In this case you would need to attach a hose from the second rain barrel overflow to the gutter so that the second barrel doesn t overflow.
Rain barrel but no gutter.
1 walk around your house during the next rain and observe the water.
Most homes direct water into the barrel with gutters and downspouts but even homes without gutters can use a rain barrel.
These diverters will also form concentrated streams of water that you can channel or collect.
I was wondering if a rainbarrel would really catch enough rain if you didn t use gutters.
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.
These diverters are not gutters.
Many people want to save rain water but do not have a gutter system.
You could instead attach the hose to a second rain barrel for a daisy chain of rain barrels.
Use a hose clamp to secure the hose to the overflow spout.