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@hildebertocarreiro9232

10 ай бұрын

U pile those rocks nice .u can build a home like Spain rock n cement house vila

@hildebertocarreiro9232

10 ай бұрын

Get gutter guards

@hildebertocarreiro9232

4 ай бұрын

Get pressure cookers still water 💦 safe

If you’re going to use silicone please use aquarium safe silicone… other silicones have toxins in them.

@thebirdsnest9396

2 жыл бұрын

Great warning. Thanks.

@lmlowe9100

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandhills2344 maybe he does care about toxins but didn't realize there were toxins in either...or maybe he plans some type of filtration system down the road.

@bigglilwayne7050

Жыл бұрын

E -6000 and/or NP-1 are by far the best

We studied with Billy Kniffen who was with Texas A&M Extension. I think he trained the guy who wrote those books. We got a book from Billy called Rainwater Harvesting Planning and Installation offered through Texas A&M Extension. It has so much critical information that we call it our rain water bible. LoL! You might look for it! I hope your tanks fill up this summer!

Thanks for taking the time to share your experience with us Jim! It looks like you have your system really dialed in. Let the rain begin!

@ourselfreliantlife

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a lot better. I think going as simple as possible is always the way to go. Much more sustainable and less chances of things going wrong.

Always wise to listen to folks who learned the hard way !

Great video! These are tips that would be hard to anticipate without the experience that you've gained the hard way. One of the functions of any pioneer is to scout the territory and report back to the folks following behind. Thanks for breaking trail.

You're so articulate with thoughtful presentation that inspires me to do this in the future. Thank you.

Simple, no pretence, straight to the point. Thanks for the great tips.

@jensv874

21 күн бұрын

Best tip I can give you is dont use plastic tanks but concrete. Concrete counteract/neutralise acid rain water.

This video made me wonder why you guys didn't drain the poly tanks while there was no rain and move them closer to shed, so that initial catchment was poly tanks with cistern as overflow? Probably something I'm missing.

@honthirty_

2 жыл бұрын

The poly tanks are their ONLY supply of water. That is why they didnt drain them.

Why not get a couple of 55 gallon drums, use the first one for a debris filter, the second one fills 3/4 before dumping into your other tanks. Some people set up a diverter, so the first 5 gallons dump on the ground taking all the crap with it, so you just get clean rainwater.

Such a great, organized, concise video. Seriously underrated channel!

Thanks Jim for going over how you have changed your system since the first time you were harvesting rain water. I really enjoyed this.

Jim...great job!!! May I suggest that you form the filter screens over a ball or cone before installing them...that way any debris will deflect and not clog the screen. Keep up the great work...very inspiring indeed.

Flex seal....yeah baby! Glad you used it.😁

It might be wise to add a cleanable U trap between the horizontal collector pipe and the down-across-up link to the tank farm. Your filters will keep out most bugs and big particles but dust and sand may get through and over time block that underground gray pipe.

Great video. One thing I notice is those looooong horizontal stretches of pipe over the cistern. They will sag within a year based on my experience. This may be OK for you and if not, think about support to keep them straight before they kind of melt-sag based on sun :)

@foamer443

2 жыл бұрын

Good point and being black won't help.

There is no substitute for good planning/design 🔥⛈🦠

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This will help many!

Awesome video thanks for sharing

❤️❤️I love you two! You are so down to earth! 😂😂it’s such a wonderful undertaking!

Can you show us how much you've collected with the last week of storms? I am so looking forward to seeing the payoff, to all your work, with rainwater pouring into those plastic tanks! :)

@ourselfreliantlife

2 жыл бұрын

It's dark in the poly tanks, but I know we've collected close to 500 gallons so far.

It`s always such a pleasure looking at your videos.. I really love all Jess arts, she is so talented. Love all the types of work that you do, we can learn from you. Cape Town South Africa

Great explanation 🙏

Thank you guys for your time and energy in sharing your journey with us.

Hello friend, I've watched about 8 episodes of ur efforts out there, & I'm enjoying ur progress, as ur moving along. That 14,000 gallon cistern was an impressive build. Nice design too.***!!! Love Brthrn Jeff B.

Nothing will seal the gutter when they are 100" long as the expansion and contraction of the Aluminum is going to either take the joints apart or take the screws loose and then they come down.

@TerraFirmaX

2 жыл бұрын

hmmm, that's a good point.

@kebertxela941

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully that will take a couple years(or better a few),might be a good time to start a fund to start saving to replace.

@ard8785

2 жыл бұрын

Gutters don't need sealants esp. IF they are properly spaced and placed, correctly angled and sloped and well-placed proper supports. Sealants have chemicals which are dangerous to health and unsafe for drinking... I am speaking from experience. Many decades thriving on rain-water for drinking and other house use from my rain-catcher.

super informative, thank you!!

Love yall

It looks great! I hope you collect a whole lot of water from your system.

Jim. Excellent video. Straight to the point. Thank you.

Thank you both for sharing your experiences in this whole process.

Thank you Jim and Jessica for sharing your rainwater harvesting experience. These are very helpful considerations and I appreciate your generosity. ❤

Such a ambitious and ingenious system.. just amazing Jim .

Good Job there Jim !!!!

Thanks for Taking the time to make this

I like making dirt, catching rain and converting sunshine into energy. I have other hobbies but those are among my favorites.

Good to see you'll be saving and using you're own water supply and looks good how you've done it to me...I understood why you changed it now from the old system all trail and error but that's how you learn love watching you both always amazing 👏

Thank you so much for your humerus you and knowledge

Thank you sir.

jest gutters, live in Oregon have to clean my gutters twice a year they plug up, I know down in your neck of the woods no gutter on any houses you are going the right direction thanks

Beautiful rainbow. Very well thought out, I appreciate the tip about the 90's most.

I'd be interested in how much water you end up getting in the underground cistern (during the monsoon season) Also, please answer why you didn't move the poly tanks closer to the end of the shed (between the shed and underground cistern) as that would have simplified your piping considerably

@bobjoatmon1993

2 жыл бұрын

@@onlyscience7120 yes, that's theory I'm asking what he ACTUALLY got

@bobjoatmon1993

2 жыл бұрын

@@onlyscience7120 that's ridiculous logic. I'm not asking for that level of precision and no one else expects that either. I lived in a RV for years and know about what a person uses per day on average and it's 8 to 20 gallons. Yes, they've got plants and livestock but the day after a rain in that large of an underground cistern their use MIGHT be 1/10 of an inch, if that. So a BALLPARK estimate of the water he captured is entirely feasible and practical.

Great video. Totally agree about Brad Lancaster's books.

Thank you.

Super good info when I set up my rain water harvesting.

Tank you for you information

Thank you

Dreamed of moving out there before I moved. When googling the areas I always saw these gaint green circles. I hope those who can drain wells are listening and reevaluate thier systems. Will check out your other vid and pick up a copy of those books. Thanks

Great information.

I hope to build a small system for my garden one day. I appreciate the info. Thank you!

Thanks for these! Very helpful

Ha I have a request Please You have a large rain roof With a wet drain to your tanks When you get heavy rain.. With your rain gauge You can monitor the flow in the 4inch PVC. If If hits maximum flow the screened tees in your system should over flow And which ones started / where over flowing If you can keep tract of those numbers That could help some of us designing a similar system.. ,(I have read what the books say their flow rate should be But yours is the real world) 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thank You

thank you

Good suggestions

super good video!! great info. I hope it makes you lots of money.

Its so true that you learn by doing and sometimes re-doing.😉 Thanks for sharing, you brought up ideas that I can incorporate into my eight yr old water catchment system. Also love Brad Lancaster's books 📚.

Great video

Amazing trailblazing!

Well spoken thoughtful video. Thank you for sharing all these tips. You might have read Geoff Lawton, an expert on water retention for soil.

Thanks guys💯💙

Good usable information, take care and God bless amen.

Good information and tips. Experience is the best teacher.

Thanks for sharing this video and your rainwater harvest tips. How often do you sweep the perimeter of the cistern roof to minimize dust and dirt from entering your cistern? Wishing you and Jessica a blessed summer season with abundant rain and moderate sleeping temperatures. Peace brother.

Enjoyed the show

Thank you it was helpful to generate my system in the woods 🎉

System looks great If you find the 4 inch screens building up with dirt They make 4" to 6" PVC adaptors Might help with clogging Also if some of you may have problems thinking these sweeps may be to restrictive In electrical the 4" PVC sweeps have a much larger radius

great information 😎

Research is the way to go. Your doing a good job

Thanks for the tips Mr. Jim. Time to catch some water now! Good luck and keep us updated.

@ourselfreliantlife

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks CB! Will do.

Great job on this video.

Yep thumps up here too!

I didn't know that about silicone, thanks!

If you put the screens at a slight angle the water will clean off the debri as it flows into the pipe

To think you could have only put out such an excellent video on water catchment was from all your previous missteps. Nice job!

Someday in the future, You could expand the roof a bit to cover the RVs, and colect a bit more rain while saving the RVs roof from the scorching sun.

@bobjoatmon1993

2 жыл бұрын

Well, hopefully eventually they will move into the earth bag house and not be living in the RV at all.

You should also put a slight down turn on your sheets of iron, this will stop water running back under the panels

Great info, and the editing was awesome

jim , great job on the video

Hi guys , I'm far from being a expert like some of the people so I'll just follow along and pay attention . Keep it close , keep it simple.....gotcha👍

Nice 👍👍👍👍 work

Mistakes a master it makes.

Very well done but logical things to think about.

thanks nice

Thanks for the video! :)

@ourselfreliantlife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Matt!

I live in Bermuda and every house in Bermuda has a tank underneath it and catch is it’s own rainwater. You should do some research on the gutters we use on our Bermuda roofs. I think you will want Do what we do on your domes

Jim, if you are anything like me you will do it at least three times before you get it right. The system you have should work well but you will have fine dirt build up in the pipe underground which will be a problem over time. Build a diverter to catch the first flush and this should solve the problem.

Thanks for the information. You are absolutely correct about the hard 90's - you want to avoid those, You may want to split to multiple 30's or 45's to make the bends and limit those. Also, as someone else mentioned, I'd move the two tanks closer to the roof. I'd also cover them to try and keep the water cooler and less evaporation. Why the exposed black pipe- is that for cold nights?

Thanks for the video! Was recently wondering about filtering the water from harvesting which might contain bird poop. Would love to see a video on how people treat harvested water. Thanks!

Curios, have you thought about moving your poly tanks closer to a direct flow and then have the overflow go to your cistern? Just a question since you brought it up. I am interested in moving somewhere to the desert and your videos as well as others are a big help.

Me encantó este tipo de reflexión de aprendizaje.

thank you for those tips. I am planning also to build a house that catches water

having the screens like you do now can allow you to remove and clean/replace as needed as well. Great info Jim & Jess!

@ourselfreliantlife

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly right! Thanks Paul!

As a young farmer...you have really inspired

Take the hit, and simplify your system. Drain those poly tanks into the cistern and move them. Also, consider putting a T in your pipe for a drop down clean out.

Have you considered how you are going to clean out the pipes you put underground? and the sand and dirt on the roof will find its way into the lowest point in the pipes and that is underground. You might want to consider putting a 'First Flush' system in as that would be much easier to clean.

At least you are getting some good rain this year, here in Sierra Vista, we didn't get a lot last year. This year is another story as I'm sure you know.

this is a good channel

Amen~!

Thanks for sharing! Most of Arizona have desert like environment but I wonder Why people/you don't live in the Northern part like Flagstaff areas??

Two questions... 1) Why didn't you build your pole barn high enough to park your RVs under? 2a) Why drop down to (under)ground level, the ten foot section at the end of your gutter run? 2b) Why not just run the pipe straight across to the cistern and then over to the black holding tanks? (Ok, technically three questions...lol} Thanks and I enjoy your videos.

@foamer443

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts precisely. Adding those four? extra 90's plus the rise on the other side will be a huge resistor in the water flow. Installing a pipe stand either beside or on top of the cistern I think would have been far more practical and probably less work in the end.

@TripleBRanch

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. As he was saying “keep it simple”, he’s got that drop, 10’(?) stretch underground and then 6’+ back up to the top of the cistern. Why not just run that span overhead? 🤔