Another Old Guy here 😊. It’s great to see young Men and Women learning and Doing things themselves now a days. And ALL OF US have been Sprayed or caused Smoke when we were learning. Electrical is Always your biggest Danger. When you do have to do some Temporary (Sketchy) stuff 🙄🙄 keep it as Safe as possible. GFCI everything. Pressure Relief Vales aren’t something to skip on. You’ll still have Water to clean up, but less likely to have Pipes or Fittings to Replace. Unions are your Best Friend later on, so install a few now. Don’t take what the Old Guys say as an Insult, we’re just Repeating what the Old Guys said to us when we were young 😉👍.

We were all young once and made plenty of mistakes, goofs and accidents. I'm glad you didn't edit that out to show everyone, we all do it. That's a nice setup. This showed up in my feed and I'm glad I watched it. I wish you both the best. Enjoy your youth while you are young enough to do so. I am 55 and have COPD and use oxygen. I leave the house about once a month to go to the doctors and have groceries delivered. You cannot go wrong with your rainwater system. My water bill was about $150 this month. Look at what you save in the long run.

Just after high school, in the mid 70’s. My parents bought a farm in Indiana where the rainwater from the roof the house dumped into a well next to the house. This is what we drank. No filters, no nothing. No one died.

Awesome setup, but you may want to consider replacing the PVC into and out of the UV light with non-plastic plumbing. The UV radiation will degrade the PVC over time.

The best part when it exploded none of you guys got mad. That makes projects enjoyable when no one gets mad but having fun.

Even with stuff going wrong and blowing lol y’all still laugh together and enjoy the experience! Much love from Tennessee! Great video!

Beautiful install. My favorite part was you tightening the pvc fitting and having it burst. I heard laughter in the background.

Slick setup, I'm deal with this stuff day in and day out for a living. Glad you took the leap to try it all yourself. That being said a pressure relief valve should never be overlooked. It's a very important safety feature that helps prevent things from blowing up. Keep up the good work!

A drain is always necessary for these systems but I definitely learned that lesson the same way you did 😂😂 love this video!!

Thanks for a REAL installation video! Every plan requires improvisation. I’m getting ready to install a catchment and filtration on an off-grid cabin. I’m sure I’ll have my share of “oops” moments on that project too.

I really like your rainwater filter set up, it might be a little overkill but that's better than not enough!

I'm a a newbie trying to put in my rainwater system. I wanted to say thank you for putting all the links to the parts I need to build my system. We just bought a new house for growing our vegetables and I can't stand drinking city water, nor do we we want to use city water as our water suorce in our hydroponic growing system. Agai, thanks for your video and the links to everything. Have a wonderful day.

I know it's dated. jumped all comments. Love the presentation of your valuable learning experience. I've been blessed with PEX. Self alignment, eliminating the need for unions. Can reuse all fittings with a simple grind of a copper ring. Never stop the journey.

Exactly what would have happened to me. Thank You. Very entertaining and instructional. Great video.

Priceless video

🤣🤣 Two funnies, well done for keeping calm in the spray of the storm. Excellent set up.

Great video w mistakes and all Ty for your insight

Great job.

Well done!

I like that you left the mishaps in. You learn through trial and error

Lol that caught me off guard as well!!

I know this is old but ty for posting, I have a similar set up in BC Canada and am always looking to improve. Nice job!

You did a beautiful job.

You’ll need to add a Flow Control after the UV to increase dwell time inside the chamber.

It was a blast!

Just something to think about. Run two separate systems with a T just in case you have to change out some-pieces, if something breaks or needs to be replaced. That way you don’t risk losing access to water.

Very well done video !

I loved it guys. The accidents and mistakes… everything. Im in South Africa, planning on starting a company that’s going to fix some of the dirty water problems we have in Africa. Im still new in the business and the trade but videos like these show it’s ok to make mistakes and learn from them. Thank you

I have a water filtration system and I found 40 psi more than enough. I like your set up it is very similar to mine

lol awesome video thanks!

I put a rainwater collection system in a property we own, and I set the Pressure Regulator to 20 PSI, and water was easily flowing up to the 3rd floor from the ground floor! 60 PSI would tax all connections, as you have wonderfully proven on video! Dial the Regulator down to 20 PSI, and you’ll still get plenty of pressure!

Love ur content... learned a lot plus got a good laugh

That's really nice system. I few remarks for you guys and the viewers. I build so many system but it was much simple than that. And I always thought about "over flow". One winter too rainny. Or you've left for traveling away from home. You need a backup plan. What I've done it's add a additional conter in amount of 10% from the original contener. For example. If you have 200 gallons. Add 20 gallons. And on this you should add pipe for the ground in case it'll over flow again. One more thing. You haven't make any air related valve. And it can damage your system. Make a hole in the highest point in the system. And cover it in a fine net to protect from bugs enter your water.

DIY rookie mistakes. That's how you learn stuff! (and watching KZfaq videos if you don't like to do stuff twice!) Thanks for sharing!

I love the idea of rain water filtration. Research the plumbing going into the UV light, I've seen some videos that say the PVC breaks down over time and should be plumbed using stainless steel fittings (unsure, watch Life Uncontained water video for reference) otherwise you both did a good job explaining your process and setting up your filtration.

Great job with the filter system! Thanks for leaving in the bloopers as well. They always happen and leaving them in makes it real. We installed a whole house filtration system and I had a couple questions about yours. My big blue casings always leaked a little and leak seal helps. I had a lot of pressure loss and considered adding a second carbon filter in parallel to increase flow. Did you make the change from PVC joints to PEX or Sharkbite?

nice work-I appreciate your real life experience with this project

HAHAHA! Wonderful build and great Bloopers!

I'm so glad you got the water burst on camera that was great man LOL welcome to plumbing 101, never put metal male adapter into a plastic female adapter, most likely to split especially in freezeing weather 😂. great vid

Excellent video, thanks

Great job! Way better than my system (I dont have one). I do a lot of commercial water treatment. I like to add SS couplings around the uv lights output. This helps some w uv damage but also especially on a uv light its important to have metal female/ plastic male to prevent cracking due to thermal expansion etc. I also like to add a flex line, or Union out of my filter connections so if there is ever a leak it can just be tightened up some without any real issues. Due to the nature of our work we have to use Sch 80, I have not seen it break before- but I did have a few small leaks after 20 plus years around a uv light in my opinion due to uv damage. I liked the videos of the tractor work- so cool to see all that you are involved with.

Thank you!

Good stuff. I bought some long handled metal wrenches for filter changes on those type of filters. Well, I have a bunch of different sizes of metal wrench for different filters. After they are in there for a while sometimes they don't want to play nice with the small plastic wrench.

Love it

Hey there! Neat system! Couple questions for you! How many filters do you keep on hand? Do you stock pile them? Do they go bad? How long do they l last.

Be careful with brass fittings, a lot of them are made too thin and the pipe tears as you tighten the fitting. Your teflon tape, it only needs about three layers. Now the real thing, your pressure tank needs to be strapped to a wall or something and you need to use hoses to isolate vibration from the pump and between your tank and filters. It is important to do this since it is under your house where you won't immediately see problems. If you get a leak, you might only notice it when your tank goes dry and then you will find a real problem in your crawl space. Think electric shut-off valves and water sensors. Do it right. A few more things, I would add a hose bib at the clean end of your filters. That will allow you to purge the line after you service the filters so you don't have to have your faucets sputter so much when you turn the water back on. I would also rebuild that filter board, hang it on a cleat and add a couple unions so it is easy to pull the whole thing if you have to. I like sweat soldered copper pipe for water. Galvanized steel is stronger but yuck. Maybe a few stainless nipples would be worth it? This is a place to spend a few hundred for peace of mind.

that is real... the leaks on start up, thanks for showing it all!

Just finishing our 5000 gallon system. So far so good.

You’ve probably already realised this by now but 60psi is way too much pressure. It will kill your appliances, taps and washers way sooner than expected lifespan. Great system and excellent video nonetheless. Thanks for sharing 👍

I think you guys had a heck of a job I like the filter system and I really like how you utilize the UV sterilizer for the bacteria in the water. 👍👍👍👍😁

Great experience. But flexible high pressure pipes may be less hassle on tilt/angle, tighten and maintenance.

LoL that was amazing

Nice video, I wish you could do a do and don't kinda video showing what you did wrong and what works best for your water system. Thank you for your video and content I found it very informative. Mike

👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏 great work

Very good job and video. I will just throw in a couple helpful hints on top of yours. I have handled so much primer and glue in my life that I wear gloves now because your skin is like a sponge and the chemicals go through you liver and other organs. I also would suggest putting unions at both ends of the filters and UV for future replacement. And if you don't use unions in between the filter cannisters, space them a little further apart so you have enough pipe in between in case you ever need to replace one in the middle. Aloha, P

Neat. Enjoyed your video. I've never seen that much Teflon tape used on a joint. But hey maybe I'm the one doing it wrong. That one joint did split the fitting though. Blessings, John 20:29

Ty sir

A minute or two before the blowout I thought of something. Haven't researched but I think ,OST vity water is at about 20 - 25 PSI so you ,ight want to cut back. Nice setup though and we all ,ale errors and hopefully learn as a result. Enjoyed the vid.

Thank you for sharing and I subscribed! 😊

great video, guys! i was just curious if you have your UV bulb connected with a low pressure switch of some kind? (ON when pressure drops indicating flow, then OFF when flow stops). or is there a high temperature shutoff on the bulb itself? i've found that UV bulbs should be changed out annually. UV quartz sleeves should be changed out every other year, but should be wiped down by pulling a cloth rag through it, (using a wire pull). Thanks again for the great video, (and sorry you got soaked).

Great system, just a word of simple advice when attaching fittings to metal use banded fittings, this will help keep you from cracking them. Excellent job! I was a plumber for many years.

Nice system. What brand are the filters in the blue housings? I am working on a system. We have 3 of those filter housings but no filter cartridges and there are no markings on them. Thanks for the video.

7::00 what is the tape you are using for the connections, and what is the glue or purple stuff you are using for the PVC pipe

wow so amazing, thanks for all your help. kinda dumb question, why so many filters?

I've always wondered why our code doesn't allow PVC for pressurized water..... Now I know :D I grew up brazing/soldering copper pipes and I did my current house with pex/al/pex pipe. Although I see the advantages of pex pipe and fitting, I still like the craftmanship that copper and brass piping just a bit more. It just shows skill :)

good day ,installation is great but if you use union fittings for allocated place less worry for any leaks or trouble ,Wilbur from Phillippines

That rain water is cleaner than what the city sends out !!

Wow lots of information here. Subscribed! Keep up the good work! Hugs

Think about putting in bleed off valves after the shut off valve before the filter so you can bleed off the pressure and water. My wife and I live in East Tennesse and will be putting in a rainwater collection system. Gravity feed to the home. The only pumps will be from the rain barrels up to the water tower holding tank. I put a 3/4-inch water pipe within a 2-inch PVC doubled looped for a total of 240 feet to use the thermal cooling effect of the ground and the water to cool down our home by force air fan through the 2-inch looped pvc pipe, trying to eliminate the need for air conditioning, we are total off grid property. any insight let us know. Information would be appreciated.

Hi great video!!! Can you please link to the well pump and pressure tank that you guys used in the application?

Is it usual to put all the filters after the pump and pressure tank? You might need some filtration befor to prevent contaminants from entering the pressure tank. Am I looking at this correctly?

Great video, was wondering what pressure pump did you use and where to buy it?

Great video and setup Thanks for sharing, I realy needed this. Can you post the model of the UV filter that you used? Thanks

Could you add a T valve just after the filters, but before the shut off to the house, where you could attach a hose and siphon ( or even actively suck out) the water in the filters before you change them. Just to help make things a little less messy when changing filters?

what should be filter inlet pressure for optimum filtration? Because if the pressure is too high the filtration efficiency will reduce.

I hate when that Happens 🥴. Those PVC female fitting are bad for that 😢. Less teflon tape with a little thread sealer. I like it😊. Nice video.

i lived with only rainwater for 15 years, cooked with it all the time, no issues. Coffee and drinking water, I hauled, such a small percentage of total water usage I never messed with filters.

Would like to know what state you are in. Recently discovered ( Toxic ) PVC I would never use.

Very informative video, has the system lived up to your expectations? How much was the total price? How much is the maintenance of the filters? What would you have done different? Do you add Chlorine to your water? Thanks George Cardona Jr

how cold does it get? can be around -30c here.

But your you did a good job

Hi very nice Video, i got a Question. Do you prefilter the rainwater in any Kind of way befor the Pump? Or is it a Special Pump which can handle small debris which could get into the big Water cistern Outside

Great water filtration system. But the pink and purple stuff you use for the pipes, wouldn't that contaminate the water? Is that non-toxic?

The system and info is awesome. But the mistakes are gems.

One more comment.....Get the wood out of your crawlspace. 2 x 4 studs laying on the ground contribute to the growth of mold which leads to a smelly crawlspace. Once you encapsulate your crawlspace with vinyl signs on the ground the odors will be eliminated. You do not want to have mold growing on wood laying on the ground. Your house is looking nice, why not add another layer of pride and make your crawlspace something inviting? Make sure the signs are underneath anything which can cut it, like the edges of the pressure tank concrete base. Put the base on top of the vinyl sign. This will be a neater look and keep the things you store down there dry.

Give me a description of components to system and what is your frost line depth

ok nice

Great setup. Shouldn't the fine filter be after the course filter? Otherwise, You'll get sand in the find filter, no?

Quick question, could the main water line from the uv be fitted directly to a tankless hot water heater and then ran through the whole house? If so, would the valves from, say the shower or kitchen sink, be able to run either just hot, cold, or warm?

Have you thought of hooking up a sump pump to help get extra water in case of a blowout? I was thinking about using one of those big moving totes from home depot and using that as my sump pan just in case my filters blow. It hasn't happened...yet.

Vortex filters are used in some wood shops to separate sawdust and large particles before the air gets to a filter, so the filter doesn't clog nearly so soon. Does such a thing exist for water? A flowing liquid (water) is different from a flowing gas (air), but the principle might still work.

LOVED THE 60 PSI INSTA-SHOWER. ; )

Just found your channel and subscribed.

Question. We’re looking to do the same. We have reason to believe that chemicals are being sprayed in our area for cloud seeding. How could we filter out those chemicals

The one or two places you could consider skipping past the filters after the sediment would be to send relatively untreated water to the toilet supply and maybe to the laundry washer. You don't need to waste your filters' capacity on those.

I’m not sure that filter system is supposed to operate at such high pressure? Is 60 psi recommended??

How’s ur water purification filter system working out?? And what brand pump did you at tank?

so it's been almost a year, have you changed filters yet? I have a well system in York, sC and I replace the sediment filter every month. I might upgrade to a 3 stage filter system like you. I see them on ebay for $136, little cheaper than $60x3 on amazon.

thanks for sharing your install. Some thoughts as a retired builder and well user. After learning from well installers , some thoughts. I placed my filter up stream of everything , switches , pressure , tank , etc. why ... because the grit in the water will wear out your rubber bladder in the pressure tank .The grit can clog the pressure switch and gauge , also. I dropped my psi to 35 down from 50 , because it will extend the life of all the seals in your appliances , toilet and faucets. More is not always better , or needed. The reason most plumbers install the inline filters post tank , is because many owners are not that good at regular filter changes. A bonus would be the addition of an inline water use meter. THis will help know how often to do your filter change outs based on gals used. Can I use pvc fittings to plumb a uv sterilizer? The answer is that yes, you can, but you really should not. UV light will degrade PVC piping over time, causing damage to the pipe plastic to leach into your water. Instead of a hard PVC pipe, we recommend a flexible stainless steel line. www.cleanwaterstore.com/blog/using-pvc-for-a-uv-sterilizer-think-again/#:~:text=The%20answer%20is%20that%20yes,a%20flexible%20stainless%20steel%20line.

Use Teflon tape plus pipe dope on pvc no more leaks. Good luck🤠👍