You have given your sons the best education they could have ever received in any college! In my opinion this is the best video I have ever seen on you tube! God bless you and your wonderful family! Deo Gratias!!!!
This series made my heart happy!! Raising your kids on a homestead will give them a masters degree of life skills and set them up to be successful adults!
Awesome! Y'all worked your butts off and now have an awesome spring house to show for all of that hard work. Thanks for putting the whole process together
Life would be much harder without those beautiful helpful young men and daughters you are raising. The amount of knowledge you are passing on is amazing.
Sir, you are doing a really fine job with your boys!!! You're singlehandedly saving manhood, discipline and hard work. They will be grateful, the world will be grateful!!! Hats off to you!!! My dad also made sure that we helped him when we were younger!!! I'm thankful for that!!!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures, one of the micro moments that really made a profound statement to me was when the little guy was zipping open the pipe insulation. From going too fast he says, “Ooo!! Hot!”. You quickly empathized with him but it wasn’t a kid like interaction. He just kept on a bit slower from experience. Shortly after he’s doing the task with a stick and you gave him props about being a smart guy for the solution. But again, in a non kid like return, he pointed off to one of the other guys and says, “He gave me a great idea.” He passed along the praise to who I assume was his brother. Awesome. I work with kids and the hardest thing to reinforce is being humble when given anything to your benefit. That little guy already has it as instinct from his environment. Yeah, I can definitely praise you for bringing them all up that way. But in order for that sort of reaction to be so genuinely humble like that, the credit gets spread around to every single one of you folks for creating was is certainly the most socially and emotionally healthy environment conceivable. They are not just boys, they are young men already and that is friggin’ awesome stuff. 😎😎😎
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures, oh, and I hope you’re teaching them about the safety value of trench boxes or supporting trench walls when they get above about lower chest height when you’re dealing with loose or unstable soil composition (ex-safety director here, lol). 🤓👍🏻😎👍🏻🤓
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures, thank you for that sentiment my friend. My gray matter doesn’t work like most others, lol. And that’s not intended to sound snobby or coming from some “I am smarter than thou” complete butthole, lol. I’m just hyper aware of the conceptual intentions of either mechanical logic or engagement tendencies related to emotional intelligence. Before they called this stuff high functioning autism or ADD, I was just that kid that dad intensely trained to quickly bite his tongue as hard as possible without drawing blood, LMAO!!! Basically, when something comes though as profound to me, it really is a beautiful thing to see. Thats mostly because these sort of intentional social guidance experiences blended with mechanical logic and awareness engagements like this display here in this video are terrifically rare to witness up close. Sorry for being an overthinking dork. It’s been a lifelong issue, LMAO!!! 🤓😂🤓
You remind me of my grandad, he was a self taught engineer, he, my dad, and brothers built a 20 acre lake back in the early forties on our 168 acres of woods, along with their homestead.❤ the video!
Hello from England. Just found you and I've watched all the way through on a Sunday morn from 7am. What a fantastic journey!! You all should be so proud. This is memory making for your family !!
Started watching and immediately I was taken back 65 years to when I was a young fella on my Dads farm in New Zealand and all my brothers and Dad did everything together. We lived in an isolated area and only had diesel power at night, no solar in those days. It was a hard life but it was a good life and it was so nice to see your boys sharing a hand and operating the machinery. Only thing my Dad never did was ever thank us for our help so it was nice to see you appreciating your boys hard work. I’ve subscribed now so waiting to see more adventures. Take care
This is awesome! I love seeing you and the boys working together to build your water system that will benefit everyone on your property. New to the channel. This is the type of thing that my Grandpa, my Dad and brothers would have worked on and I would be helping whenever they let me or I would be watching and learning. My siblings and I were extremely blessed to come from two families that weren't afraid of working, getting very dirty while building/creating/repairing/and installing anything that we needed, to improve the quality of our lives, reduced the daily work load especially when you have a very large family. I'm # 6 out of 8 children. Dad had 5 siblings and my Grandpa had 18 siblings who lived beyond the toddler stage and up to young adult age. His mother gave birth to 23 babies. I thought that all parents and Grandparents were like mine and made a point of teaching the children in the family how to do everyday life skills in order for them to be able to do anything that came their way from making/growing , preserving , and cooking food to feed themselves and their family members. ,making or mending clothing, as well as making alterations to tailor clothes to fit the person's body. furnishing a home on a budget and so much more. So it was a major shock when I discovered that my new husband didn't have any of those skills because his parents had never been taught by their parents which was very odd given that both of his grandmothers were incredible in the kitchen and made everything from scratch using many of the various vegetables they grew in their backyard garden. Their fathers were both good at repairing , installing, and building things. My father in laws father worked for the the railroad that still operates in Roanoke, Virginia before he passed away. Fortunately with both my Dad's help and mine he was willing to give most things a try before giving up and letting me just do it.
I love that you have that kind of family history! That’s such an incredible legacy of skills. How these skills get lost in a single generation is beyond me…… and truly mind blowing! But I’m glad you took hold of them and were successful! Do you have children of your own??
Thank you so much for posting this video. No doubt you guys worked your hind ends off. I love a spring house and it has given me renewed energy for our future living off grid. I've been dreaming of the day we can finally tell the utility company, SEE YA! My grandparents did it and I think it made them stronger and healthier. I love the hydraulic water pump. I thought you would call it a rod pump but I saw where that would be wrong. It's still neat and I just can't get over that beautiful spring house and cellar. ❤ God bless you and your beautiful family and thank you for keeping the old ways alive.
I look forward to seeing how well your ram pump does over time. You used to hear them in many hollers when I was growing up, but now yours is the only one I know of around here. Great video and God bless y’all.
I found one out in the middle of the woods once. the cabin and plumbing on the output side of it were nearly completely gone but it was still there chugging away pumping water to nowhere. It's a pretty distinctive noise in the quiet woods.
Great video. I live in NC at the top of a 4800' mountain and our spring is at 4700'. I have no idea how we have such a heavy flowing spring so close to the top of the mountain but it has provided us water for years.
Great video Very educational in so many ways teaching that hard work pays off also the how toos to the job and family values to get the job done together Very admirable Mr. McGie thank you
We had a small natural underground spring and we dug a 6 by 8 foot hole 6 feet deep put in 6 inch wide forms and poured a concrete box we covered it and filled the box with sand for 3 feet and pea gravel to a foot from the top of the box.we put three inch abs tubing about two feet from bottom of the box that went into a 4 foot square water reservoir that was made out of concrete and had a tube that was screened at the top of the box for a overflow. We ran our suction line from our pump a foot from the bottom of the box with a rubber seal to stop any leaks. We put a water filter in the pump house for the suction line. We never ran out of water and that spring box has been there for over 60 years and is still working perfectly. We had our water tested every year and we never had any type of contaminates or bacteria in our water. After 30 years we did replace the sand and pea gravel even though it was still filtering the water with no problems.
Nice work. I would consider connecting the intake pipes to the pump without a vent to boost efficiency. This kind of pump turns the velocity and inertia of the infeed water into pressure, you loose by that gooseneck vent a lot.
It might be possible to circulate the water deeper in the ground to cool it back to 60 before it gets to the spring house. At a depth of about 15 feet the ground is a constant 55-60 degrees. I enjoyed the video, it looks like a great project.
Good morning . Well I’m going to have to sit down and watch this in parts or in the evening when I’m canning and have time to dedicate to watching the video in its entirety. I’m already 30 min in and over 2 hours to go. If I sit here much longer, it will be after 8:00 before I get outside to start doing my morning chores. 😂
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures oh absolutely. I already got it planned how I’m going to sit down, enjoy myself watching the video while I can chicken. 30 mins to bring the canner up to pressure, then 90 minutes to process. There is my 2 hours right there. 😂👍🏽
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures Well Brother that was worth it all. I really enjoyed this entire project. I actually got a little sad at the end thinking this project is coming to an end. But then it hit me, there is no way. This project will definitely be an ongoing one; especially when you take into account the tweaking and maintenance. I am a little concerned about the open collection pool. But I know you’ll come up with something. Personally the birds would be my biggest concern. Any who, is the water to the cows coming through? I was waiting to see if you were going to test and show that, but you didn’t. All in all, I see why the old timers built the Spring house over the mouth of the spring. I imagine to take advantage of the cold water temperature coming out of the ground primarily and to keep or minimize the risk of the water source being contaminated. Nevertheless, I believe it will serve you and your family well for many years to come. 👍🏽
Yes indeed! All very valid points! I’m hoping to get some time to try different things! Right now the spring is just barely running fast enough to keep the pump going……. But I’m happy to say it’s doing it! Much improvement should be on the way!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures that's because you work together and don't just bark orders and not get upset about simple mistakes. You're a great leader, teacher, worker, and most of all a great father figure.
Fantastic job, Sir! You’re also teaching your boys many skills/lessons. Too many young people are spending their adolescence playing on electronic devices. On another note if I might offer a couple of suggestions in good faith: Insulating the stand pipe might help with a cooler water temperature at spring house. You can also check to see if the thermometer is calibrated correctly by putting it in a cup of ice water. It should read 32°F in the ice water. Good job! I wish you only the best in your adventures off grid.
36:48 Using a vibrating wand would reduce the number of air pockets in your concrete pours. Ok, you mentioned it when you were pouring more concrete. :-)
Great project! I love seeing the boys helping, each in their way & ability, learning new skills & problem solving. I do wonder if your concreate curing (still giving off heat during that process) is causing the higher spring house water temperature. A quick search says it takes an average* of 28 days to fully cure, during which time it'll be giving off heat. It might just be a matter of waiting for full cure, and then re-test your spring house water temperature. *depending on air temp, concrete mix, humidity, etc
You should see the Springs we have in Chino Valley Arizona, come straight out of two granite holes and it never stops. Is some Phil from our house and we just put two brass fittings into the stones, no pumps just a filter and we have hot and cold running water👍
1:12:45 In the future, you can run a red warning tape about 6 - 12 inches above your line, as a warning to the machine operator. Also, you could run an electrical line zip tied to your lines, energize one end, and use a water line detecting tool to find your lines in the future.
Impressive! Both the project and the involvement of your sons (and daughters)! Brought back memories of building a spring house for a friend in Maine a few years back (no ram jet or uphill climb involved). We use it all year to keep our beverages cold when we’re there fishing/hunting 😊. thanks. Other than ease of priming the line, why did you keep the PVC line from the dam level instead of laying it on the floor of the forest? Given how difficult it was to prime, seems like it still had some bellies in it that trapped air. Now that it’s full, couldn’t you let it lay on the forest floor. At the very least it would reduce the danger from tree falls breaking the line. You should also cover it (insulation or just leaves, etc., PVC breaks down when exposed to sunlight, and it would help maintain the cooler temps - though the standing pipe probably adds most of the heat) BTW - other than protection from rocks, insulating the buried line will only prevent the ground from cooling the water as it is pumped to the spring house 😢 Last question, what was the reason for not adding mortar to block in the basement of the spring house? I realize that filling the block with cement will add some structural rigidity but I’d be worried that the hydraulic pressure might shit these block over time. Here in the northeast at least that’s what happens. All in all though, this is a project to be proud of. Thanks for sharing!
It’s great to hear you enjoyed the video and the family effort! We had a lot of fun! The ground would be great to lay the pipe on except there are places where it definitely wouldn’t work…… at least for the route we took…… maybe we will see if we can do it another way! I’ll definitely be showing the root cellar part in the future to see it there’s been any shifts!
Great job turned out very nice and with all the new ground you worked more area for clover and maybe make Honey and great food plot for a new hunting lane
Awesome video And those boys will learn some amazing life skills(and be strong like ox) Y’all going to clean out the underbrush? It’ll help keep your forest healthy and will be fire protection along with bringing in more wildlife It’s a hard pain in the rear type of job but the end result are well worth it
I would bet my last dollar these fine young men have zero difficulty determining their "pronouns" or "gender." They'll also be able to overcome whatever life throws their way because they have inherited something more valuable than generational wealth. It's called "WORK ETHIC". As a retired plumber I've worked with all sorts. I can tell when a person knows how to work. Skills are great. Nothing beats work ethic. Even the youngest kid wanted to be right in the thick of the work with his older brothers. That's a priceless commodity. Good Work Pops. That's a real nice project. I wish the spring on my land was in a different place because I'd do the same type of setup. God Bless
I think it's so awesome what you did ! You guys put in a lot of hard work to get this all built . Will you have it where you can water your garden with the overflow at the Spring house ? It took me awhile but I watched it in full . Now i'm waiting for you to build a water powered grist mill to grind your corn lol . Thanks for sharing and have a great day !
It was definitely a lot of work! Crazy how 2 hours didn’t even show all of it😂😂😂 I’m proud you watched it all! I doubt I’ll ever do another video this long, but I think this will help people put it all together in their minds if they want to try it sometime! As far as a grist mill…… I’ll need more water!😂😂😂 We never water the garden, the wood chip mulch really helps!
my thoughts are the spring house should be built over the spring to get the coolest temp if this dosen work out think about making a ice house out of it freez your ice in winter to store enjoy watching your films you have a great famly youre teaching your kids the way all kids need to grow up god bless
If you could isolate the water then it would clean up. No contamination. I see what you have done with the cement and that will work well but I have seen and use a better way. In the former USA Springs are just not used so much any more for drinking water. Here in Chile they locate a spring. then they use an excavator to dig into the spring and use a Concrete Culvert Pipe on end and center it on the water springing up out of the ground. The deeper the better, you just stack more culvert pipes with the last one having a seam at the same level as the natural ground level. If you make the spring go higher than the natural level of the ground, then the spring will find another path. You back fill around the culvert pipes with washed crusher run. It will clean the water and allow it to seep into the culvert pipe. You may need 2 or 3 truck loads of gravel. Once you put the pipes in the ground you have like an in ground tank to store your water. You put a clam shell lid on the top of it made out of cement with a hole for a pipe to go into the well with a foot valve at the bottom. You can put a pump on it or in your case use the natural drop of the land. The lid keeps all the critters out of the well water. No poop in the water or dead bugs or such. This is our SPRING set up. We have clean fresh SPRING WATER now for 11 years. I do not like posting links but you can search my channel for "WELL" and it will come up. 90% of the houses here in the country side have SPRING set ups like I have described. The GERMANS came up with this design here 250 years ago in Chile. I love what you have done and I hope it does not fail. But if it gets too much leaves and trash in the water it will create a problem. If you would like to talk I would be happy to tell you more about it on the phone. Also I love your spring house too.... Jim in Chile
Hey Jim! I’m very happy to meet you! I had to change the system and here’s the video showing what we did! I’m looking forward to seeing your system in your channel! th-cam.com/video/7zjoEGGA254/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tSno9ka6ohcX7XI6
Thank you! I’ll try to do something about the gallons per minute that come in….. the issue is air in the line because that type pump is continuously putting air in the line.
As much as you have invested in that you should pour a concrete floor at the mouth of that spring and put a little shed over to keep contamination out of the water at the source by animals or leaves and I think it will be fool proof all the way down beside greezing
They should lay those big stones on top of where the pipe is buried, just in case you ever have to dig it up. That way you will also know for when you dig in the future because years later you will say I know that pipe is somewhere here. Just Sayin ! I decided to follow you guys.
A Roman modern aqueduct in Tennessee... Made by the " Mc Gie clan". Bravo bravo!! (Remember de idea to put some water cress in the little dam, you will not regret) will keep the water in the best conditions, and consider to put some herbs like rosmery, thyme, oregano, sage ...I will deterr deeers to go there to drink water and possibly to stay and poop around the water source. Regards . Fred.
I thought the underground average temperature is about 65 degrees! Great for beating desert heat and extreme winters. Not so sure about keeping water cool though. Interesting to see what you get. Depends what you want and what the water temperature is at source.
When i was in the desert, built an evaporative cooler. Just recirculating the water by letting it drop down 3 feet through the blue evaporative cooler filter media produced water that was in the 50's F while air temp waa over 100 F. Maybe figure a way to recirculate the water this way to drop the temp down.
What I would do if I were you is, I would put me another tank up there next to that building that held 1000 gallons Then you’d have the gravity pressure off of that plus the storage plus the drain off
1000 gallon tank creates a lot of pressure at the Spicket And it can fill while you are sleeping and not using the water and eventually you’ll have unlimited(1000gal) water and pressure
Haven’t finished the video yet, but if you haven’t get your water tested, would be nice to know. Do put tennis 🎾 balls on the rebar to protect someone if they slip and fall on one.
When you are just about to come into winter, you'll get levels dropping into your small dam. I'd be uesing some thing's to stop this from happening, okay 👍
Really appreciate the video. I wonder what the temperature difference is at the pump? If that is higher than expected, then maybe some insulation between the dam and pump could help the temp stay cooler. Also, what's the temperature of the water pouring out of the faucet at the spring house? Wondering if that is cooler than in the tank of water. If it is, then maybe the windows, door, air, or something there is warming it up. Thanks again for the great video journey!
I am no ram pump expert, but ive been very interested in them. I am a retired 3rd generation plumber . I didn't understand the stand pipe. The idea as i understand them is to get all the fall you can, but it has to be contained by the pipe. Have you tried eliminating or bypassing the stand pipe?
For every foot of fall you gain 1/2 psi. Whats the fall between the spring source and the pump setup? The standpipe would seem to bleed off all the gained pressure.
I have not tested the PSI. But I do know that the water in the standpipe is level with the water in the spring so the standpipe is simply there to collect all of that height nearby instead of a collection over 200 feet. To enhance the water hammer.
you need three old time thermometers and set them on the bottom of each section......not sure the big windows were a good idea either..... you will need to match the flow at house to the flow(spring) and loss of pump,somehow. great video and great work....
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Man yall are awesome.
I miss my older sons who have all moved away. It was great when we worked together.
Better savor the memories. Jim in CHile
Thanks Jim!
It is really encouraging to see young men working and learning. It's how I learned from my dad, uncles and older brothers.
Absolutely!
You have given your sons the best education they could have ever received in any college! In my opinion this is the best video I have ever seen on you tube! God bless you and your wonderful family! Deo Gratias!!!!
Wow, thank you!
This series made my heart happy!! Raising your kids on a homestead will give them a masters degree of life skills and set them up to be successful adults!
Absolutely! They’re also good boys very well mannered and conscientious!
Awesome! Y'all worked your butts off and now have an awesome spring house to show for all of that hard work. Thanks for putting the whole process together
Thanks! Hopefully it’ll be helpful to people!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures definitely think it will be. I tell ya if I was fortunate enough to have a spring I would definitely have one.
Those boys are some good boys they work hard !!
Life would be much harder without those beautiful helpful young men and daughters you are raising. The amount of knowledge you are passing on is amazing.
So true! And the good thing is they enjoy the work!
Sir, you are doing a really fine job with your boys!!! You're singlehandedly saving manhood, discipline and hard work. They will be grateful, the world will be grateful!!! Hats off to you!!! My dad also made sure that we helped him when we were younger!!! I'm thankful for that!!!
Thanks so much! It a pleasure!
These are going to be the most grounded young men. This kind of life experience can NEVER be experienced in any public school. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
That’s the absolute truth! Can’t argue with the obvious results!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures, one of the micro moments that really made a profound statement to me was when the little guy was zipping open the pipe insulation. From going too fast he says, “Ooo!! Hot!”. You quickly empathized with him but it wasn’t a kid like interaction. He just kept on a bit slower from experience. Shortly after he’s doing the task with a stick and you gave him props about being a smart guy for the solution. But again, in a non kid like return, he pointed off to one of the other guys and says, “He gave me a great idea.” He passed along the praise to who I assume was his brother. Awesome. I work with kids and the hardest thing to reinforce is being humble when given anything to your benefit. That little guy already has it as instinct from his environment. Yeah, I can definitely praise you for bringing them all up that way. But in order for that sort of reaction to be so genuinely humble like that, the credit gets spread around to every single one of you folks for creating was is certainly the most socially and emotionally healthy environment conceivable. They are not just boys, they are young men already and that is friggin’ awesome stuff. 😎😎😎
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures, oh, and I hope you’re teaching them about the safety value of trench boxes or supporting trench walls when they get above about lower chest height when you’re dealing with loose or unstable soil composition (ex-safety director here, lol). 🤓👍🏻😎👍🏻🤓
I’m blown away that you noticed such detail! What an honor because we hardly notice these things ourselves…… it’s just a way of life!😍
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures, thank you for that sentiment my friend. My gray matter doesn’t work like most others, lol. And that’s not intended to sound snobby or coming from some “I am smarter than thou” complete butthole, lol. I’m just hyper aware of the conceptual intentions of either mechanical logic or engagement tendencies related to emotional intelligence. Before they called this stuff high functioning autism or ADD, I was just that kid that dad intensely trained to quickly bite his tongue as hard as possible without drawing blood, LMAO!!!
Basically, when something comes though as profound to me, it really is a beautiful thing to see. Thats mostly because these sort of intentional social guidance experiences blended with mechanical logic and awareness engagements like this display here in this video are terrifically rare to witness up close.
Sorry for being an overthinking dork. It’s been a lifelong issue, LMAO!!! 🤓😂🤓
You remind me of my grandad, he was a self taught engineer, he, my dad, and brothers built a 20 acre lake back in the early forties on our 168 acres of woods, along with their homestead.❤ the video!
That’s awesome! I’m very blessed to be able to try these things!
Living the dream man, all this fulfilling fun hard work and you get to do it with your sons. Thats the life brother. God Bless you and yours
You got that right!
Hello from England. Just found you and I've watched all the way through on a Sunday morn from 7am. What a fantastic journey!! You all should be so proud. This is memory making for your family !!
Welcome aboard! Enjoy what you see here!!
Started watching and immediately I was taken back 65 years to when I was a young fella on my Dads farm in New Zealand and all my brothers and Dad did everything together. We lived in an isolated area and only had diesel power at night, no solar in those days. It was a hard life but it was a good life and it was so nice to see your boys sharing a hand and operating the machinery. Only thing my Dad never did was ever thank us for our help so it was nice to see you appreciating your boys hard work. I’ve subscribed now so waiting to see more adventures. Take care
Welcome to the channel! You’re going to truly enjoy what you see!!
Good to see young men still being built in this day and age. my belief that guys like your boys will rule the future. Good job dad.
Let’s hope! Because the idiots are at the wheel now and they are ruining everything!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventuresExactly god bless the mcgies
Nice work mate and it’s great to see your boys giving you a hand to get the job done. That’s good parenting lessons learned for life.
Absolutely! I’m very blessed!
This is awesome! I love seeing you and the boys working together to build your water system that will benefit everyone on your property. New to the channel. This is the type of thing that my Grandpa, my Dad and brothers would have worked on and I would be helping whenever they let me or I would be watching and learning. My siblings and I were extremely blessed to come from two families that weren't afraid of working, getting very dirty while building/creating/repairing/and installing anything that we needed, to improve the quality of our lives, reduced the daily work load especially when you have a very large family. I'm # 6 out of 8 children. Dad had 5 siblings and my Grandpa had 18 siblings who lived beyond the toddler stage and up to young adult age. His mother gave birth to 23 babies. I thought that all parents and Grandparents were like mine and made a point of teaching the children in the family how to do everyday life skills in order for them to be able to do anything that came their way from making/growing , preserving , and cooking food to feed themselves and their family members. ,making or mending clothing, as well as making alterations to tailor clothes to fit the person's body. furnishing a home on a budget and so much more. So it was a major shock when I discovered that my new husband didn't have any of those skills because his parents had never been taught by their parents which was very odd given that both of his grandmothers were incredible in the kitchen and made everything from scratch using many of the various vegetables they grew in their backyard garden. Their fathers were both good at repairing , installing, and building things. My father in laws father worked for the the railroad that still operates in Roanoke, Virginia before he passed away. Fortunately with both my Dad's help and mine he was willing to give most things a try before giving up and letting me just do it.
I love that you have that kind of family history! That’s such an incredible legacy of skills. How these skills get lost in a single generation is beyond me…… and truly mind blowing! But I’m glad you took hold of them and were successful! Do you have children of your own??
Had two wells and a spring as a child. I miss it.
Great memories!
That is marvelous. Congratulations to all who worked so hard and so long.
Thanks!
These boys are blessed, having such a father.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for posting this video. No doubt you guys worked your hind ends off. I love a spring house and it has given me renewed energy for our future living off grid. I've been dreaming of the day we can finally tell the utility company, SEE YA! My grandparents did it and I think it made them stronger and healthier. I love the hydraulic water pump. I thought you would call it a rod pump but I saw where that would be wrong. It's still neat and I just can't get over that beautiful spring house and cellar. ❤ God bless you and your beautiful family and thank you for keeping the old ways alive.
Thank you! It was very rewarding work that we benefit from every day! I highly recommend this lifestyle!
I look forward to seeing how well your ram pump does over time. You used to hear them in many hollers when I was growing up, but now yours is the only one I know of around here. Great video and God bless y’all.
You and me both! Thanks!
I found one out in the middle of the woods once. the cabin and plumbing on the output side of it were nearly completely gone but it was still there chugging away pumping water to nowhere. It's a pretty distinctive noise in the quiet woods.
Great video. I live in NC at the top of a 4800' mountain and our spring is at 4700'. I have no idea how we have such a heavy flowing spring so close to the top of the mountain but it has provided us water for years.
That is absolutely amazing and wonderful! That is a gift from God! I’m glad you’re able to use it!!
Incredible father, incredible man!!!
A ton of work went into that project. Now to enjoy the fruits of your labor
We will do it!
Great video
Very educational in so many ways teaching that hard work pays off also the how toos to the job and family values to get the job done together
Very admirable Mr. McGie thank you
Well said! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
WOW! Super Impressed, I wanted to be there with you helping .. Just to Learn🧐👍
That would be awesome!
The water will always be the same (or pretty close) as the surrounding air. I recommend covering the water in that room.
The air temperature is actually helping cool the water now that the fall weather has arrived!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures awesome!!
We had a small natural underground spring and we dug a 6 by 8 foot hole 6 feet deep put in 6 inch wide forms and poured a concrete box we covered it and filled the box with sand for 3 feet and pea gravel to a foot from the top of the box.we put three inch abs tubing about two feet from bottom of the box that went into a 4 foot square water reservoir that was made out of concrete and had a tube that was screened at the top of the box for a overflow. We ran our suction line from our pump a foot from the bottom of the box with a rubber seal to stop any leaks. We put a water filter in the pump house for the suction line. We never ran out of water and that spring box has been there for over 60 years and is still working perfectly. We had our water tested every year and we never had any type of contaminates or bacteria in our water. After 30 years we did replace the sand and pea gravel even though it was still filtering the water with no problems.
That is an incredible system!
Great job guy's & thanks for sharing the video in it's entirely from start to finish👍the ladies are going to enjoy the cool fresh water💚
Our pleasure! And they are already utilizing it for all our drinking water, coffee and cooking! It’s absolutely wonderful!!!
Nice work. I would consider connecting the intake pipes to the pump without a vent to boost efficiency.
This kind of pump turns the velocity and inertia of the infeed water into pressure, you loose by that gooseneck vent a lot.
Thanks for the tips!
Awesome video ya'll!! Maybe as a safety measure put some end caps on that rebar. Accidents happen fast
I know you are 100% correct!
It might be possible to circulate the water deeper in the ground to cool it back to 60 before it gets to the spring house. At a depth of about 15 feet the ground is a constant 55-60 degrees. I enjoyed the video, it looks like a great project.
That’s interesting! I appreciate the feedback, I’ll keep that in mind!
Good working boys,Reminds me of working with my dad when I was growing up,Good job guys
Great memories!!
I watch all y’all’s videos and man y’all are great! You’re smart sir with a very blessed life! Thanks for showing so much!
Our pleasure! We love putting an idea to the test!
Good morning . Well I’m going to have to sit down and watch this in parts or in the evening when I’m canning and have time to dedicate to watching the video in its entirety. I’m already 30 min in and over 2 hours to go. If I sit here much longer, it will be after 8:00 before I get outside to start doing my morning chores. 😂
😂😂😂 this is definitely gonna take more than one sitting for most people……… but you are the one person that I know will enjoy it!!😎
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures oh absolutely. I already got it planned how I’m going to sit down, enjoy myself watching the video while I can chicken. 30 mins to bring the canner up to pressure, then 90 minutes to process. There is my 2 hours right there. 😂👍🏽
Oh that’s awesome!😂
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures Well Brother that was worth it all. I really enjoyed this entire project. I actually got a little sad at the end thinking this project is coming to an end. But then it hit me, there is no way. This project will definitely be an ongoing one; especially when you take into account the tweaking and maintenance. I am a little concerned about the open collection pool. But I know you’ll come up with something. Personally the birds would be my biggest concern. Any who, is the water to the cows coming through? I was waiting to see if you were going to test and show that, but you didn’t. All in all, I see why the old timers built the Spring house over the mouth of the spring. I imagine to take advantage of the cold water temperature coming out of the ground primarily and to keep or minimize the risk of the water source being contaminated. Nevertheless, I believe it will serve you and your family well for many years to come. 👍🏽
Yes indeed! All very valid points! I’m hoping to get some time to try different things! Right now the spring is just barely running fast enough to keep the pump going……. But I’m happy to say it’s doing it! Much improvement should be on the way!
All that concrete and block work. Good job, you taught them all a skill that can easily make 20+ an hour as a job.
Thanks! They seem to enjoy working on everything!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures that's because you work together and don't just bark orders and not get upset about simple mistakes. You're a great leader, teacher, worker, and most of all a great father figure.
Thanks brother……. I’m very happy with how it’s going!
Fantastic job, Sir! You’re also teaching your boys many skills/lessons. Too many young people are spending their adolescence playing on electronic devices.
On another note if I might offer a couple of suggestions in good faith: Insulating the stand pipe might help with a cooler water temperature at spring house. You can also check to see if the thermometer is calibrated correctly by putting it in a cup of ice water. It should read 32°F in the ice water.
Good job! I wish you only the best in your adventures off grid.
Many thanks! That’s great advice!
36:48 Using a vibrating wand would reduce the number of air pockets in your concrete pours. Ok, you mentioned it when you were pouring more concrete. :-)
Your boys did a great job
Thank you!
I like the tiny feller in his smart hat! 😂
😂😂😂 he’s a great kid!
Great video man you got some hard working boys you don't see that much now days kudos to you Pop's!
Thanks so much! I’ve been pursuing this goal for years!
Great project! I love seeing the boys helping, each in their way & ability, learning new skills & problem solving.
I do wonder if your concreate curing (still giving off heat during that process) is causing the higher spring house water temperature. A quick search says it takes an average* of 28 days to fully cure, during which time it'll be giving off heat. It might just be a matter of waiting for full cure, and then re-test your spring house water temperature.
*depending on air temp, concrete mix, humidity, etc
That’s a very good point……. I’m thinking you’re onto something!
One heck of a journey to get there but well worth it for generations to come thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida .
Thanks bro! You’ve been there with us through it all!
Yes from my computer chair 😅😅
😂😂😂 No shame in that!!!
Who is this guy? He's awesome. And needs his own TV show
WOW, 2hr. complete movie. I'll watch it tonight.
It’s fun! Enjoy!
Great video I enjoyed watching it and educating. Thanks for a great video I really enjoy watching your channel. From Canada 🇨🇦 Saskatchewan.
Awesome! Thank you!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures You’re welcome
You should see the Springs we have in Chino Valley Arizona, come straight out of two granite holes and it never stops. Is some Phil from our house and we just put two brass fittings into the stones, no pumps just a filter and we have hot and cold running water👍
Awesome!!
I bet that those kids don't want to see another bag of concrete for the rest of their life. Wouldn't blame them. Building looks great.
Thanks! You’re probably right!😂😂😂
I'm liking the engineering.
The boys enjoyed helping figure it out!
They are naturals at it. I love it@@McGieHomesteadAdventures
1:12:45 In the future, you can run a red warning tape about 6 - 12 inches above your line, as a warning to the machine operator. Also, you could run an electrical line zip tied to your lines, energize one end, and use a water line detecting tool to find your lines in the future.
Very true! Thanks!
If you can keep the pipes from freezing it makes a cool place to store food.
Yes indeed!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures Do you realize that the water at your house with a heat pump can heat and cool your house and provide hot water.
@mybirds2525 Yes indeed!
Very intelligent man. Impressive.
Impressive! Both the project and the involvement of your sons (and daughters)! Brought back memories of building a spring house for a friend in Maine a few years back (no ram jet or uphill climb involved). We use it all year to keep our beverages cold when we’re there fishing/hunting 😊. thanks.
Other than ease of priming the line, why did you keep the PVC line from the dam level instead of laying it on the floor of the forest? Given how difficult it was to prime, seems like it still had some bellies in it that trapped air. Now that it’s full, couldn’t you let it lay on the forest floor. At the very least it would reduce the danger from tree falls breaking the line. You should also cover it (insulation or just leaves, etc., PVC breaks down when exposed to sunlight, and it would help maintain the cooler temps - though the standing pipe probably adds most of the heat)
BTW - other than protection from rocks, insulating the buried line will only prevent the ground from cooling the water as it is pumped to the spring house 😢
Last question, what was the reason for not adding mortar to block in the basement of the spring house? I realize that filling the block with cement will add some structural rigidity but I’d be worried that the hydraulic pressure might shit these block over time. Here in the northeast at least that’s what happens.
All in all though, this is a project to be proud of. Thanks for sharing!
It’s great to hear you enjoyed the video and the family effort! We had a lot of fun! The ground would be great to lay the pipe on except there are places where it definitely wouldn’t work…… at least for the route we took…… maybe we will see if we can do it another way! I’ll definitely be showing the root cellar part in the future to see it there’s been any shifts!
I've gone to the bathroom 2 times since watching the water run 😂
😂😂😂😂
You should be proud of those young men, they really helped out. Spring House AKA bomb shelter.
I am absolutely proud of them!
Great video. Thanks for the update.
You’re welcome!
Crude and rude at it's finest! Long as it works!! Keep on keepin on guys🤠
Thanks my friend!
Great job turned out very nice and with all the new ground you worked more area for clover and maybe make Honey and great food plot for a new hunting lane
I’m thinking along those same lines!!! 🦌
You did a good job congratulations 😊
Thank you! 😊
Sweet. God bless.
Same to you!
Very cool 🎉
Thank you!
Awesome video
And those boys will learn some amazing life skills(and be strong like ox)
Y’all going to clean out the underbrush? It’ll help keep your forest healthy and will be fire protection along with bringing in more wildlife
It’s a hard pain in the rear type of job but the end result are well worth it
Thank you very much! We will try!
I would bet my last dollar these fine young men have zero difficulty determining their "pronouns" or "gender." They'll also be able to overcome whatever life throws their way because they have inherited something more valuable than generational wealth. It's called "WORK ETHIC". As a retired plumber I've worked with all sorts. I can tell when a person knows how to work. Skills are great. Nothing beats work ethic. Even the youngest kid wanted to be right in the thick of the work with his older brothers. That's a priceless commodity. Good Work Pops. That's a real nice project. I wish the spring on my land was in a different place because I'd do the same type of setup. God Bless
Very well said!
Looks like yall have a couple of Indian marker trees by your spillway.
Yes, we do. I’d say those trees are probably 40 years old.
I think it's so awesome what you did ! You guys put in a lot of hard work to get this all built . Will you have it where you can water your garden with the overflow at the Spring house ? It took me awhile but I watched it in full . Now i'm waiting for you to build a water powered grist mill to grind your corn lol . Thanks for sharing and have a great day !
It was definitely a lot of work! Crazy how 2 hours didn’t even show all of it😂😂😂 I’m proud you watched it all! I doubt I’ll ever do another video this long, but I think this will help people put it all together in their minds if they want to try it sometime! As far as a grist mill…… I’ll need more water!😂😂😂 We never water the garden, the wood chip mulch really helps!
Christianity, sanity, godliness, life training. My God you are a wealthy manin what matters.
I was raised by very good parents myself…….. I’d be a disgrace if I didn’t hold the standard
Great video! Maybe a screen over the top to keep the leaves out? What about freezing?
I’m putting out a video soon showing how I took care of the issues!
Great Video!
Thanks!
That will get cooler as all the pipe gets seed in. And I would just put a bug net over the Dam, I be love it though
Thanks so much!
my thoughts are the spring house should be built over the spring to get the coolest temp if this dosen work out think about making a ice house out of it freez your ice in winter to store enjoy watching your films you have a great famly youre teaching your kids the way all kids need to grow up god bless
You’re not wrong…… I just don’t want to go 3/4 mile to get my water……. But you can bet I’ve got ice house plans already in my mind!!!😂😂😂😍😍😍
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures why not under the spring house their would be little to do to make it into a ice house
It’s too small 😀
I'm going to have to come over a sneak a drink 😂 no I'm joking. You boys done a nice job. Hopefully everything keeps working as wanted.
I’ll definitely let you have all the water you want!
The Original voice actor for Hank Hill 😂😂. Nice work on the ram pump! Just needs a little propane...
😂😂😂
Great video. Cool project.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome awesome thank you for the video
You’re welcome!!
If you could isolate the water then it would clean up. No contamination.
I see what you have done with the cement and that will work well but I have seen and use a better way.
In the former USA Springs are just not used so much any more for drinking water.
Here in Chile they locate a spring. then they use an excavator to dig into the spring and use a Concrete Culvert Pipe on end and center it on the water springing up out of the ground. The deeper the better, you just stack more culvert pipes with the last one having a seam at the same level as the natural ground level. If you make the spring go higher than the natural level of the ground, then the spring will find another path.
You back fill around the culvert pipes with washed crusher run. It will clean the water and allow it to seep into the culvert pipe. You may need 2 or 3 truck loads of gravel.
Once you put the pipes in the ground you have like an in ground tank to store your water.
You put a clam shell lid on the top of it made out of cement with a hole for a pipe to go into the well with a foot valve at the bottom. You can put a pump on it or in your case use the natural drop of the land.
The lid keeps all the critters out of the well water. No poop in the water or dead bugs or such.
This is our SPRING set up. We have clean fresh SPRING WATER now for 11 years.
I do not like posting links but you can search my channel for "WELL" and it will come up.
90% of the houses here in the country side have SPRING set ups like I have described. The GERMANS came up with this design here 250 years ago in Chile.
I love what you have done and I hope it does not fail. But if it gets too much leaves and trash in the water it will create a problem.
If you would like to talk I would be happy to tell you more about it on the phone.
Also I love your spring house too....
Jim in Chile
Hey Jim! I’m very happy to meet you! I had to change the system and here’s the video showing what we did! I’m looking forward to seeing your system in your channel! th-cam.com/video/7zjoEGGA254/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tSno9ka6ohcX7XI6
Has the core temperature in the springhouse/ root cellar dropped?
Not yet. But it was almost 98° yesterday so it’s no wonder!
what a good video and family
You are so kind!
I was hoping you would do one of these
I can’t believe I actually did it!😂😂😂
Should cool down a bit over a few days I'm guessing. You could also speed up the water flow a bit too perhaps. Good work 😊👌
Thank you! I’ll try to do something about the gallons per minute that come in….. the issue is air in the line because that type pump is continuously putting air in the line.
You could try adding an air release valve along the pipe somewhere to. Preferably on a high spot.
That’s exactly what I’m thinking about trying!
AWSOME!!!!!❤
Thanks!
Don't forget you are still cooling down all that concrete/block. I think you will see cooler temps after everything equalizes.
Hopefully!
I agree. Once that concrete fnishes curring it will be a cool sink. Especially if that room is shaded. Awesom job !
As much as you have invested in that you should pour a concrete floor at the mouth of that spring and put a little shed over to keep contamination out of the water at the source by animals or leaves and I think it will be fool proof all the way down beside greezing
Yes I definitely agree!
Stick on Sawzall. I didn't see him slapping himself for that brilliant light bulb moment
😂😂😂😂
They should lay those big stones on top of where the pipe is buried, just in case you ever have to dig it up. That way you will also know for when you dig in the future because years later you will say I know that pipe is somewhere here. Just Sayin ! I decided to follow you guys.
I definitely hope you never see us digging it back up! But it’s always possible!!😅
A Roman modern aqueduct in Tennessee...
Made by the " Mc Gie clan". Bravo bravo!!
(Remember de idea to put some water cress in the little dam, you will not regret) will keep the water in the best conditions, and consider to put some herbs like rosmery, thyme, oregano, sage ...I will deterr deeers to go there to drink water and possibly to stay and poop around the water source.
Regards .
Fred.
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
I thought the underground average temperature is about 65 degrees! Great for beating desert heat and extreme winters. Not so sure about keeping water cool though. Interesting to see what you get. Depends what you want and what the water temperature is at source.
Yes it’ll be very interesting!
EPIC!
Thanks!
When i was in the desert, built an evaporative cooler. Just recirculating the water by letting it drop down 3 feet through the blue evaporative cooler filter media produced water that was in the 50's F while air temp waa over 100 F. Maybe figure a way to recirculate the water this way to drop the temp down.
Wow awesome!
you could use that to make an AC for the house for summer. use an old tractor and trailer radiator and a fan?
That style of cooling works great in low humidity….. unfortunately that’s not here!😂
You will never have more flow from a ram pump than you have from the Supply
True that.
What I would do if I were you is, I would put me another tank up there next to that building that held 1000 gallons
Then you’d have the gravity pressure off of that plus the storage plus the drain off
Perfect!
1000 gallon tank creates a lot of pressure at the Spicket
And it can fill while you are sleeping and not using the water and eventually you’ll have unlimited(1000gal) water and pressure
Build you a cover our out of pig fence panels for shape and strength and cover it with chicken wire to keep the critters and leaves out of it
Great idea!
Haven’t finished the video yet, but if you haven’t get your water tested, would be nice to know. Do put tennis 🎾 balls on the rebar to protect someone if they slip and fall on one.
Great ideas!
Cows are 101F
Ah thanks for the info!!!
When you are just about to come into winter, you'll get levels dropping into your small dam. I'd be uesing some thing's to stop this from happening, okay 👍
Thanks for the tips!
What would you suggest?
I would line the pond
Sir, plz bench your trench prevent death from sides caving in. I operated very large
It’s all filled in now…… shall I redo it?😜
Really appreciate the video. I wonder what the temperature difference is at the pump? If that is higher than expected, then maybe some insulation between the dam and pump could help the temp stay cooler. Also, what's the temperature of the water pouring out of the faucet at the spring house? Wondering if that is cooler than in the tank of water. If it is, then maybe the windows, door, air, or something there is warming it up. Thanks again for the great video journey!
I think you’re on the right track….. I’ll check it out when I have time!
I could see a big copper steal to make moonshine in a future video lol
😅😂😂😂
I am no ram pump expert, but ive been very interested in them. I am a retired 3rd generation plumber . I didn't understand the stand pipe. The idea as i understand them is to get all the fall you can, but it has to be contained by the pipe. Have you tried eliminating or bypassing the stand pipe?
For every foot of fall you gain 1/2 psi. Whats the fall between the spring source and the pump setup? The standpipe would seem to bleed off all the gained pressure.
I have not tested the PSI. But I do know that the water in the standpipe is level with the water in the spring so the standpipe is simply there to collect all of that height nearby instead of a collection over 200 feet. To enhance the water hammer.
you need three old time thermometers and set them on the bottom of each section......not sure the big windows were a good idea either.....
you will need to match the flow at house to the flow(spring) and loss of pump,somehow.
great video and great work....
Thanks! We’re definitely going to work on the kinks, but I’m tickled with it!
I wonder if you should add more rocks to elevate the leaves so they don’t clog the draining?
I could, but the problem is it is leaking around it and I’m going to have to do something else.