Cut Gutter Rain Barrel

Rain barrels which are especially useful for lawns and gardens during droughts or periods of water restrictions can be made of plastic ceramic wood stone or metal pick the type that matches your home s exterior style and meets your water saving needs.

Cut gutter rain barrel.

Beginning where you marked cut all the way down to the bottom side with metal shears. Attach a flex a spout to your rain gutter using the manufacturer s instructions. Hover the other end of the spout over the filter holes. How to cut and install a gutter outlet.

Rain barrels provide an alternative to using municipal water or well water for irrigation. Level out an area underneath or near the gutter. The rainwater can be used for watering flowers shrubs and even the lawn drastically reducing. As rain falls on your roof it adheres to the physical surface it s touching starting with the roof then likely into the gutters and into the downspout and toward the ground.

Cut your downspout so it pours directly into your barrel about 6 inches above the top of the barrel. Place the barrel atop retaining wall blocks. Or you can cut around to the bottom side stop flip the gutter over and continue cutting from the other side until you meet the other cut in the middle. Make sure it can hold 500 pounds.

Rain barrel to gutter installation how to set up your new rain barrel tools. Determine which gutter the barrel will collect rain from. They are fairly simple to install and once you have one set up the environmental protection agency estimates a single 55 gallon rain barrel can save you up to 1 300 gallons of water during the hot summer months. A flexible downspout or 90 degree angled fitting for your.

If you have gutters and downspouts you can choose to either. A rain barrel is a container that collects runoff from your home s gutter system connecting to the downspout with a rain diverter or fitting under a modified downspout. 1 or 2 small screws and a screwdriver. 5 cover the barrel with mesh window screening to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in the barrel.

Remove the barrel s lid or cut a large hole through which rain can enter. You ll need a wooden stand cinder blocks or something similar. You can bend the gutter slightly to easily make the rest of the cut all the way around to the other side. Residential rain barrels range from small 15 gallon models to larger commercial and industrial models that hold up to 5 000 gallons.

Rain barrels collect rainwater from your roof by rerouting a section of your gutter s downpipe into a nearby reservoir.