Ways to disguise a rain barrel

Ways to disguise a rain barrel

material

It is best to cover your rain barrel - whether round or square - with wood. The material is the easiest to cut. You also need:

  • a jigsaw
  • a chop or miter saw
  • a cordless screwdriver
  • a conventional rain barrel
  • 80 wood screws (80 x 4.5mm)
  • a perforated strip or galvanized steel as required
  • 20 triangular strips made of scrap or solid wood
  • 20 boards
  • 70 wood screws
  • Lacquer and wood glaze

also read

  • How to build your own rain barrel
  • Use the rain barrel for greenhouse irrigation
  • Disguise a rain barrel as a stone

Tips

Use your old, apparently unusable wood that was left over from the last fence construction.

Dress up round rain barrel

  1. Place the rain barrel on a wooden plate and mark the outlines.
  2. Cut out a circle with the jigsaw (€ 70.75 at Amazon *).
  3. Seal the cut edges with synthetic resin varnish.
  4. Treat triangular panels with wood glaze.
  5. Cut to the dimensions 15 x 15 x 30 cm.
  6. Cut the strips.
  7. Leave some leeway.
  8. Turn the rain barrel upside down.
  9. Alternately create a bar and a triangular plate at right angles.
  10. Fix with a tension belt.
  11. Place the previously made circular disc on the bottom of the bin.
  12. Tighten the tension belt and thus press the boards against the plate.
  13. Drill holes in the individual boards and fix them to the board with screws.
  14. Wrap the barrel with a perforated tape at the top and bottom.

Here you will also find instructions on how to build a lid for the rain barrel yourself. If desired, you can also install an overflow and a spout.

Disguise an angular rain barrel

  1. Turn the rain barrel upside down on a firm surface.
  2. Mark and cut boards under the barrel collar with the jigsaw.
  3. With precise work there is no waste.
  4. Also use a tension belt to fix it.
  5. When manufacturing the floor, you are free in terms of dimensions.
  6. Choose an appropriate area.
  7. Screw the base plate and cladding together in the same way as in the instructions for the round bin.
  8. The manufacture of the lid is also similar to the instructions that you can find under the link above.