How to Set Up a Household Water Storage System
- 1). Measure the height of the rain barrel with the tape measure. Make a note of the measurement on a piece of paper.
- 2). Measure up the downspout where you want to place the rain barrel. Make a mark at the height that you noted for the rain barrel using the felt tip marker.
- 3). Cut the downspout on the mark you made with the hacksaw. Position the rain barrel directly under the downspout. Align the water collection hole in the top of the barrel
- 4). Attach one end of the universal downspout adapter to the end of the downspout. Place the other end of the downspout adapter into the water collection hole on the rain barrel.
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