Best rain collection video on KZfaq! Finally someone that explains their system from point A to point B. Thank you Sir

Painting the PVC pipe is a great way to keep the UV rays from degrading it. thanks for the great video! very useful.

That tip of leaving the first barrel unconnected from the manifold is very helpful. Thanks!

The closet flange on the first drum is a great idea. The ball floating in the 3" pipe is ingenious!. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Subscribed and a big thumbs up.

Thank you for this video and being a source of inspiration. The wife and I just finished our water system using this set up for our garden and chickens.

Like what others allready wrote down here , best video in how to setup. I hope you dont mind and built a copy of your system. this is great. thank a million !

I can't tell you enough how great this is. This is the system I'm gonna duplicate on my himestead here shortly. Thank you, sir.

WOW!!! This is by far the best water collection system i've seen so far, and i've researched dozen's of them! I've already laid the foundation down for four 55 gallon containers and now i'm doing my research on the PVC piping system. So glad i found your video! I'm going to model my own after yours. Thank you so much for the detailed explanation on how you built yours.

FINALLY!!! Someone with good instructional skills and who don't ramble and gives very good advice. Thank you for this video. I have gleaned lots of information on this. I will be building one of these but on a 12 barrel manifold. I will have the water piped in from the gutter system to an inside building so that I can use this system all year long in my Arkansas home.

The toilet flange clean out is genius. Thanks so much for posting this!

Greatly designed !!Good job.Lots of ideas to deal with for my project!

Probably the best video I have watched on this subject. THX for taking to time to make it.

I really appreciate you getting your setup all out in the open so we can see. Thanks for the effort and great video

This is the best video on rain collection systems I've ever seen. You're a great teacher and your system looks very doable compared to many others I've seen. Thank you very much.

Thanks for your explanation of Rain Barrel Harvesting System. It answered several of my questions as well as giving me some new insight such as the clean out opening at the bottom of the downspout and being able to use it debris.

This is one of the best catchment systems I've seen. Thank you for the great info.

Great information and simple to follow. I had not thought about collecting the sediment in a pre fill barrel. Good idea!

Thank you for the detailed video. I will be setting mine up, hopefully as good as yours

Totally awesome video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!

Great video AR Prepper! We lived in Hackett, AR for seven years from 1994 to 2001! Anyway, I'm getting ready to setup an IBC tote system for my garden irrigation.

That's one nice system and well explained.

Such a wonderful instruction video. Thank you

You rock young man! Great video!

Finally! Someone explaining this so even I can understand it.

Great system I’m glad I found this one! Putting it into production in a couple weeks

i appreciate all the ideas. you put a lot of thought into this.

I have been trying to put together a system for our garden ....and yours without a doubt looks to be the most well put together system I ever come across.... that’s doable ...as well as affordable for us ....you have given me hope...very well explained ...thank you ever so much for the informative lesson...stay blessed

Really good info on this!

Excellent information! Thanks. Subscribed

best best best rain barrel video ever

Very nice setup, thanks for sharing.

VERY GOOD !!!!! I appreciate the lesson, thanks !!!

Thank you sir for the thorough and easy to follow explanation!

Nice set up. Very informative video.

Great instructions for a great system!

Good system, I live in Central Florida and I designed the same type of system 4 years ago. To date I have not noticed any deterioration in the pipe material from sun effects. Since my barrels are ground mounted I use an inline pump to pump with a garden hose conn to water to my garden.

Good job. Very clearly explained

this is a brilliant system. and love your channel

thank you! What a great video! VERY informative. I feel confident enough after watching this video to do this myself. Thanks again.

Great explanation and display. One suggestion. At the 1/2-3/4" bottom drain pipe, instead of cutting and adding couplings, add a 'threaded union' between bottom 'out of barrel' drain to t and you can un-thread each line. I would go with Schedule 40-1" drain line not the cheap stuff, then keep it covered too and it will last as long as the 2" Schedule 40 also.

Very smart guy. Good engineering considerations! Excellent actually! BIG THANK YOU!

Amazing. I learned a lot. Thank you for the information.

Excellent! I just purchased my first 55 gallon barrel and am using the "Oatey" diverter first. I plan on buying two more barrels in the next couple of days, so your system advise is perfect! Especially the part about the first tube catching all the gunk and all the gunk that also catches in the first barrel. I'm going to have my "husband the engineer" watch your video! Thanks for your time!

Thanks a lot! Your system looks awesome.

That's pretty slick. Im gonna try this

Great video- super helpful!!

Very fascinating, thanks for sharing!

This was awesome! I’m going to make one as well for my garden and a in an all else fails situation....backup water supply source. (To filter and purify of course).

Excellent video. Thank you

I was looking for a way to link barrels, without having to buy another 8.00 brass garden spigot. I think this will work out sweet. THANK YOU!

Thank you. Finally someone who took the time to EXPLAIN how the system is put together and how it all works. I've seen several video's people showing their system but not bothering (or knowing how) to explain the connections and functions. Yours is clear and easy to follow, and makes perfect sense. It would appear your system might be upgradeable, but if not - - - . I'm new to this and am starting with only two barrels. Maybe four, but our state law allows collection - get this - no mis-quoting going on - 2500 gallons may be collected and stored on premises. However, if a person goes with rain barrels - they're allowed 2 (TWO) barrels max. I don't think anyone is going to be checking, but you never know what nosey neighbor is going to do or say just to stir up trouble. The mud catcher pipe is good advice. As for a ball - I don't see a need for it. You have it. Maybe it works better than what I'm thinking. I'm thinking just a small hole at the bottom to allow it to drain constantly. If it's draining while raining - no harm. After the rain the mud catcher will empty itself out. Provided the mud doesn't clog up the hole. You didn't say where you put your hole so I'm thinking I may put mine 10 to 15 inches above the bottom. That way it's more likely to drain and not clog. But like anything, it's going to take maintenance. It will have to be cleaned out. I may just put a ball valve at the bottom and a hose bib attachment mid way up so I can flush it without having to disassemble anything. Any suggestions I make here are made in public and the public is at liberty to use any idea I may present. The mud catcher, the sediment barrel (with the soil flange and a screw cap) and the actual barrels used for gardening. Not sure why I'm going with this expense. Every month I'm charged for 10,000 gallons whether I use it or not. I'm currently trying to get the city to change their billing method to charge a monthly fee and then charge for gallons used as opposed to a bulk minimum. If I pay for 10,000 gallons a month then I have the moral, and probably legal right to use all of it. You can't ask me to conserve. But why not?! We're in a drought stricken state. One of many now. You may even figure out where I am. So what. I'll start my system off with two downspouts channeling into a single mud catcher, sediment barrel and rainwater barrels. Probably three in all. I may even add a 12 volt DC pump and a car battery that is kept charged by a small solar panel. Hey! FREE is FREE!

Bit above me but wow looks amazing. I'm trying my first water butt only small. Good feeling capturing rain water which is clearly better for garden. 😀

awesome video thanks

Best design I've seen.

Thank you so much.

Very good video!!..thank you

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Hmmmmm......good video....had my maid watch the video and she replicated what you did....she lost a lot of weight running around picking up parts

will work great at my cabin-thank you Sir

best set up i've seen

really well eplained.

very nice i like your set up gives me some ideas on my system.im using 275 gal totes

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I recommend using bulkheads for your lower manifolds. You can find them on Amazon. I recommend the Van Enterprises brand bulkheads.

Nice video Rick. Thumbing-up

Great video. I'm putting together a similar system and can't find the 2" bung adapters. Would care to share where you found them or maybe another name for what they are called?

Man where are you from. Your accent is amazing. I could listen to you talk all day.

Great video, one thing I noticed with your system that could help cut down on gunk in your supply buckets even further. If you run two pipes in to your first barrel, inlet and outlet, then it would act somewhat like a septic tank. The solids would settle out with the water running out the top. I would take it a step further by running the inlet down into the bottom half of the barrel with the outlet out the top

Thanks for sharing.

Love the set up, its given me a great idea of what i need to do. Out of curiosity, why the redundant sediment drain before the first barrel if the first barrel catches the sediment?

Very well done. I would like some ideas on how to set up a system that is out in the open. Such as a school project that has no buildings where the garden is located to use a downspout. I realize that less water will be captured.

good explanation thank you

I've watched this six times. excellent. Thank you. What is the piece that directly screws into the holes in the barrel? thanks

Another note as far as pipe and fittings. Get the gray stuff. Sorry I do not recall the term. It is less UV prone. Maybe a light sanding with 220 grit sandpaper and some krylon spray paint to help block UV Ray's. Worth a try, to get 5-8 years between replacing pipe and fittings

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiance and talent on your DIY rain catcher barrel system. I'm in Australia and unfortunatly we don't appear to have the diversity of range of PVC fittings as yourself in the U.S. Is there any chance you can give a full description of the 2-in /50mm threaded fitting used in the bunge hole of the barrel please?

Excellent video ! I live in NW Arkansas out by Devils Den State Park . No county water out here ! I harvest rainwater into 2 1500 gal tanks . I run my house on that water .

Schedule 40 is the standard pipe Schedule 80 is the heavy duty thick pipe

Can you show how you installed the clean out flange?

Very ingenious

Donnie , He did a good job explaining how he collects rain water.

Brilliant! Great stewardship!

What's the bung adapter called? Do you have a source for it? My bottom flow manifold was just overloaded by a 10-minute deluge (7/8-in in 10 minutes), so I need a top manifold to fill them, I think yours is about as perfect setup as can get.

Good video. What's the name of the pipe that fits under the toilet flange please? Also, how did you fit the flange at the bottom of the barrel?

Would a pea trap system work on the top part to keep out the mosquito lave? That way the first flush would wash them down the flush tube, thus saving the other barrels from getting infested with lave.

thank you for the video...this is exactly what I want to build....with holding tanks to drain them into.

Did you just tread the pipe in at the bottom manifold or is there a washer or something inside the barrel,?

Nice Video.

Might make sense to use pvc unions on your lower manifold when you want to disassemble the system.

Does water pressure increase by adding barrels or just by height?

Yes sir! Fantastic breakdown of your system. These were the kinds of videos that made KZfaq great (before it went to $#iT).

Great ideas! How about using unions in between the barrels in the discharge?

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IM going to build one in the next few days but Im going to put a slip union to unhook the 2 inch pipes from each other on top I got a divertor kit from amazon and figure how to attach the hose they sent to the 2 inch pvc tubes I may put a vent at the 3rd barrel i think i will use a vent with a screen on it to fill all from the top I also got 3 faucets going to have to figure how to make a manifold system where they can all empty to the end of barrels

I made similar in texas in 2006 Smaller pipes Used it for my solar well for storage

awesome video you should be some sort of a host.

Thank you.

Thank you fore the video. Working on our first project. I was wondering once everything is set up. How do you clean out an sludge or build up in bottom of barrels?

i just use first 55 gallon barrel as trash barrel done away with first flush. it was a royal pain. we just use first. barrel in garden screen used between 1st 2 barrels. it works. rain water is our water source. we filter all water to be safer.

thank you

You mentioned a lot of pressure from your bottom manifold system. Would there be enough pressure for a light Outdoor shower without adding an additional Pump? Thanks, GREAT video