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How to Install a Rain Barrel Spigot - Cheap & Easy!
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2022
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I love the video and ordered the spigot kit. It was so perfect and easy to install! Also thanks so much for the pole beans! God bless!
Thank you, glad it worked well!!
Ghanks for the string/washer trick! Saves me or the wife feom crawling inside the barrel!!!
Totally!
I cut the top out of my barrels with a sawsall and then took window screen , sewed it and ran a string through the sew pocket I made ( like in a hoodie ) to keep leaves and bugs out of the barrel .I used plumbing tape because that stuff would not release the hose big when it broke after 5 years of use . I make manure tea for my gardens and use some of my rain barrels to wash my vehicles . Saves my well . I have 7 rain barrels and I am adding adapters at the top of them so when 1 barrel gets full the water will run out the adpater into the next barrel through a pvc pipe . I grew up on a farm and my dad taught me all this . I am now almost 71 years old and have used rain barrels in every house i have owned . I retired in 2004 and moved from NJ to VA and rain barrels and manure tea are still my favorites for fertilizing my gardens and yard . I own over 3 acres up on a hillside . ALSO still use epsom salts in my manure tea and I have canned veggies my whole life
I literally came up with this plan on my own I am so glad I am not the only one and someone else tried it first!
@@kristabroschart8626 I grew up on a fa rm with rain barrels and m dad always made manure tea . always with cow manure becaue they hae 2 stomachs and digest all weed seeds .. Screen was my idea back then and i was 9 years old and i will soon be 71 years old . I still can my own veggies and make my own jelly
How easily he solved a problem I have spent days thinking about!!!!! Thanks
For your audience, I'd like to point out that it doesn't matter which direction the hose spigot is pointing. Just snug it up but not too tight because metal fittings will crack the plastic it's screwed into some time later. After it's snug, just loosen the washer nut and rotate the whole thing to the right until it points downward or whatever position you desire. I have the best experience using blue monster plumbing tape or paste for sealing the threads. Plastic threads do not typically have as tight a tolerance and that's why he applied the thread sealer so liberally.
Found this video after I created two barrels, one for compost tea and the other for water. Don't be like me and install the bulkhead fitting in the wrong direction.........it will leak. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.
I should have one of these on every raised bed! EXCELLENT tutorial!
Ooo!! This is exactly what I need to do! I had not thought about adding a garden hose spigot onto my barrels!! Thanks!
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Thanks Matt, great how to. Everyone needs these at their home. Keep at it brother, the words getting out.
Thanks! Good catching up at the festival!
Very useful! Thanks, Matt.
Brilliant idea, matt. I hope you sell a lot of these. Very well explained. Thanks
Thank you for teaching me about something I need to do!
This video is excellent! Extremely helpful, especially the sorcery with the string :)
Well explained! Thanks! I needed this like yesterday! 👍
Good explanatory presentation!
Very beautifully demonstrated. Thanks
Awesome tips. The trick to get the fitting into the hole is clever. Thank you.
Thanks so much from Australia! Just the info we needed!
Absolutely elegant.
The kit works great! However, be aware that the flow will reduce to a trickle as the water level approaches the level of the tap. Great flow with a full barrel.
Thanks so much for sharing this!!!
Much love from the Midwest US 💖
Excellent! Worked like a charm. The string and washer tip made it so easy.
Great to hear!
Thank you for this information sir! You are a good man and we are indebted.
Great idea!! Just wondering how to do this today. Thanks!!
Thank you. Your Sorcery is Strong. Be Well and Good Journey Richie
Very helpful video. I live in Texas and the heat is bad all my grass was burn up. Next year this will be my project collect rain water for i can water on hot days.
Awesome video, thank you!
The string trick works well.
Awesome and clever! Thanx
Ingenious!
Very cool and helpful dude 🤙🏿
I have plans for catching rain water for a fresh water aquarium thanks for the video 💯💯
Great video!
This was very well done. Thank you so much for this content….
Thank you!
Very clever
Thank you for your video
Good Kit☺👍
Thank you!
I'm NOT getting notice of your videos😤😤...but I was just trying to decide on buying a catcher already made or trying to do myself..so thanks for this
Nice trick with the string and washer. I was wondering how people did this!
Good video
Thanks, very helpful. Question: Why glue the fittings, rather than use PTFE paste or tape? Respectfully, JB.
Those should probably work too! I just like to go over the top with the glue to be sure
Thank you for your video, how much is 1 barrel
Can i use this for washing machine use
Great tips. Thank you. Question - must I use only a food grade barrel? My instinct is yes.
I like your video where to buy the spigot kit
Extremely super useful!! My plan is to use this for my compost tea barrel. Do I need to apply some sort of screen on the intake or will the wide opening be enough?
I don’t screen mine and it works!
Very nice young man
I didn't see the part where you drilled the hole. What size drill for bulkhead fitting. Thanks
How do you collect the rainwater for use in those blue containers? Do you have a video?
I am making plans for this now! What great timing you have! ❤️Kacy
How much do you sell them for? We might could get one next time we come up there to the cabin!
Awesome to hear! Let me know if you have any questions as you start the project! We sell the rain barrel spigot kit for $28. You can order it online and have it delivered to you too! Just visit www.hollowtopfarms.com/store/p5/rain-barrel-spigot-kit.html
@@HomesteadForALiving do you sell the whole barrel done?
@@BootsandBountyHomestead Yep we do for local pickup!
Says $28 but price when you order is $35
Can you please tell me what is the size drill bit that is needed to drill through rain barrel? Thought it was 3/4" like spigot but was wrong. Thanks in advance!
If you are still needing help, I used a 1.5 inch spade drill bit and it worked perfectly
1 and a half inch
Will this work on a whiskey barrel with its curved sides?
Got the three I ordered today! What size bit did you use?
I found a used Culvert 24", I believe. My plumber cut them to be over a foot in height. Making four from a six ft. piece reclaimed free. I added five bags of black rubber mulch to the culvert sections, only having three down spouts for rain barrels. My gutter man set them up so the gutters do not have to be dismantled to remove the strainer, that the rain barrel man installed.
The spout is about s hand length above the strainer, which can be removed. The barrel would need to be removed empty. The rain barrel man said it will be 440 lbs when full. The culvert with rubber mulch weighs approximately 100 pounds when full.. It self levels. The barrel fits inside the black culvert two inches, so to remove it to clean it once a year, the barrel will need to be empty enough to pick up.
The strainer can be easily removed, and is six to eight inches in diameter. If full of leaves or flowers, it is easy to remove, to empty. Then the barrel strainer hole can go up the two inches around the down spout to get the barrel over the culvert.
The gutter man, and I, designed the spouts so the barrels could be removed. He added an extension that can be placed over the downspout, to extend in the event it is too far above the strainer.
The barrels had cherry and raspberry flavoring originally. He said wash it out with dish soap, and plain water. I took mine to a car wash, only using the rinse water. He said do not put carwash soap in the barrel. It would have degreaser.
The rain barrel is raised to increase the water pressure. If the hose nozzle is above the water line in the barrel, the water flow will stop. Raising the barrel makes filling buckets easier.
Glad to hear! 1 1/2 inch is the drill size
Love the how to. What was in your water barrel before that it has a flammable liquid sticker on it?
Alcohol-based flavoring syrup from a yogurt factory
@@HomesteadForALiving Haha. I figured it had to be some kind of alcohol to still be safe for water now
@@tlrinc2343 yep haha
I’ve been having to use my trash bin to collect rain water that’s falling from my rain gutter (landowner didn’t properly install it and the cement flooring inclines causing water to enter my house. I have to then go dump the water. I’ll be using this method to attach a hose leading to the back or street 😅
How do you raise the barrels.
What size of hole saw you used to make the hole on the barrel?
Have you ever done a stand alone rain barrel? My husband doesn’t want me messing with the new gutters. I saw something online on how to build one with a garbage can lid turned upside down. But curious if you’ve ever created one. Thanks!
Thats an idea I would also like to try.
I've heard about putting tarps up, sort of like a hammock in trees or on posts. Weight the center and put a hole in it to drain into the barrel
@@tlrinc2343 genius definitely need that extra surface area
The more surface area you have, the more you’ll catch. If you have any sheds or anything like that, you can stick a cheap plastic gutter on it for a few bucks. You could use a piece of sheet metal or tarp as well to direct water.
These are all good ideas. Thank you, folks.
Damn that is genius.
Hello there!
Hey, the whole family’s here!
What's the name of this kit i need to buy it from south Africa
I dont see the kit listed.
I know that you want folks to buy the kit and that is cool, but i have aquariums and source my bulkhead fittings from those companies. Please tell us what size bulkhead fitting you use.
3/4”
What size bulkhead fitting do you need for this?
3/4”
Check out Uniseal.
Way easier.
If you dont need to hook up to a hose.
You can avoid using wire, going inside the barrel, & glue.
Just pop it in the right size hole. Get a small piece of the right size pvc & a pvc valve. Super easy.
Any idea when the entire set will be available?
It’s available at our website! www.Hollowtop farms.com
$35. What are you charging for those you sell already installed with the barrel?
Hello there! Can I have the name of the materials that you use. Thankyou and hoping for your reply🙏
3/4” bulkhead fitting, 3/4 “ spigot, glue, sting, and washer
What size is the bulkhead fitting?
3/4”
Where do you source your barrels from?
Anywhere I can! FB marketplace, Craigslist, waste facilities, food manufacturers, etc
Is that barrel food safe it has a flammable liquid. Sticker on it???
Yep! They held an alcohol based syrup in them
Why not closer to the ground with the spigot?
Ordered qty 2. Card was charged. Never showed up and no communication from the seller
Hm, the bulkheads I'm finding do not fit into my barrels bungs.
What size hole did you drill?
1 1/2 “
will this spigot kit work on a 2inch hole?
Just curious as I just asked for that info, so have you tried with a 2" hole and did it work? TIA
1 and a half inch in the usual size
water doesnt leak from the bulkhead?
Nope!
No concerns about the toxicity of the glue?
What’s the total cost and selling point?
The kits sell at $28 each, costs vary, and my bulk order prices are changing on almost a weekly basis with the supply chain issues
@@HomesteadForALiving what do you charge customers ?
@@leonardplanckiii998 $28
www.hollowtopfarms.com
How much are those water barrels?
I see them ranging from $5 to $25
What size hole?
Ah, I see 1.5”!
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I regret cutting the tops off now
not a single tree on mine
Those threads are a tapered pipe thread designed to seal by tightening. I little pipe dope or tape seals it up everytime. Stop gluing those together please.
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Stay safe from government
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How would you filter the gutter water from the rain barrel to drink?
why not use plumbers tape?