Cistern No Gutters

Cistern covers are 2 x2 and are cast in the floor.

Cistern no gutters. A system of gutters and downspouts directs the rainwater collected by the roof to the storage cistern. The water was collected from the roof gutters. Put them where they need to be. 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. I chose to use 2x6 material because i had it handy but if you choose to u. It is more important that you have unrestricted flow into the cistern. The water might have been used by the household if there was no city water at the time.

Install standard size mesh gutter covers over the entire gutter that will lead into the cistern. This is a cistern i made from some pressure treated 2x6 material and a 55 gallon plastic juice drum. The rain will collect in gutters that channel the water into downspouts and then into some sort of storage vessel. Traditionally this involves harvesting the rain from a roof.

Sweep all debris from the roof and gutters leading to the chosen downspout by using a broom. Remember that the x section of a 4 pipe is twice that of a 3 pipe.