I’m launching a little balcony gardening project that involves water reservoirs. I don’t have much experience with these kinds of projects, so I need a little help.
Due to some dimensional constraints, I will need two regular plastic containers (your typical storage containers), and I was hoping to get away with only including a way to fill one of them. That means I will need to connect it to the other in some way. So I thought I would just drill a hole in both of them and stick a pipe between them.
- What is the best way to drill holes in plastic without risking any splitting?
- How do I make sure that the holes are water sealed afterwards? Can I glue around the pipe and plastic box?
If you use a hole saw I would recommend you drive the drill bit in reverse. It will make a cleaner cut and in general is just nicer to do with plastics.
You could buy some quick fit hose fittings with o-rings and use those to attach the pipe. It’ll work just fine.