RainWater setup, rain barrel, water storage

Setting up my rainwater harvesting system

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[jjsjeffjjsjeff]

@jrdirtjumper The ones that I got locally were from a dog food plant and they had either meat slurry or fat slurry in them. Nice smell, but after cleaned they shouldn't be a problem for my garden plants.

[crazeyspivey]

Those tanks will weigh about 3000 lbs each.......so you better climb under your shed and add some blocks to support the floor.....hate to see your floor come crashing in.

[jrdirtjumper]

What was stored in these tanks prior??? I have several of them and discovered that this style is almost always used to transport chemicals and/or petroleum products. I too used one for rain water after several cleanings and clearly labeled it "Not For Drinking - Gray Water". It only takes a few PPM to contaminate potable water, so I don't risk the chance of using for such.

[asahearts1]

@Gadzooks57

You don't have to worry about that in Northern California. It rains a LOT in the winter, but it doesn't freeze unless you are on a mountain. I wonder how people will take to cutting the redwoods when SHTF.

[Gadzooks57]

Will those containers withstand the expansion of freezing or are you going to drain them in winter? The shed didn't look insulated and wasn't sure where you live.

[johnnnyreb51]

Remember to install an overflow. So that when the system gets full it will take the exess water out of the shed. Wood rots when it get wet.

[plasticsguy01]

Very nice. Option I'd look at might be to go to rigid PVC instead of the flex hose. let you glue or use unions to button everything up rather than rely on silicon. Also I've saw some other vids where people used like 4 or 6" pvc fittings along with screen to make a final catch. Another thought are those green screen critter baskets that go on end of drain outlets. Put it in upside down and use some window screen. Then just run the rigid to it and add some down turned 90's.

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[jake05921]

you might want to use an in-line screen like the ones used in the back of a washing machine, also move one of the inlet hoses to the top of the other water tank so both tanks fill up from the top, does the drain diverter prevent over filling of the tanks? if not you might need to put shut off valves in between the diverter and the tanks, wouldnt want to flood your shed. just a thought.

[yorkvillerob]

Great concept. I was wondering though, if you took into account that if both of those containers are full, it will weigh about 4400 pounds? Is the shed flooring stable enough to handle that much weight? The rain gutter diverter is definitely something I'll be checking into for catching rain water. i didn't know such a device existed. thanks for the vid !

[NeoPrepper]

@JosiahRitchie I can't remember but I think the vid didn't have a pipe between the two or something, had to fill them separately. You're right though...