How to Build a Rain Barrel
Jonathan Meier • January 2, 2021
Rain barrels are the best, fastest, and simplest way to start collecting rainwater for your home. In our 10 years in business, we have seen a lot of, shall we say, "troublesome" designs when it comes to rain barrels and rainwater catchment. We worked long and hard to come up with a good design for making rain barrel construction simple and DIY-friendly. That is why we developed a rain barrel construction and installation kit that allows for its user to construct their very own rain barrel in less than 5 minutes.
Our kit is so effective that This Old House picked one up and developed an online tutorial for making a rain barrel. See their video here.
We made a few videos of our own. We hope you'll find them helpful!
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