| Project by joshtank | posted 08-24-2011 04:15 PM | 2633 views | 5 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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Thirty five gallon trash can rain barrel. It’s up on four found cinder blocks, and covered with lumber and plywood I got from the trash. didn’t want it look like we just have a trash can sitting in the back yard. I had some of the materials already. The trash can and some of the plumbing stuff I needed totaled $35 and it’s for a 35 gallon trash can. Hopefully it’ll shave a bit off the monthly bill since I’m having to water the garden a good amount.
-- Josh - Jacksonville, FL - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6eXmOxkM10zI0d-njOHeRQ
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MShort
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#1 posted 08-24-2011 04:18 PM
Great Idea.
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#2 posted 08-24-2011 04:20 PM
Great idea Josh. I sure would like to see how you attached the faucet!
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#3 posted 08-24-2011 04:30 PM
I need to re-do my gutters still as the last thing to fix after Ike, and one of the items I want to add is rain barrels. Obviously this year, not so much of a hurry… I too would love to see how you attached the faucet to the can…
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joshtank
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#4 posted 08-24-2011 04:30 PM
bah – yeah sorry this picture isn’t very helpful. i’ll get some faucet pictures etc when i can. the internet has more than enough youtube videos and whatnot of people going through the process – which isn’t hard at all.
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Bertha
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#5 posted 08-24-2011 04:44 PM
LOL at green giant. Love the barrel.
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#6 posted 08-24-2011 05:02 PM
Thats a great idea. Allot classier looking than having a trash can sitting outside. I loke it.
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HorizontalMike
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#7 posted 08-24-2011 07:36 PM
We don’t get this thing called ”rain” here in Texas. ;-)
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kansas
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#8 posted 08-25-2011 02:21 AM
35 gallons is a good start. I have 5 barrels that hold about 50 gallons each but they are ugly. When it’s dry we can go through all of them pretty fast.
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