This Woodward or Cedar Panel RainBench DIY Kit is for someone with basic DIY carpentry and plumbing skills. Save cash on shipping so you can go on that vacation you deserve. Buy lumber & hardware locally to support Hank down the road, (and for the cedar panel, show Home Depot a lil love)
or better yet, use recycled construction waste and blow everyone's mind with how ridiculously environmentally conscious and brilliant you are.
you could throw a flat 4'x 4' piece on top and make it into a rain dining patio table - See? I told you their minds will be blown.
Materials purchased separately: This will vary depending on the kit, but there is a detailed shopping list with estimated pricing (varies by region) included in each set of plans. The Cedar Panel will end up costing more because they are pre-made panels and, well, even though it is "free shipping" from homedepot.com, you are still paying more for shipping (they just include it in the price)...
And hey, this is all made by one of your neighbors in the USA, so that's nice.
- A saw, a drill and a pencil
In one bench! Yes, that is correct. This one bench, when you buy the lumber locally according to the shopping list included--
(or better yet have your local handyman or carpenter do it!)
Shown right: different materials, same 280 gal kit. Those plans coming soon!
One bench can hold as much as 5 (FIVE) rain barrels. And look, and function, so much better. 
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