posted 10 years ago
More details about your water need, and your land situation, would help with suggestions. Usually the cheapest way to collect water is using earthworks, but that isn't much good on a city lot, for example...
If you need to stick with roof collection, and you're near a city/town, and able to watch closely and respond fast, your cheapest option of all would be to snag a free shed or 3 off craigslist or the local alternative. I've seen a few pass by here, but they go *very* quick in my area.
I've built a tool-shelter out of an old pickup canopy with four tall fenceposts and a couple pallets; it could be angled to mostly drain into a barrel if desired. Quick, crude, ugly, but the fibreglass/aluminum canopy will last ages, and very cheap to do. Canopies are much easier to get for free than sheds.
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