You have both tanks connected together to make one tank, this is fine. You don't have both tanks vented together you only have the first tank venting through your overflow fitting. You need a vertical vent pipe with bug filter ideally for both tanks, if not you need an upper connecting pipe like your PVC connector and a filtered vent pipe for the first tank. You must have air after water or you pull a vacuum and you might collapse your tanks. Best of Luck

Never before have I been so happy that someone ELSE got a project done lol. I usually reserve such joy for my own stuff...

This is where I truly appreciate that you guys are sharing this journey. Up until now, everything you've done is something I've already experimented with and learned about. But I honestly have not gotten around to the water side of things, and this is basically a free education of what I need to do. God bless both of you! You're my heroes!

Couple of observations. 1. There's a thin spot or perhaps a hole in the tank. look at 6:21 in the upper left hand corner. 2. I didn't see a vent for the second tank. if there isn't one the air pressure will eventually find a weak point or you will not be able to use the full capacity of the tanks. 3. The last observation which is actually more of a recommendation is to add a shut off valve between the two tanks so if you need to service one or the other you can do so without having to empty both tanks. The second reason is so if you have a leak in your system you can shut off the second tank and not loose all of your water. Aside from this I have to ask if you were only hand tightening all of the joints or were you using a big pair of channel locks off camera? If these joints are only hand tight you are going to have major issues with leaks.

Lots of people commenting on filler pipes and venting. I wont. I'll just say congrats on getting water out of the other end. Great to see it finally working. the hard work is paying off.

I was so excited to get the notification for this!!! Can't wait for the finale of the cisterns!

I can't tell from the video, but my guess is that the ditch needs to be dug out to lower those lines. Once you pumped in the outlet, you got a siphon going, so it works now. You do need an air vent in the second tank, or another line at the top between the tanks. Now, if you could find a spring and gravity feed it or ram pump it to the tanks, you would be in great shape. The place looks like it will be a little slice of heaven. Beautiful country.

This video makes me so grateful! Happy you had this experience when you did (burping the line) and were then able to help us when the same darn thing happened to us. You guys are the best.

I love that you guys share the highs and lows. You're willing to show the whole process. And no doubt cop the comments from those that "think" they know better. Keep it up guys you're sharing your true journey and it's appreciated.

I am not a plumber nor do I have any idea of how you should or shouldn't be doing this project. I just want to say that I have enjoyed watching you get to this point. What a challenge. Been a long trip!

Wooohooooo!!!! Water! Can't live without the stuff. Perseverance pays off every time. Love your videos 😊

Your perseverance is an inspiration. Thank you for being honest with us, and showing us while its not always easy its worth it.

yaaahoooo!!celebrate each step, good job, there will always be tweeking , and then maintenance, life is about 75% maintenance even if you live a urban on grid life, you all are amazing, enjoy your Margaritas!!!

I LOVE your vids!! As a FT editor, I've noticed that your editing has come a LONG way in a year, and now it almost feels like an episodic with all of your different story arcs and how you overcome problems etc! I look forward to it every week! Keep up the great work guys! And congrats on the WATER!! :)

Yay, you guys are getting so close to finished with this project. Congrats. Looking good. Having those cisterns and faucets will be such a huge game changer for you. Water is such an important part of homesteading, and getting a good infrastructure installed is a tedious and tough project. Especially during the heat of summer.

I'm so glad you posted this, I was looking forward to it!

Congrats guys!!! All that hard work has paid off in cool water - can't wait to see what's next. Thank you for sharing the reality of developing a raw piece of land.

You two are very brave to post your adventure...much of the comments are positive and constructive input should always be welcome...pls,pls,pls....flex connect the tanks....they will move independently....got to love friends and neighbours with toys...We started our rural build adventure in 1990...my wife just granted me approval for our 6th 5 year plan...the adventure continues...best of luck and KBO.

Best reality show around.

Bug-a-boo sent me a text. He said, "build my house now human slaves!"

Congratulations with your water system. Thank you for sharing your amazing video

Congrats you two! That was a lot of hard work and now to see the positive results is fantastic.

I've never been so excited to see water.... loving your work

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You should be so proud of yourselves. So great seeing this project marked off your checklist. I hope you take the time to really celebrate what you have completed so far. I know it's hard to appreciate what you have done when all you can see is how much more there is to do. I was excited when I sent a cup down my well, i can only wait to see how great it feels to have water flowing out of it. I really want to say thank you for all you are posting. I am just a few steps behind you in your homestead build and am learning so much realtime info that's helping me:) Also must say I enjoy your real reality videos. ps permaculture :) i've got some for you

This is so exciting, I'm so excited for you guys

So happy for y'all! Been a long time coming!!! Whoooo Whooo!

Congratulations I,m very proud on you two , you make a good job greating Wilco from the Netherlands,

Interesting setup. I'm excited to see it working!

I am so impressed!!! And happy for you!!!! well done!

it's ok to have some extra water on the bottom of the tanks that doesn't reach the outlet pipe. if any sediment does build up in the tanks over time, leaving that little extra water in the bottom will help prevent pulling a bunch of dirt when the tanks empty. you might also want to look at how the fill line delivers the water into the tank. it might help to have a pipe go down to the bottom of the tank to fill it, with some large elbows to direct the water calmly upward away from the bottom, so as to not stir up any sediment.

good for you guys! building the house should be a piece of cake. Look forward to more videos.

Wooooooo congratulations y'all!!!!! Btw I'm loving the boost In vids just don't burn out trying to put more content out there

Congratulations guys, that's why I'm moving off the grid on a boat.

Im excited to see it get completely done, more than expected. Cant imagine how excited you guys are just to be done. :D Keep going we'll keep cheering you two on!! (three plus the cat)

Glad you have Finally water. so time for another project. good luck

love the super team work good job both of y all ...

Great job guys! Water!

So much hard work to this point well done you guys !

It's been said many ways... but just to say it a different way: when you pump water into the tank, the air currently in the tank has to go somewhere else, and when you want water to drain out of the tank, the empty space created by the water leaving needs to have a source of air to replace it... same applies to tank 2. But hey! It's almost done! Months of incredible effort finally getting ready to pay off! Good job!!!

Nice! Good job with the project!

Jesse, Congratulations on the water! Only one comment. Please cut that encasing off your hydrants or fill it with expanding foam or some sort of grout. The air gap is bad news for freezing and the wobble when I see you opening is driving me nuts as a guy who has installed and repaired many. The failure of these is rarely the stand pipe. Its typically the valving or the fittings used to connect it to the main line. The main predator of hydrants in the wild are mowers and vehicles. Putting a steel pipe post (with a hose hanger) next to your hydrants will protect them far more than some schedule 40 encasing that will be UV rotted and brittle in 2 years.

prof of concept great work guys keep it up love the videos

Great job. Thanks for the videos.

I admire your victories and the (learning) steps. tanks have to breathe. remember the old finger over the end of a straw when you take it out of your drink. same thing only bigger and I'm sure more frustrating. you two are doing a great job and thank you for sharing.

CONGRATS!! You did it!!

i love watching you guys! congrats on your success!

"This is the reality" LoL This is definitely hard work...

Well done guys!

I'm excited!

A real INSIDE job for Alyssa !! Vacuuming a little blue condo! You know it -- but don't think you mentioned that once lines are full then siphon pressure will allow using all the water from tank. In coupling tanks I think it is recommended to connect going out the side of one tank and into the side of the other tank so the elbow bends take up slack from expansion and contraction - not as important since buried, hopefully when it cools it will not shrink too much. Thankfully tank ends have some flex where coupling enters tanks. VERY GOOD JOB GUYS!! YeeeHaw!!! I still can't get over that CAVERN holding the cisterns. Makes my little irrigation project look puney!

Congrats on getting this far in your amazing water system.

Great vid though! I don't know what I would do without people like you posting stuff like this for me to watch lol keep up the great work!!

Great job guys

YAY! Wait... yay! You guys rock!

👍🏻 congrats guys!!!

We're excited for you :) Blessings ~

Maybe I missed it.. but shouldn't there be a small line connecting the tops of the two cisterns?

You should have asked for help in your plumbing design, the way it is would not pass inspection in any jurisdiction in the US. First of all each tank should be plumbed as stand alone units then tie them together. (The tanks will move ever so slightly and you will have a leak). Each tank has to be vented separately (I have seen steel tanks with 1/4" wall thickness collapsed like a beer can when drained with out a vent), each tank should have its on isolation valves for both supply and return. Just as soon as you leave the tank a short nipple and valve should have been installed then run into a tee then the main isolation valve to be installed. You were right when thinking of a ridged connection between the two tanks, this is probably where a leak will develop over time. Also install valve boxes at each valve so they can be accessed with a curb key. Good luck. BTW compression fittings should only be used where they are accessible.

Congratulations guys Job well done

Congratulations!

Awesome guys...... Just ah few short years away from this kind of fun..... 🖒🖒

That parenting practice session was hilarious!

Yippie so happy 😁 for you guys

8:05 love the pvc pipe music. Nice touch!

You really did make a lot of shards. Good you cleaned those out.

Congrats job well done thanks for sharing.

well done guys !!

i adore your beautiful cat, and he/she is so welcome, hopefully well see much more of him/her!

Great video!

congratulations!

Recommend installing water filters to keep contaminates out of the tanks. use one at the bottom when you pump and a second one near the tank as backup. Also put a filter on the output, but this can be in your home/RV.

A Honda water pump on your water trailer visiting rushing creeks would be a bonus.

Well done you guys it's pretty impressive for you to do all of that by yourself

Enjoy your marqueritas! You earned a celebration!

I love that generator starting up

Congratz guys.

congratulations!!!!

congratulations y'all.

About time!

Water! Congrats!

CONNECTING 2 TANKS WITH RIGID PRESSURE PIPE MAY BE A BIG MISTAKE.... USUALLY WILL CRACK

A job almost well done with all the forethought that went into the project I was wondering why you never put a shutoff valve in between the tanks did that slip by or was it just left out of the video I wish you much luck and good breezes Have a good day and a better tomorrow

"vapor locked" I never would have thought of that term.. I had some fun playing with that problem today. it's kinda neat how it can happen worse than you think. I put a solar water heater on my sand mound, pumping water slowly to it from a pool below with a small solar powered pump. it works great once I got the air pockets out of the return line and leveled it better. my first day trying it, I saw 71F going in and hit 100F coming out at one point. if I'm not to lazy I'll connect some temperature probes to it and monitor from my computer.

well done folks!

Definitely would put a small diameter pipe between both tanks at the top to let air flow between tanks. Otherwise water won't fill up past the inlet/oulet in the second tank (air lock). Also how does the air escape the system at the tanks when filling??

Awesome!

Great job

Yay!!!! for you guys!!!

if you like margaritas then you are the best, its like having a goal to shoot for at the end of a long hard hot day. we are fighting a flood and I still look forward to a frozen margarita and lime.

Yay for successes!

I was just thinking.. when/if you cover the big access hatches of the tanks with dirt, might be a good idea to have a layer or few of plastic across the covers, to make it easier to dig up again, and have nice clean hatches and bolts. hope that made some sense.

YES!!! Take you victory lap and enjoy take on the tweaking of the system as time allows. cngrats

Kudos!

yoos toos are amazing!

a little off topic but i like the short timelapses and funny sound inserts in this one.

Congrats.

Agree on fill pipe to the 2nd tank and the air vent. Work on building municipal water plants & they always require you to disinfect the pipe easy to do before you have too much water put in bleach and run it threw the pipes & flush them out. Not sure of a bleach mixture to water but make sure you smell it when it comes out the pipe at the bottom use it to wet the road until the smell is gone. Just a suggestion I have a well & I flush my house out a couple of times a year. Great job enjoy your videos!

Excellent

Lol . Happy for you guys. I know you have been working what seems like an eternity on that. And in the heat. I don't do heat too well. I did dig a swimming pool by hand one summer in northern Idaho at my folks place. Not fun but the water was fun later. lol

You guys do "you" like no others I've seen ! 😆