How we put together our Rain Water system

Our Rain Water Retention system consists of
• Two 330 gallon tanks which were once used for Hawaiian Punch drink juice concentrate.
• Three standard 55 gallon rain barrels.
• Six additional 55 gallon barrels converted to hold water, like these pictured here.


We added guttering to our roof line, put the barrels in the right locations and did a rain dance.

Two of our Five downspouts drain directly into the 330 gallon tanks. The three remaining downspouts drain into the 3 standard rain barrels, and then we ran hoses from the three standard rain barrels to the 6 additional barrels to add capacity and run off.