Get breaking news and the latest headlines on business, entertainment, politics, world news, tech, sports, videos and much more from AOL. Build a 3 Drum Rain Collection System Better with PicturesMY VERTICAL stacked RAIN COLLECTION SYSTEMI live down in south Louisiana plant a vegetable garden every year. Now even though my area is considered tropical, we do have dry periods. Watering my garden  from the tap hinders the growth because of the chemical and algae inhibiters that they add to make it drinkable potable. Any nursary or avid gardener will tell you that tap water is not the best thing for your garden. When it would rain my garden shoots up 4 inches overnight So I began searching for a way to capture and store all the free water i wanted. After looking at project after project I found that Ipod. Guys stacked system was the best one for me. KUDOS TO YOU IPODGUYPOP RVs currently has 22 Class B RVs For Sale. 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First of all let me clarify for the grammer nuts these drums are layed horizontally, stacked vertically. Here are some of the changes I made from Ipodguys design 1 simpler design and easier to build. A horizontal stacked system takes up much less space than placing them side by side vertically. Great if you dont have much room to spare. I removed the tilt of the barrels. Unless you cutdrill vent holes in each of the barrels, they will only fill to about 7. I want to utilize the maximum amount of storage from these three drums. Being level, they should fill to about 9. I decide to dismantle the system and use the barrels for something else, I have that option since I havent rendered them useless by cutting or drilling holes in them. I changed the installation to a much less permanent one. Instead of digging holes and cementing it in, I will mount the system on concrete blocks think i pd. I implemented the cradle design which makes the drums part of the supporting structure. This way I do not have to use 4x. The 2x. 4 legs are basically there to hold the whole thing together and for bracing. I used 2x. 4s. It is still as strong as a 4x. Its just the reinforcement that matters. SHTF fresh water supply. With the horizontal mount you dont have to worry about cutting uneeded extra holes in your barrels therefore destroying them. The top drum vents the entire system via the hose connections see video as well as making the whole thing essentially one tank. Once again, this doesnt involve any cutting of the barrels that basically render it useless if you decide to dismantle it use them for something else down the road. STEP 1. First of all I cut my cradles that will be used to support the barrels. I cut ten of these. With this design i should and that a very strong word should be able to stack three for my system. STEP 2. I used 2x. Now you might think this may be a bit flimsy for supporting 3 filled 5. The 2 x 4s are basically there to hold the system together. Ill test it to just to make surestep 3. Assembling the system and installing the drums. The cradles will brace any side to side sway. I will also test the system to ensure that the cradle system 2x. STEP 4. Pretty much adding the plumbing to the drums. My drums had threaded bungs on both sides which made this design possible. I found these nifty little gray 34 NPT angle fittings that connect the drums at Highs lowes. They do the trick nicely and only cost about 0. STEP 5. Testing the system. I filled the water on the top drum and it vented nicely down to the next two drums. STEP 6. Finished system. The drums as well as the 2x. Hotel Transylvania 3 Ipod Movie on this page. I can now drain it disassemble it so i can treat the 2x. I will add the inlet from the gutters later, but it will simply pipe my gutter to the upper hole on the top drum. UPDATEalmost complete with the rebuild. Rebuild complete. Here is a video of the system filling from the rainwater. HERE IS THE VIDEO SHOWING THE WATER MIGRATING FROM THE UPPER DRUM TO THE LOWER DRUM AT THE SAME TIME AIR VENTING UPWARDS. UPDATE ON THE UPDATES. After about a half inch of rain yesterday and collecting only about 2. I may keep the crude collection system because you do not want the rainwater entering the system at a rate thats too fast for it to settle to the bottom drum gets top heavy I guess it all depends on how much rain you actually get. Im in a rather tropical area, so its not as critical for me here. Its no secret. this is a dual purpose unit. I am a doomsday prepper and this will be used as my freshwater source if the SHTF. But until then it will make an excellent vegetable garden water provider. Also a suggestion was made about piping the top holes together and the bottom holes together for easier fill during heavy rains. This is an excellent idea. Another person commented on the amount of sediment, dirt, bird fecal matter and general BS W that washes off of the roof. Not a problem if your just watering your garden, Big problem if you are reclaiming for drinking. YUCCHHH  Soooo. LET THE CRAP RINSE OFF OF THE ROOF FIRST.