I was wondering if a rainbarrel would really catch enough rain if you didn t use gutters.
Rain barrel but no gutter.
Certainly a gutter system is a natural way to harvest the rain that washes over the roof as it directs it into a concentrated location and fills your barrel quite quickly most barrels fill in less than 1 4 of rain.
Use a hose clamp to secure the hose to the overflow spout.
They are short sections of aluminum usually only several feet long that are fitted underneath the shingles of the roof to form a metal wall that diverts the rainwater away.
You could instead attach the hose to a second rain barrel for a daisy chain of rain barrels.
Many people want to save rain water but do not have a gutter system.
Insert the other end of the hole in the gutter.
These diverters will also form concentrated streams of water that you can channel or collect.
Most homes direct water into the barrel with gutters and downspouts but even homes without gutters can use a rain barrel.
1 walk around your house during the next rain and observe the water.