DIY Rain Water Collection System - Over 800 Gallons of Rainwater!

[@michaelbandeko3519]

Nice system and well presented. I have been using rainwater for 100% of my household needs for 20+ years. Before my water enters the house it goes thru a 3 stage filtration system. Before drinking or cooking with it it goes thru an aqua-cera filter. Overflow from my household system goes to two 330 Gal. IBC. That is used on the garden.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Love this! Thanks for sharing

[@KDOGGER11]

@michaelbandeko3519 would love a video of this system!

[@terrycummings81]

If you drill a 1/4'' hole in the drain cap, it will slowly drain by it's self and you won't have to remove the cap after each rain storm, saw this on other videos.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Great recommendation, thanks!

[@jasandper]

Nice setup and nicely demonstrated. Only thing I would suggest is to route your over flow away from the property to avoid any foundation issues and settling of your water tanks.

[@earthnailsandtails]

100% agree! I have installed a diverter and working on a better solution involving routing the water to a rain garden

[@RanyaSaad-vg5rh]

Excellent presentation, very informative, just what I was looking for.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joepod3081]

i greatly appreciate you presentation! Thanks for a link for all the items also! Great video!

[@earthnailsandtails]

Glad it was helpful! and thanks for watching :)

[@danielcortez9362]

Glad I found your channel, That’s an awesome system and looks easy enough for me to duplicate wish me luck,

[@earthnailsandtails]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Don’t hesitate to ask questions and have fun building 👌🏼

[@danielcortez9362]

@@earthnailsandtails Thank you will do

[@emiliotrejo2586]

Thank you very much, excellent video. To prevent debris from entering the tank, it is a good idea to have a larger initial water reception volume. This can be by using a longer pipe or a small receiving tank. In both cases there would be a 1/4" drainage hole.

[@carlosamado2886]

Hi Phil, thank you so much for this video. It will help me set up something similar at my property here in Los Angeles,Ca where if it rains is a miracle. Thank you again

[@earthnailsandtails]

This will be great to capture water when it does rain! Best of luck and have fun building

[@pacae911]

Wow this is the solution for build my aquarium fish room in my basement for profit !!! Thank you soooooo much for share your knowledge 🥰

[@earthnailsandtails]

Glad it was helpful!

[@j.morrison1866]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for the inspiration.😊

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thanks for watching!

[@freetoroam7769]

Brilliant!

[@kevinjackson1370]

Brilliant

[@mikethomforde7326]

Beautifully done and explained, I didn’t see the links to the different filters and IBC connectors and the pump as mine has to be able to pump up 40’ could you help me out . Thanks

[@kevin1gasman]

I see a video of someone using the gray PVC pipe as your gathering off a tin roof . They cut one side of pvc pipe . Put the edging of sheet metal roof into the PVC . Right in the middle of the pipe all the way in the pipe The top side of the pipe catches the water running off the roof bottom side of the pipe let water run to the tank . bottom side drains down in the 2 “ PVC pipe . They put straps to hold pipe in place on the roof . Pipe size look like 4” for the guttering . Plum out to 2” going to tank .

[@luminary412]

thanks for the tip! great video

[@earthnailsandtails]

Happy you enjoyed!

[@earthnailsandtails]

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[@davidsosna5913]

Excellent video thank you so much. I checked out the link to the supplies you used. Did I miss in the video where you used the Twinkle Star sediment filter?

[@earthnailsandtails]

Your right it was not directly mentioned in the video. I have it installed before my pump just incase all my filters don’t catch everything and something winds up in the water supply.

[@LarsonFishing]

How has the garden been? Just curious as I also have the same style architecture shingles, does yours have algae protection? Great attention to detail, earned you a sub! 🤙🏼

[@mikethomforde7326]

I found the links thanks

[@EASyourpain]

How is it over winter?

[@brandonbeckemeyer1579]

How do you keep the overflow from siphoning out the tanks? ThankYou for sharing your setup.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Drill a tiny hole in the top of the overflow to act as a siphon break or if you use a large pipe with a shallow overflow like I did it should happen naturally 👍🏼

[@theoschepers9749]

Great system, thanks for sharing this. Just one question , is there any risk of legionella contamintation when the water is heating up in the containers iduring warmer days? Would this be an actual concern ? Thank you

[@earthnailsandtails]

there is definitely the potential for bacteria. I would not spray this on the plants. use a drip system or apply it directly to the soil 👍🏼

[@theoschepers9749]

@@earthnailsandtails thank you for your answer, could you please share the link for the trap-on to the end of the tube

[@amynoble3269]

What shoes are you wearing in this video?

[@rhinorampage1807]

Great System! are you at all concerned with the potential chemical leaching from the Asphalt shingles? Im sure its fine but wondering your thoughts

[@earthnailsandtails]

I think it is a legitimate concern but I think the amount that comes off won’t be that significant for the amount of time the rain actually spends on the roof. The filter systems should prevent any sediment from getting into the totes which could cause more significant leaching

[@williamburkey4910]

I need link to clamp adapter for middle tote.

[@earthnailsandtails]

everything is in the video description

[@therealcomediancandylady79]

So the bugs will harvest on the top😮

[@nes999]

We use these with epoxy stored 4 high. I bet if you stored them 2 or 3 high, so they are still below your roof. You could get away with less need for a pump.

[@earthnailsandtails]

its true, the higher it is the more pressure it will provide. just remember the farther you need the water to travel the bigger the pipe will need to be. this is what makes having a pump handy. maintains the pressure over long distance

[@albertwilson3396]

Where did you get the covers?

[@earthnailsandtails]

All of the supplies are in the description 👍🏼

[@keithwade8863]

How do you get your clean out to not leak?

[@earthnailsandtails]

i used nylon tape, but if it leaks a. little bit its okay

[@azph4105]

you might wanna drill a hole in your first flush pipe

[@earthnailsandtails]

I did! Works great

[@TenmaFN]

You would have been better off raising the totes about 4 feet off the ground to give the lines gravity pressure, as the lower the water level is in the totes the less pressure you will have at standing height. Your build is pretty stout otherwise.

[@earthnailsandtails]

That would be a pretty big undertaking and wouldn’t really provide that much head. 30ft yields about 10lbs of pressure. I got myself a transfer pump and it works great

[@doodoobrown3928]

You look like makemebad35

[@Etheoma]

you would have been better off with a fine mess to stop mosquitos

[@earthnailsandtails]

There is a fine mesh filter. Someone didn’t watch 😉

[@Etheoma]

​@@earthnailsandtails Well you are the one that said the flaps ontop were for stopping mesquites and the fine filter on the intake and inlet was for filtering out debris and sediment. So yeh I did watch. 8:10 9:45 11:58 What I mean is I would have went with fine filters over the 2 tanks back from the inlet tank so that encase the Velcro isn't sealed correctly mosquitos and other bugs still can't get in. And if you do have fine filters over the other 2 tanks... well if you said you did I missed it, but I did watch the video.

[@luckygoose844]

Hey, where did you get that round black top lid with that long sock filter? Did they come together? How can I get that filter set up. Thanx.

[@earthnailsandtails]

i put all the materials i used in the videos description!