Need help building piecing together a watering bucket

[RenoKrizp]

Hey all. Hoping someone can help me build a watering can that I can screw a decent hose attachment to and get to watering. I don't want to attach a hose to my sink. I want to put a hose on a garbage can I think.? What kind of fittings and pump would I need to make that happen? If anyone can steer me in the right direction I'd truly appreciate it. Thanks

 

[Nefar]

My town gave us water barrels to catch run off from gutters. I brought one of those down in my basement. 55 gallons. If you were going to use a garbage can or some other container and wanted a hose connection you would be looking for a spigot. Easy install drill, put through, seal. If you would even need one. I dont see why you could not just put a pump at the bottom and feed it right through top of barrel. Pump size going to depend on your setup.

 

[greenmachine29]

Easy to grab a bottom draw pump and screw it to a hose and watering wand.

 

[LoboGrow]

Easy to grab a bottom draw pump and screw it to a hose and watering wand.

Exactly this. Mix up your water, drop the pump in, hit the switch and start watering

 

[HBZ]

I have a 55 gallon drum..Have a air stone always running...I put a smaller water pump in the bottom ran hose to a split valve so it recirculating is constant..I keep that valve 3/4 closed..down past that valve a have hose that reaches everything...The end of that hose has a ball valve with a piece of hose ran down thru a piece of PVC with another ball valve ...So It's like a long wand

 

[DemonTrich]

I use a 55gal brute commercial garbage can. It's been in ise for 10yrs. I use a 3gal bucket to scoop out water. You can fashion a spigot on the bottom to drain or secure a hose to it.

 

[Mr Jay]

That particular piece of Hardware is commonly referred to as a bulkhead fitting

Regard the image and the bottom right hand corner. It is labeled as a 'slip', because the inside is threadless.
The Suiwoton selection is labeled NPT because of the internal thread - those are the ones I like. With a little pipe dope on there you can take them apart and put them back together as required.

They come with gaskets for a reason ; you will need no silicone for this project.

If you have gravity at your house, then you don't need a pump. Gravity will siphon water through a three-quarter inch hose at 11 gallons per minute. If my math is correct , that's about five or six gallons a second.


1 inch NPT to 3/4" Barb fitting.
( will look similar to this)



3/4-in Automotive heater hose is luxurious and expensive, but it will last forever in this application. It's nice and supple, easy to work with.

Your shut off valve will be the most expensive component in this circuit.
Don't be afraid to splurge on a nice one, you will resent buying a cheap one every time you turn the tap.
Mount the valve nice and securely, for easy one-handed operation.

 

[Mr Jay]

Also, I am hella cheap. I would not buy a valve for this project.
I would give myself 8 ft of hose.
Secure it to the wall above the water line when not in use.

 

[DemonTrich]

If you put a spigot or the above bulkhead fitting near the bottom, gravity should supply enough "force" to allow for watering w/o any pump.

 

[LoboGrow]

Also, I am hella cheap. I would not buy a valve for this project.
I would give myself 8 ft of hose.
Secure it to the wall above the water line when not in use.View attachment 229060

Always love the illustration!!

 

[greenmachine29]

Hey all. Hoping someone can help me build a watering can that I can screw a decent hose attachment to and get to watering. I don't want to attach a hose to my sink. I want to put a hose on a garbage can I think.? What kind of fittings and pump would I need to make that happen? If anyone can steer me in the right direction I'd truly appreciate it. Thanks

What found of water do you need daily?
The easiest way I’ve found is some iteration of a filtered water source filling a reservoir. Bottom should have bulkhead fitting to some type of shutoff spigots. You can get a barbed fittings to make it easy. The top of res should have an opening large enough for bottom draw pump to drop in if needed. Or you can fill buckets for hand watering as needed.

Recently I’ve been useing a five gallon bucket with bottom draw pump and hose with wand to water 60 1 gallons pots in a 4x8 and it was a breeze from just one accessible side. Super nice to be mobile. The pump for this application is fairly small. Like a 250gph or so hydro pump

 

[RenoKrizp]

I want everything. Lol. Just not all practical in my setting. Eventually plan on getting a conical shaped reservoir to hold my RO water. I need a decent amount of water a week. I would say a 55 gal would be sufficient for me now. I have been watering my soil plants with tap water that's air stoned for at least 24 hrs. Eventually I will buy a better RO system for my basement water needs. For now I'm watering with a rechargeable wand that I got from Amazon. It's decent but it don't have the power . Thanks everyone for your advice. I will probably just put a pump in the can with a sprayer attachment for now.

 

[Willie]

I use a 55gal brute commercial garbage can. It's been in ise for 10yrs. I use a 3gal bucket to scoop out water. You can fashion a spigot on the bottom to drain or secure a hose to it.

Those 55 gallon Brute cans are the bomb. You can pass them down to future generations with your cast iron and such I got two 55's and a 44 and a 32. Indestructible.

 

[Willie]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C9A382A/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_10?th=1

 

[DemonTrich]

Those 55 gallon Brute cans are the bomb. You can pass them down to future generations with your cast iron and such I got two 55's and a 44 and a 32. Indestructible.

I had a 33gal brute for 5yrs, then needed lots more water, and grabbed a 55gal. I have an air pump to bubble the water going on 8yrs 24/7 operation. Now the 33 is a wood cut-off storage bin.