DIY: EarthMinded Rain Barrel Diverter Kit!!!!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- This was very simple and easy to hook up and I love everything about it.
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Thanks for showing us how you did this project!
My man 🤙, awesome vid
Thank you so much
Very well done the rain water collecting barrel. I do this for years and i have spared a lot of money about that in the last 20 years.
Awesome this will be one of my greatest investment
Great comment on meeting up, I use the parking lot of a local bank and always point out the fact that they have security cameras.
Yes, very helpful thank you I just did one at a public library
Great idea, thanks for sharing.
great tips, Thank you
Thanks for watching 😄
Something to add you might like.
One big positive of collecting rain water is that it contains varying amounts nitrogen which of course your plants love. If you add in plant material in your rain barrel you'll start a plant tea. It's a great use for grass clippings but use a variety of green matter for other nutrients. That will really boost the nitrogen in your water giving you free fertilizer. I'm comfortable working with compost teas a have a rain barrel full with worm juice and plant material fermenting (I kid you not) for a strong fertilizer. You might find it helpful and get even better results in your garden.
Thanks for making the video too, I enjoyed it.
Sorry I should add that if you do try what I suggested it would be easier to put the plant material in some sort of netting. That way you can pull the stuff out and not have a mess in your rain barrel and the plant matter will compost faster as it's predigested.
Thank you so much for this information I will take advantage of what you told me here again thank you
@@CityBoyFarmingAndrewSeegars very welcome, glad you found it interesting.
Plain and simple…great job. Looking forward to watching the connection tank video.
Thank you so much and thanks for watching
Changing the direction the drill spins is a good tip.
Thank you I learned from the hard way lol
Great demo. Was wondering about this kkit... your demo helped me to decide to buy one. Also the tip on the Reverse drilling... Great! Thanks
You’re welcome and thanks for watching
Thank s for the video !
You’re welcome and thank for watching
Good job! Thank you.
I totally love the way you remind people about safety in meeting up. Got my food grade barrels on craig's list 8.00 each
You got a great deal and yes we have to be careful out here and also thanks for watching.
Great content, and great work! Looking forward to any follow ups that you might have.
Awesome I’m glad you enjoyed this video also thanks for watching and will definitely do some follow ups I have something plan for the future
Thanks for the informative video! I am hoping to put in a rain barrel soon and this is very helpful! I've hear putting vegetable oil will prevent mosquito larvae from breathing as the oil floats on the top and blocks them from getting air? Maybe a little olive oil? Wish me luck! Also good luck to you! I'm going to subscribe to support your channel!
I live in the area and would love to see your setup
Sure you can just let me know when
I believe that diverter supposed to go in the side of the downspout not the front.
I have that same blue barrel. I was curious to see if you were going to add a spigot on the bottom of the blue barrel and how you would do it, but you used a different barrel. The top of those blue barrels are completely sealed so I was wondering how anybody can add a a spigot onto that barrel when you can’t get inside the barrel.
I actually have the updates for this video but I did cut the top off and now I’m trying out some more attachments for the barrel
Oh wow, I found another video that shows how to add a bulkhead adapter without having to cut the top. Just wrap some tape around a long Pole, tape sticky side facing out, then stick the bulkhead adapter onto the tape and put the pole/adapter down into the barrel. Use it to help you push the adapter through the hole at the bottom of the barrel. Once the adapters through the hole screw the rest of the bulkhead adapter from the outside of the barrel to finish the connection. Then you can just pull the Pole right back out of the top hole. Hope that helps!
@@ITWorksSoftware I used the Amazon rain barrel spigots kit and it works great
How long did it take to fill up the barrel like that?
Beware! Dont buy this if your barrel inlet is on the top of your barrel because eventually your barrel will overflow. There iis no shut-off. This diverter requires a side inlet to your barrel, that allows gravity to stop it from overflowing. They do not explain that in their information.
Can I use it with a 275 gallon barrel
Fantastic!
So, my interest in a rain barrel is primarily to stop erosion. I don't see how a donut-shaped object diverts ALL the water into the rain barrel? It seems like a portion would flow into the outer rim and then into the barrel while water coming down the middle of the spout would bypass the rain barrel off ramp. What am I missing? Maybe you're trying to catch just a portion? Thanks for your help.
If I understand your question; when it's raining fairly lightly, all the water WILL go into the barrel. Because of surface tension, water sort-of sticks to the sides and will fill the barrel. When it's raining very hard OR your barrel is full, then water will go into the middle and out through your downspout. This is very important because if ALL the water just runs into the barrel with no overflow protection, the excess rainwater will tend to run into the foundation of your house. The downspout is there for a reason. I believe he's got the diverter mounted too high above the barrel for this to work as intended btw. Also, you may be significantly underestimating how fast the barrel will fill up. That may look big, but 50 or 60 gallons is nothing in a rainstorm. Good luck!
@@oldbridgemaker2094 Thanks very much!
@@terryduschinski8465 :^)
@@terryduschinski8465 These diverters DO bypass the barrel if installed at equal heights, meaning the holes are the same height. Once the water level reaches the diverter, it then flows through the down spout only...
Put a peice of panty hose over that screen to keep them nasty mosquito's OUT🎉😊God bless.