Hello, just wanted to tell you that this is very close to the system my grandpa put in place in our chalet in the mountains of valencia, Spain, in order to filter the rain water that we drank. It was the best water I ever had

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that 🙂👍

@MrJaxparadize

Жыл бұрын

Why does rain water need to be filtered? Both my plants and animals prefer rain water over the tap. The plants I used to test the tap water died, while the rain water plants thrived. So why do we filter rain water?

@erikanderson5387

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJaxparadize your plants and animals have a different and complex system that handles different germs and bacteria different. Imaging it like this : Animals can drink water from stagnant ponds and live another day. If we drink stagnant water its just about one of the most painful deaths we can experience :)

@MrJaxparadize

Жыл бұрын

@@erikanderson5387 why?

@escapetherace1943

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJaxparadize go for it but beware the metals in it

Thank you Robert for teaching these important skills to those of us that have become a little detached from what really matters!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

Great job, Robert! People do this in some rural areas in Brazil where the water supply provided by the government does not reach, and it works very well.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Miriam, sorry for the late reply 🙂 I want to show people that they can have such a filter when the water from the local supplier (government) is not very good and they can improve it

@undernetjack

Жыл бұрын

Miriam, do you live in S. America? If so I have a question. I have heard that China has been investing heavily in Brazil and other countries, buying farmland, radio and print media/television. Have you seen any such occurrence in your experience? In the US , China has been buying every farm they can get as well as other things. I am worried about this causing conflict in the future. Thanks for your time.

@josephrobi6806

Жыл бұрын

@@undernetjack election in October in Brazil and they are using the machine Domiant to count not good and the people in charge not good last news from Brazil 🇧🇷

Robert, this is exactly what I need in our homestead! Thank you for sharing your knowledge in a very clear manner.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for the English explanation. So many creators try to avoid this by using captions or robot voice over. It is so much more of a real and authentic creation when the creator explains with their own voice. It is appreciated.

@undernetjack

Жыл бұрын

Like and Sub+1

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂👍

Sir Robert thank you for showing the flaws and not deleting them. You are awesome sir.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

I like such installations! For a biofilter in my optionion the system needs oxigen. I installed a similar system to clean a garden pond. I take some water from the pond flush it over a filter system like yours an give the system oxigen 50l/min. One cycle lasts 2 hours and the water get back in the pond after that time. The next cycle is starting. The principle is similar - seperate biological and chemical dirt or simple dust to clean it with bacteria and oxigen. The result is impressive a murky and musty pond become clear in three month.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍

I think the flow pipes should enter at the bottom of the barrel not at the top and drop to the bottom. The vertical drop in the pipes in this example are a route for water to bypass the filtration medium. As the gravels and rocks would not form a good seal with the vertical pipe area and lots of water would flow up through this gap route to overflow.

@wihdinheim0

9 ай бұрын

Took me a minute but yes you're 100% correct.

@Razie1201

7 ай бұрын

Yes, and no, his system adds water from the top forces it to the bottom of the first barrel, then up the next barrel, then out what you're thinking would remove the Grey drop-down pipe. However, it might have some clogging issues. That is if I understand what your saying correctly

@Razie1201

7 ай бұрын

But I guess you could use some sort of flow pipes at the bottom to block out debris too so I mean your way would totally work now that I think about it

@kiwipajero

4 ай бұрын

@@Razie1201 I think they mean move the downpipe external as apposed to internal so you can monitor any potential leaks or bypasses to the filter?

Great video! I love the detail. I use a rain barrel to water my raised bed garden. I prevent debris from entering the water by using a Gutter Helmet to catch rain from my roof. As a result, I never need to remove debris from my rain barrel!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

🙂👍

Really cool natural system and doesn’t look very expensive. Thank you for sharing!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Washing and rinsing the sand, rocks and charcoal several times is a must do before adding to the barrels. Good job.

I also watched the video, and i really admire and inspired, by his method of laying the pipes in the tanks. i thought since the water flows from the buttom to the top, he could've adopt the small smaller smallest order of applying the rocks sand and charcoal. This could have make the system operationally effective.

Good job. May I suggest you rinse ALL of the filtering material before you put in the barrels. That will cut down on a lot of the dirt in the second rinse you do in the barrels. Again really good idea. Like the misquote netting.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@alphainfinitum3445

Жыл бұрын

If he had done it correctly, he doesn't need to rinse anything. The fact one drum is almost a repeat of the other drum doesn't improve the filtration by any means. Notice that he didn't show the final product. I knew from the start with his design that the final water will still be dirty.

@williamhogge5549

11 ай бұрын

​@@alphainfinitum3445im no expert by any stretch, so im thoroughly confused by his design. There seems to be a lot of wishing going on. For example, just because pipes go from here to there is not a guarantee that the water will go. And I don't understand the bottom to top filtration at all. Cant this be one barrel, gravity fed top to bottom and work the first time? The mosquito netting was a good idea, but I think I would have sprung for playground sand. And isn't the charcoal supposed to be activated? Sorry to bug you but I'm confused and no one else seems to be the least bit critical.

Nice vid mate i like the detailed time lapse , this system is probably good enough to filter most tap waters in the world

Thank you so much Robert for all your efforts. Thx 4 sharing

I watched this entire thing from beginning to end, no pause. You're great at making get to the point videos and a genius with the other things. Thank you for the video. I appreciate it.

@klerobi1

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 👍🙂

Gracias por tomarte el tiempo para hacer y compartir este gran tesoro gracias

Only change I would consider is a cut of valve between the 2 barrels & an easy disconnect so you can clean or replace the 2nd barrel with the charcoal with a fresh barrel. This would make it so you didn't have the wait time to recharge the carbon filter half. Just swap the barrels & you're good. Clean the now dirty one & repeat as needed.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍🙂

@garyhicks9506

7 ай бұрын

I use a rubber plumbing boot.

If you put in a verticle divider in the barrels you could increase the effeciency of each barrel by 50-70%. The inlet pipe would then discharge near the top of the inlet side. From the top you would start with several inches of large gravel, with several layers of smaller and smaller gravel, each several inches deep. The bottom layer would be small-medium sized gravel, filled in to a depth of about 4 inches above the partition. On the outlet side, would be 1 layer of small gravel, then several layers of sand, getting smaller as you get near the top. Optionally, the top layer of the outlet side could be layered foam. The top layer would be fine foam, then medium foam, then coarse foam, them a layer of "lava rock". This would enhance the filtering by providing a biologic layer. The lava rock has very high surface area (great both as a mechanical filter and biologic filter). The foam also has very high surface area. The lava rock layer should never be replaced. The foam can be removed and cleaned or replaced as needed.

@rondell920

Жыл бұрын

I got lost😂 but I’m interested in knowing more about these types of systems

Put faucet to open and close in the bottom of the barrels. Then you can flush out your filter system. And back flush each barrel for cleaning your filter materials. This is very similar to setting up a filter system for fish ponds.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

🙂👍

I love that you showed the curious cat what you were doing 😻 and that curiosity wasn't its demise 👍

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Excellent. I'm doing this soon for my off grid cabin. Thank you!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! 🙂

@philtucker1224

9 ай бұрын

Drinking water will need boiling first.

You are so clever Robert, well done. 👏👏👏

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

This is amazing i was thinking of something like this and you made a video with a way more clear and practical execution thank you for sharing!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Outstanding! This is the system I will build. I have watched videos, read, and this is the one.

Very impressive! May be I'll built one later ,but I think I'll make with more barrel with one filtre support in each to allow more simple maintien. May be with just gravitation and no pressure (like koy pond filtrer)🤔 Thanks to show us that it was possible and simple!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🙂

Excellent work, you show the steps clearly, and it's a great system. Thanks for sharing, from California.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 👍🙂

This is the exact system I was looking to set up . Thank you for the detailed video.

@klerobi1

5 ай бұрын

Very welcome! You can also see my mistakes here kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2V8k8mNlM7enLQ.html

Hello from the States. Well documented and easy to understand and follow your reasoning.

Great job. Thanks for sharing this project with us.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙂

Another great project!!! You do such excellent work 👏 Bravo, for a job well done!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chandra 👍🙂

Thank you, Robert, for sharing your knowledge and experience with to us!

@klerobi1

4 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Congratulations, you have the best video (than even an old lady can follow). Better by far than the instructions by the US state of Minnesota, who used a person who has probably never even seen an rainbarrel in her life.

Great job Sir! Loved the video. Keep up the great work.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Thank you Mr. Robert

@klerobi1

11 ай бұрын

👍🙂

You could use a gravity double filter instead with the same filter ingredients. Saves the pump electricity as well as prevents spillage/leakage.

@guachingman

6 ай бұрын

water barrel bomb with gravel sharpnel if pressure builds up too

That system is very close to the one my grandfather had for his shallow well water. His cylinders were brick and mortar. His was bigger 24 inches, I think that would about 61cm across and 48 inches deep. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this design and step by step detailed process.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome 😊

Thank you, sir, for the lesson. You may be saving many lives.

@klerobi1

11 ай бұрын

👍🙂

thanks very informative

Excelente, Sempre tem água limpa 🚰

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍🙂

Thankyou, for your time and effort, to make, and share this video, with all other, like minded individuals. Awesome!! Regards from New Zealand.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

You can have my subscribe any day! Love the style and content, and it feels good to see a place with rain again. Phew. Your filter system will find a way to to my place soon.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! 👍🙂

Very good. I’d add extra drain volve too to make it easier to clean

You just won me over with showing the cat what you were doing!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😺🙀👍

If you rotated the outlets in the barrels to show upwards, no preasure would build up because the water can flow naturally and doesn't have to be pushed through. other than that I liked everything about this filter : )

The level of inlet and outlet may have brought more complications. Having the outlet height lower than the inlet would solve the problem. First run you have to give the system time to fill out and eventually run smoothly.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍

@krisqueen5939

Жыл бұрын

That is just what I was thinking.

Excelente! Abraços do Brasil 🇧🇷

I have suggestion for You ... make a FilterNet/Mosqito Net bag place in Berrel and fill with material and Close it with any rope or Zip tai, So when you want to clean your filter it will lot more easy to Clean , You only have to Pull Net Bag , No Need to Uninstal whole system , and Its easy to Handle all gravel will not get mixed .. I hope you Understand What i want to say .. all The Best 👍👍

Good video. Real good information. Have a nice day.

Excellent, thank you so much for sharing may God bless you and yours always

@klerobi1

6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome, check out the filter mistakes here kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2V8k8mNlM7enLQ.html

Just a tip, next time you do this, orient the cinderblocks with the holes facing up, they are designed to be used this way and are much stronger.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍

@pricer39

Жыл бұрын

That's good to know! Thanks!

Wow!! I love learning. You are a good teacher.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Fantastic job 👏 thank you for sharing! From Florida US .

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 👍🙂

You are working really fast ;) Great job

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

How often do you plan on replacing your charcoal layer? 3-6months? Activated charcoal only works for a couple months.

nice set up. in case it is potable there are a couple of things that made me cringe a bit (other than plastic to metal threads). Are you using galvanised fittings purely for the tapered thread? what kind of silicone are you using?

Genius! Thanks for sharing.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 🙂

You are my friend boss, you are doing a great job. I'm looking forward to doing this kind of projects in my place in Kenya. One love and God bless.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You can do it! 👍🙂

Great job. We all need to learn how to be self suficiente in these times.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Yes we do 👍🙂

Hi Mr. Robert thank you for your video. very illustrative. But if you allow some observations, there is something important about the use of plastics in pipes and containers. the use of these products generates MICROPLASTIC in the whole water system and ends up being polluting to the environment. One option although it may be more expensive, but you could consider the use of copper in the pipes (maybe in containers it could be very expensive almost unaffordable), and in the tanks, maybe the use of some kind of coating on the inner walls of the tanks, some kind of natural resins or non-petroleum products) And also the mosquito netting you have to ensure the use of non-plastic elements. Another observation is the design of the tanks, think of a system of removable layers because as it is now and thinking about maintenance and cleaning it could be very complicated to service and clean and replace the whole system instead of replacing by layers.

Your English is good. Thank you for making this video.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

Hello! In the Appalachians here. There are many people in my area with old family homes from the 1800s like mine. Mine is 20 feet deep and 8 foot diameter at the bottom and 12 feet at the top. It holds approximately 7000 gallons. I do not have a filter other than a piece of screen covering a barrel at the top to catch leaf litter and the foot valve is 14 inches above the bottom to keep from sucking up the fine silt from the bottom. If I am home when the rain starts I will turn the water out for the first 15 minutes of the rain to clear the roof of debris and bird poop. My family has used the water from it for all household uses including drinking with no additional filtering for 4 generations. I clean and repair the cement lining once a year using a stiff broom to remove the silt from the walls and rinse it with clean water followed by a clorox rinse before patching and refilling it. The roof is tin not shingles. I would never drink water from a roof with shingles as they contain petroleum products which are toxic. I was told it was unsafe to drink the water from my cistern without a filter system in place by the health department so I tried the method described in the video. If you get a rain heavier than a light shower most of the water will back up and overflow the barrel system very quickly wasting most of the water. A filter process after the water enters the cistern wastes much less water. Since my family has drunk the water for generations without getting sick I have opted not to use it. This could be because of acquired tolerances to local pathogens or maybe I'm in a cleaner area where such pathogens do not exist. That being said, if you try drinking water without some kind of filtering you may become ill and infants and small children should not consume such water.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your extensive comment 👍🙂

Good job, thank you Robert 👍

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Genius!

thank you so much for the info!! I did not see an update anywhere, how did the water test go? are you able to drink it after this or are there more steps to making it drinkable? if it is drinkable, is it because of the microorganisms that have developed that help to make it safe to drink?

really clever and impressive station you have :) keep going friend !!!

thank you sir its very good

If all you have is galvanized fittings, use them, but if you can get PVC or other safe plastic fittings, this would be preferable. I have seen similar systems in the Caribbean, but it's hard to get people to use them since the water supply is so contaminated. Great concept.

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍🙂

@williammetzo5407

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't use pvc, I would use cpvc. It's what is used for drinking water or pet is better too.

@Humbulla93

11 ай бұрын

​@@williammetzo5407 cpvc is also more Heat and UV resistant and it won't become brittle under pressure

Very good my friend! I’m now so this to. I look into your video for dis information. Thanknyoj

So Informative and helpful information. I can make in my home to harvest rain and reduce flow direct into the land

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍🙂

Thank you! Job well done!😀

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

Gonna make one of these when I get home to the new farm!

@klerobi1

10 ай бұрын

👍🙂

What kind of glue or silicone did you use to seal the barrels?

Very informative Video 🤗👏👏👏 Gr8 thinking !!! Thank you!!!

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

An excellent video sir, very helpful info informative thank you 😊

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 👍🙂

small advice, change the angle of leaf catcher to around 45 degrees and keep the mesh filter on the same level as the edges. Saves you the time to remove the leaves every time.

@klerobi1

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

I'm looking to make something similar to collect rain water for a pvc pool 10-12m3 and for garden watering. I think I don't need charcoal. The reason I have not started collecting rain water is because i saw videos and the water is very dirty. I wonder how many drums I need for this? How often it requires drum cleaning? Could you estimate how many M3 you have cleaned water before it was required to do cleaning of drums?

Did u check all the plastic parts bare suitable for drinking water? I love it mate its better then my last one I made x

Great job and ideas, more people should do such things. 😊

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

👍🙂

Thank you for this detail. Would it be a good idea to wash the gravels and sand as well? Oh, ow I’m worried the tops are on permanently!

THANKS

@klerobi1

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Words are helpful

Thank you for sharing! =)

Awesome project! I can see that speaking English is not easy for you but I assure you that you did a great job. Got a subscriber!

@klerobi1

10 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome 👍🙂 in the next weeks I will redo the entire filter because I am not satisfied with how it works, you will see a new version

Very nice setup! Your water will be cleaner than city water lol

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

I hope so! 🙂👍

Genius ❤!!! Greetings from Gothenburg Sweden. 😊

@klerobi1

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 👍🙂

If the rainwater doesn't have any large debris in it, what benefit does the large gravel provide, instead of just more sand?

I suggest a first flush system in the initial rain water collection stage. Might help with some of the murkiness. I just may copy your filter system 😊 great job! I just want to ask, though. How often do you clean your filtration system?

Very nice project. The only observation I would make is that you did not put a pre-filter for leaves and other bigger things that will clog the small holes on the pvc pipes at the bottom of the plastic drums. This pre-filter outside the 2 drums to make it easy to clean.

Hey can I get a parts list for this?

Brother, I suggest you to add an additional backwash system to anticipate the sludge trapped among the filter media particles. By adding this backwash system then the filter media arrangement will put in random and the the flow process direction will be downflow filtration.

Thank you very much 😊

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Brilliant, I really enjoyed this

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Great Job Robert. I have a question, though, do you think youd need a UV sustem for e-coli and such?

Great job. I love this I will try this method when I am able to one day

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

You can do it! Thanks 🙂

@WiKiTWoNKa

Жыл бұрын

@@klerobi1 Thank you. I have a plot of land am collecting material to build a house for my family like my grandpa did for us but it is very slow right now as I am disabled and can't work very well and my wife is very sick with an immune system disease called ankylosing spondylitis and she is only 34 years old so it is very difficult to leave home... we have determined that the house we live in is the reason why she is sick as it is over 100 years old and not up to date on things especially healthy things and we live next to a factory that makes fiberglass parts and the fumes are terrible. So being we live only on my disability we cant afford to move anywhere else as the rent would be too high and so would the cost of moving. but if I can get the items that I need then we will be in the country and my wife will be on the right track to recovery 🙏🏽

Good even ice is Good to store year out..great work

@klerobi1

Жыл бұрын

🙂👍🙂

WHEN HE SHOWED HIS CAT THE WORK HES DOING OMG THATS SO CUTTTEEEE

@klerobi1

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 😺

Solid design. 1 question, what's the plan for silt draining. If you had a hose fitting at the bottom of the barrels, you could flush them fairly readily.