Gravitas
We love using rain barrels - it cuts down on our water bill, plus we can water whenever we want during water restrictions, which happen just about every summer in our town. During even a moderate rainfall so much water comes off of our garage these two barrels fill up in no time.
One thing we quickly discovered with this method is that water pressure counts, so we really needed to get the barrels up off the ground in order to get every last drop. John designed and built the stand above in one afternoon with 4 x 4 pressure treated lumber and the galvanized clips you see here. Everything came from Home Depot. The biggest consideration was weight; each full barrel weighs 500 lbs. and this set-up is plenty strong enough to hold two more full barrels. This stand will eventually hold four barrels - we’ll order two more next spring when our town announces the subsidy program.
