Weekend Project: Barrel Water Collector

[@aaronable7842]

I made this, turned out great! I added pea gravel on the top. But a vent hole was needed to allow for air to escape when it was filling.

[@MAKE]

It pours rain here in Florida. Go ahead and make one and then show us!

[@ciphyl]

This is a great project and one I was thinking of doing myself to water our garden. We have a sump pump that pumps water out into our yard and instead I could route it into the barrel. Another great addition would be to add a hose output at the bottom of the barrel and using the pressure from all of the water above it, the water should flow out with good pressure I would think. That way you could just hook up the hose to it instead of having to pump water into a bucket and carry it wherever.

[@kieferonline]

This project really glosses over the "collector" part of this project. Getting water into those two small holes would be the tricky part. I'm sure he just used a garden hose off camera. This video is more about pumping the water than collecting it.

[@ckellingc]

We have a giant ceramic pot that we used for something similar. It is important to realize however, that even though it's just rainwater, you should not directly drink the water that comes out of it. Who knows what birds have been doing in or around the area, not to mention what they can do on top of the barrel. We mainly use ours to water our garden, great project.

[@HappySmackyPro]

You all have had some nice "makes" on the show for quite sometime, but I do have to say this one really caught my attention. Great Job!

[@ZLew02]

This way will in fact get you more water per rain (by a huge factor). Most that are hooked up to gutters also have overflow holes/valves built into them and are elevated off the ground so you can just attach a hose to the bottom of the container and the water will flow. A little more intensive to design/build but it will get the job done faster. you can find several vids on here for designs like that. cool stuff

[@Dem0D1ck]

Best way would be to cut a rectangle for the water intake, place the barrel under a rain gutter down spout and feed the down spout into the rectangle. Next rain storm, it'll fill up pretty fast. Could probably be used for drinking water if you used a proper filter over the water intake. Neat project.

[@ichigo3223]

I have something similar at home...but instead of using a Barrel, I used a large plastic garbage can (or drum). Also the pump idea is kinda nice since I use buckets to get the water out. Definetly gonna try this some time.

[@twylightsky2007]

primer is a turpine or achcohal like substance. It's purpose is to clean the pipe of dirt and obstructions. The purple color is just a dye to show where you applied it. Hower.. I would suggest taking off the store stickers from your pipe before applying it. Cleaning the pipe allows the cement to make a better seal around the pipe

[@coondogtheman]

haha Kipkay I have that same exact staple gun. There is a hand water pump like this in a small town in central maine i lived in and its right on top of a well. the pump is on a wooden mount and the whole thing moves you pick it up and drop it down a few times to prime the pump. You could route your house gutters to this barrel collector. i would do this but I dont want to breed mosquitoes.

[@iwan0t0smith]

ooh the barrel ressonates really nicely

[@wrksnfx]

@MrSeanw84 You beat me to it but you'll need plumbers putty around the threads of the spigot (tap) this is GREY WATER and you can't drink it but you can water your lawn and plants w/ it if you add a bag of manure to the bottom when the water fills the barrel it will need to be stirred to properly mixed but your lawn and plants will LOVE it.

[@Prence]

Kip Kay now has his own show on YouToo Tv. I used to have mediacom cable and they offered it.

[@TPD]

What does the primer do?

[@ogunshi]

as PVC pipes are mainly used for water, it would be safe to assume that the materials used for glueing them together are safe. Not this does not mean crack open a can of PVC cement and go to town eating it, but it is safe.

[@sly1cool54]

i agree...if u looked you could probably find a threaded pump and find out how to attatch it to a hose to a sprinkler or something

[@TIO1JPG]

a very simple but yet a very cool project

[@Elec-DIY]

I have a 1500 liter water tank wich is fill with the water that falls on 20 square meters of roof so It always has water despite the weather here in Spain. I'm planning to connect a water pump controlled with arduino to water the plants of my garden.

[@spriketmine]

yes he needs a tv show that would be so cool hope he gets one soon coment if you like

[@Hobby_Collector]

i should totally make one the only down side is we haven't had serious rain in over a year just a light sprinkle once

[@brendaG73]

It's for collecting rain water. And it goes into the barrel through the 2 holes he drilled in the top... (the holes he covered with the screen)

[@jdrs1990]

@mfoulks625 I have one and we hooked the drain pipe on the roof to it so it gets full every time it rains. There is also a hole at the bottom of the barrel with a hose conected to it. This allows the water pressure to give a slow stream into the garden.

[@insAneTunA]

Great video ! 5* and greets from the Netherlands, iT

[@sachiperez]

I guess you could also build a small stand to bring the spout off the ground. Nice idea.

[@topshonuff]

What happens in the winter time?? Do I have to pump all that water out so it doesn't freeze.. And if the water freeze will it warp the barrel causing to be off balance or cause little cracks so water will leak out?? Tornadoes or Hurricanes will cause a problem also. It is a great Idea and the Idea of just putting a faucet at the bottom and just elevating it higher surface, but you still have worry about Mother Nature..

[@DatBlueHusky]

i also did is by connecting the overflow pipe to overflow to another Barrel we had 3 giant Barrels filled up in 1 heavy thunder storm it was great kept almost 2 weeks of watering the garden almost everyday but we even had a hi flow water pump to help too better than this and more simple that having pvc pipes and drilling holes

[@shortkid2929]

I was noticing a lot of comments about people thinking it's unclean to drink out of a rain collector but you could just buy one of those water pureofier jugs and put the water in there and it would take out all the bad stuff.

[@exhumed07]

I acually put goldfish in my barrels. they eat the bugs and since I don't drink the water I'm not concerned about whats in it even though when I"m hunting I drink water straight from the creeks. and if u keep an open top barrel in the shade it will inhibit algea growth.

[@Exelbaradin]

if you could find a way to cover the holes when its full connect the air compressor and on the other side a water hose it become a preassure washer

[@nagaempress]

Serious question For make... Could you use a trashcan ( new of course) for this? The top is not flat, but is there a way to put a hose on the bottom? You could move it around the garden on the wheels. And use gravity for the flow? Thanks

[@girrrrrrr2]

one small suggestion to make it better, add a gutter like system to make more water come into the barrel.

[@Membrane556]

I think I might make one but with some small DC powered pumps controlled by a microcontroller for my garden and plants.

[@squirrelspown]

ok im talking about little bacteria that grow in water that has been left in a barel for like a week the stuff in that barel isnt going to make a crop shortage in your litle garden

[@ZLew02]

in TX you would either need to treat the water or use a finer screen mesh (like window screen), otherwise it would be a breeding ground for mosquito and other creepy crawly things. nice warm stagnant water... mosquito heaven.

[@sachiperez]

the size of the intake does not matter too much. The entire top of the barrel would catch the water and then just fall through the smaller wholes

[@DatBlueHusky]

HERES ANOTHER WAY: Get a Barrel and big tubes then connect the tubes to the rain gutters then to the Barrel then when it rains it will fill the Barrel up then just put a tap at the bottom of the Barrel then connect a water hose and you got free water planter

[@Sodorii]

6:00 I've learned that stainless steel DO rust. Evrything rust! Just the surface of a stainless steel is more like the surface of aluminum. Meaning that stainless is more rust proof than regular steel. Anyhow, great project!

[@starwars6rulz]

this+brita filter=GENIUS

[@tarogue1]

A *much* better use for a used wine or whiskey barrel would be to ferment beer. Rain-collection barrels should be plastic because (1) plastic is MUCH cheaper than a new or used oak barrel, and (2) plastic barrels will stay water-tight even if they go dry. Wooden barrels will separate at the staves if they get dry.

[@sgtpepper1138]

a lot of people hook it up to their rain gutters on their houses, so when it rains it'll fill the barrel up.

[@Odesious25]

Question. How does the rainwater get in if the holes are so small.

[@perfecttofu421]

when it rains... doesnt it water everything anyways? and by the time it gets hot, the water in the barell will either be all gross and bacterae infested or evaporated right?

[@twylightsky2007]

ya it would have to take a long time to be cost effective. but the wine barrel and pump do look nice compared to the plastic blue crap barrels.

[@EggFuhrer]

This came out on my birthday! :D

[@farmjunk]

check out the end of the pump. i think theres a hook built in

[@ssss122344]

isn't the glue for the PVC pipe poison? How do you save water? You could make the project very cheap but putting a fountain at the bottom of the barrel.

[@TheSaxon1321]

wouldnt it be better to use bug screen to cover the wholes to prevent mosquitoes laying eggs in the fresh water.. and larger holes for more water collection?

[@michaelraby5951]

I FUCKING KNEW IT! THE BARRELS! I KNEW YOU WERE WORKING WITH THE BARRELS!!

[@TheAngryHomer]

It's was a interesting video, but I don't get, how water can get in to barrel?

[@Edgar-and-Wrench]

awesome DUDE. ur going green

[@BlackEgoBrain]

Hey, I`m from Germany can anyone tell me whats se name of the glue in this video? I want to by it, but in germany i cant. So can anyone give me a link to an onlineshop where i can buy this glue? THX

[@brendainny]

that was awesome idea

[@Jus275]

@Odesious25 i think it will collect in the top of the barrel and find its way in.

[@123kaker]

how much water did you waste on filling the barrel to demonstrate it?

[@sciencething0101]

so much work.. you could just get a big plastic storage box and take of the lid and leave it outside there like 5$ at a store get 10 and put some under gutter and leave some anywhere else so much more water and it cheaper! (some plastic boxes are recycled plastic =D)

[@MAKE]

Needs to process

[@ZLew02]

The pump alone is about 50 bucks (40 plus shipping).

[@ogunshi]

It all depends on where you life. Sure you live in the city and have water pipes to you. I own a cabin in the woods. I could spend a couple hundred thousand to have water piped to the cabin and then pay the wonderful price of $1 for 3000 gallons of water, or I could make something like this. Got to tell ya for the cabin this project is a LOT most cost effective.

[@alienonmars470]

@mrmatt2525able he did that so he wont have to replace the pvcand make sure everything doesnt like un twist itself out of other pvc

[@Vnix]

whiskey barrel? should the insides be charred too?

[@m0nsk1]

I suggest you cut the PVC a half to 1 inch shorter so the pump won't suck in some sediments that could collect at the bottom.

[@SYTHE5]

The rain water is poisonous now. It's all foamy and and when it settles, its thick. I think it's from cloud seeding. Depends on where you live though.

[@StuPadazzo]

@Schirf : My well pump runs less because I have three of these barrels that I use to irrigate my garden... So, yes... everywhere.

[@NvPGulstab]

I bet Kipkay drank the full barrel of wine himself. He's got a Platinum Liver.

[@MultiTalentedFilms]

where can i get the wall repair patch?

[@CodyCNutsKuenzler]

@NFS104 why didn't he punp it into a glass or something then?

[@TheGadgetFanatic]

can you use a 1" foot valve instead of a 1.5"?

[@_korbo_]

@HUBCITYMOVIEMAKERS1 Maybe the plants are inside your house? Maybe it rains too much and you don't want to over-water your plants? Many reasons.

[@englundisgod]

the water hes talking about is rain water, when it rains the water is collected

[@itsBrotherBilal]

Yeah, I could definetly make this during the weekend :D

[@readallen]

correction- at 4:20 he did go the right way with the tape

[@iceman7794]

@Gir46765 no it's not.... Have you ever been to Florida? It looks just like that their

[@cormacorp]

emm isn't the two intake holes abit small?.. is he afraid of people stealing the water or something?

[@ciphyl]

He filled up the excess space in the holes with that hardening foam.

[@juann913]

why do i keep watching these videos?... it's not like i'm going to try to do this

[@ZLew02]

I guess the bottom line is that it is a cool project to do, and if it helps you feel better because you are conserving some water, there is no harm in that. But to say you are going to save money isn't very accurate. Even if you built it for free, using a full barrel would save you about a cent or two. If pumping 50 gallons of water out by hand is worth a cent to you....go for it. If you are anticipating lowering your water bill, or saving any real money... this isn't the way to do that.

[@droid7627]

what if the water has a wine like taste from the inside of the barrel

[@nagaempress]

In my part of the US monsoons dont happen often so the holes are meant for average rain fall.

[@pronto355]

You would be better off getting a large galvanized metal water tank if you wanted it for drinking and your location would also be important eg; I live near a city and the fallout from the nearby steel mills makes the water we collect undrinkable but fine for watering plants Our relatives however live in the country and collect rainwater for drinking as there is no nearby industries to contaminate the water

[@portugal82]

His plants are going to get drunk with that water LOL.

[@MrBlueyou123]

@kennymcpooh It seals the gap between the threads on the adapter and the other piece.

[@123CJvideos]

would the water be ok to drink?

[@micah_lee]

I was thinking of using this for chicken waterer refillers?

[@jackol900]

no i was replying to someone esles comment who asked how it saves you money

[@felixonthemac]

would add a nice taste to the water too

[@LordBLB]

Wouldn't you need closer weaved screen if your area is known for mosquitos? Otherwise the opening is large enough in the mesh for mosquitos to get in there and lay larva, and you've only made a mosquito breeding barrel?

[@mcshadys]

Oh sure, let me just get into my collection of barrels, which is right next to my box of spare computer fans. Also near my spare infared and LED lights. LOL

[@63NY1]

are the cement or primer poisonous? Not drinking water anyway i guess

[@MrEinstain]

...and use ABS pipes:sometimes pvc fuses and this can contaminate your water

[@438426x1]

would u not want to make the intake holes much larger?!?

[@Mrdogdigger]

@vettet1 It's buffalo grass. It saves water, it's real grass and it's great stuff. Google it

[@dennisruss1111]

i bet if you put sterilizer in it you could have a little backup drinking water thing

[@nagaempress]

Do you know where to get instructions for that?

[@topshonuff]

It's just PVC Primer and PVC Cement glue.. And he also use teflon tape..

[@SyntheticsV2]

if you double grate it there's a very low chance of that happening, assuming you did everything he did

[@UnderlinedDesigns]

6:15 gotta love that noise

[@kevinegen]

@LovingPaperGuns makes it so it doesnt leak and keeps pressure.

[@Sodorii]

They will rust, just not in the same way. All it requiers is a hole smaller than what your eye can see and it will break through. But true, they need to be scratched. That is a big chanse though. Maybe a bird sits there, maybe a cat, maybe something else.

[@MAKE]

Sorry Mr. Grammar.