timbers to form a stable platform at least 1 foot high to.
Cutting the downspout to allow the barrel to fit under it and attaching an elbow section if needed.
Level the ground under the downspout to make room for the rain barrel.
Place a carpenter s level on.
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.
Follow your manual s instructions to adapt the downspout.
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.
Place the rain barrel under one of those spots and you ll get plenty of water.