Hi all I have been watching youtube.com about rain barrels. I have found two videos that I really liked. The first one was by a guy named PackRatt556 and the other by Lowes.

PackRatt556 used blue barrels and then painted in como. I really liked his as it was just as simple and Im sure cheaper then the one Lowes made.

First Video by PackRat556



Link To YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbwPRYIS-os?autoplay=1

Second Video by PackRat556



Link To YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNgZafRfXgk?autoplay=1

Lowes took trash cans and used them and they worked great for this. I didnt think about big outdoor trash cans as being used for them.

Lowes Video



Link To YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueNXjPgdcqg?autoplay=1

I went to Lowes web site looking for the printable directions on building one but I can not find it.

Does anyone have a site that uses the trash cans and blue barrels with directions that can be printed out. I wouldnt mind making them for around the house and for my grandmother who has a small gardden. She is 86 and I hate to see her trying to water her plants when we are not there.

So if anyone has plans on how to do this that I can print out that would be great.

Thanks all for your help.

Here is my roof rain collection system.
The leg hanging down is a first flush, then when the water builds up, it flow into the blue drum (I painted it blue to help with algae growth),
It does have a spicket at the bottom for draining.
I treat it with bleach from time to time.

I then pump it to the second drum, (in the pulpit), filtering it with a small pool filter.
The second has a 12 volt sprayer pump, to a 2-1/2 gal water heater, from there to a sprayer head for showers on the "porch".



Not much to it, but works well.

Awesome job man great looking water catcher.