When You Own the Water Company.... Repairs Are Inevitable (Rainwater Harvesting)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2022
- Today I'm embarking on a 'super exciting' and 'riveting' repair of my rainwater harvesting system....haha Just kidding.... but perhaps it might be helpful if you are interested in setting up a system of your own and want to see how this particular section of PVC pipe is connected.
Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions! - Joe
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Thanks for watching the video and I’ll see you on the next one!😊👍
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Quite frankly, these are some of the most important videos in rainwater harvesting systems. Maintenance and troubleshooting is a skill and sharing mistakes or problems reminds we the viewers what issues may happen in our systems and teaches us how to solve those problems. Thanks for the video.
Agreed. I always learn something.
I know you were concerned if this video would be boring ... but it wasn't. Anything that is of an educational video is a good video. Even when it is fixing a problem. These to me are very important as it helps in two ways... 1. Let's us know that things do go wrong at times and 2. We need people like you who have "been there, done that" that are willing to share your knowledge and skills so that we know what to do. Keep up the good work!
You don't HAVE to wait for a goat video, we enjoy seeing the goats in any and every video.. 😊
Haha…I might just have to put a random clip or two in each video from now on😂
There is nothing more satisfying than fixing up a rainwater collection, just before a storm :-) Same here for me in south Spain, it only rains twice a year, so when it does, it is precious!
Anything concerning rain collection is in the top 10!
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Your videos are never boring! Speaking as someone with no mechanical skills or abilities, I find them downright magical! It gives me great hope that you and others like you still exist.
Honestly, I love any rain water collection video
I really like the way you do everything neat and tidy. Doing the job right first time. Very cool indeed!
Rain, sweet rain. Boy I miss the rain.
I don’t know about everyone else watching this but, It really was interesting to see and assess your setup and how the repairs would be done. Practical side for me is that my suburban ideas in the future will need to factor in repairs and access to my arrangement. Thanks for Sharing you adventures.
@@tailgatecarpenter26 😂 So true … learned some trade secrets from a auto mechanic while having my car worked on and listening to another mechanic talking to himself about a belt tighting tool that the shop didn’t get. I bought one and sold it 18 years later for 5 time the cost I paid.
HELLO from las Vegas Nevada
Thank you for the video
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
It is amazing to me how much time and energy desert dwellers expend gathering water. We spend time and effort trying to dry out areas to make them usable.
Thanks for sharing this insightful video and showing us your in ground facility. I had never considered your need for a drain in the event of freezing temperatures. You seem to have planned for for unforeseen circumstances. I like your style of disaster avoidance rather than disaster recovery. Wishing you and your family a blessed summer, enjoy family time away. Wishing you gentle rain and restful evenings. Peace brother.
Thank you very much and all the best to you and your family as well!
I like the pipes connections living off grid is the best self sustainable.
I'm sorry to hear that you think this is boring, but this is essentially what I subscribed for many years ago 😂 You building, fixing stuff and documenting, this to me is very interesting and relaxing to watch. I learn a lot from watching others, so I really enjoy these! 😃
It was a pleasure watching you dig up your “soil” so effortlessly. 😉. Another “How to do it right by Joe” video.
I’m glad a friend sent me the rainwater video on the playhouse/office. I live in AZ, this would be great for me when I get my off grid property, but as well for my house in the city.
Seems I'm not the only one who is a fan of anything you'll teach us about the rainwater systems! Riveting, indeed - maybe not for some, but for your audience, it's a winner.
The baby goats in the background sound so cute. How perfect that your goats' milk is helping the neighbor out. True community.
So glad y'all got rain right after the repair... woohoo!!!
Repairs are necessary and it looks like you made the best of this situation. Yay for getting it done in time for the rain.
No disclaimers needed. We’re interested in *you* and you’re always interesting.
with the drought going on here in Hungary, this is most definitely interesting!
This is not boring. It is very helpful. Thanks for your videos.
Loads of respect, and admiration. Your work/ knowledge/ know how, INCREDIBLE. 🔥🔥👍
Thank you!
Happy Friday to you, Joe ✴✴👊
Awesome video as always. Have an amazing weekend, Andreas 🇸🇪
Using a table and a square. Very nice. Never seen that before. thank you
Looking forward to those camping video.
We’ve got a couple camping trips planned over the next couple months so we will see what we can come up with😀👍
It would be great to hear what you do with all of your rain capturing tanks and pipes during hard freezes. I haven't heard you speak much about those processes and how it affects (if at all) your drinking water . Thanks for all of your great videos .
I actually found this interesting. I have always wanted to be able to be water independent.
This was actually a useful video as far as i'm concerned. sounds like your ladies are working over time, having milk for your neighbors kid goats. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Adela
Love your content! Not sure why you think they're boring, your videos are always awesome!
This kind of maintenance is important and may *seem* mundane, but also rarely seen.
Rainwater harvesting isn't exactly necessary where I live, so I find the subject fascinating.
Keep the camera rolling!
Baby goats must see! They are so dog like. Friends pet goat follows her all over, wants ear scratches and treats... has learned a few voice commands like stay, no, okay... some kind of mini goat breed...
It kills me watching you glue up all the pipes, and not one single little blue glue drop is on the work bench. You're not human!
Greetings friend.
I came to your channel by chance, I was looking for a motorhome.
I watched all the videos of the construction of your trailer. Which are very good.
Your videos motivated me to fulfill an old dream of building mine and traveling with my family.
I liked it so much that I ended up subscribing to your channel.
Congratulations! for all the videos on your channel.
God bless you!
OBS: I'm from Brazil, Osvaldo Cruz is a small town in the interior of São Paulo and I'm writing with the help of the translator, I apologize.
Awesome stuff Joe! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thank you Fred!
Very intresting watching rain water harvesting systems!
You’re a hard working man, thank you Sir for the video 👍😁
I always love to see content like this...I file the gleaned knowledge in the back of my head for use if it gets to the SHTF type events. Thanks Joe! :)
I enjoy your rainwater videos more than usual
Glad you made the repairs Joe. And good on you guys for supplying the goat’s milk for the neighbor kids.
Good video Joe!! Glad somebody is getting rain!! Hope your water tanks run over, send some to Texas!! God Bless!!
i enjoyed this video. it’s always great to watch a “master” at work.
Have you done a video describing in more detail what you need to do preparing for a hard freeze? I think this might be really useful.
I'm just outside Tucson and would not have thought we freeze hard enough to warrant draining pipes and tanks unless the tanks were nearly empty and not enough mass left to handle it.
Brother been there and done that twice .... And gotta clean the gutters... Man this is what happens when we are the water company..... 😂🤘🤘🤘🤘gotta love no water bills.... Keep it up brother
Your rainwater harvesting videos are what brought me to your channel and were some of the first ones I ever watched. So yes, I enjoyed this one!
Your videos are always great I wish we would get some rain up here in Scottsdale have a great summer stay cool my friend
Yes,this video was very much appreciated thank you for sharing.👍👍👍👍👍
I liked that you future proofed your system! Cheers from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
Call me nuts, but I find plumbing work pretty satisfying. As with any system, repairs and maintenance are a given, and you shared that very well! Send some of that rain over here to south Texas! 😆
Very cool so see the double pipe for flow and cross-over for drain - very thoughtful/smart :)
Always good to see how your (and others) systems work. Tons of people are harvesting or planning on harvesting rainwater. Please always post this type of video! 😁👍🏻😁👍🏻
Its cool to see you make/build new things but ultimately things break and being apart of the repair process with you is equally exciting. thanks!
I love the baby goat noises. 😊💜😊💜 Great repair!
We’ve been getting hit by lots of wind. It’s a pain since we are trying to keep our plaster protected.
Sorry you had to do those repairs, but awesome that you got it done in time to get some rain!👍
Thanks for sharing!
Great video. Thanks. Keep up the hard work.
Thanks for showing this repair- I found it "super exciting" and "riveting"! LOL :) You are so "handy" when finding a solution to an issue! :)
Thank you MMx3!
Nice job!
Nice repair!
Everything you do you make look so easy
Absolutely love these videos. I’m designing my system around yours 👍
Thank you Jack!
I am planning out rainwater collection so found this super interesting. Thanks for posting.
Really appreciate your attention to detail! Always nice work!
Of course it's important and interesting! thank you.
Hi Joe, we love your videos but I'd love to see actual rain harvesting in your rainwater harvesting videos (water collection in process)! Thanks for sharing your work with us!
This was helpful -- great to learn beforehand; thanks for sharing! 😊
Always fun seeing any videos you make , great content, it must be nice digging in the ground and no rocks . Up here in Northeast Connecticut u get a rock in each scoop. 👍
Thank you for sharing
great video, keep them coming.
I wish I could harvest more rain water. As of now storage is a problem but thank you for the informative videos. Much value found in your channel 🙏
It is great seeing someone that isn’t afraid to admit he broke something and also that you were able to fix it. You looked like a Roady working for the BLUE MAN GROUP with your pipes and coupler construction you had going. Thanks for sharing and it sounds like EVERYONE is hoping for rain these days.
Great neighbor.
Great job buddy! Retired Tony
As always... Absolutely Awesome 🥳🥳🥳
First time I've seen you with your cap off!!
I rarely take it off because then I’d be chased down by the ladies because of my ‘sexy’ hair line😂
Love your shirt!
Hey this was great I live here in the Santa Rita's and I'm trying to figure out how to create my own water system too appreciate your help if you ever got a chance great video
Speaking from a plumbing background, I think it would've been good idea put in some rubber couplings on different places where you think you have any potential of repairs
That’s how we learn!
Hey Joe, always a plus to see new content! I like the look of that Recip you're using, have you any comments about it? I have the 1st Generation Cordless Ryobi Recip and I've come to hate it for it's lack of ergonomics. It demands 2 hands and if you have to use it one handed, your hand & wrist will let you know all about it, lol Take care!
Love your channel. Keep them coming. Somebody would be an idiot to give you a thumb's down. You have great content. Learn something every time.
Way to be legit! Fixing stuff and learning from mistakes are cornerstones to homesteading
got to like good timing 😀
Great video! Was surprised you covered up the pipes before verifying there weren't any leaks. 🙂 Maybe I missed it, but have you made a video about how you pump water all the way up (looks like at least 10 feet) into your large water storage tanks?
I like all the rainwater harvesting videos. Joe, if you ever think your videos are boring you could always do some acrobatics or some more custom fashion design. 🙂
Awesome. I really enjoy watching these simple videos. How is the monsoon there? We got 4-1/2" so far.
We're going to be up in the White Mountains this weekend, in Pinetop. There are art shows every 3-4 weeks at the in bloom nursery.
Haha, gotta laugh at this. Main takeaway, function>aesthetics. Great informative vid on how to fix plumbing issues still. I have always appreciated your honesty in your videos.
Nice work. All that time doing water harvesting never even crossed my mind that the piping in a wet feed system could store a significant amount of water. Looks like you have about 50 feet between the tanks and the house. At .65 gal per foot of 4" that's 65 gallons between the two pipes, not including the vertical sections. Great idea joining them together. Do the pipes in the background on the corner also feed those tanks?
I have not watched your channel in a long while, but this was another great video. (I can't remember if you talked about this, but did you ever think about extending your drink water catching capacity by creating a larger surface as you did for your wildlife waterer. Kind of like Handeeman's channel, when he lived in his tiny house. Or or is your collection surface enough for your water supply.)
Edit:
I just watched the video you did 3 years ago about the project you did for your rainwater garden and you answered all my questions there.
Thanks
Great info, Thanks!!! Just to be certain I understand how your system collects, is it a gravity filled system with water seeking it own level?
Thanks again!
When rain is your primary water source fixing any breakdown is priority one. So did I understand that you have to drain all of your water storage when there is a frost warning? If that is true do you have to purchase water until the next rainy season?
Amazing work as always. Just a quick question. Do you have a water filter for the tank water in the house? If you do wan at type is it? Micron?
Few Questions: 1. Have you noticed any less rain water that you are getting over that last few years? 2. If you have to buy water to top off your tanks in an extra dry year, does that water come from Lake Mead? And 3. Could you use a ground catchment system where the water runs along the ground and then hits a 10 inch or so dam where it somehow filters out any sand/dirt and fills up a large underground storage tanks? I know of the rain roof, I was thinking of away to use the land where you can use the natural slop of the land and up to 10 acres of land.
I have been watching another youtuber where they are building a swale then lay a layer of gravel on the bottom then lay in some perforated pipe that is connected to some underground tanks then cover these pipes with more gravel.
When fittings are super close like that and you need to replace only one, you can use a propane torch to salvage the rest without rebuilding. Cut between the fittings then use the propane torch to heat up the cut off pipe from the inside. The pipe will soften and the glue will release allowing you to fold the bad pipe and pull it out. The fitting should just need a cleaning before re-use.
I wonder what is the size of the PVC pipes, including schedule/thickness? Is it 4”, schedule 35?
Hopefully you never have to replace the tanks, I was looking at on at Home Depot 2500 gallon for just under $1000 before the corona virus now they are twice that. How do you make it without water if you have to drain them?
just wondering how your fruit trees are going in your pond ?harvesting area you made around 5 years ago?😀
How many gallons of storage do you have for water? And how often or do you ever need to get water from the city?