Rain Barrel Follies Part 3
A couple of weeks ago I was all proud to show off my newly installed rain barrel. However, I forgot to close the drain valve, so when it rained. it dumped 55 gallons of water directly under the rain barrel, causing the ground to sink and tipping the barrel to one side.
Then it rained again and re-filled the now heavily listing barrel. I thought I was going to have to dump all that water as well, until I figured out a better method that let me save the water and empty the barrel at the same time. Here’s the video of how I did it:
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[…] Basic rain barrel setup is super easy. Just make sure the barrel is level (I learned that lesson the hard way) and on a platform like bricks or wood several inches above ground so you can use gravity to drain […]