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Basic steps for installing the Aquabarrel multi-rain barrel linking kit.

  1. Install all hose assemblies on the bottom of the barrels
  2. Place barrels in position on top of the supports (concrete blocks work well)
  3. Mark location of overflow port holes to be drilled on the additional barrel and cut out
  4. Install overflow ports
  5. Mark, cut and install overflow 4" connection tube
  6. Mark cut and install garden hose connector

This is a gravity based system. Water follows the path of least resistance so make sure your second rain barrel sits below the level of the first rain barrel, and the overflow port on the second rain barrel is cut below the level of the inlet.
Align rain barrels in place
Align rain barrels on top of supports 		Install rain barrel overflow tube
Install overflow connection tube
install rain barrel garden hose connection
Measure, cut, install female fitting on end of garden hose
 installed garden hose connection between rain barrels
The second rain barrel must be below the first so the rain barrel can drain from the higher to the lower one.


Your finished multi - rain barrel project may look like this when completed.

image 2 rain barrels linked together in series

2 rain barrels connected together

2 Rain Barrels Connected

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