Good suggestion in installing the uniseal the easier way. Boil the rubber uniseal to make it soft. Insert into the hole as fast as you can before it cools off and then install the pipe. The pipe should go in with a minimum push because of the soften uniseal. I did it and it works.
Awesome you have every vid step by steps and materials list under vid great channel will keep you posted on our progress once we get started the rain barrel system all subsequent vids make barrel system even better, solar pump in tub to solar panel wow it’s all there good work you did on job and video thank you Sir!
These videos have been so helpful! I've been searching for a way to hook up my rain barrels to a drip system for so long. This is exactly what I was looking for!
I love your video!! I am dreaming of my vegetable garden with a rain barrel irrigation set up just like yours. Your content is very informational, with great close ups of what your talking about. Thank you for all your work in providing the where what why and how!
Excellent job on these videos! Extemely informative and at a very nice pace. I learned a lot from this one and the others. You have a new subscriber. If you get the time and you are short on content ideas, I'd love to see an in depth video about your drip irigation, including different material options, spacing, hole placement, etc. I'm going to get started on creating a very similar water collection system for my garden and the next project will be automation. Thanks for the great videos!
Andrew Hodges Thank you for the kind comments and suggestion. Yes I will be doing some more gardening and irrigation updates. I’ve been a bit busy the past couple weeks building a big 6’ x 12’ chicken coop, but will be getting some garden videos up soon once the coop project is completely built.
Checkout our channel Lonestar Coops for the coop updates. Just about done on a big video project on Deep Bedding, then will be able to get back to posting some updated gardening content I’ve been filming these past two months
Thank you for the video. Working on our first project. I was wondering once everything is set up. How do you clean out any sludge or build up in bottom of the barrels?
New subscriber, you are a physical hacker! Way to go! I'd love a follow up video, I'm about to install my first barrel (was a birthday gift). My style is an old olive barrel, I'm going to be picking up the leaf eater too and then spending some time to figure out which downspout I want to work on first. AS for solar my whole roof is solar so if I end up finding a free pump I would likely just plug the pump in with a timer. Thanks again for the video, gives me much more confidence!
Thanks for your great video. If the barrels were placed higher off the ground would your drip system work without a pump? If so how do you calculate how high the barrels would have to be placed up off the ground to work without a pump please.
I also think that he didn’t need to put a pressure opening at the top of each barrel. One would have worked and it would add some pressure to the system.
Excellent question. Yes, each 2.3 feet of height gets you 1 PSI of pressure. The timer requires 15 PSI so the barrels would have to be 30 feet above the timer to get functional pressure. That’s why I added the pump.
I changed my design after watching your video. Have you had any issues with the overflow being on the far end barrel? My system would look a lot cleaner if I did the same. Oh, just wanted to add that when installing a bulkhead the gasket should go on the inside. It looks like you installed the bulkhead with the gasket on the outside. That may be why you had leaks.
Yes, we are in Texas and we did have a long hard freeze here in March. It is recommended to drain the system in the fall so it doesn’t freeze up. You would need to leave a drain open at the bottom or cover the inlet as well.
Yes if you didn’t need a timer for drip irrigation you could eliminate that and just use a hose and sprayer. The pump will provide plenty of pressure for that. You could try without the pump first but I don’t think the barrels alone would provide satisfactory PSI without it unless your garden is 20-30’ downslope from the barrels.
Very cool video , I found the bulk head fitting at a local hardware store . But am having trouble with the part that connect to the bulk head and adapts to the PVC pipe. In your video it is a 90' elbow . Do you know if this part can be found on Amazon? what is it called?. thanks !
Is the largest center part of all your lids cut out and replaced with something else flat/black? When I picked up my barrels the seller warned me about cutting into lids as they can easily shatter. Thoughts?
The lids on the barrels are the ones that come with it. It is a screw ring and a flat piece. I was able to cut through them OK. There is more videos of this in the playlist.
Thats an inline filter with a removable screen. One last filtration just to make sure no particles get into the drip irrigation lines. Will be doing an annual follow up and inspecting it in a new video to come.
This is an awesome setup..I have watched all your videos in this series for making rain barrels with a pump. I had a few questions. Do you need a PSI gauge? Where did you get your drip irrigation lines? Thank you so much.
Hi thanks for watching. You don’t need a PSI gauge, but I did buy one before installing them pump for troubleshooting. That’s when i confirmed that the barrels without the pump hardly provided insufficient PSI to go let the timer work. Timer requires 15 PSI. After that finding I added the pump. Drip irrigation lines were ordered from Rainbird.
I've watched many videos on rain barrels and this was one of the best! Question: Would this pump work to connect to a garden hose to water your lawn using an oscillating or spinning sprinkler?
You need a float switch to the pump so if the barrels run out of water it shut off the pump so it doesn't burn out yours is the second one I've seen with that in line filter I'm still trying to find one and that other comment is right by putting the over flow on the last barrel it doesn't matter whether it is 1 1/2 or 3 inches you are restricted to the size of your connector pipes between the barrels better to go with a tee on the inlet pipe and raise all the air vents above it that way the barrels all fill up to the top
4:43 It is better if you place valves at the vertical segments of tubes. In this case you will be able to exclude each barrel. But it the way you done in the video you are able to turn off only all barrels after the valve. So, the difference is: every single barrel you need or all barrels after a given valve.
By putting your overflow on the last barrel it doesn't matter if you have 1 1/2or4 inch overflow you are restricted to the size of your manifold the water going through to the last barrel will equivalent to a 3/4 inch overflow
I HAVE SEEN GOOD VIDEOS BUT THIS ONE IS MY BEST. WELL EXPLAINED AND WELL DONE
Thanks Tony this is exactly the video I've been looking for. Can't wait to start building my own.
This is great! Now I know my summer project!
Good suggestion in installing the uniseal the easier way. Boil the rubber uniseal to make it soft. Insert into the hole as fast as you can before it cools off and then install the pipe. The pipe should go in with a minimum push because of the soften uniseal. I did it and it works.
Awesome you have every vid step by steps and materials list under vid great channel will keep you posted on our progress once we get started the rain barrel system all subsequent vids make barrel system even better, solar pump in tub to solar panel wow it’s all there good work you did on job and video thank you Sir!
This is wonderful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
This is one of the best (if not, the best) system I have ever seen. I love...LOVE the sight tube idea. Definitely an inspiration. Thanks for posting!
Great Video! you should make your video thumbnail of you inside of the barrel, that will definitely gather more views lol!
These videos have been so helpful! I've been searching for a way to hook up my rain barrels to a drip system for so long. This is exactly what I was looking for!
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing!
Awsome Job! If I was smart as Tony id be counting cards in Vegas.
thats one card ... oh that's two cards .... hey thats three cards wow poker is fun to count! I am the count!
So the automated timer will automatically turn on the pump? Correct? You don’t have to do anything else to trigger pump?
I love your video!! I am dreaming of my vegetable garden with a rain barrel irrigation set up just like yours. Your content is very informational, with great close ups of what your talking about. Thank you for all your work in providing the where what why and how!
Be sure to check out the other videos in the Playlist for detailed how to on each component. May be helpful
Excellent job on these videos! Extemely informative and at a very nice pace. I learned a lot from this one and the others. You have a new subscriber. If you get the time and you are short on content ideas, I'd love to see an in depth video about your drip irigation, including different material options, spacing, hole placement, etc. I'm going to get started on creating a very similar water collection system for my garden and the next project will be automation. Thanks for the great videos!
Andrew Hodges Thank you for the kind comments and suggestion. Yes I will be doing some more gardening and irrigation updates. I’ve been a bit busy the past couple weeks building a big 6’ x 12’ chicken coop, but will be getting some garden videos up soon once the coop project is completely built.
Checkout our channel Lonestar Coops for the coop updates. Just about done on a big video project on Deep Bedding, then will be able to get back to posting some updated gardening content I’ve been filming these past two months
Thank you for the video. Working on our first project. I was wondering once everything is set up. How do you clean out any sludge or build up in bottom of the barrels?
Very nice - a lot of good information. thank you for taking time to document and share!
New subscriber, you are a physical hacker! Way to go! I'd love a follow up video, I'm about to install my first barrel (was a birthday gift). My style is an old olive barrel, I'm going to be picking up the leaf eater too and then spending some time to figure out which downspout I want to work on first.
AS for solar my whole roof is solar so if I end up finding a free pump I would likely just plug the pump in with a timer. Thanks again for the video, gives me much more confidence!
Great job! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Great video and wonderful thought process and helpful clean and clear video! Thank you
So I’m assuming of I wanted to attach a soaker hose, I’d need to Install a pump?
Thanks for this. Love it.
Thank you for the informative content. Going to reproduce this exact system.
Boil the uniseal till soft. It is the best way to install the pipe.
AWESOME. Thank you
how do you keep algae or what ever that green black stuff is from your tanks
Thanks for your great video. If the barrels were placed higher off the ground would your drip system work without a pump? If so how do you calculate how high the barrels would have to be placed up off the ground to work without a pump please.
I also think that he didn’t need to put a pressure opening at the top of each barrel. One would have worked and it would add some pressure to the system.
Did you think about staking two barrels one on top of other to get propper pressure of water without pump?
Excellent question. Yes, each 2.3 feet of height gets you 1 PSI of pressure. The timer requires 15 PSI so the barrels would have to be 30 feet above the timer to get functional pressure. That’s why I added the pump.
I changed my design after watching your video. Have you had any issues with the overflow being on the far end barrel? My system would look a lot cleaner if I did the same.
Oh, just wanted to add that when installing a bulkhead the gasket should go on the inside. It looks like you installed the bulkhead with the gasket on the outside. That may be why you had leaks.
Watching this video makes me want to build one purely for entertainment as I don't even have a garden. LOL
you can do it in my garden :D
Are you in a southern state? I'm just wondering about freezing during the cold season here in MO.
Same question here. Thanks.
Yes, we are in Texas and we did have a long hard freeze here in March. It is recommended to drain the system in the fall so it doesn’t freeze up. You would need to leave a drain open at the bottom or cover the inlet as well.
I love how it is hooked up wit a drip system but can you water manually with pump on through a hose and sprayer
Yes if you didn’t need a timer for drip irrigation you could eliminate that and just use a hose and sprayer. The pump will provide plenty of pressure for that. You could try without the pump first but I don’t think the barrels alone would provide satisfactory PSI without it unless your garden is 20-30’ downslope from the barrels.
Very cool video , I found the bulk head fitting at a local hardware store . But am having trouble with the part that connect to the bulk head and adapts to the PVC pipe. In your video it is a 90' elbow . Do you know if this part can be found on Amazon? what is it called?. thanks !
Is the largest center part of all your lids cut out and replaced with something else flat/black? When I picked up my barrels the seller warned me about cutting into lids as they can easily shatter. Thoughts?
The lids on the barrels are the ones that come with it. It is a screw ring and a flat piece. I was able to cut through them OK. There is more videos of this in the playlist.
What is the black thing attached between the coupler and the timer?
Thats an inline filter with a removable screen. One last filtration just to make sure no particles get into the drip irrigation lines. Will be doing an annual follow up and inspecting it in a new video to come.
This is an awesome setup..I have watched all your videos in this series for making rain barrels with a pump. I had a few questions. Do you need a PSI gauge? Where did you get your drip irrigation lines? Thank you so much.
Hi thanks for watching. You don’t need a PSI gauge, but I did buy one before installing them pump for troubleshooting. That’s when i confirmed that the barrels without the pump hardly provided insufficient PSI to go let the timer work. Timer requires 15 PSI. After that finding I added the pump. Drip irrigation lines were ordered from Rainbird.
I've watched many videos on rain barrels and this was one of the best! Question: Would this pump work to connect to a garden hose to water your lawn using an oscillating or spinning sprinkler?
Yes, the pump outputs as much pressure as the hose bib on the house so it could run a sprinkler.
You need a float switch to the pump so if the barrels run out of water it shut off the pump so it doesn't burn out yours is the second one I've seen with that in line filter I'm still trying to find one and that other comment is right by putting the over flow on the last barrel it doesn't matter whether it is 1 1/2 or 3 inches you are restricted to the size of your connector pipes between the barrels better to go with a tee on the inlet pipe and raise all the air vents above it that way the barrels all fill up to the top
great job!
Hello... I hope you'll be able to answer my question. How you prevent the algea from your water? Great video keep up the good work.
Go with dark barrels to prevent algae and if possible a shaded location can be helpful also.
@@TexasOrganicGardening mine are a blue color not dark enogh?
I hate those hose you need a good clamp to make them really tight. I end up using pvc. I like your version.
4:43 It is better if you place valves at the vertical segments of tubes. In this case you will be able to exclude each barrel. But it the way you done in the video you are able to turn off only all barrels after the valve. So, the difference is: every single barrel you need or all barrels after a given valve.
Anyway, this is very clear and useful video! Thank you for sharing!
Do you have a pdf of part lists
In the playlist on our channel is a video series of each component of the system with more details in the videos and video descriptions.
By putting your overflow on the last barrel it doesn't matter if you have 1 1/2or4 inch overflow you are restricted to the size of your manifold the water going through to the last barrel will equivalent to a 3/4 inch overflow