Shouldn't keep your firewood up against the house it can attract carpenter ants powder post beetles and even termites in certain areas I recommend keeping your wood pile away from your house other than that great job

@cameronr7223

3 ай бұрын

Was going to comment this same thing. This is a very real thing

@michaelphillips5924

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget spiders!!

@Conflicttalk13

3 ай бұрын

How do people forget the craziest part, rats!!!! Rats love that shit and then with a water collection right next to it ☠️☠️☠️

@mamapatterson5892

3 ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. Also don’t forget snakes love woodpiles too.

@schlomoshekelstein908

3 ай бұрын

so hold up, the termites are going to chew through his brick siding? dumb azz. common sense isn't so common anymore i guess

If you can, move the wood away from the house. Vermin is a big reason.

@johnathon007

3 ай бұрын

Not that big of a deal on a brick house though.

@ultracurious

3 ай бұрын

​@@johnathon007 Never, *ever* underestimate the little demon rodents 🫣

@superhobo666

3 ай бұрын

@@johnathon007 Brick walls still have weeping holes to let moisture get out from between the brick surface and the inner wood wall, blocking those off with wood can give problematic bugs (termites, carpenter ants, etc) a way in, and prevent proper drainage causing mold/mildew buildup inside the wall.

@seanwalton6208

3 ай бұрын

@@johnathon007 Granted. Trying to think of a way around it and can't. Good point.

@teamwoodmerica3889

3 ай бұрын

Arguing about brick 🧱 or wood 🪵 😂

Putting screen in the top of your downspout is prone to debris buildup. A simpler solution is have a screen across the top of your barrel as that's easier to reach and clean. Also, mosquitoes will love the nesting ground you've made so there's a few solutions. 1. Get frogs 2. Chemical treatment 3. Running water( get a solar powered pond fountain and pull water from the last barrel and have it spray into the first barrel)

@SaRaH-et2tt

23 күн бұрын

I had literally just dug a baby pond and put maybe two three buckets of tadpoles in there hoping to keep the bugs down. So glad I saw this to confirm it ❤

@SW-jt3sl

22 күн бұрын

Yikes. The simple life is so complicated and expensive

@BruteSlap

22 күн бұрын

That’s why you gotta get LeafGuard Lol

@aelilea

21 күн бұрын

I've been using a rain barrel with a screen on top for 6 years now and haven't noticed any issues with mosquitos. How would they get through the mesh?

@thefinegameofnil7158

20 күн бұрын

​@@SW-jt3sl sometimes that simple life ain't so simple

As a brit.we would link the tops of the barrels with a short flexible hose.so the first barrel would fill then the second then 3rd.and any crap would settle in the 1st barrel.

A tip for cheap rain barrels: Find a local canning operation like a craft farm that sells canned jams. These places have 55gal food grade drums to get rid of and often sell them on the side cheap.

@HavokBWR

3 ай бұрын

Or Facebook marketplace/kijiji tends to have them for like $20

@garlicburger

3 ай бұрын

Anything but Amazon for the love of god

@DanvilleTrain888

3 ай бұрын

Picked mine up from the local feed store, 20$ a piece

@DanvilleTrain888

3 ай бұрын

@@garlicburgerAgree!

@Mammothina

3 ай бұрын

We got 150 liter ones that still smelled like pickles! Nice advice

As someone who replaces gutters for a living, i freaking hate those screens. Also, if you have asphalt shingles i wouldn't use that water for anything other than watering plants you dont plan on eating.

@iFreemind10

3 ай бұрын

I installed gutters for years and now do sales. Those screens really do nothing but create a giant dam right at the downspout. And yes asphalt roofs need way more filtration that a screen a rain barrel has on it. Only seen 1 customer use rainwater for in home use (showers and laundry, no drinking) and that's because it was on a mountain and drilled 3 wells to like 600' and never found water. Also good filtration out of his collection tanks. I'd only ever use rainwater run off if it was metal roof + a very good filter system after collection for drinking. Even then I'd want to boil it first. Asphalt roofs are sure to cause you some form of cancer down the road haha.

@Shuruii

3 ай бұрын

Meanwhile you're drinking fluoride, lead and bleach filled tap water.

@nathanrspain

3 ай бұрын

​@@ShuruiiDamn, things still bad in Flint huh?

@ChickenWang775

3 ай бұрын

@@Shuruiiimagine not understanding how water treatment works…

@HaaraldEigerson1066

3 ай бұрын

@@ShuruiiDon’t forget all the estrogen that we’re getting from birth control pills that never leave the water supply.

I been an installing gutter for 23 years I’m impressed. Usually home owners completely botch their own projects. You did a good job! 👍

@mikkelbreiler8916

24 күн бұрын

He should have mounted the barrels higher so he can open the tap to have water run down into a bucket or through a hose in the garden (at a pedestrian pace).

@rverro8478

21 күн бұрын

Gutters or eavestroughs ?

@ItsMyMedicinee

13 күн бұрын

@@mikkelbreiler8916in the original video he says he uses a pump that feeds into his sprinkler system

@logangate6049

6 күн бұрын

Sorry about that

@logangate6049

6 күн бұрын

​@rverro8478 those are the same thing in most places (colloquially speaking)

I live in Northern Germany. The downspouts on our landlord's house have built in little "doors" on the front. All you do is flip them open and it's at the right height for a rain barrel. 👍🏻

Worked on gutters for 28 years and the wire light bulb screens in the gutter outlets will block up very easily from the smallest leaf debris causing the gutters to overflow.

@Tegist123

3 ай бұрын

What would you recommend to do instead?

@JulioPabon978

3 ай бұрын

Mesh screen at the entrance to the rain barrel

@valeriekrienke8461

3 ай бұрын

​@@Tegist123 literally just clean it every now and then. It's better than the debris going into your French drain anyway.

@ryanwaltos2206

3 ай бұрын

Better to use a first flush filter than that little wire bulb crap collector.

@czattew

2 ай бұрын

He explains in the video the diverter he installed will plug up IN the downspout. How is a screen at the rain barrel going to solve that?

This is a valiant effort. Though a word of caution.. That screen in the top of the down spout will easily get clogged, and will 100% allow small debris into your tanks.

@cameron4226

3 ай бұрын

need to use a diverter, which allows the first 10-15 min of rainfall to go to waste with leaves and then diverts clean water to storage.

@codths

3 ай бұрын

That screen the first to freeze

@JoshPitts-yv5du

3 ай бұрын

Every single bit of shingle dust is getting past that

@BIGH3AD777

3 ай бұрын

Your shingle granular will get through that screen immediately and then your drinking asphalt shingle koolaid :)

@leeweatherwax8401

3 ай бұрын

leaf guards will keep debi out too

Thing I took away is that cool diverting plug so you dont have to completely reroute the downspout. Thank you for that!

My brain hurts watching all these tik tok DIYs 😂 idk how these people function day to day.

@FrogsIsGood

17 күн бұрын

Making a diy video with literally no knowledge. Stahp.

@wisico640

2 күн бұрын

30 day free return 😂

I don’t have any interest in this type of the project , but amazed by the comments and all the support , so amazing to see people help each other ……

@BreakItYourself

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 🎯

@snacking5908

3 ай бұрын

Regardless of how many people talk about negativity, there is a majority of positivity and support all around

@oldrick1038

3 ай бұрын

@@BreakItYourselfcollects rainwater like a fkn Rtard😂🤣

@craffte

21 сағат бұрын

I wwas just thinking I would do this but can't drive out to a canning /craft place like the other commenter described, if we worked together, just offered the service in our free time, I'm sure we could get repaid somehow. If someone wasn;t interested in improving their lives unless they got paid, that is.

As an Australian who lives in the country, it still freaks me out that there aren't water tanks on every house. That's the only water we had until i was 14 lol

@bubbaphillips3504

3 ай бұрын

Welcome to America where we left taxation to be taxed more and not allowed to collect rain water. Not to much longer

@awinchester9094

3 ай бұрын

Mosquitoes are horrible here and people are lazy and can’t be trusted to maintain barrels of water. We can barely get the neighbors to get rid of nasty above ground pools that they’ve let go but refuse to trash. lol

@ThisBloke760

3 ай бұрын

All new houses built in Australia must have a rain water tank, usually connected to the toilets and washing machine.

@bubbaphillips3504

3 ай бұрын

@@ThisBloke760 Australian W

@tracymclaughlinholmes677

3 ай бұрын

That's because all of us in the country in the US have wells. Uncontaminated totally fresh spring water with absolutely no way to be infested with mosquito larvae or any other air requiring water bug let alone other above ground environmental contaminants. And it's better than any bottled water you can find anywhere.

This is good to have you fill up the 1st one & use that water for your yard .

Gutter guy here! Don't be afraid of cutting that downspout to size. The spout can be pretty cheap if you get aluminum. It's also easy to cut and rather forgiving. I don't recommend the screen at the top of the spout. If you have any trees around your home that will be a nightmare come fall.

Should've propped your barrels up on wooden boxes so you can fill your buckets easier when taking water out

@TheSlimCognito

3 ай бұрын

I put mine on the ground and realized I couldn't fill buckets, so I went with a submersible pump. Doing it that way I was able to attach a garden hose spigot to it and use it that way which I found to be much better than buckets in the long run.

@daviddawkins2829

3 ай бұрын

Put the barrels up a couple of feet and just attach a hose to the first barrel. It wont be high pressure and your flowers and veggies will love it.

@cboehm24

3 ай бұрын

Only issue with propping those barrels up is the weight. I had 2 barrels split because they were on cement blocks that didn't support the ENTIRE bottom.

@edpena4064

3 ай бұрын

That's the post I was looking for 👍 I have mine elevated 12" off the ground plus my barrel has 2 spouts 1 in the middle and 1 at the bottom I put a window screen on top of the barrel with 2 bricks after the rain I just brush it off👍💪

@internetbodhi1009

3 ай бұрын

​@@cboehm24 not surprising, a full 55gal barrel weighs around 450 lbs with water alone. Be careful people, water weighs more than you think.

Just a tip... elevate each of your rain barrels on a pair of concrete blocks. It makes filling things from the spouts so much easier.

Plumber that specialized in rain water collection systems here, its bad practice to reduce the size of your pipe, rather, just cut the pipe above the barrels and get a rectangular to 65 or 100mm pvc fitting and an elbow and that way you don't restrict flow, plus a very low chance for anything to catch and get stuck. Rainwater collection tanks generally have a filter above the tank, and the down pipe sits with a gap (big enough to unscrew and clean the filter) for debris / bugs like mosquitoes. Also I recommend not using a clear pipe as it can attract algee and get discoloration from the sun, rather connect them with a bit of polyethylene pipe 25mm should do the trick with a ball valve in between them to control filling individually or to control contamination and for maintenance with minimal waste. Also I did not see an overflow but I am sure it would have one. Lastly get a pump if you want to go all out 😁

I think this needs a long format follow up 👍

@KayaStar1

3 ай бұрын

Anyone who spends 80 bucks on a rain Barrel should probably be not making videos cause he doesn’t know shit. Lol you can get barrels for 10-20 bucks basically anywhere in the country. Check craigslist food grade barrels. This guy is either sponsored or a total kook

I got that who.e kit minus the barrel off Amazon. Came with the thing that goes into the spout, a hose to go from that to the barrel, a valve with hose threads that goes in the barrel all the screws, rubber grommets and a cap to cover the hole in the down spot over winter. Oh and it came with the two hole saws needed to install this. Works like a charm.

Thanks for the tip. I've been putting this same project off for 3 years now. Hopefully my local hardware store has everything needed

70 bucks seems wild if it wasnt for all 3.

Thank you great content. Advice termites can be introduced to the house from wood stored against house wall.

I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to deliver several giant barrels in my Amazon van💀

What a great day to be a Bama fan. Lets go and show Coach KD we appreciate him taking this job knoqing wjat we the fans expect from him as a coach. RTR and keep om grinding Kyle. Love from North Bama Kyle and Team.

A word of advice. I have a 210 gallon tank that is connected to my gutter system. The oil and asphalt that runs off of my asphalt roof does not taste good and leaves a huge black residue inside my tank every year. If you were going to get any kind of system, you need to have a metal stainless steel or aluminum roof not asphalt with shingles. It does not do anything for the body.

@TemptationsEnd

3 ай бұрын

I was just thinking about that exact situation! Why not build it standalone near the building with a steel mesh cover to keep particulates out and an even basic filtration system? Like yeah it’s more expensive. Though if you’re trying to collect rainwater through literally anything other than a cloudy with a chance of meatballs food making device. You’d need something to clean it up and maybe even a few bottles of iodide to make sure you don’t get deathly sick due to whatever crawled into your water supply. Though this supposing you don’t use it for anything other than a shower. Which is still kinda sketch but I’m not a homesteader so idk lol

@robertj3116

3 ай бұрын

@@TemptationsEnd I use it for watering the garden and grass. I put a stocking over the end to catch the asphalt. You can use it for flushing the toilet in emergencies but frowned upon if you pay for sewage because they get that price out of how much water you use. For offgrade living, you would have to use a metal roof and bury the tank halfway to keep the water from heating up in the sun and like you said many filters.

@EnlightenedSavage

3 ай бұрын

You shouldn't be drinking that off the roof any way. It needs to be heavily filtered. Reverse osmosis system should be what you use.

@robertj3116

3 ай бұрын

@@EnlightenedSavage yeah I was kidding when I said I drank it and it taste oily. I would never drink that. Put the stuff that gets left over in the tank, kind of puts me a little on edge about even spraying it on the vegetable garden

@johnpalmer3848

3 ай бұрын

Seriously? Roof collection systems are not put in for potable water. I can't imagine anyone thinking that's a good idea for drinking! This is irrigation water...

Don't let the government know you collected water without giving them there cut

@stevewoodyt

3 ай бұрын

I was gonna say I believe this isn’t even “legal” in some places.

@andylovec8403

3 ай бұрын

​@@stevewoodytSame.

@superhobo666

3 ай бұрын

This, my city has a ban on rainwater collection for "reasons" that they don't specify(probably because they can't tax you for using that water, the greedy cunts), but if an inspector comes around and happens to see rainwater barrels connected to any drainage system it can be a large fine.

@donness4872

3 ай бұрын

It is illegal in Colorado to collect more then one barrel of rain water.

@r.m.7288

3 ай бұрын

"there"? Really? 😂

Been trapping Pac Nothrwest rain water for decades. We upped the antie and now run it thru a Watts 2 stage with a poly scrubber and then a coconut husk charcoal filter 2nd, then into my distiller. Water test after finish shows perfect water. The distiller plays double duty, for the Orange flavor Stump Whiskey. The hardest part is cleaning properly, before making another run or just distilling water. The other straight rainwater barrels are for cleanup, or flushing the toilet when the power goes out and I cant run my pump. A big bucket of water tossed quickly into the toilet bowl will overcome the trap and flush the toilet, when the power is out, anywhere you have a trap style toilet. Your welcome.

Man showed us a lifehack to cut water bills in half and everyones worried about the logs against the house. Love it

You need to lift them up on cinderblocks it’ll make the water flows so much faster due to the fact that they’re so low level. What are you actually going to get out of it unless it’s completely full

@dreacasali687

3 ай бұрын

Came here to say this!

Says "supposedly" and then describes a fundamental property of fluid dynamics. Good on you sir, I hope this works out for you! With that screen on the inlet be sure to clean your gutters frequently if you have any trees nearby.

Great effort.

Good on you Mate. A great project.

I went cheap and daisy chained five 40 gallon trash cans together. When the 1st can is full it then fills the 2nd and so and so on. It’s Mai Ky to water the yard but could come in handy in a emergency if you boil or treat the water with purification tablets

Yeppirs...stair-stepping your up-stream barrels an inch or so higher keeps the siphon working too 😉

Looks great!

Sweet rig up man only thing I would recommend is termites love that firewood man…it’s a little close to your very well taken care of home. Sweet set up!

Okay I did this for a while but got fed up with the 55 gallon barrels and minimal quantity you can store. The water really looked and tasted bad coming off a shingle roof so it was only used in gardening. I got rid of the whole system and I got a large 500 gallon tank and had plastic sheets that I open up when it rains and it collects all the water straight into the 500 gallon barrel. Water is cleaner and it doesn't need to be filtered off of the gutter. Smells and tastes clean. It's just way cleaner water. The 500 gallon tank cost is about 150 dollars more than the cost of those 3 55 gallon barrels which only attribute to about 165 gallons of water? I've got 500 gallons and I get enough rain here that I can fill up my 500 gallon barrel in a month easily. I do still have a filter for debris but it's minimal since I have very few trees close to my house.

@johnpalmer3848

3 ай бұрын

Roof collection is not intended for potable water... This is irrigation water.

@nancylourose

3 ай бұрын

Trying to picture this....do the plastic sheets act like a funnel ?

@B_Van_Glorious

3 ай бұрын

In Washington State that tank would be illegal. It's legal to collect rain water that falls on existing roofs, but it is not legal to put up a roof, tarp or catchment for the sole purpose of collecting rainwater. Sounds dumb sure, and fairly easy to work around but it prob still deters any kind of commercializing it. ​@@nancylourose

@jamesbond5285

3 ай бұрын

Plastic sheets? Where and how designed? Connected to downspout? I live in FL and get a lot if rain. Metal roof. Thanks

wow that was an insane price for something that's regularly thrown away

@Cracker12_monkey

4 ай бұрын

What would you use the water for

@Nebraska_Juan

4 ай бұрын

What? No way barrels are expensive in any for unless you want something more flimsy that can never be filled without possible breaking but otherwise idk maybe some where they sell cheap ones with good quality I’d love to try something like this for my daughter but buying 3 and everything else sounds more like a when she’s older project 😅

@charlieweckston8260

4 ай бұрын

@@Nebraska_Juanused 55 gallon. Drum

@BlueBoyo101

3 ай бұрын

@@charlieweckston8260 As if you would be happy storing water in a old rusted out free drum. The rain barrel here is non reactive. You won't be stuck with orange soup.

@charlieweckston8260

3 ай бұрын

@@BlueBoyo101 plastic 55 gallon drum🤓

Dude. This is how all rain barrels work.

What you wanna add is a first flush valve, idea being is when you haven’t had rain for a while soot, dirt and other small particles that can bypass the shield gets flushed out first before water diverts to the tanks

75 dollors for a rain barrel is def not the cheapest option, just get food grade plastic barrels from a factory, like 20 bucks

@jaredkindred

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. He probably means the cheapest that is still eye pleasing. Not some bright blur barrel.

@valeniusthekat

3 ай бұрын

You can ask local restaurants for their empty pickle buckets. Usually you can score a few for free 👍

@Edward_Scissor_Feet

3 ай бұрын

Or an actual water tank 🤦🏽‍♂️

@thelazarous

3 ай бұрын

​@@jaredkindredWell then get a $4 can of spray paint and have at it, now it's $24

@qt3dot14ish

Ай бұрын

And how many hours on end would one spend saving a few bucks? Amazon delivers for basically free, I'm pretty sure your factory won't do that. There are a gajilion other reasons to just push a button and have it show up at your door.

Craigslist 55gallon drums or 275?gallon totes. Get em from $10-$20 a barrel and about $50-$75 for 275 g tote. Save dat money

@lindacasey5016

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

That's really cool.I would have the screen on top of the barrels though so you don't have to go up to the roof to clean out the screens

In South Africa we’ve been doing this for a while. The JOJO tank brand is the most popular and the rain barrels are tanks here, all shapes and sizes to squeeze into any area. If you do it properly, all your spouts are fed into one for maximum catchment. We also attached pumps where needed.

Nothing like stacking your greatest fire hazard against your house 😂

You need a device that let's the first bit of rain flow out the gutter so the gutter is washed cleaned. Once a bit of water has flowed through the water is the diverted to the barrels.

@duncanweel7259

3 ай бұрын

I agree with you bud , dirty water from first rains , yuck bird shit leaf mud pop , that's what this dumbass will be drinking till his system all clogs up.!

@ThisBloke760

3 ай бұрын

It’s called a first flush device.

Insurance companies will love seeing that 😂

A someone who installs gutters and downspouts professionally, this looks like a good job, my only recommendation is save up and get some actually gutter gaurd, the screens that just sit in the drop never last

I was looking for your overflow option. If one barrel fills have a pipe connecting the barrels so the next one fills. I live in the North wet, so we get a lot of rain 😅

@lisaalene

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I thought the overflow spills from the first one is what filled the second one and so on.

For collecting rain water I'd highly recommend rain gutter guards, they work much better than the screens and they don't clog up the gutters 👍

@UMadUCauseBad

3 ай бұрын

Gutter guards are horrid for gutters, you can't clean them at all and they still allow dirt and such in, they just grow moss and grass

I have the same barrels and love them

Check your local car dealership service shop. we use 55 gallon barrels for things like washer fluid and synthetic oil. We typically have old empty barrels stacking up and most are happy to get rid of them for free.

You could get 55 gallon drums for like $15-$30 Plastic or metal those plastic totes are less than 100 bucks with 230 gallons In a nice drain at the bottom

You should have used an offset debris collector in between the down spout and the barrels to help with collecting and smaller debris that will make it through the gutter screen. And, you should have connected all three barrels at the top coming off of the down spout. Then, all 3 barrels will fill evenly. I down installations like this whether it is installing plastic tanks sitting above ground, or the big concrete tanks underground.

@digitald5851

3 ай бұрын

They fill evenly. The level equalizes through the bottom tube, as they are tied together there.

@Super2005LJ

3 ай бұрын

55gallon food grade barrels are $20-$30.

Here in Ohio, we go to the local car wash and get blue 55gal drums. They give them to you free of charge. We use them for rain barrels and even boat docks as well.

years ago the gutters had a diverter. you would let it rain a while and flush the gutters clean, then divert the water to the cistern.

Make sure to empty those debris traps often or you'll have overflowing and clogged gutters

I put my barrels on platforms , off of the ground, with a shut off and short piece of garden hose. I also secure them to the wall so they don't tumble over. 385 lbs of water( 7x55)

@chrismiloshewski3708

3 ай бұрын

I did this also acts like a sink I love it getting rain water is so good for my plants

@michaelmccarty6582

3 ай бұрын

Just FYI, a gallon of water weighs ~8.3lbs *US gallon

Word of advice for the future, dont stack wood right up against your house. Your inviting termites right in

@matthewk7507

3 ай бұрын

That all brick siding and concrete foundation is specifically for stacking wood under the overhang, and the underside of the overhang has repellent guarenteed. It isn't impossible that termites will get in, but it's less likely than with most other types of house designs.

@ScootsMcPoot

3 ай бұрын

Brick walls have weeping holes, still not smart to stack wood against brick

@matthewk7507

3 ай бұрын

@@ScootsMcPoot True, but it's also supposed to be treated with repellent as well.

@ScootsMcPoot

3 ай бұрын

It's just smart to not do it, regardless of the material. Build a firewood shack next to the house with a gap from the back shack wall and the house like half a foot or a foot.

@user-sx2vk9kn9m

3 ай бұрын

Rack up out the n the yard

In Germany, downspouts (on board with gardens) already have a little seesaw built in to diverter rainwater 😅

Half expected him to pressure wash that pavement

As an German I have to say you Americans are making everything complicated 😂😂

@percyfaith11

3 ай бұрын

Says someone from the country that made Tiger tanks and BMWs

@birdmann9197

3 ай бұрын

Audi That is all.

@percyfaith11

3 ай бұрын

@@birdmann9197 You're right. The last word in complication.

@John-tx1wk

3 ай бұрын

As an automotive technician who worked on Audis and VWs I have to laugh, and cringe, at this comment.

@fern9234

2 ай бұрын

BMWs😂

Put a valve on the diverter and keep it closed until it has rained for 10 minutes or more. This will give the rain a chance to rinse off the roof and to wash debris out of your gutters.

The way this dude says I happened to over and over has major "apparently kid" vibes

Well if you do a down chiffon drain before the barrels it help to get less debris into it or also some screen filter on the line much better just like that lesser barrel cleaning!!

Needs a catch to divert and collect solids before it hits the barrels.

Aw, you're so kind! It's like you're building bird houses, but for mosquitos

I have a couple of stockings stretched over inlets and outlets - works as a good debris filter.

I put the downspout into the bottom of a bucket. Fill the bucket with filter material like the stuff for air conditioning. Put an hole in the bottom and run a pipe to the top of the bucket, over fill line. I kept water clean for two years. Crystal clear. Drank some and tasted nothing at all. Also had the storage tank about 5ft off the ground for gravity feed.

You'll definitely need a particulate filter somewhere in the pvc pipes, who knows what can get in the gutters with the leaves

@blackout2837

4 ай бұрын

Stuff like bird and bugs.

Insurance companies will not pay out with firewood next to the building 😂😂😂

We use IBC containers for 1 cubic meter of liquid. They are literally cubes, can be stacked and interconnected. And if you don’t like the look of them, you can also have a wood front on them.

I had seven barrels, and I just put them on the ground, usext screens to keep out the debris. They were food grade juice barrels.

Yeah so we collect rain water (for window cleaning business) and we simply bought an old IBC tank (1000lts) for €50 and diverted one down pipe into it and add an over flow back to the drain, probably cost less then €80 all done, we then run the water through a resin filter. More then clean enough to drink (if you needed to) but doesn't really taste of anything.

Before building this, did you check with your local municipality and or your HOA to make sure that collecting rainwater is legal in your area ? In many areas it is not.

@melpixie5480

3 ай бұрын

That is absolutely a rule that should be broken. Australian here and it's just normal that homes have at least one small rain water tank, many homes have multiple large rainwater tanks and lots of people use rainwater exclusively in their homes.

@lolly166541

3 ай бұрын

HAHAH, "Land of the Free" :'D Yet can't even collect rainwater. I'm wheezing.

@superhobo666

3 ай бұрын

@@melpixie5480 I don't disagree with the sentiment, but in my municipality getting caught collecting rainwater can lead to thousands of dollars in fines. Likely because you're not paying taxes on that collected rainwater VS using municipal water from a hose.

@andrewchristner2532

3 ай бұрын

Lol what an insane bylaw.

@Nebzz

3 ай бұрын

Ruined because some idiot "collected rainwater" by diverting a river onto his property to make a lake. Conspiracy theorists to this day still claim he was just collecting rain water.

Being from Maine/New Hampshire originally, I was pretty sure collecting rainwater was illegal without some sort of permit. Just make sure that you are also going to do this project, that you check your local and state laws.

Awesome video. Thank uou

Such a smart idea!

Cant wait to have my own setup

You’ve built yourself a nice termite haven

As a roofer, I hope you are not drinking that water. The rain picks up fiberglass from the shingles

I understand you aren't a gutter mechanic but here's a tip, cut the downspout about 8 inches from the top of your rain barrel. Buy 1 3x4 B elbow and 1 3x4 downspout, put the b elbow on the downspout facing left after crimping the cut end, then cut the 3x4 downspout to the correct length to drop into the rain barrel. That diverter adapter will still get clogged very easily. Best of luck to ya bud.

Think of rain gutters just like drain plumbing. The pipes need keep getting bigger as water travels down the line. This is done because the line is not under pressure and the line will not unclog itself. Everything you just did/installed is making the line smaller and smaller I would suggest a gutter spout diverter that spills onto the top of a screened barrel. Debris can be swept away from the top easily. Do not use those spout screens. they collect debris and clog the gutter, which collects water, which breds mosquitos

Dude market place in Facebook someone is always selling rain barrels for around 20. I bought 3 that were used for vinegar. And all I had to do was powerwash them and then hook up the hardware like this guy did.

With those rain barrels not having their own screen, they become debris traps for your downspout

My mother-in-law in Thailand has five 3,000 litre cement "jugs" to collect rainwater. This sort of setup is normal all over the country, especially in rural areas.

I like the wording "I happened to pick up three of them", like he's just surprised that's what he did, 😂😂

Its helpful to have your first barrel higher and have connected to second and third barrel. Cheapest is free or $5 food grade barrel and buy water spickets, screen for top of barrel for easy cleaning out. Black paint if barrels are lighter color.

I would make sure the quality of those rain barrels are legit. Sometimes plastic can leach into water and cheaper barrels might have bad lining.

I'm all for collecting rain water but remember, your asphalt shingle are made of petroleum...not even sure I would water my garden with it but nice construct...

Connect the rain barrels on the top. So you fill them one by one and you have more pressure when you take water from the first.

"Cut a section out which I DID not want to do!..." "So I drilled out this section.." 😂😂😂😂😂

For anyone watching this video - be careful before taking on a project like this yourself because unfortunately collecting rainwater can be illegal in many parts of the US

I just bought a 55 Gallon rain barrel with hoses, screens, and fittings for $75 from my city.

Connect all your barrels together at the top part of the barrel to fill them all, put a spigot on them, and then use a small transfer pump to use on areas like ur garden

The government needs you to get a permit for that water

Americans commenting like this is some amazing feet. In Australia, in most states, it is a condition of building a new house that you have a water tank that can hold a % of your roof catchment area. Most places on larger blocks have huge water storage tanks.

As a gutter guy of 25 years, we always give a price to come back and disconnect them when people get sick of them. These won’t work because he sat them right in the ground. Need a few blocks of height.