How To Make Rain Gutter Chains

I took one link from the chain and cut it in half with bolt cutters.

How to make rain gutter chains. The rain chain usually comes with an attachment a v shaped piece of thick wire that allows you to hang it from the hole of the gutter. Rain chains are not only beautiful simple to make with few tools and materials but they can also turn gutter system downspouts into beautiful environmentally friendly features. Some of the most interesting rain chains can be made by linking together pieces of old scrap metal or discarded metal items. If your budget is tight consider making this diy plastic cup rain chain.

Take a mini s hook and loop it through one end of a 12 inch chain piece and into the drainage hole of the terra cotta pot. Dig a hole slightly wider than the width of your pot and at least 6 deep directly underneath the downspout outlet. Decide where the rain chain will be hung and install a downspout outlet in the gutter in the desired location. There are a lot of ways that you could hang the chains from your gutter.

Connect a second piece of chain to the other side of the s hook and continue adding pots. Additionally rain chains offer the benefit of being visually pleasing water features which enhance a home s appearance. Then i held the top link of the rain chains up to he bottom side of the hole in the gutter. It is gorgeous and has such a lovely rustic look to it.

The first kusari doi were created in the 1600s to adorn. Scrap metal will most likely be harder to work with than copper or aluminum so take extra care when shaping or drilling holes in your pieces. Rain chains originated in japan where they have adorned houses and temples for hundreds of years. Flip the pot upside down and.

I decided to just use a half link of the chain on the top side of the gutter. Step 3 position the half wine barrel under the rain chain and fill it with water. Turn these cute galvanized buckets into a diy bucket rain chain. You just bend your spoons or forks into place and then position them however you want them to create the chain for your water to travel over.

Fill the hole with the stone. Use copper tubing and stones to make this beautiful natural rain chain. There they are called kusari doi or chain gutter.