Those barrels are super cheap in my area. They are used for olive oil, so they are food grade and often are $5 or $10 apiece. The rest of this could be added over time
Thank you so much. What a great cheap way to collect rain water. You can just keep adding barrels when you got spare money Water is too important to waste.
The video is well done .. but I have a question,are asphalt shingles risky for water collection ? I have them too and read up a little on it and it is not advised so tell me what you think ?
This is a very good ide, that is if you have all the barrels laying about and big roof space. A much more convenient and constant water source is to drill a small water well and use that to water your garden, less space is taken up by it and it costs less if you drill it yourself
Recently had a new roof put on and the roofing company recommended not using water from asphalt shingle roofs in general due to poisons introduced into the water from the composition shingles. They recommended only certain types of metal roofs be use. Did you have your water tested? Good results?
TR Branch, that is a dam good point you raise there. I wander how many people actually take that into account. I am thinking of coating my roof with some none toxic pond seal resin that is safe for fish. Maybe 2-3 coats. Great Comment dude!!!
I seem to remember concern about asphalt shingles as well in regards to water catchment systems. Can't remember though if it was because you wouldn't want to drink it, or it makes the water less desirable for gardens as well.
Good point, however I run my gutters to the ditches in front of my house and it’s a battle to keep the weeds down, so maybe when the roof is new there might be nastys coming off it, but this dosnt seem to have any affect on weed growth
Boil the water using either solar or a water heater sitting in a wood fire. It evaporates into a separate completely clean container to use for whatever you like.
Hahaha my work has food grade barrels all the time they throw out. Probably 5+ 50 gallon a week. I grabbed 3 to use for storage and wash/soak barrels for hide processing never thought of this cool!
And busted ballets are often thrown out.....now the expensive part to but my own land that I can do this to. No apparent wants this stuff outside plus no garden to need it
While this is a great idea, it might be more cost effective and easier to just get one large IBC tank and forego all of the extra plumbing. You can also enclose it in a small tasteful shed or covering.
@@AverageCarGuy IBC(intermediate bulk container) tanks are those (typically white) plastic tanks you see inside a steel cage. Used for transport of any and mostly all liquids.
@@twinkyisland We bought our IBC off farmers near us.They sell on the cheap to get rid of them.We have 3 right now catching the water coming out of the gutters and we are going to get another one or two.We survived the "Irish Drought" last summer because of this,more specially our gardens survived as we had loads of water stored up,when the hose pipe ban was started for like 2 months straight.
The pull of gravity doesnt increase just because you got it on blocks. Try pouring water out of your water bottle in a second floor vs on first floor. You need a longer hose then more vertical length of hose can help pull water out because the hose is effectively increasing the height of your container. Fwiw.
In Aquaponics systems they use swirl filters to run debris free water into the basins while dropping the sediment to the bottom of the filter without screening. The bottom of the filter has a purge valve you open to flush out the debris. Clearly for the amount of water you're capturing you'll need a larger scale swirl filter to accomplish the same job but it would save you have to inspect individual screen filters and scraping them clean.
I have a question. I always read that you don’t want to collect rain off a tar shingle roofs cause it lets of some toxins into the water, i realize you’re not drinking this but can it harm your vegetables garden? Great video saving for when I do my rain catch.
This is excellent. I am glad to see your barrels hanging over a bit cuz mine does too and I was wondering if it would create pressure on the barrel. So far so good. Mine is in my hallway! 😏
Just take it 1 step/ process at a time... easy to get overwhelmed when looking at the entire finished product. There are plenty of online videos to help... to design, build & repair...some explain well in talking, others using text... I found using fewer adjectives in searches gets more results... i.e. "pvc" vs. "3/4" pressurized exterior use pvc"... narrow it down with adjectives as you start finding needed answers. EVERYONE makes mistakes... don't let fear of that stop you. Every "oops" is a learning tool for the next time.
Thank you for the video one big big question what about the winter time and water freezing? I guess you would not use this system in the winter obviously.
Save / bank a little at a time. Use the time until purchase to do the research and homework for your project. Even acquire needed small bits & pieces like pvc cement... washers, plastic etc. so that it is NOT an overwhelming expense... all at once.
I really liked your system and every description throughout the video, your channel is great! I have a question though I can't help asking here, I don't know, maybe I'm missing something: What do you mean by "By elevating the barrels with concrete blocks or building a stand, the pull of gravity is increased thus increasing water flow through the exit valve"? The way I see it, putting the barrels on top of a stand has only 2 advantages: (1) It leaves space space below for pipes. (2) If the tanks are running out of water, depending on the height of the stand, you would have it a little easier or a lot more regarding the height of the hose (example: if you raised the hose above the water level in the tanks you would find trouble pulling out that water) Again, the video is fantastic and I can tell you put a lot of work on everything, thanks so much for sharing!
Great video. I would like to catch water for my garden with a 55 gal garbage bin. Problem is that it will not seal. Any suggestions as to how do I address the mosquito problem? Thanks,
Edwin Howell, CPA, you definitely do want want to have an opening big enough for mosquito's to get in, but you also do not want an airtight seal as the water tank needs an air-vent to allow the water to freely escape. My containers came with lids tight enough to keep insects out but still allow air into the system, otherwise I would have drilled holes and covered them with screen material. Gorilla tape may be a solution for any gaps in your system. Dan
Not reliably Sand and charcoal filters will not filter out viruses. Remember that birds and other critters even rats might poop on the roof. You would PROBABLY be ok, but depending on other factors the risk might be higher.
Great idea I have some left over xl metal I beam I think I'll make one 5 ft with a free span on the front and 500 gallon totes on top which can be sourced for free
This setup only works in warmer climates. For colder, you'd have to burry it below the frost line, or use a thermostat and heating to prevent it from dropping below freezing.
Build a shed or if you own the home have the down spout run through the wall of your garage. This is a great idea for those who live in states that will fine or arrest for collecting rain Water. Get your rain water nobody knows you are collecting and keep it above freezing temps
A little careful. They're spreading chemtrails (jets that leave two trials of smoke) in the sky, spreading heavy metals like barrium, aluminum, etc to contaminate sky and clouds.
Sir- First off, thank you so much for this informative video. I really appreciate the text and the explanations.Two questions:Is PVC pipe freezing a concern in the high desert (3,000-5,000 ft elevation) and if so, how do you protect against that- just wrap the pipes in a sleeve?do you have any issues with algae growth- and if not why, if so, how do you mitigate it, since you do not add chlorine?
If one can. In an arid climate collect as much water as you can using tarp, roof...during one single rainstorm you can collect enough water till the next rainfall. Every drop counts and is better than watching the rain just drop and disappear. Make American desert green again!
Where do you find food-grade barrels to use? You indicated that you found them online and they were local but I would not know where to start to look for something in my area. Any help is appreciated.
Black water pipe flows into Lulu My method will enlarge the funnel before it flows into the big bucket. I installed the cloth in the big funnel to remove it.
Sorry for my ignorance here. I may be thinking of this wrong. But the way the valves are positioned here. How do you isolate 1 barrel? I would have thought the valve would be before the T junction? Otherwise you need two valves to isolate 1 barrel? Or am I looking at this wrong?
Quick question - Any reason you didnt just connect the barrels at the bottom that way they would drain equally using one spigot instead of needing 2 spigots?
If he did that the connection would need to be water tight. In the video it looks like he just cut a hole in the barrels and stuck some sort of tube in there. That's a lot easier to do and he only misses out on a couple inches.
Looks great . I just appliied for a patent on a very unique and effective method of getting all that rainwater to your plants ,. A far better way than than using watering cans .and will be making them obsolute very soon ! Just felt like telling some people this today .
Hi Dan I am a new gardener and have watched and appreciate your inciteful videos. My only available water source here in Oracle Arizona is city water. I can collect water from the roof but we get such a low amount of rain I would like to come up with a better solution. Your other videos show you adding I believe vitamin c to the water to stabilize or counter react the use of chlorine in our tap water. I am retired and have lots of time. Any suggestions? I have quite a few plants and would like to water them with water that is not harmful to the living soil. Our daytime temps in the summertime can get over 100 degrees with single digit humidity. We are at almost 5000 feet in elevation. My daily water use in the summer that is quickly approaching is currently around 1500 gallons.
Research Brad Lancaster. He is from Tuscon, Arizona and has many unique ways to harvest the rain using landscape methods. You can find him on UA-cam. He also wrote a book you can find on Amazon.
I love these kind of rain water harvesting because it will be very useful for our future generation
This is one of the best presentations I've seen. Many times the speaker is difficult to understand and this presentation is written format. Thank you.
I've watched many many rain barrel related videos.... yours is excellent!!
Wow this is a nice clean setup. I want to eventually live off grid and it's great to see these type of things and different ways of doing it.
Great video. Nice music on the background but not overwhelming. Written instructions are the best! Thank you for sharing!
Perfect video.Concise, straightforward, and to the point. Excellent!
Excellent video. It's refreshing to see somebody do the music correctly, it was just right.
greatest and very educative video ever seen here, thanks for inspiring me.
Good job. I will definitely "read" it repeatedly in order to make a rain barrel. The text makes it easier for me to understand the steps. Thank you.
Very well done! The music was cool and not overpowering, and I loved the written format. Concise and to the point. I subscribed.
Thank you for the feedback and for subscribing! Cheers!
I agree!
I have the majority of the stuff to do this......THANK YOU for showing me how!!!
This is quite amazing. Thank you! I'll be using all your tips here.
I'm an amateur when it comes to DIY and you've made this very easy to follow :)
It's 2024 and I am scared to price it out yet I absolutely love the way you did it! Great video, thank you.
Those barrels are super cheap in my area. They are used for olive oil, so they are food grade and often are $5 or $10 apiece. The rest of this could be added over time
Thank you so much. What a great cheap way to collect rain water.
You can just keep adding barrels when you got spare money
Water is too important to waste.
Well done! If I hadn’t already developed a five barrel system, I would definitely incorporate many of your ideas.
What about chemicals leaching from shingles ? Like the system but collecting from shingle roof is bad idea .
I plan to run my collected water through a Berkey type filter system for drinking water.
Tim roof and copper gutters would prolly be way better aye
Very resourceful idea,, you value rain water....
I especially like the compost tea part! Thanks for this vid!
one of the best structure and designed more importantly well presented !!!, have you had any plan to purified to make in drinkable?
Dan Great video, instructions were very clear, and pictures were great. Thanks for this video.
Elegant setup!
The video is well done .. but I have a question,are asphalt shingles risky for water collection ? I have them too and read up a little on it and it is not advised so tell me what you think ?
This is great stuff. Definitely giving me ideas.
Excellent and many thanks! Best I’ve seen !
I must say. This was very dope to watch. Don't understand all of it, but my goodness this was dope.
MrTheguy1111 Dope?! Use English, not ghetto slang. You know that YT is an international medium, don't you?!
Holy shit ur an asshole let him talk the way he likes
I'm overseas. Could someone explain the meaning of dope in this context please?
I really aspire to build a system like this. I like diy projects and the way things were described was perfect.
Excellent job and well documented, thanks!
Great video, and I absolutely love the music.
This is a very good ide, that is if you have all the barrels laying about and big roof space. A much more convenient and constant water source is to drill a small water well and use that to water your garden, less space is taken up by it and it costs less if you drill it yourself
Wow, this is amazing!!
Thank you again for another great learning opportunity. I wish I could do things like this.
You can...all it takes is patience and a little determination
Very good! Could you please tell me Where did you get such a big plastic bucket? Thanks.
Very well produced tutorial! Easy to follow & concise. Thank you! I just subscribed to your channel.
GREAT IDEA.............WELL DONE...........
I LOVED IT😁😁😁😁😁😙😙😙👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖👌👌👌👌👌
Love the music, love the info, love the build! well done mate!
Recently had a new roof put on and the roofing company recommended not using water from asphalt shingle roofs in general due to poisons introduced into the water from the composition shingles. They recommended only certain types of metal roofs be use. Did you have your water tested? Good results?
TR Branch, that is a dam good point you raise there. I wander how many people actually take that into account. I am thinking of coating my roof with some none toxic pond seal resin that is safe for fish. Maybe 2-3 coats. Great Comment dude!!!
I seem to remember concern about asphalt shingles as well in regards to water catchment systems. Can't remember though if it was because you wouldn't want to drink it, or it makes the water less desirable for gardens as well.
Good point, however I run my gutters to the ditches in front of my house and it’s a battle to keep the weeds down, so maybe when the roof is new there might be nastys coming off it, but this dosnt seem to have any affect on weed growth
ua-cam.com/video/zu6FZYbqCc0/v-deo.html Safe or not? Theory lab. tested.
Boil the water using either solar or a water heater sitting in a wood fire. It evaporates into a separate completely clean container to use for whatever you like.
Great Video, enjoy the silence too, like those primitive videos where they don't talk! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, easy to create and not very expensive.
Hahaha my work has food grade barrels all the time they throw out. Probably 5+ 50 gallon a week. I grabbed 3 to use for storage and wash/soak barrels for hide processing never thought of this cool!
And busted ballets are often thrown out.....now the expensive part to but my own land that I can do this to. No apparent wants this stuff outside plus no garden to need it
any you want to share?
Great job, inspiring, plan on doing something like this in the near future
Than you Yahya Ismail! My plants love rain water. Dan
While this is a great idea, it might be more cost effective and easier to just get one large IBC tank and forego all of the extra plumbing.
You can also enclose it in a small tasteful shed or covering.
themightyparthos what’s an IBC tank?
@@AverageCarGuy IBC(intermediate bulk container) tanks are those (typically white) plastic tanks you see inside a steel cage. Used for transport of any and mostly all liquids.
That's what we do mate and it works great!
@@twinkyisland We bought our IBC off farmers near us.They sell on the cheap to get rid of them.We have 3 right now catching the water coming out of the gutters and we are going to get another one or two.We survived the "Irish Drought" last summer because of this,more specially our gardens survived as we had loads of water stored up,when the hose pipe ban was started for like 2 months straight.
@Mary Murdock NW Ireland overlooking the North Atlantic.It is our small piece of paradise.
The pull of gravity doesnt increase just because you got it on blocks. Try pouring water out of your water bottle in a second floor vs on first floor. You need a longer hose then more vertical length of hose can help pull water out because the hose is effectively increasing the height of your container. Fwiw.
That statement about increasing gravity made me curse out loud. I think they meant increasing potential energy. But for what, I don't know.
In Aquaponics systems they use swirl filters to run debris free water into the basins while dropping the sediment to the bottom of the filter without screening. The bottom of the filter has a purge valve you open to flush out the debris. Clearly for the amount of water you're capturing you'll need a larger scale swirl filter to accomplish the same job but it would save you have to inspect individual screen filters and scraping them clean.
Thanks for the video. I also really appreciate the choice of music, it allows one to focus on the story of the video. Best regards...
Great job!
Please do an update on this system.
What is required pre sub freezing temps? Do all barrels need to be emptied and pipes blown through with pressurized air?
That was a well plannee water collection system! Thanks for the great idea :)
I couldn’t even fill half a water bucket, living here in Las Vegas, Dry, dry, dry. Your so lucky 🍀
I have a question. I always read that you don’t want to collect rain off a tar shingle roofs cause it lets of some toxins into the water, i realize you’re not drinking this but can it harm your vegetables garden? Great video saving for when I do my rain catch.
Isn't the water toxic considering the asphalt shingles?
No, it's not toxic for the plants. This water will not kill your plants.
Great set up thanks for sharing
This is excellent. I am glad to see your barrels hanging over a bit cuz mine does too and I was wondering if it would create pressure on the barrel. So far so good. Mine is in my hallway! 😏
Mehn, after my last water bill, I need this, to help with the garden in the summer.
Wow I like this & wish I could make it for my home.
Just take it 1 step/ process at a time... easy to get overwhelmed when looking at the entire finished product.
There are plenty of online videos to help... to design, build & repair...some explain well in talking, others using text... I found using fewer adjectives in searches gets more results... i.e. "pvc" vs. "3/4" pressurized exterior use pvc"... narrow it down with adjectives as you start finding needed answers.
EVERYONE makes mistakes... don't let fear of that stop you. Every "oops" is a learning tool for the next time.
Good video thanks for the great ideas
thank you for detailed instructions
Curious about winter issues
great system what was the budget to do all that if i may ask?
Thank you for the video one big big question what about the winter time and water freezing? I guess you would not use this system in the winter obviously.
Gonna need those soon, when off grid living becomes a norm for people who oppose government tyranny.
I'm so interested for this idea
Thank you and I subscribed! 😊
This is a great setup. I have something similar in mind but barrels are crazy expensive here.
Save / bank a little at a time. Use the time until purchase to do the research and homework for your project. Even acquire needed small bits & pieces like pvc cement... washers, plastic etc. so that it is NOT an overwhelming expense... all at once.
Love your thoroughness and editing! cheers!
Thank you Val! Cheers!
So clever... Poisoning with the plastic
I really liked your system and every description throughout the video, your channel is great!
I have a question though I can't help asking here, I don't know, maybe I'm missing something:
What do you mean by "By elevating the barrels with concrete blocks or building a stand, the pull of gravity is increased thus increasing water flow through the exit valve"?
The way I see it, putting the barrels on top of a stand has only 2 advantages:
(1) It leaves space space below for pipes.
(2) If the tanks are running out of water, depending on the height of the stand, you would have it a little easier or a lot more regarding the height of the hose (example: if you raised the hose above the water level in the tanks you would find trouble pulling out that water)
Again, the video is fantastic and I can tell you put a lot of work on everything, thanks so much for sharing!
Great video. I would like to catch water for my garden with a 55 gal garbage bin. Problem is that it will not seal. Any suggestions as to how do I address the mosquito problem? Thanks,
Edwin Howell, CPA, you definitely do want want to have an opening big enough for mosquito's to get in, but you also do not want an airtight seal as the water tank needs an air-vent to allow the water to freely escape. My containers came with lids tight enough to keep insects out but still allow air into the system, otherwise I would have drilled holes and covered them with screen material. Gorilla tape may be a solution for any gaps in your system. Dan
what do you do for the winter months?
80% of my town in alaska including my house does this for our house water, drinking, laundry, shower, toilet. my tank is 12,000 gallons
12,000 galloons, wow thats HUGE.....
@@digimaks pretty standard size in ketchikan for water tanks.
How do you connect this to the toilet and kitchen? Planning to copy this system...
Beyond EXCELLENT!!!
this was cool. i wonder if part of that system was a sand style filter would make the water potable..?
If not add some activated charcoal probably could or at least be one step closer
Not reliably Sand and charcoal filters will not filter out viruses. Remember that birds and other critters even rats might poop on the roof. You would PROBABLY be ok, but depending on other factors the risk might be higher.
Great idea I have some left over
xl metal I beam I think I'll make one
5 ft with a free span on the front and 500 gallon totes on top which can be sourced for free
What happens when the weather drops below 32 degrees into the freezing zone ?
This setup only works in warmer climates. For colder, you'd have to burry it below the frost line, or use a thermostat and heating to prevent it from dropping below freezing.
Use an underground cistern and an electric (solar) or manual pump!
Good question though.
Just don’t save the water in the winter
Build a shed or if you own the home have the down spout run through the wall of your garage. This is a great idea for those who live in states that will fine or arrest for collecting rain Water. Get your rain water nobody knows you are collecting and keep it above freezing temps
Drain before the winter.
I've been living on rain water for a few years now. I even drink it after running it thru a Berkey.
A little careful. They're spreading chemtrails (jets that leave two trials of smoke) in the sky, spreading heavy metals like barrium, aluminum, etc to contaminate sky and clouds.
I can't specify but they're related to illuminati. Why would they do it? Because they want to depopulate.
I'm acting no one. Elaborate your point.
Thank you for this! Even I could understand it. I'm saving this video for sure!
Quick question, where should the water pump be located for watering plants? At the beggining or the last barrel?
Wow" what a awesome system! ☔ 👏👏👍☔
Awesome! I am planning on doing something like this, but with ibc totes.
Nice! The ibc totes can make great rainwater tanks. Let us know how it goes.
Seems that the link to the rain barrel bulkhead is not working. Is there an alternative?
I fixed the link. Thank you for the heads up.
Good job 👍
Sir- First off, thank you so much for this informative video. I really appreciate the text and the explanations.Two questions:Is PVC pipe freezing a concern in the high desert (3,000-5,000 ft elevation) and if so, how do you protect against that- just wrap the pipes in a sleeve?do you have any issues with algae growth- and if not why, if so, how do you mitigate it, since you do not add chlorine?
To prevent algae growth you need barrels that do not let in light. You can paint the barrels black to reduce it even more.
If one can. In an arid climate collect as much water as you can using tarp, roof...during one single rainstorm you can collect enough water till the next rainfall. Every drop counts and is better than watching the rain just drop and disappear. Make American desert green again!
great work
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow this a great idea but how many gallons per barrel?
Many sizes available... research online for needed size
Where do you find food-grade barrels to use? You indicated that you found them online and they were local but I would not know where to start to look for something in my area. Any help is appreciated.
where do you purchase your barrels?
The local carwash has them for sale. In my area, the barrels are around $5.
Beautiful!
What do you do when temps get below freezing?
Black water pipe flows into Lulu
My method will enlarge the funnel before it flows into the big bucket. I installed the cloth in the big funnel to remove it.
Good work.
Sorry for my ignorance here. I may be thinking of this wrong. But the way the valves are positioned here. How do you isolate 1 barrel? I would have thought the valve would be before the T junction? Otherwise you need two valves to isolate 1 barrel? Or am I looking at this wrong?
Do those hoses get nasty in sunlight and heat?
Nice system!!
Quick question - Any reason you didnt just connect the barrels at the bottom that way they would drain equally using one spigot instead of needing 2 spigots?
If he did that the connection would need to be water tight. In the video it looks like he just cut a hole in the barrels and stuck some sort of tube in there. That's a lot easier to do and he only misses out on a couple inches.
New subscriber great video. Following love your channel
Wouldn’t all those pipes freeze during a winter storm?
Great video. Thank you 👍🏼
Looks great . I just appliied for a patent on a very unique and effective method of getting all that rainwater to your plants ,. A far better way than than using watering cans .and will be making them obsolute very soon ! Just felt like telling some people this today .
Why would you want a patent on rainwater collection?
Hi Dan
I am a new gardener and have watched and appreciate your inciteful videos. My only available water source here in Oracle Arizona is city water. I can collect water from the roof but we get such a low amount of rain I would like to come up with a better solution. Your other videos show you adding I believe vitamin c to the water to stabilize or counter react the use of chlorine in our tap water. I am retired and have lots of time. Any suggestions? I have quite a few plants and would like to water them with water that is not harmful to the living soil. Our daytime temps in the summertime can get over 100 degrees with single digit humidity. We are at almost 5000 feet in elevation. My daily water use in the summer that is quickly approaching is currently around 1500 gallons.
Research Brad Lancaster. He is from Tuscon, Arizona and has many unique ways to harvest the rain using landscape methods. You can find him on UA-cam. He also wrote a book you can find on Amazon.
@@annswallow1729 Thanks for your help. I will do some research