Perhaps, in the world there is no summer resident, whose arsenal has never been a metal barrel. Even if it is not entirely used for other purposes, even if was an ornament for the flower beds or just standing in the farthest corner of the garden, but it was. And it is a fact. But still the most commonly used metal barrels for storage and accumulation of water, because not all country sites can boast the presence of running water.
But, anyway, nothing in the world is not eternal and beloved barrel - is no exception. Over time, its walls are formed plaque, rust, cracks and holes. With the advent of the last barrel is already can not be used to store water, and its easy to write off.
What is now proposed to make to you, I will help to store water and even leaky leaky barrels.
Oddly enough, there is no magic here, we just need to Buy 200-liter plastic bags. In a typical supermarket they can hardly find, but in the construction - probably, even more options will be offered. Packaging of such bags placed within $ 100, agree well, mere pennies, in comparison with the purchase of new metal drums. As for density, I took 45 microns, but I think it is unlikely that size packages will make of flimsy film.
We take our tattered barrel and one plastic bag, performed with them the same manipulation as you do with trash bags and trash, ie Wrap the bag inside the barrel. And voila! A water storage tank ready for use again.
To the edge of the bags do not slip from the rim of the barrel, you can fix them using unnecessary hose. To do this, cut it along one side and consolidate their pocket bag at the edges. So you can get rid of one more problem that I am personally concerned about the often - thanks to sharp hose rim barrel "hidden" under the rubber layer and will no longer push arm when spoonable water from the bottom barrels.
That's the way with the help of imagination, you can easily give an old barrel of a new life.