What happens once the water barrel is full and it keeps raining? Does the diverter allow for the extra water to go down the drain spout?
873583
Yes, when the barrel is full further rain goes down the original downspout. It is necessary that the barrel be water/air tight so it can't overflow. During normal, not yet full conditions, water goes into the barrel through the connecting tube as air comes out.
873584
Actually it should not matter if the barrel is sealed or not. The barrels are not air tight and the barrel will only fill to the height that the diverter is placed in the downspout. That is why it is important to place the diverter in the downspout at the height listed in the directions. When the water in the barrel is raised to the height of the diverter any water coming down the downspout will simply overflow the diverter and run down the downspout.
873585
Yes, once the barrel is full, any excess rainwater continues down the spout (assuming you're using a barrel with a sealed lid, not something like a hinged-lid garbage can).
429394
Very easy. If the down spout goes all the way down you cut or disconnect the downspout to the height of the rain barrel
477974
Great that your school is saving the water!! Yes, it would work, the down spout is how you would collect the water that it usually wasted. Not sure how you would get it filled, but the water barrel would hold and drain as needed for you. margi Gardner
2176875
The faucet needs to be left in the on position. It wont run constantly, just when the water level drops. The valve will allow it too fill and then shut back off.
1906753
Surface tension of the water causes it to stick to the inside of the top part of this diverter where it is "hooked" to the outside trough of the bottom section. Leaves and other debris go straight down the center. Of course if it is raining hard enough and there is an overwhelming amount of water, some will go down the center.
1260834
Unfortunately I dont know what a diverter is as I had it professionally installed. Prrssure from the rain fall portion is satisfying, its obviouslynot the same as the massage shower sets but much more gentle. The shower head however has much more powerful stream. The rainfall part is steady and cannot b regulated except for the angle but the shower head has a mechanism that you can easily loosen for vertical adjustments. I personally love this shower.
1906749
It will go into the barrel until the barrel is full. Only then will it continue down the spout. We would use the water in the garden, so very rarely did it actually use the spout. Very happy with it
1128290
I have only used it under a downspout. I would guess it would fill at half the rate of the rainfall--in other words, if your area received 4 inches of rain, you would only get two inches of water in the barrel. Chances are if you are getting enough rain to fill the barrel in an open space, you don't need the barrel for water conservation purposes. My two cents.
429393
It didn't. The screen at the top allows the water to enter the rain barrel from the down spout. Perhaps if you have it directly under the down spout it eill fill directly into the barrel.
1708506
We use ours on a spout with a pull down diverter. It works fine. It's a little more difficult to pull the spout down as it is slightly covered, but it works fine!
203997
The diverter just diverts the water to a secondary outlet (in my case a hand sprayer). There is one master volume that controls the temperature consistently for both.
2119979
The flow can be controlled from the rain head, the jets and the wand by how you turn the diverterknob...either partial or full...bill
1064256
I set mine beneath the gutter on my patio cover, removed the downspout part of the gutter, added a rain chain to extend from the opening in the gutter down to the barrel, placed a fish weight on the end of the chain where it meets the barrel top (to keep the chain from shifting around with the wind or force of the falling water) and then I enjoy watching the rain travel right down the chain into the barrel. I did not make any holes in the barrel screen. There may be some splatter in a hard rain and when the barrel is full, but it is not really a problem.
399454
Each end of the hose that goes from the divertor to the rain barrel must be at the same elevation. That is what causes the water to stop flowing to the barrel when it gets full. If the divertor end were higher than the top of the barrel, the barrel woud overflow.
630756
Yes it will drip from the spout. If you pull it part way you will get half the water in spout and half in the tap. When you pull it completely it does divert all the water to the shower put often some minimal dripping.
2154758
Actually it doesn't. They way is made the barrel gets full first and then the rest go down the drain. This year I decided to add a second barrel and they both get full. I water my green house and all my vegetable and flowers around the house. this is great.
1906755
Most of the water will, but that's the way it's designed. Have You ever notice how much water comes down a gutter spout during a full rain? It's a huge quantity. I have two 50 gallon water drums on just one downspout, and in one rainfall it filled both barrels easily. The design of the diverter, has an inside water catch, allowing the majority of water to go down the gutter, the remaining into the barrels. Simply put, it works perfectly, and it's inexpensive.