3 CHEAP Off Grid Water Systems

[@Gridlessness]

You can join us at our homestead for the offgrid homestead campout. www.gridlessness.com/offgridcampout

[@ironhorse7588]

Great water ideas. Thanks for the great content.👍😀😇🙏

[@skipperbranscum4061]

How do you keep these systems from freezing in winter? How do you get water in winter?

[@kennethkeen1234]

@@skipperbranscum4061 Why? they freeze, that's nature

[@halburd1]

3? you only need one it's called a well. lol. expensive? really? grandad dug our well by hand for free in one summer in 1970.as a kid i watched. also dug my uncles.

[@one567]

I love how serious you are about learning and explaining how things work, By far my favorite channel. Your daughters are very lucky to have a smart father.

[@danielrandall5121]

Your family is the greatest. I would love to come up there and stay a week with you guys but I’m too old I’m 73, but I pray for you people every single day you are my heroes enjoy your life and stay free.

[@Gridlessness]

Thank you so much, we super appreciate that!

[@jonathanbuford1793]

73 your a spring chicken my goodness my grandpa was carrying 2x8x16 down a fairly steep hill for some of our dock build here at Weiss lake alabama near the little river canyon- desoto falls isn’t but 45- minutes to an hour away - cloud land canyon1 hour Chattanooga 1hour 15 minutes love it here we built a lake house that will be around for our grea great grea grandchildrens children some of the wall are 4 foot thick tucked into top of a hill with gorgeous view 15 minute canoe ride to a waterfall. Starting a worm castings 1 bag living soil grow kits for lazy folks😁 and just finished our maiden voyage of trying to make it ourselves if your not familiar with it you should be as I should have been a while back but better late than never when done right can slow release organic fertilizers into garden compost wherever and what ever you grow up to a thousand years yes a thousand it is truly right up our alley with worm castings and mulch piles that need to be bigger. Love your show awesome roof set up I get most of it. Trying to get my mom to look into solar I think it’s definitely worth it especially if you look for deals and install yourself my dad was an architect- home builder - remodeling- plumbing - electrical- roofing- smaller masonry- so when I was younger neighbor hood kids played every weekend and I learned skills that I had no interest in knowing at that time ahh to be young and self centered lmao🙏love your channel where do y’all homestead? I’ll extend a change of scenery vacation to you and yours but I warn you moms an old hippie so if you here good music just smile shake and get your groove on j/k no actually 🤟😁👍👍😎🙏

[@NarnianRailway]

Jeff provides an extraordinary practical engineering education for his young ladies; good as college labs if not better. Girls are very talented and great students. ⭐⭐⭐ The 6 foot or 7 foot head on the ram pump, I say Jeff's a good engineer incorporated a safety factor for pond level and friction losses from bends and fittings. Darn! so wish I could sign up for the summer camp event; certain those attending will have an awesome adventure.

[@CharlesLScofieldJr]

My grandparents sorta lived offgrid for many years with regard to electricity, in later years the parish (county) (Louisiana) finally ran electrical down their road. But with regard to a water system(s) their house had a metal roof and they had a cistern both in the front of the house and one on the back side of the house. I have no idea how many gallons of water the two cisterns could hold. My grandfather had a down spout that he would let it rain for 10-15 minutes to rinse the roof off before he would redirect the spout(s) into the cisterns. They had another cistern that was out near the canning shed/kitchen. But that cistern I think might have been filled from the other cisterns as it was smaller. The two main cisterns as best as I can remember were probably 20 feet deep in the ground and 6 - 8 feet in diameter. That water was very cool. The main reason for the rain water system was because the soil in the area had high levels of sulpher and any ground water had a bad smell to it.

[@MikeCrossley-l1r]

Move dog run, install sediment filter unto tank, sediment filter at house then your uv system. Break off to RO system with storage pressure tanks feeding fridge, pot filler etc

[@lucasdog1]

On the first flush...instead of a tee at the top that allows water into your catch, use an elbow down into the straight end of a wye. going down from there into the catch tank. The angled side of the wye is pointed up and connected on to your storage tank line. Dirt that comes into the system after the catch is full, will fall straight down and wont bypass the catch system because it will have to flow up stream through the wye to storage. With a tee setup like you have, once the catch is full, you have basically a straight shot to storage, and any late coming dirt will just swoosh by the catch tank. Also, small floating bits will be caught at the top of the water column of water, as it is higher than the wye. They will sit there until the catch tank is emptied, or they get water logged and sink.

[@danieldeanmasterfinisher4715]

Your father is lucky to have such smart daughters

[@earlshaner4441]

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else

[@Gridlessness]

Good morning!

[@earlshaner4441]

Hi my friends

[@ianwilson8759]

We live in Western Australia on a farm and only have rainwater from the roof for all our household water needs. We have two 120,000 litre tanks - the tanks are about $10,000 Australian each, and that is about 64,000 gallons in total - which we collect and fill over about 5 months of rain. At the end of our winter the tanks are usually full. We do a first flush as you do, but after that there is no filtration or chemicals added to the water. No light gets into the tanks and the water is pure nectar to taste and has never made anyone sick over decades of use. I know it's the thing in North America to worry yourselves sick over rainwater, but it needs no further human intervention unless you're living near toxic industries. If you don't have animals on the rainwater you could easily make-do with a 32,000 gallon tank (120,000 L). Just to be clear, you're living entirely off the water in those tanks for 7 months of the year - showering every day, no restrictions on flushing, no rationing.

[@davidraines1380]

Jeff you and Rose have what appears to be a perfect life. Since there is no absolutely perfect life I believe you are very close. So since you have raised daughters that are beautiful and smart before long you will have son in law workers to help and take some of the burden. I am really looking forward to seeing your life as it unfolds.

[@edmartin875]

I.saw.a.meme.that.always.makes.me.think.of.these.girls...It.was.a.picture.titled."when.a.Toronto.man.marries.an.Alberta.girl"...The.picture.was.of.a.man.standing.there.watching.his.wife.change.a.flat.tire.on.their.car...

[@davidtrammell4453]

I thought maybe this video would be super technical , but Jeff's explanation makes it seem doable for the common Joe's out here ( that would be me ) I don't know it's like he has a hydro engineering background or something. LOL and is a great teacher. I think I've seen everyone of these systems featured in some of your other videos. You guys so encouraging and just a fun watch. The girls are so impressive , they could start a consulting firm to teach upstart off griders the ropes . They could make a living off it . Love you all !❤💯❤

[@Esposito45]

Love the videos! My wife and I are moving to our property tomorrow, no electricity, no water. The videos really help! 👍🫡💪

[@benreber2277]

😂love how much you love math. I get excited about this stuff too. I installed a new heat pump system for my dad and was like. Dad you are taking heat out of the air using less energy than creating heat. So electric heat is 100% Efficient and this is 160% average this month!!! The girls will eventually have kids and learn how much fun it is to learn and teach your kids this stuff.

[@dannyunixanalyst9018]

Your kids are so sweet. I love the start they're getting in life and how involved they are. Good work man.

[@Glisgore]

I would love to stay there for a weekend and learn so much from you all! I am currently still stuck in the rat race and for years now have wanted to start living like this and just have a much slower life than a 9-5 style. the main thing holding me back is just knowing what to do, like where to get good land and how to put a tiny house on it really. love the video!

[@Homestead-ish]

You guys are such great teachers. Literally one of the best channels on KZbin

[@Gridlessness]

Thank you so much!

[@momatmach1]

Feet inches yards kilograms and litres, fantastic just like being in the UK, only difference would be the tape measure would have both feet and inches and also metric on it

[@rexyhmar7442]

Love you all 💓 and i can't wait new video

[@johnprice867]

Thats about the best simplist explanation of how a ram pump system works i have seen yet

[@jeanlawson9133]

❤ Y'all are awesome 😎

[@BearCavazos]

I strive to walk the same journey

[@RaimundoNonato-ef1lx]

Familia lovers

[@PeterKNoone]

So awesome...and the girls are amazing off-grid masters as usual.

[@biakmawia]

i really like to visit your family from India.. what a lovely family ............................

[@Getyupngo2]

I absolutely love your channel! So many great ideas in place and explained❣️I would have loved to grow up in your setting😂Great info and a wonderful family 🥰Keep those vids coming🥰God bless y’all

[@garymorgenroth1734]

excellent

[@johnbutler5208]

Wow nice job. I just put up a 500 watt wind turbine yesyerday and of course no wind. Cant wait to see how well it works. I love people who beet the system

[@tedharcivlog3749]

Your children are very good because they followed the water line making, They and your family are impressive

[@raymondeldridge4080]

Looking good from Fla USA you guys rock

[@jamesfletcher279]

We used to have a rain water system similar to yours but we had a uv filter and a ph corrector plus the micron filters it was safe to drink great programs great to see your family growing up

[@lasthm00b48]

All your daughters are so smart and super lucky to learn from you! btw all of them are Cute and Gorgeous!

[@thaenuwar1732]

A most insightful video into water provision off grid. Sure beats carrying water from a stream in a bucket

[@bogdanmarian7342]

This is very educational for me but when is the hunting season there? i miss those videos with u guys. Can you please go hunt something? or just tell Jeff to put a old hunting video and say that you just made it. I'm thankful with that too. i love u guys and your energy and Jeff's humor!!! Much love from east of europe

[@Fnu-ex1tc]

You are an awesome numbers driven type of person. That last bonus clip with her on top of the tank. The mental math she did amazes me. Keep it up!

[@tammywhitten6248]

I love how you are yeaching while improving your homestead, great job. And awesome Dad

[@aprinandesferdinand979]

hi guys.. I'm from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@badgrampagramps8445]

You got it all figured out, sweet

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

I put a first-flush column on each roof drain leader OUTSIDE. Then, when it needs clearing (seasonally -ish) all the yucky water goes onto the ground OUTSIDE. I pump (by gravity) all pre-screaned water to 6 IBC totes (painted black for algae control) and my swimming pool and so on, adding up to about 2,200 gallons. I live alone and have a seperate collection system for my ladies (cows). I made my own "Berky"-style filter and I drink and cook with it. I wash in filtered water - as clean as it is BEFORE going through my drinking water filter.

[@martindelport9796]

Wish I can come there from South Africa 😅

[@jasonschannel9017]

That pond , if an avg 10 ft deep, holds 299,200 gallons when full. For water tanks, look at IBC Totes. If you can find some that held food grade contents, you can get them for anywhere between free to about $125. They're 275-330 gallons, if memory serves. WAY less expensive.

[@glensebzda]

Hi Gridlessness family. I’m Glen from Alberta. I recently started watching your channel after seeing you on Outdoor Chef’s life. You have yucky turned into my favourite channel to watch. I love what you are all doing and I’m very impressed with all the skills you have especially the girls for such diverse skills at young ages and outside the typical gender norms. You are all great.

[@roymyers8575]

You ladies are awesome

[@Jose-qb4qg]

En Español,,. Qué mucho podemos crear en nuestros Hogares para lograr ser independientes de las utilidades de las "Ciudades". Gracias por mostrarnos tantas formas qué tenemos para recolectar y almacenar agua.

[@Itsallgrady]

Hey Yall From Arkansas! We love your videos you all are such an inspiration! Love and blessings💕💕

[@OFFGRID_Trucker]

loving the content.. new subscriber. I'm in my RV on a friend land with shore power but have a descent solar system up and running.. am setting it up to be offgrid. Was recently down in Kingman, AZ looking at some land.. gonna be rain harvesting and hauling it for a while.

[@chongshenchang9367]

Subscribing here for JULIA... 💕💕💕

[@angelaburrell-lewis5712]

Fantastic job

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Jeff and Girls,thanks for doing this video as Water is Life and some have no idea how to get it ! Enjoy your Memorial day weekend ❤. JO JO IN VT 🇺🇲💞

[@melrichardson2392]

Very Good channel some very capable gals thanks to your teachings well done 👍

[@ahsanmoazzam3805]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing information, your time n efforts. Thanks 🙏

[@rickyg6543]

Could you folks do an update on your compost heating system? Your videos are great thank you

[@RaimundoNonato-ef1lx]

Amo essa familia lovers guerreiras

[@shawnfinley5827]

Very good video,interesting to see what it takes to have water.👍

[@anniebooo]

Thanks for a very interesting and entertaining video! What kind of dirt and pollution is coming with the rain on your roof? We live in Western Australia, and as many others we have rain water only. It never rains in the summer so we live of our big rain water tank all year round. No filtration or any other complications, nobody has ever been sick. Strainers to remove it bits and leaves. Beautiful water. Best regards, Annie

[@edmartin875]

Primarily.wild.critter.poop.on.the.roof,.most.commonly.birds...

[@jonathanbuford1793]

Sounds like awesome garden or worm binvwater👍👍😎🤔

[@REYLEON-yq3vn]

AL YOU GUYS ARE BAADD TO THE BONE AWESOME FAMILY BLESSING

[@cancelbubble6535]

Wells are all about how deep you have to go. The problem is you never know how deep you have to go until you actually drill a well, in which case you drill until you hit water or run out of money, lol. Well drillers can provide you with some estimates in the area if they've drilled around there, but even then that's no guarantee. Another option people can consider is building a rain roof, except the "roof" is just off the ground, there's no type of building involved. Build the back end higher than the front end, hook up some gutters and as long as you have elevation, you can gravity feed it into tanks. Most expensive part would be the metal roof material, but if you're in an area with a lot of rain you can get a lot of water off of a little rain.

[@edmartin875]

Unless.you.live.where.it.is.illegal.to.collect.rain.water.like.some.in.our.northwest.states.in.the.lower.48...Ranchers.and.farmers.pay.the.government.to.remove.a.certain.amount.from.the.rivers.for.their.crops.and.livestock...Collecting.rain.water.is.considered.theft...

[@denisewilson8367]

Cheaper to make your own ramp pump than to buy one from Seth. Rainwater catchment is perfect off grid water no pumps electric or solar. The ram pump is free to unless you need tosend the water somewhere in storage tank or need it pressurized.

[@pedroserranoserrano7062]

Saludos ktodos estén bien 😃 bendiciones

[@hansjansen7047]

Unfortunately I live in flat country. I have used the first bonus system to catch rain water from the house roof to use for washing my truck because my wife didn't like me using softened water from the house. The pressure washer had enough suction and the head in the tank was enough to get the job done and the water was already soft.

[@simplyx8906]

Amazing videos Im Canadian as well can’t wait to get my own farmstead one day and milk my own cows and make my own cheese and beef and raise chickens as well ofc cuz I love to eat chickens lol

[@markparadis8029]

Gravity is still best to make wine;) learn that about making clean water from re racking stages;)

[@tanzkieIgnacio]

I miss your hunting videos

[@MikeSiemens88]

Quick way to somewhat confirm your elevation change (head) if you have a handheld GPS just walk the distance.

[@rogerkerkmann]

Every smartphones got one😮

[@agnaldopintodesouza5535]

Here in Brazil we call this bomb (sheep bomb) due to the noise it makes when it works, like two sheep hitting head to head!!! And we do it in an artisanal way!!!

[@AnthonyFlores-vq9ji]

You should add a UV filter to that as the final stage. No need for a Burkey filter then.

[@mary6689]

Blessings to you all from Arizona. How do we set up a trip? Do you have a video about winter time?

[@kennethirinas1596]

2822.4 gals /wk! Pretty good!

[@jameschupp2230]

11,289.6 gal Per Month :)

[@FlyFisherGolfing]

What do you do in the winter cut ice blocks to the house or winterize in the beautiful sunny California?

[@budwilliams6590]

They just got back from Mexico. Are you new here?

[@MikeSiemens88]

Yes, lots of snow to melt. The lines won't freeze if they're down deep enough & water continues to run. If it stagnates, yes it could freeze & burst the pipe.

[@smokeybailey3080]

That’s very nice can the outside tanks stand freezing or do you have to drain them in winter. Also can you catch water in freezing weather on your house roof I have thought about putting a tank on my roof and let it gravity feed my house in when we lose power I have a well. The coldest it gets here in the mountains of southwest Virginia is about 5 below zero fahrenheit. Your family is always welcome here I really enjoy your videos

[@Gridlessness]

Unfortunately the outside tanks have to be drained in the winter as they would t withstand the freezing temps.

[@elijahsfarmsteadjourney]

Id be careful about berkey water filters..theyve been caught up in some lies about the actual filtration of their products.. i still use and like my berkey but im a little weary of what it actually filters out.. ill have to do a test someday

[@donniev8181]

Thanks for showing us some of the inner workings of the homestead! What's the biggest hurdle for getting running water into the house, just piping?

[@bootangy]

tasteless is good!

[@sandyc6569]

Howdy from Oklahoma!! ❣❤❣

[@jameszahler9575]

How do these systems hold up in winter? Do you have alternative strategies for when everything is frozen? Do you just store enough water to last the winter?

[@Top10GameplayTrailers]

I WANT MORE CONTENT PLEASE!!!!!!!

[@davidtrammell4453]

Oh boy ! Saturday at he movies

[@kam2566]

just wondering, how much does it actually cost to buy land like yours, guessing it's a bit of land secluded and snug, and actually build a house like yours with all the solar panels and water filtrations systems etc

[@eigi_hobby]

All your girls behaving very good,and they have very similar face, they are all cute 🥰.

[@onewhitestone]

For every foot of drop in your water line, you gain .432 psi. So your 7 ft of drop gives you 3 psi of water pressure. Helps your ram pump.

[@Jkauppa]

but can you do your stuff diy for off-grid, off the store?

[@Tha66]

ការរស់នៅរបស់អ្នកនិងក្រុមគ្រួសារពិតជាឱ្យចំណេះដឹងដល់ប្រពន្ធកូនដោយមិនហត់ពឹងពាក់ទៅលើការចំណាយទឹកភ្លើងរាល់ខែក្រៅពីទិញម្ហូបអាហារដែលចូលចិត្តចង់ញាំប្រចាំខែ។ 👍

[@joanneganon7157]

Sorry you guys don't have a Memorial day weekend 🤭. JO JO

[@windmolenfarm8030]

I am not cognizant of the requirements of a small hydroelectric system in terms of how many feet of head pressure would be required to operate a small system. Do you know if it would be feasible to put in a small hydroelectric generator at the bottom of your run from the pond in series with the rest of your system of the ram pump and get both water and electricity out of the system?

[@edmartin875]

Priming.that.thing.would.be.the.pits...I.saw.a.video.of.an.old.washing.machine.convertrd.to.a.hydroelectric.generator...But.it.was.NOT.in.a.Ram.Pump.system...

[@garyb47]

Do you ever dope your storage to disinfect your water and kill any little nasties ?? I use hydrogen peroxide annually in my RV tank. Only takes a day or two for any taint to disappear and is non toxic as the hydrogen peroxide breaks down into hydrogen, oxygen and water. Chap to buy in bulk. Keep the videos and smiles coming.

[@user-ng2ib2yy6f]

Is that a hot water tank I see? Why not a on demand system? Just curious.

[@markparadis8029]

Wow one micron water all you need is a uv lamp or 2 and youl have as pure as steam osmosis

[@theradicalreformer2894]

Great vid. How do you guys plan to survive CBDCs?

[@edmartin875]

CBDC's????...W.T.M.I.D.K.W.T.F.Y.A.T.A.O.I.T.F.I.O?...

[@cemj9370]

Wish we could afford the trip

[@brenttalk9788]

Raising your children properly great daughters

[@Gardeningchristine]

10:56 Sasquatch?😂

[@downbya]

What do you do for showers and baths?

[@Gridlessness]

We use rainwater!

[@justkelly6992]

Ten hundreds of oodles, cracked me up.

[@jitheshkumarnp4285]

good

[@العربيالعراقي-ح7ل]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@JoseRamos-su3ep]

How do you keep the tank from freezing?

[@mistersniffer6838]

How does that work in Montana?????

[@ishu605]

I love u r family I Ishu I love u

[@jameschupp2230]

.28 GPM = 403.2 GP DAY :)

[@skitzochik]

howdie from Las Vegas Nevada