Y'all are so cute... I'm an old guy now...I remember when my wife and I were learning diy things from books and magazines (no internet and to broke to buy that many books then) On Saturdays we would go to Barnes and Noble, take notes have a coffee and dream of the things we could do...I've learned so much over the years. I became a contractor now I'm retired from that. We live a farm life now...and I set up people to homestead.Your video gave me much joy. Never stop learning new things and never let others talk you out of your dreams.God Bless.
Thanks for sharing. I've seen others being made but I like how you used a reducer vs a standard cap and having to drill a large hole to fit the valve. I'm so making this for emergencies. Thank you
Thanks for the great video! One thing I will be doing is putting 3 small stainless steel self tap screws at the bottom where the coupling adapter is to make sure that the foot valve assembly does not fall off even though it is glued on! Thanks again 👍
Very nice tutorial. Something to consider is rather than looping the rope through the holes put a stainless steel bolt and hardware. This way if the rope breaks or comes untied you can lower a hook down to retrieve it. On the one I built has an end cap on it with holes drilled through it and a dollar store flat rubber tub stopper as the one way valve.
I think yours works as intended. You drop the bucket in, the water can lift the rubber and flow up into the bucket, and when you raise it, the stopper seals the opening(s) and you can lift up. But with these foot valves I see people install (like in this video and many others), I cannot picture that lowering it into the water will compress the spring in the footer valve that easily. Nor can they overcome buoyancy that easily. What I think is happening is that they lower the bucket enough so that water flows over the top of the bucket. If that is the case, you could just seal the bottom with an end cap and weight it enough that it will enter the water deep enough. Then again I could be wrong. The only way to tell is to measure the water table height First and then only lower the bottom of the bucket a foot below that (so one could exclude water coming over the top as a source of filling).
👍🏽 for following the safety instructions, and for not cutting your hubby’s comments and funny faces! It’s great to hear from you both and I love the walk-through on how to do this!! I hope you can get a funnel for your jugs so you don’t waste any of this precious fluid. I also wonder, how deep is your well? Such helpful information - thank you very much! ♥️
Thank you so much for sharing this. I work for Harvard University and we have been studying solar flares and they have been increasing at such an exponential rate. We hit 1500 Hertz on April 9th and soon it will be enough to take out the entire electronic grid. The grid could go out for a maximum in my opinion of 30 days. They would need to bring in Tesla energy in order to fix any kind of grid as the electronics will no longer be workable after the EMP.
Thanks for sharing. We believe that everything that makes us dependent on someone or something else, makes us vulnerable so we try to work toward self sufficiency.
Also I know that Harvard is a droned indoctrination school. Well they all are. Lol I just work there Because unfortunately the Matrix is still running on money. But soon as we watch the old guard fall, it won't be like that.
I know that y’all may have explained this but I need more specific instructions. I’ve basically got the same thing I have not got my foot valve yet, but my reducer was from 3 inch to 2 inch my question is do I need a 2 inch valve to go down Into the reducer that ends up 2 inches or does it have to be smaller so it fits in the 2 inch?
I assume that there was no well pump and pickup pipe installed in this well? Just the casing? I have a 6" well and I"m trying to figure out what size I'll need to slip past the pickup pipe and the wiring.
Correct...no pump installed at that time. Now, it is installed, and I can't see a way around it without pulling the pump.. which I wouldn't do unless we had a long term power outage and were desperate for water.
I honestly don't know and don't want to speculate since we are new to a well. We've always had city water. When we use our baler...the water was only used in non potable applications.
Righty .. tighty .. lefty .. loosy .. also you can drill right tru not one hole per side and use a bolt and center your rope so its not going to bounce around as you pull back up. Also if you cut one end wrong you can just re cut the same side ;p
@@lessoflifefamily I was able to make one thanks to you guys, i used a cheap 12$ one way plastic flapper valve .. boy did the price of PVC pipe price go up!
Hi I was practicing my Bailer bucket in a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket but when I lifted it out of the water the foot valve leaked tons of water. Do you know why that is?
The video was filmed in reverse...it looks like he is going clockwise but he was doing it the right way. We still can't figure out what we did wrong.. must have been a messed up lid 🤷♀️
For us, hand pumps are very expensive and were hard to find at the time. Also, we just had our actual electric well pump installed a few weeks ago. So, it didn't make sense to install a hand pump for that much money as a temporary solution. 😃
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Y'all are so cute... I'm an old guy now...I remember when my wife and I were learning diy things from books and magazines (no internet and to broke to buy that many books then)
On Saturdays we would go to Barnes and Noble, take notes have a coffee and dream of the things we could do...I've learned so much over the years.
I became a contractor now I'm retired from that. We live a farm life now...and I set up people to homestead.Your video gave me much joy. Never stop learning new things and never let others talk you out of your dreams.God Bless.
Thank you so much for this!!! We appreciate all the kind words! God bless! ❤️
Thanks for sharing. I've seen others being made but I like how you used a reducer vs a standard cap and having to drill a large hole to fit the valve. I'm so making this for emergencies. Thank you
Thanks! You look like the kind of people I'd LOVE to have as neighbors. Friendly, innovative, adventurous. Good luck with your land.
So sweet! 😃
Thanks for the great video! One thing I will be doing is putting 3 small stainless steel self tap screws at the bottom where the coupling adapter is to make sure that the foot valve assembly does not fall off even though it is glued on! Thanks again 👍
Thank you for showing us how to do this. It's critical for anyone that has power outages, and don't have financial resources to spend on generators.
And generators require fuel...what if you can't get to fuel...just like to be prepared!
Very nice tutorial. Something to consider is rather than looping the rope through the holes put a stainless steel bolt and hardware. This way if the rope breaks or comes untied you can lower a hook down to retrieve it.
On the one I built has an end cap on it with holes drilled through it and a dollar store flat rubber tub stopper as the one way valve.
Great suggestion
I think yours works as intended. You drop the bucket in, the water can lift the rubber and flow up into the bucket, and when you raise it, the stopper seals the opening(s) and you can lift up. But with these foot valves I see people install (like in this video and many others), I cannot picture that lowering it into the water will compress the spring in the footer valve that easily. Nor can they overcome buoyancy that easily.
What I think is happening is that they lower the bucket enough so that water flows over the top of the bucket. If that is the case, you could just seal the bottom with an end cap and weight it enough that it will enter the water deep enough.
Then again I could be wrong. The only way to tell is to measure the water table height First and then only lower the bottom of the bucket a foot below that (so one could exclude water coming over the top as a source of filling).
👍🏽 for following the safety instructions, and for not cutting your hubby’s comments and funny faces! It’s great to hear from you both and I love the walk-through on how to do this!!
I hope you can get a funnel for your jugs so you don’t waste any of this precious fluid. I also wonder, how deep is your well?
Such helpful information - thank you very much! ♥️
Well is 240 ft, 47 static level, pumps 18gpm
My hubby and I are in the EXACT SAME SITUATION. Waiting to build, in an RV, deep hole in the ground with LOTS of water somewhere.....downnnn therrre.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I work for Harvard University and we have been studying solar flares and they have been increasing at such an exponential rate. We hit 1500 Hertz on April 9th and soon it will be enough to take out the entire electronic grid. The grid could go out for a maximum in my opinion of 30 days. They would need to bring in Tesla energy in order to fix any kind of grid as the electronics will no longer be workable after the EMP.
Thanks for sharing. We believe that everything that makes us dependent on someone or something else, makes us vulnerable so we try to work toward self sufficiency.
Also...check out how we set up rainwater catchment here: th-cam.com/video/Li_bDKOZTh0/w-d-xo.html
@@lessoflifefamily I agree. I think we all need to start thinking off-grid living! Thank you for helping us transition to the way things should be.
Also I know that Harvard is a droned indoctrination school. Well they all are. Lol I just work there Because unfortunately the Matrix is still running on money. But soon as we watch the old guard fall, it won't be like that.
Good job but you need to use primer for the glue to bond.
We work with PVC daily. You guys are killing me with that PVC cement! Lol. It is threaded but must be opened with large pliers.
We have to be able to laugh at ourselves, right? Lol. 😆
IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE TIGHTING THE CAP AKA TURING THE WRONG WAY
We didn't know that was a thing. Thanks for the tip. 😃
He was tightening the cement cap. Also put a safety screw in the end, so it won’t fall off
Nice video guys!
OMG Gloves and safety glasses! for crying out loud, get your hands dirty. It's not going to hurt you.
How many gallons of water was in the pipe? And if you had added a part list I would have bought them and it would have gave you a little commission
You said you measured the PVC and then cut it what were you measuring it for ? I know zero..beginner
You can use an a frame or a tripod with a pulley over the well and use your hose real to lift it straight up and drop it straight down.
We had tried the hose reel but were having difficulty with it. We will have to try it again when we have more time and patience 😉
@@lessoflifefamily Thanks for the video by the way.
I know that y’all may have explained this but I need more specific instructions. I’ve basically got the same thing I have not got my foot valve yet, but my reducer was from 3 inch to 2 inch my question is do I need a 2 inch valve to go down Into the reducer that ends up 2 inches or does it have to be smaller so it fits in the 2 inch?
I assume that there was no well pump and pickup pipe installed in this well? Just the casing?
I have a 6" well and I"m trying to figure out what size I'll need to slip past the pickup pipe and the wiring.
Correct...no pump installed at that time. Now, it is installed, and I can't see a way around it without pulling the pump.. which I wouldn't do unless we had a long term power outage and were desperate for water.
Not sure what the foot valve purpose is. Why not just cap it off?
I had seen someone else use it...but, I think I would just cap it if I did it again too.
Is the water at the static level (top of the water) safe to drink? I’m asking because a well pump goes down a lot deeper. Thanks in advance!
I honestly don't know and don't want to speculate since we are new to a well. We've always had city water. When we use our baler...the water was only used in non potable applications.
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Righty .. tighty .. lefty .. loosy .. also you can drill right tru not one hole per side and use a bolt and center your rope so its not going to bounce around as you pull back up. Also if you cut one end wrong you can just re cut the same side ;p
Thanks
@@lessoflifefamily I was able to make one thanks to you guys, i used a cheap 12$ one way plastic flapper valve .. boy did the price of PVC pipe price go up!
You didn’t need to remove the spring from the foot valve?
Nope....didn't remove anything.
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I was practicing my Bailer bucket in a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket but when I lifted it out of the water the foot valve leaked tons of water. Do you know why that is?
I'm sorry but I don't know why...we have used ours many times and it never leaks out of the bottom.
Thanks 😊
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He is tightening the lid by twisting clockwise
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The video was filmed in reverse...it looks like he is going clockwise but he was doing it the right way. We still can't figure out what we did wrong.. must have been a messed up lid 🤷♀️
Why not a hand pump....this seems labor intensive compared to pump🤷♀️
For us, hand pumps are very expensive and were hard to find at the time. Also, we just had our actual electric well pump installed a few weeks ago. So, it didn't make sense to install a hand pump for that much money as a temporary solution. 😃
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BUYA FUNNEL !!!!. Skip the hokey gloves and glasses !!!. Your not working with acid already !!!!.