Grey Water - Half Barrel Box Trough
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2015
- The making of our half barrel grey water system for the kitchen sink in our house.
Many thanks to Anna and Joan for your help!
and to Luna (the dog) for her oversight.
Thanks also for the great music from:
incompetech.com
www.freesound.org
We are building a passive solar homestead and planning a big permaculture food forest, mandala veggi garden, swimming pond and much more!
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Good System Design!
Do you add any bacteria product or enzymes to keep the group from clogging up from sludge or food debris?
Hi I have this for my kitchen sink. Do you use any bacteria or enzymes product to help break down the food particles? And have you had any issues? Please let me know, thanks
Great idea.However, did you placed a cover or swing gate on the top of the pipe to prevent rottens or small mamals to fall inside.
thanks!! i was supposed to put a lid on it but never got round to it. on my to do list ;)
Mandala man
Aa lp
Why do you need a vent tube going to the surface? Is it because you'll have kitchen sink meat scraps etc going down into the barrel ?
Any update? How's it doing now that it's 6 or so years old? Good idea.
how does this holds up when there are rain that saturate the ground
it does saturate sometimes but because I made a couple of mistakes. the main one being that i should have put down about 30cm of gravel under it maybe twice the width of the barrel. In theory you should measure the drainage rate of your soil when saturated so that you can then calculate how big the barrel or air gap needs to be.
My grandpa put cesspool about 100 feet from house (layer barn tin over)in about 20 years when it filled up moved about another 25 downstream and dug new hole and reused barn tin ,threw new dirt in old hole
Dean Murray
Will you help me understand what the point of the tube sticking out of the ground is for? Is that to allow air to escape?
hi, its just an inspection port.
you would have better results if you would have put down a layer of gravel about 12 inches deep
you are correct!
we had to re direct the washing machine away from it this winter when the ground was saturated with water because it wasnt draining fast enough...
Luckily the washing machine was only a temporary thing and this is just going to be for the kitchen sink. It should be able to cope with that amount of water no problem.
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And why a cleanout at the barrel ?
Your soil looks like it wont percolate well for a septic system.
Yes,the gravel layer would be good next time.
yeah, you are right. it doesnt. I have a machine coming soon to dig it up and will have it dig about 40cm deeper than the barrel and 2x wide and long and fill it with big rocks and gravel.
Will this concept work for a washer machine
yes but you dont need one for a washing machine. I have mine conected to a hosepipe and it goes straight out to a tree.
Waterreeraeer
how do you clean out the fat an debris from pit may last a couple of years
in theory you should build a grease trap but also the micro organisms should go breaking down any organic matter in there too.
@@Mandalaman what product would someone use to keep the waste broken down so it doesn't clog up ?
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permafrost line?
We live in the Mediterranean, we get very light frosts in the winter so we dont have permafrost.
where i live you have to dig 3 feet or in winter ground freeze and no drainage, or have switch valve to septic in winter and yard in summer
julian Baberze yeah, my soil gets pretty water logged in winter and it doesnt drain amazingly. I should have put gravel down as someone else has pointed out.
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bicycle?
bicycle?
good job white girl like sun shine
What happens when it fills up with rotting bits of food that accumulate over time. This system is wrong for it's intended purpose. It should be built like a standard septic system with a drain field for the water that passes through. The rain barrel serving as the main containment unit that periodically must be pumped.
the food gets broken down by bacteria, worms etc. there is nothing worng with this system, it works perfectly.
@@Mandalaman can you tell me how to keep the grease and food debris broken down? Is there a product I can use to put down the drain occasionally?
Yeast packets work well.
can you say TUBE TOP?
tube top, boob tube, its always good to have a couple of sausey birds around to motivate the crew ;)
I agree.
Recetas
What's up with the silly Nintendo music?
This music is pleasantly annoying...is that possible? It hearkens to the old school arcade games & I must say it fits the project in a very weird way. Says something about your sense of humour. Certainly not the everyday TH-cam 'film score'. But if you were to re-upload this video with truly annoying music & add the word 'HACK' to the end of the title...nevermind have a nice day & thanks for the info & great video!
hahaha yes, who knows why i chose that music and as you say it is pleasantly annoying, expecially when its starts to get a little excited.
thanks for your great comment, made me chuckle.
funny you should say that, we planted a muberry tree next to the trough to use the water.
Great choice! maybe a fig tree would be good too if you still have room for it!
th-cam.com/video/yOx-82MzDRU/w-d-xo.html check this out, I took a moment look this up. BTW where are you actually?
we're in Mallorca, so fig tree is a good option. We have 2.6 hectares so plenty of room ;)
That grey water pipe shld be at least an inch and half..clogging!
TheEmeraldfox777 its 50mm...that's two inches for those of you that still use your thumbs for measuring... 2 plus years and NO clogging!
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I haven't played Mario brothers in a long time lol
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scary musik-omg......
lol, yes maybe notthe best choice of music...but i added a bit of suspense at the end for you;)
Michael Hermann 0
Mandaa man
This is completely unacceptable for a Gray Water System, and grossly inadequate in terms of size. Typically, for a Kitchen Sink and/or Automatic Dishwasher you install a 300 to 500 gallon capacity drywell... that's Dry Well. A 55 gallon plastic drum is so small and undersized, it's not even funny, and it won't last long... maybe 2 or 3 years. Not to mention, you need lots of crushed stone or gravel for proper drainage of the gray water, usually 2 to 3 tons of stone.
fucking stress music ...
glad you enjoyed it ;)
Nice video but horrible music
Jay Owens
I don't mind the music so much but the fundamental lack of respect for the earth bothers me. No grease trap and no real understanding as to how septic tanks actually work. I could also imagine the soil will either wash in or the barrel will collapse over time with the weight of soil. The one small meeting serface with the soil acts as grease trap, biological processing and for dispersion. As others have pointed out the meeting face in the tank will fill with food, grease, debris and soap forming a stinking bacterial scum barrier.
Horrible music made me not even want to watch the video
Music sucks
Really sucks
bicycle?
tricycle?