How To Cut Gutter For Rain Barrel

Follow your manual s instructions to adapt the downspout.

How to cut gutter for rain barrel.

This is where the rain will flow in from the roof. Build a platform below the downspout to elevate the rain barrel making it easier to access the spigot and. Measure and mark carefully. We decided to put rain gutters on the shed and a series of three rain barrels behind the shed to collect the water.

Next use a hole saw to cut out a hole for overflow at the top of the barrel on the left side image 4. The garden is fairly large and we need water for the plants during dry periods. 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.

Mark your downspout at the top of the barrel. Turn the barrels upside down to drain and dry. 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. This will be one of the cuts you make in the downspout so draw a line all the way across it.

This will be another cut you make to your downspout. 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. Get this and all the things we ve used o. Step by step guide to installing a rain gutter diverter for hooking up a rain barrel filling a pool koi pond etc.

Next mark the downspout anywhere from 8 to a foot above the diverter.