THEFAN
Lovin' The Homestead
OK here it is.
First I have gotten 95% of my stuff from the local dump or left over from other jobs like screws, wire and old tubs.
My house and garage sit up hill from our garden so this system really works great here.
First I set up the gutters on both sides of the garage. I make sure they all drop to one point and then have them empty into other gutters. This is the square gutter since it is falling.
Pitch is key so you don't want to have the square gutter drop to the ground. I cut it half way up the garage wall. That gives me enough pitch from the garage to the first tub in the garden. It's about 40 feet away from each other. Since the gutter running from the garage to the garden is elevated I had to support it all. Our chicken coop fence runs between the garage and garden so I used that as a support to support about 20 feet of the run. So now I only had to make one supprt leg for the rest of the run. I built a wooden post with a arm on it and wire tied it together. Easy and cheap. Then the end of the gutter went through the garden fence right into the first tub.
If I knew how to post pix on here I would show you all the set up.
I only had to buy the drop connectors for the gutters. I fouund all the gutter and hangers from the dump. People throw it away like enaything else. Especially after winter when the snow has destroyed some of it.
Our next step is to bury tubs lower and lower in the garden and connect hose from tub to tub. The over flow will fill the tubs down the line. Again eveything was free. I got the hose from the dump and tubs from jobs I do.
I'm not going for looks here. I'm looking for frugalness and a system that works. I do have to say the system actually looks good the way I have set it up.
First I have gotten 95% of my stuff from the local dump or left over from other jobs like screws, wire and old tubs.
My house and garage sit up hill from our garden so this system really works great here.
First I set up the gutters on both sides of the garage. I make sure they all drop to one point and then have them empty into other gutters. This is the square gutter since it is falling.
Pitch is key so you don't want to have the square gutter drop to the ground. I cut it half way up the garage wall. That gives me enough pitch from the garage to the first tub in the garden. It's about 40 feet away from each other. Since the gutter running from the garage to the garden is elevated I had to support it all. Our chicken coop fence runs between the garage and garden so I used that as a support to support about 20 feet of the run. So now I only had to make one supprt leg for the rest of the run. I built a wooden post with a arm on it and wire tied it together. Easy and cheap. Then the end of the gutter went through the garden fence right into the first tub. If I knew how to post pix on here I would show you all the set up.
I only had to buy the drop connectors for the gutters. I fouund all the gutter and hangers from the dump. People throw it away like enaything else. Especially after winter when the snow has destroyed some of it.
Our next step is to bury tubs lower and lower in the garden and connect hose from tub to tub. The over flow will fill the tubs down the line. Again eveything was free. I got the hose from the dump and tubs from jobs I do.
I'm not going for looks here. I'm looking for frugalness and a system that works. I do have to say the system actually looks good the way I have set it up.
