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 How To Make A Rain Barrel
The sample rain barrel in this photo is not 55 gallons. It's smaller so it can be brought to show people and not fill my trunk!
- Get a 55 gallon barrel. They are sometimes available from soda bottling factories inexpensively. Wooden ones can sometimes be purchased from wineries.
- Use a 3/4 inch drill bit to drill a hole near the top and the bottom.
- Cut a 4 inch hole in the top with a jig saw. Glue a screen on a 4 inch atrium grate. Place the grate in the hole.
- Take two 1 inch adapters / valves and wrap their threads with teflon tape (used by plumbers). Screw them into the holes you drilled.
- Place under your down spout. Use a flex elbow to direct water into the atrium grate. A downspout adapter is optional.
- Attach a hose to the bottom adapter to direct water where you need it.
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