Tijeras Rain Barrel Company builds professional grade rain barrels. There is no way a garden hose or two, or even three, can handle the water from a common downspout in a heavy rain. If the excess water is not properly eliminated, it will overwhelm the inlet and run down the barrel wall to undermine the barrel's base, or worse, flow into the house!

All of our overflows terminate in a common U.S. Standard 1-1/2" female pipe thread. From this large professional outlet, your local hardware can supply many options to move the extra water wherever you want it (such as into a vegetable or flower garden).