Friendly cost effective suggestion for your overflow. Dig a 3x3x4 groundwater infiltration gallery for the overflow. Even that will recharge the shallow groundwater table and eventually make its way down to your well.
Adding the upright for priming us a great idea. Hope you got some rain today to sttart filling it.. We got a little out my way. I have 8 275 gallon food grade IBC tites for my system. Wish I could afford the large tanks as you have. Still haven't got it installed yet. Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot done this off season. I do lawncare.. Another great video appreciate them....... Jeff
Eric, good morning. I believe you will need a 1 way flow valve right before the inlet of the pump. And you should install a P trap on the overflow to keep critters out and use a larger mesh as it may clog too frequently.
It is looking great! I'd like to set up some rain catchment for the garden as our well water is soooo high in iron. Getting some good pointers. Thanks for sharing with us! 🤠
5,000 gallons of water stored between the 2 tanks. WOW. I think 1 would hold my house. What would you recommend when it comes to the depth of the pipes from the tank to the pump and the over to the house. I wont be needing to run near as long a pipe as you and how do you connect the water to the house. So many basic plumbing questions for being able to connect the tank to the house as my all around water supply. Also do you need to filter the rain water before cooking or drinking it? Sorry for the rambling.
Brother on ur tanks the man hole has a hole in the center of the lid make sure u stuff a piece of foam in the ends bugs can get in just helping u out good video...
Eric, May I ask why you don’t have a tank set up for the overflow of your storage tanks? After all, it’s an easy way for store more water, rather than loosing it in the ground
I maybe wrong but I think you just hooked your incoming water pipe to the the outlet side of the pump. I have a similar pump from Amazon. Mine is configured inlet at the end outlet at the top. I am building a similar system. I buried the tanks 2’ in the ground so as they won’t freeze the lines. I am also using Polly line I may suggest two hose clamps at each connectors. I have seen them fail and seep water.
When you were planning out the water system, did you consider gravity fed? Im a couple years out from buying my homestead, (getting out of debt now)but I am thinking gravity fed might be the way to go for when I'm older. I'd be interested in your thoughts. Kate
I don't have enough elevation for gravity fed. If you put it on some sort of platform to get elevation, you will still need a cistern at the bottom to hold the catch water and a pump to get the water up to the tank.
We bought a tank that can be put underground, that way it doesn't freeze in the winter. I'm in a part of the country that at times doesn't have much water. So I really needed something to have some extra water for the winter. The underground tanks cost more. Have you figured out a way to keep your tanks full during the winter time without freezing?
I saw two large tanks like these and they had them insulated by a professional Foam Spraying company, that might work for you depending on your Temps, I believe that you can get different R-values by adding a thicker layer of the foam (it also serves as a vapor barrier) good luck 😊
Have you thought about putting in an artisan well / hand pump? Not sure how the water level is in your area. Shallow wells work good here, between 5 and 20 feet gives good amounts of water. (I'll be doing an artisan well myself in the future, just low on the priority list.)
@@CountryLivingExperience Ouch that sucks. When I was first getting to work on clearing my land out, I ended up digging this large hole to get a stump out and it was abnout 4 foot deep, and it had water fill up over night and then stayed mostly full on water for almost 4 month. Hope the hand pump will work as a backup for you, it's so important to have more than 1 way to get things done anymore.
Friendly cost effective suggestion for your overflow. Dig a 3x3x4 groundwater infiltration gallery for the overflow. Even that will recharge the shallow groundwater table and eventually make its way down to your well.
Adding the upright for priming us a great idea. Hope you got some rain today to sttart filling it.. We got a little out my way. I have 8 275 gallon food grade IBC tites for my system. Wish I could afford the large tanks as you have. Still haven't got it installed yet. Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot done this off season. I do lawncare.. Another great video appreciate them....... Jeff
Thanks Jeff. Hopefully you can get yours set up soon.
If that water pump vibrates loudish you can cut some old tires and put them around those anchors between the pump and the concrete.
Eric, good morning. I believe you will need a 1 way flow valve right before the inlet of the pump. And you should install a P trap on the overflow to keep critters out and use a larger mesh as it may clog too frequently.
Yep. I forgot the check valve.
It is looking great! I'd like to set up some rain catchment for the garden as our well water is soooo high in iron. Getting some good pointers. Thanks for sharing with us! 🤠
Thank you. Hope all the tips helped.
5,000 gallons of water stored between the 2 tanks. WOW. I think 1 would hold my house. What would you recommend when it comes to the depth of the pipes from the tank to the pump and the over to the house. I wont be needing to run near as long a pipe as you and how do you connect the water to the house. So many basic plumbing questions for being able to connect the tank to the house as my all around water supply. Also do you need to filter the rain water before cooking or drinking it? Sorry for the rambling.
Brother on ur tanks the man hole has a hole in the center of the lid make sure u stuff a piece of foam in the ends bugs can get in just helping u out good video...
Thank you. Our manhole has a cap on the center hole so no need to worry about the bugs.
Great video Eric,
Thanks
You’re welcome Doc
Eric,
May I ask why you don’t have a tank set up for the overflow of your storage tanks?
After all, it’s an easy way for store more water, rather than loosing it in the ground
Essentially you will always have a tank in the end of the string of tanks. You need a relieve overflow or it will back up into your collection gutter.
Unions are your friend. Found out the hard way.
You’re right. I should have thrown some in.
I maybe wrong but I think you just hooked your incoming water pipe to the the outlet side of the pump. I have a similar pump from Amazon. Mine is configured inlet at the end outlet at the top. I am building a similar system. I buried the tanks 2’ in the ground so as they won’t freeze the lines. I am also using Polly line I may suggest two hose clamps at each connectors. I have seen them fail and seep water.
You’re correct. Don’t know why I switched them.
All of our exterior piping has to be at least 1’ underground because of our cold winter temperatures
Same here
When you were planning out the water system, did you consider gravity fed? Im a couple years out from buying my homestead, (getting out of debt now)but I am thinking gravity fed might be the way to go for when I'm older. I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Kate
I don't have enough elevation for gravity fed. If you put it on some sort of platform to get elevation, you will still need a cistern at the bottom to hold the catch water and a pump to get the water up to the tank.
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We bought a tank that can be put underground, that way it doesn't freeze in the winter. I'm in a part of the country that at times doesn't have much water. So I really needed something to have some extra water for the winter. The underground tanks cost more. Have you figured out a way to keep your tanks full during the winter time without freezing?
We don't have enough days below freezing to freeze the water in the tanks. There may be a little surface ice on the top but nothing significant.
I saw two large tanks like these and they had them insulated by a professional Foam Spraying company, that might work for you depending on your Temps, I believe that you can get different R-values by adding a thicker layer of the foam (it also serves as a vapor barrier) good luck 😊
Good video... Pump is bolted direct to the concrete without a 'rubber-shock/vibration-absorber'???
Thanks. No shock absorber.
Have you thought about putting in an artisan well / hand pump?
Not sure how the water level is in your area. Shallow wells work good here, between 5 and 20 feet gives good amounts of water. (I'll be doing an artisan well myself in the future, just low on the priority list.)
I will probably add a backup hand pump to my main well. We cannot really do a shallow well here.
@@CountryLivingExperience Ouch that sucks. When I was first getting to work on clearing my land out, I ended up digging this large hole to get a stump out and it was abnout 4 foot deep, and it had water fill up over night and then stayed mostly full on water for almost 4 month. Hope the hand pump will work as a backup for you, it's so important to have more than 1 way to get things done anymore.
@@pervysage3604 Backup and redundancy is key for sure.
How can you collect so much water?
We get a lot of rain and snow, but we’d have to hide our rainwater tanks so the state doesn’t find out.
No crazy laws here. 1" of rain on a 1000sf roof equals 600 gallons.
@@CountryLivingExperience Interesting.
We’ll have to look into buying some tanks to use the water for our garden.
Is this the well thats going solar?
No but this will be added on to that system as well.