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