Collect rain water with a wine barrel

Step 2 Connect the rain water collector on the gutter

I followed the instructions that came with the PVC rain water collector (rwc) to hook it up to one of my gutter. It was super easy, I just had to saw a section of 8cm off the gutter at the right height and insert the collector.

IMPORTANT! In order to have an overflow and avoid my barrel to be overfilled, I installed the rwc a bit lower than the top of the barrel. Therefore the water in the barrel can't go higher than the height on the gutter where the water is collected.

I drilled a large hole with the wood flat drill head, inserted the transparent tube that came with the rwc then used silicon (same as for a shower tub or bath) to sealed it and make it water proof so the water could flow back via the tube should it reach a certain level in the barrel.