Easy DIY Rain Water Catchment System
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2022
- This is the easiest way to set up a rain water catchment system. It only takes about 45 minutes install. I bought the 55 gal barrel, the faucet with connector and screen from the Barrel Superstore. Website link: barrelsuperstore.com/ (no affiliate but good people)
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THIS is the video I have been looking for, for our bugging in situation. Perfect. Thank you for showing all of the steps/equipment...etc.
I appreciate you so much Mr. Sootch!
Valuable information.
Have 2 rain collection systems, by the house with a rainwater diverter. By the garden hooked to the downspout. Put them in for watering plants, but nice having the extra water for emergencies. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a great system, Don! Two suggestions for added supplies - a pair of gloves and a metal file for working with the gutter. Aluminum makes nasty cuts and can leave burrs to clean up for better fitting.
Gloves….. calluses solve that problem. It’s Fathers Day be a man.
Gloves which cover the wrists
@@newsnowadirondacksredux360 calluses are not as tough as you think ... I've had mine rip open and bleeding. Not worth the risk
@@newsnowadirondacksredux360 What is a man?
@@newsnowadirondacksredux360 yeah, dead & injured fathers are better off, as are their wives & children....good god, seriously.
I have two of these at my house. They are amazing for consumable water as well as watering your vegetable garden.
Great video. I have two 275 gallon IBC totes as rain water collectors and a couple 55 gallon barrels in the garage filled as well. 10 cases of bottle water and a WaterBob too. Water is so important!!!
Thank you so much, I have found two different types of 55 gal. barrels. Now because of your video I am old godly widow woman can very easily make rain catch system.
Perfect timing for me. I was just talking to my son about doing this for my garden.
Good simple catchment system. You can "parallel" barrels by connecting them together through the hose spigots.
Great video Don. Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise.
Thank you for letting me know about the Barrel Superstore. They are great people and their prices are fantastic.
Did the same idea with a 30 gallon barrel and used it at the garden shed to water the garden. Made a fertilizer mix with some fresh cow manure in a burlap bag in the barrel. Added a spigot at the side of the barrel and hooked up a soaker hose to feed the garden. Added a piece of sewer and drain pipe which I attached to inside the top for the gutter downspout Added a tee at the top for overflow and put a 4 inch plastic ball in the pipe to use as a stopper so the barrel would not leak out the top. Once it floated to the top it sent the flow out the overflow pipe without letting any of the manure tea out. Went out three times a week to soak the garden. Great garden for the last 6 years.
Make a video of it. Sounds interesting
Thank you!! We have been working on a rain catchment system. This video is very helpful!!
Great video!! I think I’m gonna rethink my decorative rain barrels that didn’t have a removable top for cleaning!
Love this. It's simple enough. Ty!
*If I'm going to drink it, I think I'd like it coming off a steel roof though, to avoid chemicals from other roofing materials.
That was great!! Simple and right to the point! Thanks for sharing this! 👍🏻🇺🇲
This is my next project , i live in the Stanislaus county in a home but the bills are so high we barely make it so im living like homestead ❤thanks so much for the life videos!
Great tutorial
Hey its you. Indeed great
If you can’t install a simple rain barrel you are not a man
That's awesome Sootch! Got my next project.
thanks for the links too! I've been wanting to get something like this done this summer
3 years without bacon, 3 months without a shower, 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 minutes without air, 3 seconds without youtube
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Wow, you're pretty tough, I could never go that long without bacon....lol
And one second with out smart phone panic start kick inside breath start lower just to have forgotten at home or battery flat and no electricity
3 milisecs in an imploding submersible💀
Plumber tip. Flip roll of tape over then wrap threads so it doesnt unroll itself!!🤘🙌 makes easier to wrap it tighter around threads. Just make sure wrap the direction that fitting turn which Don did do..
Unfortunately that Barrel store is going out of business. Fantastic video short and to the point with shown instructions. Thank you!
Great simple set up we get a lot of rain here in Ireland
A little late to the show, but thanks very much for sharing. Great video, I need to do this for my shed . Thanks again!
I got a flowing point well, but was looking at rain barrels to use as a stand pipe for my ram pump. Plus can use to keep stuff cool too. I will get a metal barrel if keeping food in it because bear.
Simple demo, well done. 👍💯
Easy system, That's how I will be doing it except I will place the barrel on cinder blocks. Thanks for sharing.
Been watching this channel for at least 9yrs. Never disappoints
Suggestion: flex gutter extensions- allows for you to set downspout to the side for the first few minutes of rain (let debris runoff to the side) , then put downspout on intake screen
Or just place a kitchen dish over the screen.
You can use that flex pipe to also put the barrel in more custom places, like off to the side instead of at the corner of the house
Great catchment system. Thanks.
Great Video sootch. If you plan on running a hose off that hose bib I would the the spigot up or sideways. Or raise the tank.
Great video. Thank you for posting. Sent to a few like minded friends.
Great video! Thanks for the information.
Nice video! Thanks for posting
Am I the only one who laughed at 2:40 when he said “bunghole”?
Thanks for the link Sootchums
Thanks for stopping by!
Been looking at how I want to go with mine . Cousin built one slightly elevated. He was disappointed about the pressure but it is gravity flow . Love the stacked stone. Cap on the nozzle is great . Spiders love hoses and spigots. Have a great evening
Look on the Pinterest app. For tons of ideas and designs. But an elevated design works better for building slight gravity pressure, and allows buckets underneath.
And, yes bugs will clog up the spigot when not used often!
For $60 you can get a 1,600 gallon per hour vevor pump. Could turn your rainwater catch into a pretty high pressure hose for washing cars or the garden or what have you
Wrong snips are a great way of slicing your hand up!
Haaaaaa, and a drywall saw…….
Excellent tutorial!
Good advice on never drinking that water without extreme filtering and treatment. Birds and other animals poop on the roof and all that stuff filters down with that water. Also bacteria, protozoa, and larvae will start growing in that water. Filter and treat it if you have to use it.
Also make sure it is sealed from mosquitos so you don't create a larva pit.
Exactly. Bird poo is one thing, and microorganisms will breed in that water. But there are other problems. Roofs are made of different materials, and every roof is in a different stage of decomposition. Thus, microscopic roof particles will also end in that water. Furthermore, some people regularly treat their roof with chemicals to prolong its lifespan.
Home water filters are not designed for water like that. The filter will be contaminated and clogged with microorganisms and other particles. Microorganisms will keep on multiplying in the filter, some may pass through it or their by products. I'm a big fan of this channel, but this video is a bad idea and should be deleted. Otherwise some people will suffer because of it.
@@simplyherbs9873 YES! We have many species of birds here, I saw a bird drinking out of our roofs evestrough. There is lots of >>"bird droppings (sh¡t)"
SW ~Look at my post above ☝️.
@@simplyherbs9873 A Big Berkery won't filter all that out? Thanks for the info. Thinking that a better idea to avoid contamination is a tarp positioned away from trees to catch water.
@@simplyherbs9873 Thanks for your opinion. So what rain harvesting system do you recommend? Thanks in advance
Great video! Thank you!!!
Also 55 gal drum liners are a nice addition to make cleaning a breeze.
Are they good grade liners? I have white barrels, and I'm worried about algae. Be great to find a black food grade safe liner
Thank you for demonstrating this simple set up. I'm going off-grid and would like to use this set up for shower house. What modifications do I need to make? How could I heat the water?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as I'm totally new at off-grid living.
I purchased a 50 gallon rain barrel from amazon. It comes with the top filter (30 second assembly required) and the spigot. I also pruchased a screen to cover the top and sides. As a extra safety measure I purchased mosquito screen mesh and covered the top of the barrel (2 layers of protection). Then I cut smaller pieces of the mosquito mesh and placed it over the top and end of the drainage pipe. I will pre-treat this water and use a life straw to drink it with.
great video! glad I found your other Channel!
I just got 2. 275 gallon icb totes $50 each will be setting up tomorrow today working on 8 55 gallon blue barrels grate video brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise
Where do you buy these from? Amazon and other sources I saw try to sell them for $200+ each
@@mostlyoriginalpianomusic2174 local people on Facebook marketplace etc with food grade ones
gravity feed is good. However, you can also add in a small submersible pump powered by a 12 volt battery (recommend solar rechargeable for sustainability) this will also enable you to connect longer hoses to it if you want to move water to places like your garden. you wont get high pressure but its effective for this purpose.
You can get flexible downspouts at Home Depot that will give you some versatility in how you want to place your barrels.
Very good information
Awesome info Don!! I ordered my water barrels from Sportsman's Guide. They are used Pickel Barrels so they have a slight smell. I also have several of the food grade removable top barrels, but they get used for silo corn purchases. A couple of things, and I think you mentioned it, are the overflow pvc can be run into a second or even third barrel placed next to the original giving more than 100 gallons of water catchment. The other thing is that my father ran a pvc pipe off of his central air conditioner outside unit and down hill to a fifty gallon catchment and it stays full of clean, pulled out of the air, water. He just uses it for watering the plants, but it can be used in an emergency if needed. Personally, I need to capture the water from my dehumidifier I have in my out building. Again, clean water from the air. Thanks for the info and how too.
I would grow citrus trees and water them with your barrel. I pour pickle juice on my lemon trees and they grow like crazy!
@@smiley2477 That's interesting. I wonder if it has something to do with the vinegar or if they just like pickles.
You would be surprised how dirty the condensate water is from air conditioner units. It is condensate from the air and the evaporator coil, but hvac condensate pans usually have that nasty pinkish colored slime. Nasty stuff.
@@cervus-venatorcitrus plants like more acidic soils
@@Just_A_Name14 Thanks.
Hello from bradley s.c. thanks for the info
Thanks for the info
Good video , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Thanks Michael! God bless you and yours
Awesome, Don!
Thanks Don!
Make sure the flow rate from the spigot is decent. Some pre made store brand barrels dribble.
I just thought to set one these up last week. Great detailed video. Thanks so much 😁
Great info.
My well went dry about a year ago and it's fire season again. I built a fire trailer with a 275 gal tote and a 2" water pump and hose etc. But fire moves very quickly and having a couple of barrels out back filled with water would cut my response time down to a minimum.
Yep.
Nice, I Like To Buy Two Barrels.
Great video god bless you
55 gallon barrel for what you need at least a 2500 gallon tank..or daisy chain the 250;gallon totes cages..with rubber adapters..you connect the outlet on the bottom so they all fill up..
Thanks
Where I live we only have rain water to use for everything. All around my state (Tasmania) people in the country/bush have several tanks for water supply. Heavenly water is best.
I didn't know you were in Greenville SC. I got pulled over in that town when I was in the military back in the early 90's. I wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Got a $40 ticket. Lol
Maybe the rain and bird crap is different in the USA. I’m a kiwi and in New Zealand countless folks (including myself when I lived there) harvest water off the roof without a single filter on the entire system and in 30 years of living there never heard of anyone having issues with water quality.
We have many species of birds here, I saw a bird drinking out of our roofs evestrough. There is lots of >>"bird droppings (sh¡t)"
If you have a barrel that’s a closed top you can use a uniseal to put a pvc/spigot on it no need to access the inside of the barrel
Same set up I have. I use a fish in each barrel for mosquito control. But when temps get in the 90 s for a week straight its time to eat the fish. Tad poles handle the heat better but you need a thin piece of Styrofoam on top the water. And something like a berkey to run it through.
I have same setup too. How do you keep the inside from turning black?
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When that fills up the water will then just pour down into the foundation of the building? You need a diverter to switch over to a corrugated pipe or downspout and get that water out away from the building.
Is there a basement here? Do you have a sump pump? It’s gonna be working overtime to evacuate that ground water.
Not sure if you had this info., so I thought I'd share. The formula to calculate how much catchment you have is:
area (in square feet) x amount of rainfall (in inches) x .623 = yield (in gallons)
i.e.: Let's use a 10x10 piece of plastic painters tarp...
100 sq ft tarp x .5 inches of rain x .623 = 31.15 gallons captured.
You definitely need an overflow outlet on that. When the barrel fills the overflow will splash up on your house and ruin it. Also need to get the overflow away from your foundation.
Thanks.
Great video. I live in Spartanburg and have bought from barrel superstore a couple of times in the past. Good people. Where is the Tropicana plant? I didn't know it existed.
I like you SHTF slippers 🤣
Lol! Those are my Merrell Camp Mocs and they are super comfortable : )
My ultimate goal is to have a multi barrel system set up to run into the house through a filter system and then into the house/water heater.
raise the barrel up on cinder blocks...would be much easier to get the water to flow out...
1. Did you use 1/2” kit or 3/4” Bulkhead?
2. Where did you get the bit thing that cut your bottom hole?
3. Where to get faucet part?
It would be better if the barrel was up on blocks so it makes it easier to put buckets under spout
He said that if you payed attention
I know I’m late to this but I just have a question. My roof is shingle roof when it rains here the roof materials end up at the bottom of the barrel especially when it rains in the summer time, what can I do to make it safe to drank?
What about using this for off-grid camper living in winter? Is there some way to melt the snow?
Sootch, if I get a water grade barrel and have bleach, do I ever need to drain these barrels? I live on the west coast so getting rid of / draining water may not be a good idea
What do you do with the barrel during the winter?
I have a 250 gallon tank. I need to find out if itswater safe. Those drums are good because you can move them
Teflon tape is the tape used ; available @ any hardware store in the plumbing section.
I have an overflow pipe, from one 55 gallon barrel, to another, right beside it, then an over flow off of it. One day, I drained them both, and cleaned them dry. And in a 1 hour heavy rain, both were full again, and spraying extra water out!
I do recommend elevating them off the ground for filling buckets, or running a hose. And they need an overflow. I occasionally sprinkle in a Pinch of the granulated pool shock, to clean and kill anything inside.
In Mexico, people have black plastic tanks on their roofs, to collect rain water, and run their plumbing. The black plastic keeps sun light out, preventing algae growth. And probably makes Hot water!
Great video Sootch! Next you can get one of those 500 gallon tanks, in the cage, and build a water tower.
Please give proportions of a 'pinch' of granulated pool shock to the water. 5 gals? 15? Don't presume some readers have a single ounce of bedrock information to build on. I can assure you some of us don't.
Plus, do you presumably have to drain it for heavy winters. 20%? 100%? Is there any way to keep the water from freezing at all? I mean short of straw bales and manure between the barrel and bales?
@@frostyfrances4700 To True! 1 granule of pool shock will treat about 5 to 10 gallons of water, to be clean enough to drink. It is that strong of stuff. So a pinch will completely treat the water of 100 gallon tank, and kill any algae inside the tank, too. My Pool shop guy, uses some when he goes on vacation to Mexico. Said he has never gotten sick from their water!
But buddy, I have drank the untreated water, and it ain't no fun!
@@chrissewell1608 - Thanks! But I forgot to ask how often would be a good idea for preventive maintenance with the pool shock. I've been trying to gradually gather a general emergency collection of items for all sorts of needs, and I do have several Life Straws. I also know how to make my own Berkey and do stuff like that. But it would be advisable to do as much for water storage as possible, and I don't like to leave any stone unturned.
As a former pro in Civil Defense from way back in the day, I don't have any confidence in these poor souls who think they can bug out longterm and remain safely hidden in the wilderness with their hoard of goodies either. Just thought I'd mention that. First of all, modern technology being what it is, anybody with the right equipment can find someone if they've dug a tunnel halfway to China. Secondly, human nature being what it is and will doubtless remain, at some point in societal breakdown, there'd inevitably come a time when the more violent survivors WOULD be determined to find bug outs. We used to explain to people that in the first 2-3 days after a major disaster, you'll likely see a lot of voluntary cooperation and sharing of scarce resources. After a week a lot of people will start growing desperate and dangerous. Before 2 weeks are out, the gloves will come off and the people who were so generous at first are liable to turn on a dime. The typical time you can expect to have to wait for serious government help to arrive can be up to 10 days. Point being, the only real safety as well as the RIGHT thing to do is to prepare as best you can and try to pool resources for as long as possible. Some people are too untutored to do basic prep and others suffer the illusion that they can fend off starving hordes forever with their little pea-shooter Armalites. Not much can be done about them, but for everyone's sake the rest of us need to do all we can. Knowledge is power! And if the violent militias get the civil war they want, things will deteriorate even faster. We wouldn't be able to save everybody, but for a multitude of reasons we need to get ready to do what we can. Beau's Rule 303.
@@frostyfrances4700 I don't know how often you may want to use the pool shock, and don't want to tell you wrong. I did look at a Berkey, water filter system today. And really liked them. (Not cheap though!) The sales lady said the Berkey filters last up to 2 years. And can be cleaned and washed, during that time. And removes 97%+ of contaminants.
Have one that size as a first flush before it goes into a 300 gallon tote.
What do you treat the water with once the rain water is stored and how?
Mahalo for sharing
I just found your video. It's great but the barrel supersore has closed down. Do you have any ideas besides Amazon to find the material? Thanks again for the video.
How about adding a hose to spigot and running the hose into the house and then add a small pump to be able to fill bottles inside dwelling?
If so, what kind of pump would you suggest?
Or for off grid living
Thank for the video. May I have the name of the filter please? Can I find it in Homedepot or Amazon?
You can also use 35 gal. trash cans, cut out the middle of the lid and attach screens to it.
Yes for a lot more money. Most these barrels are $10 and under. A 35 gallon trash can runs around ~$25+
What do you put in the water to make it safe drinking water if you don't have a Berklee?
WOW!
We are new to prepping and are looking for water supply options. Someone told me that since we have a typical asphalt shingle roof and the water would be toxic and any type of filter system would not remove those toxins. Suggestions?
I'm assuming that, even with the filter in place, the rainwater you collect isn't safe to drink straight from the barrel. So how do you purify it? Do you take a few gallons at a time and just boil it?