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Refitting a Great American rain barrel with a new heavy duty spigot.

Step 6Fish the fitting into the hole.

Now we have to maneuver the fitting into the hole from the inside. As my wife was unavailable to crawl inside (seriously, we did that to move the original spigot), and the fitting has a hole, I decided to use my electrician's fish tape to drag the fitting in. You could use stiff wire; a fish tape is perfect.

First put the tape into the hole from the outside...

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Sep 20, 2010. 10:39 AMOldbear says:

You sir, are a genius. We had the same issue on our first two barrels, but the top hole was the whole top. My latest barrel top hole is only big enough for the downspout and a bit of breathing room... I used a whole beer trying to figure out how to get the fitting in there...