I just found your channel. Good info. My family owned a hardware store for 35 years. I would suggest using Pipe Joint Compound (or as the older plumbers cal it "pipe dope") on all of those galvanized joints, not Teflon Tape.
Hello, new subscriber here. Homesteading is something I am working toward now. Plumbing is one of the two things that I find to be intimidating (unsurprisingly perhaps, electric is the other). I am learning a lot from your videos. Thank you for sharing!
Welcome! Don't be intimidated, plumbing is super easy with only a few rules to follow. Electrical is too, generally speaking for simple things. My advice with plumbing or electrical is just to not use cheap products and do it right the first time! The more thought you put into your routing and designs the better your result will be, but more often than not you will learn something and make adjustments along the way. Best of luck.
If you use just a little bit of pipe dope on top of that Teflon tape you won't have to go back and fix leaks. If I was going to use only one or the other I would use pipe dope.
Maybe you could circulate the water with solar powered pump ? Wouldn’t this stop the ones from freezing? Then create a pig watering nipple that will not freeze, or a tray they could step on to break up the ice so they could drink from it ? IDK as I do not have pigs, but love your work thanks again for all your efforts!!!
When solving problems, you have to be careful not to install new ones. The circulation solves the freezing problem. But it now means any backflow goes to all points. That makes it more likely to spread illness throughout. Especially now that it redistributes the water back to the source.
Fisrt: outstanding! Second: I grew up with family business of those coin operated carwashes, and in winter the system had a thermostat operated WEEP system that allowed water to flow through the nozel, thus keeping the hose and other outside plumbing from freezing. I wonder if you need the heat tape at all, if the water flow is recirculating, warmer water from tanks will be flowing through your system thus keeping it from freezing. Any way, thanks for sharing!😊
@@meadowgreenfarm There are some fire resistant insulators such as fiber glass. They don't catch on fire even being put directly into a fire. The only thing I am thinking is that the heat "escapes in all directions". And since it is in contact (with those tubes) for only, lets say, 20% of it's surface area, the rest is basically money thrown outside of the window, isn't it?
@@miroslavmajer5155 Fiberglass would be tricky to install outside and keep dry. I think foam sleeves would be the only option, if they were fire retardant.
@@--_DJ_-- foam sleeves are made out of the polystyrene, which is highly famable, which was his initial point. Fiberglass is water resistant too, by the way. That's the reason why it's being used as a house isolation
@@miroslavmajer5155 Right, which is why I said "If they were fire retardant" not that they are. Fiberglass is water resistant, fiberglass insulation is not, it will act like a sponge unless you keep it dry, which would involve a significant amount of work on piping like that. It is wonderful for indoor plumbing, not stuff that is in the weather.
@@wallanderproductions Have you ever had a PVC ball valve fail and you can't turn it off? They fail cause the plastic gets brittle. I always use brass or stainless ball valves.
I just found your channel. Good info. My family owned a hardware store for 35 years. I would suggest using Pipe Joint Compound (or as the older plumbers cal it "pipe dope") on all of those galvanized joints, not Teflon Tape.
boy you arent kiddin', hindsight is 20/20 but luckily everything is still holding up A-OK!
Hello, new subscriber here. Homesteading is something I am working toward now. Plumbing is one of the two things that I find to be intimidating (unsurprisingly perhaps, electric is the other). I am learning a lot from your videos. Thank you for sharing!
Welcome! Don't be intimidated, plumbing is super easy with only a few rules to follow. Electrical is too, generally speaking for simple things. My advice with plumbing or electrical is just to not use cheap products and do it right the first time! The more thought you put into your routing and designs the better your result will be, but more often than not you will learn something and make adjustments along the way. Best of luck.
Love that you explain the whole process in a way that I understand. Impressive!
Great system!!
If you use just a little bit of pipe dope on top of that Teflon tape you won't have to go back and fix leaks. If I was going to use only one or the other I would use pipe dope.
That would probably help in the summertime also with allege. Put it on a timer to run once a day
Maybe you could circulate the water with solar powered pump ? Wouldn’t this stop the ones from freezing? Then create a pig watering nipple that will not freeze, or a tray they could step on to break up the ice so they could drink from it ? IDK as I do not have pigs, but love your work thanks again for all your efforts!!!
When solving problems, you have to be careful not to install new ones. The circulation solves the freezing problem. But it now means any backflow goes to all points. That makes it more likely to spread illness throughout. Especially now that it redistributes the water back to the source.
Fisrt: outstanding! Second: I grew up with family business of those coin operated carwashes, and in winter the system had a thermostat operated WEEP system that allowed water to flow through the nozel, thus keeping the hose and other outside plumbing from freezing. I wonder if you need the heat tape at all, if the water flow is recirculating, warmer water from tanks will be flowing through your system thus keeping it from freezing. Any way, thanks for sharing!😊
Heat tape is likely not needed, we are making some updates very soon after the system got tested for a week in single digits, stay tuned!
cool job. I just wonder whether the heat element shouldn't be wraped in some insulation
We did some research on this, some heating cable mfrs did not recommend this due to fire hazard so we opted not to.
@@meadowgreenfarm There are some fire resistant insulators such as fiber glass. They don't catch on fire even being put directly into a fire. The only thing I am thinking is that the heat "escapes in all directions". And since it is in contact (with those tubes) for only, lets say, 20% of it's surface area, the rest is basically money thrown outside of the window, isn't it?
@@miroslavmajer5155 Fiberglass would be tricky to install outside and keep dry. I think foam sleeves would be the only option, if they were fire retardant.
@@--_DJ_-- foam sleeves are made out of the polystyrene, which is highly famable, which was his initial point. Fiberglass is water resistant too, by the way. That's the reason why it's being used as a house isolation
@@miroslavmajer5155 Right, which is why I said "If they were fire retardant" not that they are. Fiberglass is water resistant, fiberglass insulation is not, it will act like a sponge unless you keep it dry, which would involve a significant amount of work on piping like that. It is wonderful for indoor plumbing, not stuff that is in the weather.
Try the yellow teflon tape. Its used on natural gas pipes. Its thicker than the white and it seals better especially on sharp stainless steel threads.
Thanks for the tip!
Never use pvc ball valves
Explain?
@@wallanderproductions He never explains lol
@@wallanderproductions Have you ever had a PVC ball valve fail and you can't turn it off? They fail cause the plastic gets brittle. I always use brass or stainless ball valves.
I would agree, depending on your climate. I have broke a few in the open position. I think next time just leave the explanation
@@Whippingwillow2001 That is so true!