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I bought a whiskey barrel water characteristic today, which has two half barrels, a massive one at the bottom and a small one at the top. The pump goes in the bottom firkin, pumps the water up to the top one, which then enable the feature to work by overflowing out of a cast pump. However, both barrels I hold been told by the company, will leak until they own been given time to 'swell' and fill out as they enjoy been kept in a dry environment for storage. I enjoy tried putting water in them but it gushes out, contained by fact water doesn't even stay within them. What is the best way to make them 'swell' quicker than the expected 3 weeks to a month that the supplier reckon it will take? You can see daylight through some of the barrel!!

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Answers:    wrap polythene round the outside to hold the hose down until the barrel expands
You will need something bigger than the vat to soak the barrel in to see it to swell. You will need something to weight it down. Good luck.x you can run silocon contained by side of gaps then swarm or place base in plastic loads and fill with hose and keep topping up they will soon swell