| Rain Barrel to Toilet Installation |
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| A Practical How-To Guide |
| Page 4 |
| Hooking It All Up |
| Let's go through the parts I used from the rain barrel to the toilet. This will assume that you've already found a suitable place for your rain barrel and have redirected the flow from a downspout into the barrel. It is also very important that you've directed the overflow port at the top of your barrel back into the gutter system. You can buy hoses, fittings, and downspout at your hardware store. |
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| I bought all of my installation harware at Home Depot. The store I was at carried parts from a company called Watts Industries. I first started with two 10 feet pieces of braided vinyl tubing. The outter diameter was 5/8" and inner diameter was 3/8". I joined both of these pieces together with a Watts Brass Fitting 3/8" barb to 3/8" barb hose splicer. At the end connecting to the barrel, I installed a Watts Brass Fitting 3/4" threaded Female Hose x 3/8" hose barb. Inside this fitting I installed a water filter. This is important to keep debris out of your toilet plumbing! |
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| 3/4" female fitting connected to hose. |
| Fitting with filter installed. |
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