How to Install a Rain Barrel Spigot - Cheap & Easy!

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[christineclem]

I love the video and ordered the spigot kit. It was so perfect and easy to install! Also thanks so much for the pole beans! God bless!

[josephg.]

For your audience, I'd like to point out that it doesn't matter which direction the hose spigot is pointing. Just snug it up but not too tight because metal fittings will crack the plastic it's screwed into some time later. After it's snug, just loosen the washer nut and rotate the whole thing to the right until it points downward or whatever position you desire. I have the best experience using blue monster plumbing tape or paste for sealing the threads. Plastic threads do not typically have as tight a tolerance and that's why he applied the thread sealer so liberally.

[sissymurphy]

I cut the top out of my barrels with a sawsall and then took window screen , sewed it and ran a string through the sew pocket I made ( like in a hoodie ) to keep leaves and bugs out of the barrel .I used plumbing tape because that stuff would not release the hose big when it broke after 5 years of use . I make manure tea for my gardens and use some of my rain barrels to wash my vehicles . Saves my well . I have 7 rain barrels and I am adding adapters at the top of them so when 1 barrel gets full the water will run out the adpater into the next barrel through a pvc pipe . I grew up on a farm and my dad taught me all this . I am now almost 71 years old and have used rain barrels in every house i have owned . I retired in 2004 and moved from NJ to VA and rain barrels and manure tea are still my favorites for fertilizing my gardens and yard . I own over 3 acres up on a hillside . ALSO still use epsom salts in my manure tea and I have canned veggies my whole life

[chrislewis]

How easily he solved a problem I have spent days thinking Thanks

[deanhurt]

Ghanks for the string/washer trick! Saves me or the wife feom crawling inside the barrel!!!

[turmelmark]

Brilliant idea, matt. I hope you sell a lot of these. Very well explained. Thanks

[ronaldkoh]

Wow, you are a genius, your sorcery idea is very good, I was hesitating whether there is a way to fix a tap to a tight head drum before buying them. And here you are, showing us how it is done. Very kind of you, thank you very much.

[SugarCreekOffGrid]

I should have one of these on every raised bed! EXCELLENT tutorial!

[hacksforthehomesteader]

Thanks Matt, great how to. Everyone needs these at their home. Keep at it brother, the words getting out.

[evvie]

Awesome tips. The trick to get the fitting into the hole is clever. Thank you.

[FurFeathersandFlowers]

Found this video after I created two barrels, one for compost tea and the other for water. Don't be like me and install the bulkhead fitting in the wrong will leak. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.

[deniseheupel]

Ooo!! This is exactly what I need to do! I had not thought about adding a garden hose spigot onto my barrels!! Thanks!
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[crrs]

Very helpful video. I live in Texas and the heat is bad all my grass was burn up. Next year this will be my project collect rain water for i can water on hot days.

[SdW.]

Thanks so much for sharing this!!!
Much love from the Midwest US 💖

[donaldkovacs]

Excellent! Worked like a charm. The string and washer tip made it so easy.

[johnfuhrman]

The kit works great! However, be aware that the flow will reduce to a trickle as the water level approaches the level of the tap. Great flow with a full barrel.

[sunbladerr]

Thank you. Your Sorcery is Strong. Be Well and Good Journey Richie

[andreaowens]

This video is excellent! Extremely helpful, especially the sorcery with the string :)

[josephbancks]

Thanks, very helpful. Question: Why glue the fittings, rather than use PTFE paste or tape? Respectfully, JB.

[jogrady]

Thanks so much from Australia! Just the info we needed!