Good idea! I have 4 250 gallon ponds(plastic pond linners) from a box store all around my 1/4 acre property. I'm single but my family thinks I'm nuts for prepping and when it happens they will come running to me. I also have 2 apple trees a mulberry tree and buying a barlet pear next week. Keep prepping people. Great video Nate!
In a few years you will find new mulberry trees everywhere on your property, so you will have heaps of fruit from that one original tree. I am forever pulling up young trees, but the fruit is lovely. Good luck and stay safe.
I live in semi-arid Northern Country, Victoria, and every homestead around here has water tanks (large cisterns) fed by rainwater roof catchments. I have 40, 000 litres of this type of storage capacity, and it will never be lost through evaporation, because it's in a closed tank. Every time it rains, it's topped up from my roof, which is 100 square metres of corrugated sheet metal. These types of water supply systems have been built here in Australia forever. My great grandpa was a plumber, he moved to Australia from England in about 1896 and made his living building these sorts of systems on the Kalgoorlie Goldfields, in West Australia. By the time he was old, he was a wealthy man and bought a small estate with a manor house on it, that he ran as a small off-grid homestead. That's where my Dad grew up (he was an orphan) on Pa's Ranch, during the Great Depression, and they were hardly affected at all! They were living like rich folks in a big manor with house cows, ducks, chickens, fruit trees, vegetables, you name it! Pa made his living in retirement supplying the local grocery store with fresh fruit and vegetables and there was never a lack of anything! BTW, when he was a small boy, Pa grew up in Shepherd's Bush, London, and the conditions of his childhood were positively Dickensian! So, he started with nothing but got an education, then a Plumber's apprenticeship, and worked his way up from there!
You've got a homestead, why don't you just dig yourself a pond? You can grow fish, swim, irrigate etc with it no? And it costs the same as setting up a pool.
Because doing it for his youtube means he can write off the tax implications as a business expense. Why do you think he is making videos for things like this, its because he can write a chunk of it off.
I was camping with my mates back in 1990 in Australia. We went for a walk in the bush and got lost. It was a hot sunny day and the thirst that we had for water was insane. We were fit surfer guys, but increasingly became a bit worried. We were sunburnt and needed water pretty bad. We got real lucky when we found a water tank with working tap. Then a car came by and the people helped us back to camp. A long story. But ive never been so thirsty. Water is number one in my preps.
I live in Australia and come from a multi-generational homesteading family. If you're ever lost in the Aussie Bush (probably works for any forest, BTW) keep walking downhill. Even a slight downhill gradient will eventually lead you to a valley bottom and even if it's dry, keep walking downhill, along the valley bottom. You will eventually come to a Spring, a Pond or a Flowing Creek! Either way, you've found water and your life has been spared! When you've drunk your fill, keep following the stream downhill, you'll eventually come to either a bridge (a road) or a town. You can hail a lift into town from the road or get help from the town, either way, you've found your rescue and are no longer lost!!! This is easy advice to remember, and may well save your life one day, so remember it! God Bless!!!
What will you do in winter? The majority of water has to be drained, with the remainder a frozen block of ice. The inner liner also will tear... Been there, done that. If it were me, I'd dig a pond. As a hard core prep/homesteader for 15 years in far Northern Ontario, watching your newer videos are where theory meets reality. Good job showing the mistakes along with what works! People need to be shown the crazy time involved, the high set up cost and the inevitable disappointment, when a good idea goes south. Most times it's revise, rethink, redo and never repeat, but once it works the rewards are worth it. You can't learn it, unless you do it. My kids spent 4 years swimming safely in the back yard and in fire season it was a great resource, but as a 'once done' potable water source, it was a nightmare. Seriously Nat, dig a pond.
Believe it or not urine is actually sterile (unless you have some disease process going on) as urine is filtered out of the blood. It's the #2 that you have to be concerned about.
We bought a used 13x21' above ground pool and collect rainwater from our home and shop roofs. We grow tilapia in the pool and my husband even built me a dock for our dog to practice dock diving. We use a passive siphon system to water our garden with collected rainwater during the summer monsoon season. We also have the square tanks to divert rainwater for drinking purposes.
You guys are gonna wonder why the FBI is kicking down your door for such an avoidable reason, not saying it concerns me, but choose your wording more carefully. Actually I'm probably wrong, actual predators spreading actual malicious messages don't even get in trouble on youtube... But ironically enough someone using bad wording for something probably would.
I have 10,000 gallon cistern. Cost $2500. + $500. For guy with excavator to burry. Fills up in one rainy night from 600spuare feet cabin roof. Does not freeze in the winter time like a swimming pool
little pro tip for the amateurs out there.......drive a pin into the ground in the centre of your pad/pool position then cut a story rod the length of the pool radius get a sidekick to hold the story rod into the central peg or pin that end of your story rod with the central pin the markout your perfect circle, you could even use a bit of string instead of the story rod...
You might want to have a covering for that pool when not in use from deadly chemicals that are almost unfilterable that might be airborne. Good job Nate
I collect rainwater in Used food grade iBC totes wrapped in black plastic and insect screened both ends with first flush diverter and kept in shaded spot. The water is always cool, clear, clean no odor and I love watering and rinsing off with it. Best part is it naturally refills faster than I can ever use it. I live in high rainfall area.
This brings back memories of when we bought a $500 swimming pool kit from Sears. My husband, myself, and our two sons put it together on what was certainly the windiest day of the year. It was the best investment we made for the kids. Since we lived in a very rural area, it gave the kids something to do when they didn't know what to do - I'm sure you know how that is.
First off, having been bitten by horseflies, I totally get stopping everything to smack one. Second, we have a cheap above ground pool partially as water storage as well. It's also as excellent way to cool someone down when they're overheated on hot days.
If the pool is 10,000 gal, that's equivalent to 40 of those 250 gal/1000 liter totes. The pool is a great idea. If you have a large property, I'd look for a used pool for water storage only. But it's seasonal if you live somewhere cold - I would assume ice would expand and split one of those pools in halves.
Prepper droves past birch....which he is chopping down which can be tapped seasonally for nutrient dense water. Radiation free..... Prepper ...open your eyes to your own yards ability. The trees your straws the land your pool.
@@brandonreid7528 Pool pee is not nutrient dense. Tell the kids. Radiation messes things up including the trees.The big boom is not a learning experience. It's big under ground infrastructure$ including water.
We found used food grade 250 gallon water tanks on Marketplace for $100. Hooked them up to the downspout from the roof with a filter. Will run our irrigation system for the garden during dry months and take pressure off of our well water usage. Marketplace is awesome. Also found a local business that buys stuff from auction and sorts it into warehouses. Brand new canning jars = $7. Brand new pressure canner = $50. Half what we’d pay at the store…
Live in the country and had our well pump die while my dad was away grabbed our spare sump pump dropped in in our above ground pool ran the hose and extension cord in through basement bathroom window filled the tub for flushing and grabbed the water jugs previously filled and stored for drinking
Nate is a great example of think a little about something, do it to get it done, & learn a lot in the process. Most of us never get shit done because we’re thinking too much. I’m going to really change how I approach life after realizing this. Quit thinking so much, start doing!
Just a thought, I would dig a large pond for your water. For irrigation, you can use a solar fountain to circulate. It will freeze well in the winter, and if you want, you could grow fish in it. Last a lot longer than the pool.
I've had a off grid homestead for years now, and I've tried all sorts of ideas. Any water stored in anything but a proper rain water tank is useless, due to algae growth. Then for showers, toilets, washing, and general farm use, a bore , with a large header tank can't be beaten, fitted with a Solar bore pump, running uphill, so the tank is up high. No power needed, but water 24 hours a day. Works great. And we are in a dry, hot area, central Qld, Australia.
Anything with a large surface area, like a pool, is going to evaporate off a lot of water over time in a hot place. Where I live in Ireland it wouldn't evaporate for most of the year but it would go green with algae in about a month or two. I don't fancy drinking pool chemicals. Black ibcs in the shade are the cheapest and most reliable way to store lots of water.
@@kevfit4333 so true, that's why I prefer to leave the water underground until I need it. Underground, it's safe from algae, evaporation and any nasties. I have found that the pump is important, a submersible, of the impeller type, not the rubber screw with the stainless steel worm screw type, as they don't last long. About 12 months for the screw type, verses 10 to 12 years for the impeller type. And with the soft start solar pumps , they are great for solar.
Another option for covert outdoor storage are Aquascape AquaBloxs. They look like large milk crates. You dig a square pit, line it, stack these inside, and then cover with larger gravel on top. Nobody can see it, so it might be a better option in suburban settings.
When I was looking for a homestead,it had to have a fresh water source.I have a 1 acre spring fed stocked pond w/ abundant wild waterfowl coming.Early goose season started today.......
Better to put a 15’ pool in your basement. Most basement floors are level, so no blocks needed. A fifteen foot pool holds about 15,000 gallons, around three truckloads. Keep it covered and dark, and check the condition occasionally. I was part of grading out a huge area to display pools. All they needed was several pads of concrete. We leveled out probably a 1/4 acre hunk of ground. The pool pads were formed and poured first, then the spaces between were all filled with more concrete, making it easy for customers to view the pools.
I recommend to the canadian prepper "Nate" to use rain water to fill his pool. It's cleaner and would not be discolored like the water he has now. To catch rain water you create rain collection system which looks like a mini roof like devices mounted to 4x4 beams and gutters that channel it into a PVC Pipe to the pool for filling.
I have made my own pool 8 years ago. You don't need Chlorine for the pool. I made my own copper system and my own ozone generator driven by solar. Costs me 120 USD total and I never had to buy chemicals again. And I could drink the water. The ozone decays rapidly. But with a well and a small solar pump I have enough drinking water.
I used to have an above ground pool (beware of the clorine, it will eat right through plywood). Once when I was working night shift and the township water was down so I couldn't take my 'before work shower'. I grabbed a bar of soap, a bottle of shampoo, stripped down in the yard and took my 'before work bath' in the pool. You have to do what you have to do.
Small plastic pools that you typically get out of Walmart whole quite a bit of water. They can be stacked and brought out when needed. Easy to cover with a tarp. Good for rainwater and enough drainage. Do not put any inflatable pool or a deck. Water is extremely heavy and can do serious damage to your deck leveling.🍺
Nice vid... but for the price, I'd MUCH prefer to buy 2 x 24,000 litre tanks that WILL stand alone. Pools like that are VERY insubstantial (especially for the price) and can collapse too easily - as multiple videos demonstrate. With thick-walled fire-tanks, you only need minimal ground-prep, and save for a wild-fire they'll last forever. Added benefit: no bugs or contaminants can get in: fill, close and forget. Added benefit: they come with brass BSP outlets that you can attach any hose arrangement to. Added benefit: no neighbourhood kids are going to climb in and drown themselves = No brainer
A pool is essentially stagnant water that can only be kept clear with a substantial amount of pool chemicals. A week or two of drinking pool water would make anyone very sick.
Question: Have you thought about how you would defend your homestead from fire? I was thinking about this as I watched the news in California about the wild fires. I was thinking about a moat on the parameter of the homestead with an irrigation system to wet the ground if needed. Also grabbing a pump like yours to hold back the fire while I wait for the fire department. I would love to know what you or our prepper community think about this topic. Fires can be man made or natural it makes sense to have a plan.
My father has collected water in an above ground pool for decades, but it eventually broke. I think he built the new frame out of air craft aluminum. The biggest issue is when the liner goes bas uou have ro draon and refill the pool and if you don't have a second source if water or a second storage tank your up a creek, without the water.😢
I moved a 35 year old Ester Williams pool from my now late father-in-laws to my bother-in-laws. It was then used for another 10 years. Except for a couple of rotted aluminum panels and steel parts it was ok. Nate is right. You need lots of extra hands and it was still a bugger to assemble.
We live by a river that's flowing :) we fill up buckets all the time when electricity shuts off. Well then we walk to the river and fill five gallon buckets up
If you went with a salt water system for above ground pools it won't freeze as easy in winter. Ours barely freezes on the top layer even in sub zero temps for weeks.
Interesting! How much salt/gallon? How low do your temperatures get? The only issue with that is you’d have to desalinate for using it for other purposes, since this is basically a water storage unit. It didn’t appear that CP addressed how he was going to use it in winter. Having it indoors or in a greenhouse would be good. It would help regulate the temperature of the building as well as keep the water from freezing.
BAD idea if you want to drink it. You cannot put Salt water through a water filter. Well you can, but you'll plug it up VERY fast... like 1 or 2 gallons instead of 500 or 1000 gallons.
@@Mrs.LadeyBug haven't a clue about salt per gallon but temp wise it gets below zero with wind chills pretty often here in winter. Snow is common half the year
Luke 21:36 ESV / But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Regarding the 1000 litre totes They could be stacked in a shaded area on your property. Install wooden cladding around and put a roof on to from a distance it looks like another building. Have it so one of the walls is removable for easy access
Yeah, those pools are a bit of a pia/hassle. I actually pictured you as more of a "Lap Pool" kind of guy a/k/a the kind of Lap Pool that actually features a current that you can dial up/down and swim against the current. Only problem with lap pools is that they're a bit pricey/over priced, however, you can sometimes find used ones fairly cheap on fbmp. That said, at least with the current pool, you've got a sht ton of emergency drinking water.
Thanks for the video, Nate. Yes, a pool would be nice to have especially for recreation, a pond will do just as well and have a location for food source fish, frogs, cattails, and a way to trap/hunt wildlife. Have used ours for various ways and yes it can be filter for drinking water. Just make sure you have good ways to filter, treat and then if still concerned boil it. IBC totes and storage tanks are great and if set up properly no pump is needed unless you want pressurized water system which is also easily done. Just remember in a SHTF event you will not have the luxury for being too picky or squeamish, so keep it simple. Stay Safe & Good Luck were going to need it
Above ground pools are a great idea for water storage and fun. However if someone wanted to sabotage your water, it would be really easy to do. Using projectiles or chemicals, think drones. I would NOT bet my life on a pool. Underground tanks are the way to go.
If you have power a dehumidifier can produce distilled water. I live in a humid area. If I use the dehumidifier it fills up once a day. I think it makes more than a gallon, but haven't checked.
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Hi Canadian Prepper from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. You Do BRILLIANT GOOD WORK & A PUBLIC SERVICE!. Just Keep Going My Friend from Another Place :)
p.s. When you say 'bleach' do you mean 'Chlorinated Water'?... it's just that in the UK (i don't know how many of your Clients are from the UK you see ) 'bleach' is the chemical you put in a mop and bucket, with water to mop up with, only. Anyway, it is a Pleasure watching your shows, i have been walking a similar path to yourself trying to advise ppl of what is coming. Over & Out, miguel.
What? If you built your off grid place from scratch, why on Earth did you not build a cistern under part of it??? I have a 15,000 gal cistern under my front patio and a little way under the house. For the amount of rain in my area, only once in 8 years have I have to pay for a water truck for a 5,000 gal delivery to replenish. Most of the time it's 75% full and other times it overflows into the garden.
Nate, I put up a pool this year and had similar looking water (mine was more brown) after the iron precipitated out of my well water. I tried filter socks from a company called AquaBag that I ordered online. They really did work as advertised. Used the FE first and then the polishing one. Had to rinse out the FE bags several times as they got dirty. Water looked perfectly clear in 2 or 3 days without chemicals except maybe some clarifier. I used a submersible sump pump with the bag zip tied onto the discharge hose. My wife couldn't believe it worked (I'll admit I was skeptical). Hope that helps someone.
Intex makes a pool with an inflatable rim, air it up, fill it up, even if it’s not level it will still hold lots of water and it’s fast and easy to set up and take down
Your reliable prepper info and hilarious sense of humor is why I stick around Nate.😂
Good idea! I have 4 250 gallon ponds(plastic pond linners) from a box store all around my 1/4 acre property. I'm single but my family thinks I'm nuts for prepping and when it happens they will come running to me. I also have 2 apple trees a mulberry tree and buying a barlet pear next week. Keep prepping people. Great video Nate!
Look into permaculture food forests
In a few years you will find new mulberry trees everywhere on your property, so you will have heaps of fruit from that one original tree. I am forever pulling up young trees, but the fruit is lovely. Good luck and stay safe.
Please don't tell the world what you have if you are not prepared to defend it.
@@lindanichols125 hard to beat a mulberry pie 😋
I live in semi-arid Northern Country, Victoria, and every homestead around here has water tanks (large cisterns) fed by rainwater roof catchments. I have 40, 000 litres of this type of storage capacity, and it will never be lost through evaporation, because it's in a closed tank. Every time it rains, it's topped up from my roof, which is 100 square metres of corrugated sheet metal.
These types of water supply systems have been built here in Australia forever. My great grandpa was a plumber, he moved to Australia from England in about 1896 and made his living building these sorts of systems on the Kalgoorlie Goldfields, in West Australia. By the time he was old, he was a wealthy man and bought a small estate with a manor house on it, that he ran as a small off-grid homestead. That's where my Dad grew up (he was an orphan) on Pa's Ranch, during the Great Depression, and they were hardly affected at all! They were living like rich folks in a big manor with house cows, ducks, chickens, fruit trees, vegetables, you name it! Pa made his living in retirement supplying the local grocery store with fresh fruit and vegetables and there was never a lack of anything!
BTW, when he was a small boy, Pa grew up in Shepherd's Bush, London, and the conditions of his childhood were positively Dickensian! So, he started with nothing but got an education, then a Plumber's apprenticeship, and worked his way up from there!
You've got a homestead, why don't you just dig yourself a pond?
You can grow fish, swim, irrigate etc with it no?
And it costs the same as setting up a pool.
It will be his bright idea one day soon. If not this year then in the spring
It was far more expenaive than $5k US when I was looking to do it. I suppose if you have the right location, the right soil, etc. It may be less
Because doing it for his youtube means he can write off the tax implications as a business expense. Why do you think he is making videos for things like this, its because he can write a chunk of it off.
@@robbob3717kind of far fetch bro
Ponds are going to attract birds, deer, rodents, etc leading to water-bourne illnesses. You’ll probably have algae as well.
You're HILARIOUS such a cool show!!!! Awesome you involved your son 🙏
“If something goes wrong you’re probably doing something wrong!” Brilliant son!
I’m ridiculously picky about my water….this will be tough for me.
I was camping with my mates back in 1990 in Australia.
We went for a walk in the bush and got lost.
It was a hot sunny day and the thirst that we had for water was insane.
We were fit surfer guys, but increasingly became a bit worried.
We were sunburnt and needed water pretty bad.
We got real lucky when we found a water tank with working tap.
Then a car came by and the people helped us back to camp.
A long story. But ive never been so thirsty.
Water is number one in my preps.
I live in Australia and come from a multi-generational homesteading family. If you're ever lost in the Aussie Bush (probably works for any forest, BTW) keep walking downhill. Even a slight downhill gradient will eventually lead you to a valley bottom and even if it's dry, keep walking downhill, along the valley bottom. You will eventually come to a Spring, a Pond or a Flowing Creek! Either way, you've found water and your life has been spared!
When you've drunk your fill, keep following the stream downhill, you'll eventually come to either a bridge (a road) or a town. You can hail a lift into town from the road or get help from the town, either way, you've found your rescue and are no longer lost!!!
This is easy advice to remember, and may well save your life one day, so remember it!
God Bless!!!
@@PsychicIsaacs great advice! I think we were too young and not thinking clearly .
But you are absolutely correct.
Thanks for your comment !
What will you do in winter? The majority of water has to be drained, with the remainder a frozen block of ice. The inner liner also will tear... Been there, done that. If it were me, I'd dig a pond. As a hard core prep/homesteader for 15 years in far Northern Ontario, watching your newer videos are where theory meets reality. Good job showing the mistakes along with what works! People need to be shown the crazy time involved, the high set up cost and the inevitable disappointment, when a good idea goes south. Most times it's revise, rethink, redo and never repeat, but once it works the rewards are worth it. You can't learn it, unless you do it. My kids spent 4 years swimming safely in the back yard and in fire season it was a great resource, but as a 'once done' potable water source, it was a nightmare. Seriously Nat, dig a pond.
Nate… The unscripted comedy of failures in this video made me smile for real. Much appreciated!
The pool is a good idea, as long as the kids don't pee in the pool.
Believe it or not urine is actually sterile (unless you have some disease process going on) as urine is filtered out of the blood. It's the #2 that you have to be concerned about.
Compared to what comes through the pipes … kiddy pee is insignificant.
Lol
At least they're not adding fluoride!
Or have black bears or moose decide they also want to share it. Many of those reside in the area
We bought a used 13x21' above ground pool and collect rainwater from our home and shop roofs.
We grow tilapia in the pool and my husband even built me a dock for our dog to practice dock diving.
We use a passive siphon system to water our garden with collected rainwater during the summer monsoon season. We also have the square tanks to divert rainwater for drinking purposes.
Luv It! Especially the deck diving doggy !!!
If you ever post a vid PLEASE tag me 😁😍🐶
Love watching your family with you!! Great video! As always praying for you and your precious family!!
8:57 Wow! That’s a huge deal for CP Jr to acknowledge personal responsibility. Good training, Dad!
You guys are gonna wonder why the FBI is kicking down your door for such an avoidable reason, not saying it concerns me, but choose your wording more carefully. Actually I'm probably wrong, actual predators spreading actual malicious messages don't even get in trouble on youtube... But ironically enough someone using bad wording for something probably would.
Love seeing and hearing young Jedi’s wisdom.
I have 10,000 gallon cistern. Cost $2500. + $500. For guy with excavator to burry. Fills up in one rainy night from 600spuare feet cabin roof. Does not freeze in the winter time like a swimming pool
little pro tip for the amateurs out there.......drive a pin into the ground in the centre of your pad/pool position then cut a story rod the length of the pool radius get a sidekick to hold the story rod into the central peg or pin that end of your story rod with the central pin the markout your perfect circle, you could even use a bit of string instead of the story rod...
You might want to have a covering for that pool when not in use from deadly chemicals that are almost unfilterable that might be airborne. Good job Nate
I collect rainwater in Used food grade iBC totes wrapped in black plastic and insect screened both ends with first flush diverter and kept in shaded spot. The water is always cool, clear, clean no odor and I love watering and rinsing off with it. Best part is it naturally refills faster than I can ever use it. I live in high rainfall area.
This brings back memories of when we bought a $500 swimming pool kit from Sears. My husband, myself, and our two sons put it together on what was certainly the windiest day of the year. It was the best investment we made for the kids. Since we lived in a very rural area, it gave the kids something to do when they didn't know what to do - I'm sure you know how that is.
1:00 Speaking of toilets, the holding tank in the back is a good place to get a few litres of clean water when needed.
First off, having been bitten by horseflies, I totally get stopping everything to smack one. Second, we have a cheap above ground pool partially as water storage as well. It's also as excellent way to cool someone down when they're overheated on hot days.
Your dad jokes are really remarkable, as a dad i can enjoy them alot
If the pool is 10,000 gal, that's equivalent to 40 of those 250 gal/1000 liter totes. The pool is a great idea. If you have a large property, I'd look for a used pool for water storage only. But it's seasonal if you live somewhere cold - I would assume ice would expand and split one of those pools in halves.
I’m loving the homestead videos Nate they are very informative, I’m taking notes for my future homestead 😊
Put a deck around the pool or just on one side of it. It improves the pool fun and functionality by 100%. Pool ladders are a real pain too.
Plus cleaning it.
Hello from Maryland. I love Nate's sense of humor.
Also in Maryland. Hello
Norwesco makes some plastic underground cisterns that are pretty affordable.
Best video so far, yes I feel the end is near to….
CP done cracked the camera man in da taterz!😂 Horsefly my azz…😂
Prepper droves past birch....which he is chopping down which can be tapped seasonally for nutrient dense water. Radiation free.....
Prepper ...open your eyes to your own yards ability. The trees your straws the land your pool.
@@brandonreid7528 Pool pee is not nutrient dense. Tell the kids. Radiation messes things up including the trees.The big boom is not a learning experience. It's big under ground infrastructure$ including water.
@@brandonreid7528 "I'll be seeing you in all those familiar places," Sound of scratching record,
We found used food grade 250 gallon water tanks on Marketplace for $100. Hooked them up to the downspout from the roof with a filter. Will run our irrigation system for the garden during dry months and take pressure off of our well water usage. Marketplace is awesome. Also found a local business that buys stuff from auction and sorts it into warehouses. Brand new canning jars = $7. Brand new pressure canner = $50. Half what we’d pay at the store…
Day 879 taped into my contractor bag. It gettin funky in here.
Get an aqua bag to put on your filter, I used one this with my cloudy pool and it worked great.
Water catchment 10,000 gallon cement holding water tank, gutters from rooftop!!!
Live in the country and had our well pump die while my dad was away grabbed our spare sump pump dropped in in our above ground pool ran the hose and extension cord in through basement bathroom window filled the tub for flushing and grabbed the water jugs previously filled and stored for drinking
Nate is a great example of think a little about something, do it to get it done, & learn a lot in the process.
Most of us never get shit done because we’re thinking too much. I’m going to really change how I approach life after realizing this.
Quit thinking so much, start doing!
Teach us how to get water out of the well the easiest way possible if there's no power
i love all the comic book style intros!!
Just a thought, I would dig a large pond for your water. For irrigation, you can use a solar fountain to circulate. It will freeze well in the winter, and if you want, you could grow fish in it. Last a lot longer than the pool.
I've had a off grid homestead for years now, and I've tried all sorts of ideas. Any water stored in anything but a proper rain water tank is useless, due to algae growth. Then for showers, toilets, washing, and general farm use, a bore , with a large header tank can't be beaten, fitted with a Solar bore pump, running uphill, so the tank is up high. No power needed, but water 24 hours a day. Works great. And we are in a dry, hot area, central Qld, Australia.
Anything with a large surface area, like a pool, is going to evaporate off a lot of water over time in a hot place. Where I live in Ireland it wouldn't evaporate for most of the year but it would go green with algae in about a month or two. I don't fancy drinking pool chemicals. Black ibcs in the shade are the cheapest and most reliable way to store lots of water.
@@kevfit4333 so true, that's why I prefer to leave the water underground until I need it. Underground, it's safe from algae, evaporation and any nasties. I have found that the pump is important, a submersible, of the impeller type, not the rubber screw with the stainless steel worm screw type, as they don't last long. About 12 months for the screw type, verses 10 to 12 years for the impeller type. And with the soft start solar pumps , they are great for solar.
Another option for covert outdoor storage are Aquascape AquaBloxs. They look like large milk crates. You dig a square pit, line it, stack these inside, and then cover with larger gravel on top. Nobody can see it, so it might be a better option in suburban settings.
"Footage not found" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nate is a natural born comedian. That's who I want to have around when shizzy is hitting the fizzy.
I store my water in the creek next to the camp.
When I was looking for a homestead,it had to have a fresh water source.I have a 1 acre spring fed stocked pond w/ abundant wild waterfowl coming.Early goose season started today.......
Better to put a 15’ pool in your basement.
Most basement floors are level, so no blocks needed.
A fifteen foot pool holds about 15,000 gallons, around three truckloads.
Keep it covered and dark, and check the condition occasionally.
I was part of grading out a huge area to display pools.
All they needed was several pads of concrete.
We leveled out probably a 1/4 acre hunk of ground.
The pool pads were formed and poured first, then the spaces between were all filled with more concrete, making it easy for customers to view the pools.
I recommend to the canadian prepper "Nate" to use rain water to fill his pool. It's cleaner and would not be discolored like the water he has now. To catch rain water you create rain collection system which looks like a mini roof like devices mounted to 4x4 beams and gutters that channel it into a PVC Pipe to the pool for filling.
Imagine all the bird poop all over your roof and tell me again how it is cleaner than groundwater.
Get a Simple Pump hand pump integrated into a well cap. My well is >250 ft, and it works.
We store our water in the river that is 200 feet from our front door! A pool is a geat idea!
I suppose you could recycle your old 2L bottles and fill them with water. It basically free if you buy pop or water to drink.
I have made my own pool 8 years ago. You don't need Chlorine for the pool. I made my own copper system and my own ozone generator driven by solar. Costs me 120 USD total and I never had to buy chemicals again. And I could drink the water. The ozone decays rapidly. But with a well and a small solar pump I have enough drinking water.
IF SOMEONE SEES YOUR POOL THEN THEY KNOW WATER MAYBE THERE.
How informative 😂
@@bmrz38 yep, so glad they yelled. 😊
@@bmrz38 Well, he is pointing out his other mistake,to be fair.
The gen pop is not that smart, eg: any kardasian
dumb rich people for ya
I used to have an above ground pool (beware of the clorine, it will eat right through plywood). Once when I was working night shift and the township water was down so I couldn't take my 'before work shower'. I grabbed a bar of soap, a bottle of shampoo, stripped down in the yard and took my 'before work bath' in the pool. You have to do what you have to do.
Love this!! digging a pond would prob be more practical.
Small plastic pools that you typically get out of Walmart whole quite a bit of water. They can be stacked and brought out when needed. Easy to cover with a tarp. Good for rainwater and enough drainage. Do not put any inflatable pool or a deck. Water is extremely heavy and can do serious damage to your deck leveling.🍺
Correction rain water and a roof drainage
Nice vid... but for the price, I'd MUCH prefer to buy 2 x 24,000 litre tanks that WILL stand alone.
Pools like that are VERY insubstantial (especially for the price) and can collapse too easily - as multiple videos demonstrate.
With thick-walled fire-tanks, you only need minimal ground-prep, and save for a wild-fire they'll last forever.
Added benefit: no bugs or contaminants can get in: fill, close and forget.
Added benefit: they come with brass BSP outlets that you can attach any hose arrangement to.
Added benefit: no neighbourhood kids are going to climb in and drown themselves
= No brainer
A pool is essentially stagnant water that can only be kept clear with a substantial amount of pool chemicals. A week or two of drinking pool water would make anyone very sick.
Caves are awesome when SHTF happens and a deep fresh water spring .
I got a inflatable pool that is 1200 gallons for $50. Not much but can be hooked to the gutters in shtf.
Question: Have you thought about how you would defend your homestead from fire? I was thinking about this as I watched the news in California about the wild fires. I was thinking about a moat on the parameter of the homestead with an irrigation system to wet the ground if needed. Also grabbing a pump like yours to hold back the fire while I wait for the fire department. I would love to know what you or our prepper community think about this topic. Fires can be man made or natural it makes sense to have a plan.
So, I assume no link for the pool is coming?!? 😂🤣
make sure you have pool patches all sizes
You can install a rainwater catching system underground but it is more expensive than above ground.
My father has collected water in an above ground pool for decades, but it eventually broke. I think he built the new frame out of air craft aluminum. The biggest issue is when the liner goes bas uou have ro draon and refill the pool and if you don't have a second source if water or a second storage tank your up a creek, without the water.😢
Without power to run my pool pump, my pool will be full of nasty water within a week or two 💁🏽♀️
Great video again Nate. 👏
I moved a 35 year old Ester Williams pool from my now late father-in-laws to my bother-in-laws. It was then used for another 10 years. Except for a couple of rotted aluminum panels and steel parts it was ok. Nate is right. You need lots of extra hands and it was still a bugger to assemble.
0:15 You sure got the thing 😂 “fatality!”
We live by a river that's flowing :) we fill up buckets all the time when electricity shuts off. Well then we walk to the river and fill five gallon buckets up
Great videos keep up the good work
Great pool for the family, but how do you maintain it during the Canadian brutal winters?
Well, it also be a great way to keep a bunch of fresh fish on hand.
If you went with a salt water system for above ground pools it won't freeze as easy in winter. Ours barely freezes on the top layer even in sub zero temps for weeks.
Interesting! How much salt/gallon? How low do your temperatures get? The only issue with that is you’d have to desalinate for using it for other purposes, since this is basically a water storage unit.
It didn’t appear that CP addressed how he was going to use it in winter. Having it indoors or in a greenhouse would be good. It would help regulate the temperature of the building as well as keep the water from freezing.
BAD idea if you want to drink it. You cannot put Salt water through a water filter. Well you can, but you'll plug it up VERY fast... like 1 or 2 gallons instead of 500 or 1000 gallons.
@@truckerhershey7042I think it can be distilled though.
@@truckerhershey7042 you boil it..
@@Mrs.LadeyBug haven't a clue about salt per gallon but temp wise it gets below zero with wind chills pretty often here in winter. Snow is common half the year
Thank you Nate
Luke 21:36 ESV /
But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Shizzy is absolutely hitting the fizzy 😂😂
Great advice👍👍
When society breaks down and they are not prepared, they will not hesitate to take whats yours!
Regarding the 1000 litre totes They could be stacked in a shaded area on your property.
Install wooden cladding around and put a roof on to from a distance it looks like another building.
Have it so one of the walls is removable for easy access
Yeah, those pools are a bit of a pia/hassle. I actually pictured you as more of a "Lap Pool" kind of guy a/k/a the kind of Lap Pool that actually features a current that you can dial up/down and swim against the current. Only problem with lap pools is that they're a bit pricey/over priced, however, you can sometimes find used ones fairly cheap on fbmp. That said, at least with the current pool, you've got a sht ton of emergency drinking water.
Great idea. That solves my water off grid situation
No pool here, but I’m eyeing that inflatable one at the dollar store-might be time for a ‘prepping on a budget’ experiment.
Creeping are we.😂
@@sunset462 🙈🙉🙊
The rigid 4' ones are on clearance for $10!!!
Thanks for the video, Nate. Yes, a pool would be nice to have especially for recreation, a pond will do just as well and have a location for food source fish, frogs, cattails, and a way to trap/hunt wildlife. Have used ours for various ways and yes it can be filter for drinking water. Just make sure you have good ways to filter, treat and then if still concerned boil it. IBC totes and storage tanks are great and if set up properly no pump is needed unless you want pressurized water system which is also easily done. Just remember in a SHTF event you will not have the luxury for being too picky or squeamish, so keep it simple.
Stay Safe & Good Luck were going to need it
Underground cistern is the best option IMHO
Above ground pools are a great idea for water storage and fun. However if someone wanted to sabotage your water, it would be really easy to do. Using projectiles or chemicals, think drones. I would NOT bet my life on a pool. Underground tanks are the way to go.
Canadian prepper family-flavored water. 😂
If you have power a dehumidifier can produce distilled water. I live in a humid area. If I use the dehumidifier it fills up once a day. I think it makes more than a gallon, but haven't checked.
30 foot radius dome over puul😅 umm 24 meter radus dome . Can hock up to half pipe hut vertical cut dome. Rember the size of metal lainth . Versital use metal
Stay Prepared People🏴☠️
Hi Canadian Prepper from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. You Do BRILLIANT GOOD WORK & A PUBLIC SERVICE!. Just Keep Going My Friend from Another Place :)
p.s. When you say 'bleach' do you mean 'Chlorinated Water'?... it's just that in the UK (i don't know how many of your Clients are from the UK you see ) 'bleach' is the chemical you put in a mop and bucket, with water to mop up with, only. Anyway, it is a Pleasure watching your shows, i have been walking a similar path to yourself trying to advise ppl of what is coming. Over & Out, miguel.
S has already hit the F in Yorkshire. I've been to Hull and seen it first hand. 😅
Best English accent in Yorkshire 👍
@@clairemacmillan5098 How should i take that lol... you've bamboozled me!. Eee by gum Lass!.
What? If you built your off grid place from scratch, why on Earth did you not build a cistern under part of it??? I have a 15,000 gal cistern under my front patio and a little way under the house. For the amount of rain in my area, only once in 8 years have I have to pay for a water truck for a 5,000 gal delivery to replenish. Most of the time it's 75% full and other times it overflows into the garden.
Loved that, as usual. I laughed a few times and man that was needed. Thank you
@NATE-25-u6e go away
I love this channel! Both informative and entertaining.
Nate,
I put up a pool this year and had similar looking water (mine was more brown) after the iron precipitated out of my well water. I tried filter socks from a company called AquaBag that I ordered online. They really did work as advertised. Used the FE first and then the polishing one. Had to rinse out the FE bags several times as they got dirty. Water looked perfectly clear in 2 or 3 days without chemicals except maybe some clarifier. I used a submersible sump pump with the bag zip tied onto the discharge hose. My wife couldn't believe it worked (I'll admit I was skeptical). Hope that helps someone.
Intex makes a pool with an inflatable rim, air it up, fill it up, even if it’s not level it will still hold lots of water and it’s fast and easy to set up and take down
Dom 😄you Own this Video too!!!
Farm animal stainless steel water troughs.
Again 100 years ago plus just made with CONCRETE.
There's actually quite a few yt videos that show how to make super cheap "aircrete" water traughs, as well as other aircrete items.
We have a hot tub and I have a 250 gallon water tote that collects rain water from the roof. So when it rains I get a refill.
On the other hand.... In case of fire/wildfire, there is a serious amount of water to be used....
If you're going to drink water with that much copper in it, you may want to consider taking a zinc supplement to offset that a bit.
You should have bought an intex. My husband and I can put it up without any help. It is also fun and good entertainment at home.
5 gallon tanks in the pantry, a bathtub bladder on standby, a box of lifestraws, and a box of pool shock. Should keep me going for a while.
Yes sir
I thought you were saying your bladder is the size of a bathtub 😂 ready to discharge hahaha
@@markgutierrez9295 lol
@@reliableprepper you see how it reads could cause confusion 😂
I think the rule of thumb is 2 liters per person per day … a gallon is 3.7 liters