Cistern No Gutters

The cistern typically located underground may be constructed of various materials including cinderblock reinforced concrete or precast concrete fiberglass or steel.

Cistern no gutters.

It is more important that you have unrestricted flow into the cistern. Half round gutters rest in brackets screwed to the fascia. Put them where they need to be. This technique is usually only used when there s no fascia board.

I chose to use 2x6 material because i had it handy but if you choose to u. A system of gutters and downspouts directs the rainwater collected by the roof to the storage cistern. K style gutters can be spiked or screwed to the fascia. Sweep all debris from the roof and gutters leading to the chosen downspout by using a broom.

The rain will collect in gutters that channel the water into downspouts and then into some sort of storage vessel. Rainwater harvesting is collecting the run off from a structure or other impervious surface in order to store it for later use. Traditionally this involves harvesting the rain from a roof. If you join too many downspouts before they enter the cistern you could have a constriction that would be problematic.

I got the used drum locally for 15 and the wood came from my scrap bin. Cistern covers are 2 x2 and are cast in the floor. This is a cistern i made from some pressure treated 2x6 material and a 55 gallon plastic juice drum. Remember that the x section of a 4 pipe is twice that of a 3 pipe.