Connect a hose to the rain barrel

Connect a hose to the rain barrel

Why connect a hose?

  • More flexibility
  • Automatic watering
  • Overflow protection

More flexibility

So that you can specifically collect rainwater, you have to connect your rain barrel with a downpipe. This normally requires a location directly on the gutter. However, if you connect a hose, you have the option of setting up your rain barrel around five meters away. This is particularly advantageous if you want to hide your rain barrel because of its unsightly appearance.

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Automatic watering

You will certainly use the water from your rain barrel primarily for watering flowers. Isn't it tedious to constantly dip the watering can over the edge to scoop up water? A connected hose that you lay in the garden conveys the water into the beds all by itself. In this way you can, for example, irrigate your greenhouse without having to do anything yourself. It is important that there is a water pressure of at least 0.5 bar in the barrel. Only under this condition does the water flow into the hose by itself. If necessary, you have to set up the rain barrel in an elevated place.

Overflow protection

Some days it rains without a break. A blessing for people who collect the precipitation and use it for the garden or household. It is only annoying when the size exceeds the capacity of the rain barrel, the water overflows and is lost in the ground. By connecting two rain barrels (€ 149.95 at Amazon *) you can avoid this waste. When the one barrel is full, it passes the water on to the next container. A hose is the simplest connection between the rain barrels.

Connect the hose to the rain barrel and downpipe

  1. You need a push-on pipe with a hose connection.
  2. Cut out a correspondingly large hole in the downpipe.
  3. Insert the extension tube.
  4. Drill a hole 10 cm below the top in the rain barrel.
  5. Connect the clip-on pipe and the rain barrel with the hose.