Meakanu
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I built a prety sweet watering system today and took some photos of what I did. Worked well!
Step 1: make sure you have a secure location on your ceiling to hang the system from. Like a ceiling joist.
Step 2: remove the little plastic rivit deals off the bottom of the 5galon bucket. These are there to keep the bottom from sagging.
Step 3: hang the bucket and add some weight inside of it trying to keep it centered. Use a heat gun on high. I doubt a hair dryer would be hot enough. Apply heat to the bottom of the bucket until it starts to sag. Let it cool or poor water into it to quickly quench.
Step 4: Get a drain plug, I got these from my local grow shop. Cut a hole in the center of the bucket about 1/8” smaller then the threads on the plug.
Step 5: use a tourch and heat/melt the edges of the hole. You want it super soft but not dripping. Simply screw your plug in. Your create threads on the bucket as you screw it in. Let it cool and unscrew it.
Step 6: grind the top lip of your plug down and cut slots into it. This will allow every drop of water in the bucket to go into the hose.
Step 7: wrap threads on plug with Teflon and a little pipe dope and screw it back in.
Step 8: add a hose and a valve and some sorta stiffer hose to the last 1-2ft. I simply slid some irrigation line over the 3/4” clear hose.
Step 9: test for leaks. I had a few leaks but I also didn’t use pipe dope because I didn’t have any. So I plastic welded the drain plug to the bucket. Not necessariy if you got silicon and or pipe dope. But I improvised.
Step 10: use it!
Step 1: make sure you have a secure location on your ceiling to hang the system from. Like a ceiling joist.
Step 2: remove the little plastic rivit deals off the bottom of the 5galon bucket. These are there to keep the bottom from sagging.
Step 3: hang the bucket and add some weight inside of it trying to keep it centered. Use a heat gun on high. I doubt a hair dryer would be hot enough. Apply heat to the bottom of the bucket until it starts to sag. Let it cool or poor water into it to quickly quench.
Step 4: Get a drain plug, I got these from my local grow shop. Cut a hole in the center of the bucket about 1/8” smaller then the threads on the plug.
Step 5: use a tourch and heat/melt the edges of the hole. You want it super soft but not dripping. Simply screw your plug in. Your create threads on the bucket as you screw it in. Let it cool and unscrew it.
Step 6: grind the top lip of your plug down and cut slots into it. This will allow every drop of water in the bucket to go into the hose.
Step 7: wrap threads on plug with Teflon and a little pipe dope and screw it back in.
Step 8: add a hose and a valve and some sorta stiffer hose to the last 1-2ft. I simply slid some irrigation line over the 3/4” clear hose.
Step 9: test for leaks. I had a few leaks but I also didn’t use pipe dope because I didn’t have any. So I plastic welded the drain plug to the bucket. Not necessariy if you got silicon and or pipe dope. But I improvised.
Step 10: use it!
