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    50glee
    Huntersville, NC

    August 17, 2009 4:52 PM

    Post #6956967

    not sure if this is the right place for this question but I finally bought a rain barrel - 40 gallons I think.

    I wanted to place it under the drain sprout at the back of our home. We'd have to cut the existing pipe, attach a curve or 'S' shape for all to drain into barrel.

    Hon says, "No". Hon wants to keep the drain as it is now (at ground level) but add a piece to angle upwards.
    So the water goes down to the usual ground level but then goes up then down again into the barrel.

    I dont think Hons idea is good. First im not sure gravity will "permit" water to just be averted upwards unless there is extreme pressure like a very heavy torrential down pour. Then I worry about debris collecting at the lower level causing clogging and backing up of water too.

    need some advise about all of this
    - before Hon does it their way, we get problems and the rain barrel & I get blamed! :-)

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