Faucet for 55 gallon water drum

jaybee - May 4, 2022

Advice

I’m thinking about laying my barrels on the side and installing a faucet in the bung hole. I’m looking at this on Amazon:

I know that the threaded bungholes in the top of the drum are National Pipe Thread. The big one is 2″ NPT. The small one is 3/4″ NPT. This faucet could go in the 2″, but will I need to vent also (went I want to use the water?) I’ve been looking online and I’m stuck – help?

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Don’t you just need a NPT nipple and another valve?

nipple

valve

Or you could just loosen the bung a spec

 

Loosen the bung to vent, you mean?

I appreciate the links – I have a vague idea of what I need but none of the terminology or knowledge to search for it!

 

Here’s a video for an upside down rain barrel with a pipe out the bottom bung to fill it and a vent pipe into the barrel to enable filling.  He said that the threads were standard and found versions that fit at the hardware store.    Maybe you can do something similar.

 

Thanks for the response! I kept searching and ultimately have decided to keep the barrels upright and use a shaker hose – this video is fantastic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idVghLHVHaM