Easy DIY Rain Water Catchment System 

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Wow, you're pretty tough, I could never go that long without bacon....lol

And one second with out smart phone panic start kick inside breath start lower just to have forgotten at home or battery flat and no electricity

Exactly. Bird poo is one thing, and microorganisms will breed in that water. But there are other problems. Roofs are made of different materials, and every roof is in a different stage of decomposition. Thus, microscopic roof particles will also end in that water. Furthermore, some people regularly treat their roof with chemicals to prolong its lifespan. Home water filters are not designed for water like that. The filter will be contaminated and clogged with microorganisms and other particles. Microorganisms will keep on multiplying in the filter, some may pass through it or their by products. I'm a big fan of this channel, but this video is a bad idea and should be deleted. Otherwise some people will suffer because of it.

@@simplyherbs9873 YES! We have many species of birds here, I saw a bird drinking out of our roofs evestrough. There is lots of >>"bird droppings (sh¡t)"

SW ~Look at my post above ☝️.

@@simplyherbs9873 A Big Berkery won't filter all that out? Thanks for the info. Thinking that a better idea to avoid contamination is a tarp positioned away from trees to catch water.

@@simplyherbs9873 Thanks for your opinion. So what rain harvesting system do you recommend? Thanks in advance

Make a video of it. Sounds interesting

Gloves….. calluses solve that problem. It’s Fathers Day be a man.

Gloves which cover the wrists

@@newsnowadirondacksredux360 calluses are not as tough as you think ... I've had mine rip open and bleeding. Not worth the risk

@@newsnowadirondacksredux360 What is a man?

@@newsnowadirondacksredux360 yeah, dead & injured fathers are better off, as are their wives & children....good god, seriously.

Or just place a kitchen dish over the screen.

You can use that flex pipe to also put the barrel in more custom places, like off to the side instead of at the corner of the house

Lol! Those are my Merrell Camp Mocs and they are super comfortable : )

Look on the Pinterest app. For tons of ideas and designs. But an elevated design works better for building slight gravity pressure, and allows buckets underneath. And, yes bugs will clog up the spigot when not used often!

For $60 you can get a 1,600 gallon per hour vevor pump. Could turn your rainwater catch into a pretty high pressure hose for washing cars or the garden or what have you

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Michael! God bless you and yours

Are they good grade liners? I have white barrels, and I'm worried about algae. Be great to find a black food grade safe liner

I would grow citrus trees and water them with your barrel. I pour pickle juice on my lemon trees and they grow like crazy!

@@smiley2477 That's interesting. I wonder if it has something to do with the vinegar or if they just like pickles.

You would be surprised how dirty the condensate water is from air conditioner units. It is condensate from the air and the evaporator coil, but hvac condensate pans usually have that nasty pinkish colored slime. Nasty stuff.

@@cervus-venatorcitrus plants like more acidic soils

@@Just_A_Name14 Thanks.

Where do you buy these from? Amazon and other sources I saw try to sell them for $200+ each

@@mostlyoriginalpianomusic2174 local people on Facebook marketplace etc with food grade ones

Please give proportions of a 'pinch' of granulated pool shock to the water. 5 gals? 15? Don't presume some readers have a single ounce of bedrock information to build on. I can assure you some of us don't. Plus, do you presumably have to drain it for heavy winters. 20%? 100%? Is there any way to keep the water from freezing at all? I mean short of straw bales and manure between the barrel and bales?

@@frostyfrances4700 To True! 1 granule of pool shock will treat about 5 to 10 gallons of water, to be clean enough to drink. It is that strong of stuff. So a pinch will completely treat the water of 100 gallon tank, and kill any algae inside the tank, too. My Pool shop guy, uses some when he goes on vacation to Mexico. Said he has never gotten sick from their water! But buddy, I have drank the untreated water, and it ain't no fun!

@@chrissewell1608 - Thanks! But I forgot to ask how often would be a good idea for preventive maintenance with the pool shock. I've been trying to gradually gather a general emergency collection of items for all sorts of needs, and I do have several Life Straws. I also know how to make my own Berkey and do stuff like that. But it would be advisable to do as much for water storage as possible, and I don't like to leave any stone unturned. As a former pro in Civil Defense from way back in the day, I don't have any confidence in these poor souls who think they can bug out longterm and remain safely hidden in the wilderness with their hoard of goodies either. Just thought I'd mention that. First of all, modern technology being what it is, anybody with the right equipment can find someone if they've dug a tunnel halfway to China. Secondly, human nature being what it is and will doubtless remain, at some point in societal breakdown, there'd inevitably come a time when the more violent survivors WOULD be determined to find bug outs. We used to explain to people that in the first 2-3 days after a major disaster, you'll likely see a lot of voluntary cooperation and sharing of scarce resources. After a week a lot of people will start growing desperate and dangerous. Before 2 weeks are out, the gloves will come off and the people who were so generous at first are liable to turn on a dime. The typical time you can expect to have to wait for serious government help to arrive can be up to 10 days. Point being, the only real safety as well as the RIGHT thing to do is to prepare as best you can and try to pool resources for as long as possible. Some people are too untutored to do basic prep and others suffer the illusion that they can fend off starving hordes forever with their little pea-shooter Armalites. Not much can be done about them, but for everyone's sake the rest of us need to do all we can. Knowledge is power! And if the violent militias get the civil war they want, things will deteriorate even faster. We wouldn't be able to save everybody, but for a multitude of reasons we need to get ready to do what we can. Beau's Rule 303.

@@frostyfrances4700 I don't know how often you may want to use the pool shock, and don't want to tell you wrong. I did look at a Berkey, water filter system today. And really liked them. (Not cheap though!) The sales lady said the Berkey filters last up to 2 years. And can be cleaned and washed, during that time. And removes 97%+ of contaminants.

I have same setup too. How do you keep the inside from turning black?

Even if birds poop in it?

He said that if you payed attention

Or for off grid living

That's called a 'first flush' system.

We have many species of birds here, I saw a bird drinking out of our roofs evestrough. There is lots of >>"bird droppings (sh¡t)"