I built a 4,000-litre, 20-barrel rainwater grid on a suburban plot to beat mains water dependence. In this video, I lay out every cost and fitting across the entire system from blue industrial barrels to tank connectors, silicone, and 19mm manifold lines. I show you the exact prices, the mistakes that cost me extra money, and why building your own heavy-duty grid is far cheaper than buying retail water butts.
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"like an absolute peasant" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't forget that by sourcing your own water, you are also not contributing to the 'drought' supply issues. So its not only about saving your garden, its about helping everyone else out. The more self-sufficient we can become as individuals the less the system is oversubscribed.
Most wholesome thing YouTube has ever pushed my way.
Hard work.but good work 👏.
This is awesome to see someone doing it. 🙌🏻 What do you reckon of one big cistern though? 🤔
god damn thats an ugly garden though. cant you do a raised paving somewhere and hide those barrels. If you read up on concepts like permaculture, beauty is important to a successful self sustaining system
I love your ingenuity but are we going to just ignore you taking a life safety device off the pump… lol. Here’s hoping you never need it 😮
Was hoping all of this might have motivated me to want to drink a glass of water but naa.
Glad this vid recommended to me .yorkshire water bummn me every year they fitted a meter
Here's a man who is obsessed with collecting water. Well done on your work
All this rainwater and none of us are really using it lol. Water should really be free in this day and age.
Water is life. I have solar now but water is my next project. Thank you for these videos and sharing your experiences Sir. 🌎
Awsome garden space
Good job sir well done. What size pump did you use ?
I'm pretty sure its illegal to collect water like that
Only problem is chemtrail 😢… so much chemicals in the rain!
Hose pipe bans specifically exclude both drip irrigation systems and separately any hose pipe use to water food crops.
When you think about it. For the people that moan about the water bill. You can bury your dumps and disinfect your rain water. The price we pay for water and waste water removal it is absolutely nothing as we can't live without it, it comes clean and free of pathogens for consumption. Other bills like council tax, income tax and energy bills are the real joke.
Power to you man 💪
Awesome! Been considering this for a while.
Im sure this saves money, but not very aesthetically pleasing is it?
Great video mate 👍
No idea how I got here, but it was interesting
…and rain water is far superior in quality for plants than tap water.
The YT algorithm is working in my favour. What a brilliant video! I love all the data and detailed advice you give. Really appreciate it. Got 4 unlinked watter butts/barrels but want to expand round my small garden and try drip irrigation. I know how to do it now. Will watch more and check your website. Thank you!
My man's growing crops 😂
There is ONE BIG problem. If there is no proper rain for 2 months – you will still run out of water.
I have a number of IBC thanks, 12v pressure switched water pump, straight into the toilet. Few valves etc but it's been running for years and I've saved around 40k litres so far, excluding what I use to water the garden.
You are my hero. You sound like you have become so educated in fluid dynamics. Is this what you do for a job?
So, if you use rainwater to wash your car, does it mean that no limescale will form?
What I need to know is how to capture rainwater and then use it for flushing my toilet.
Just so you know, watering of food crops is exempt from hosepipe bans, at least in Yorkshire Water regions. I still intend to start storing my own rainwater though!
Good system. Well done for keeping such a tight budget
Nicely done, but nobody is buying 4000 litres worth of water butts, if they want to keep that much stored, they buy a few old IBCs or a heating oil tank 🙂
Just found this channel and i love it
You can sell it and make easy money
no chemicals,, nice bro
Thanks for sharing this man! Love it. I needed a solution to top up … my pool when water restrictions kick in 😂
It being part of a small plot makes a lot of sense.
Luckily I don't have to save water here in ireland😂
Ziggy you ever heard of water hammer effect? it's how the egyptians produced electricity, also this is what tesla was working on with his wardenclyffe tower after finding out how the egyptians did it, maybe give it a go yourself as you got all that water, you just need a ram pump or make one.
With the Devastating heat wave we've had in the UK and it will get even worse EVERY year that comes after, It would be wise to have your own private back up source of water for your plants during the hot summer time when water is scarce.
Like your set up but you need to consider putting your pipe under the soil. Optimally you should irrigate at least 20 mm below but deeper is better. Also you need to have at least 50mm mulch over the top. Water system is great but a big and growing danger is rapid soil evaporation, particularly over the 4 month summer drought. All the best
If the taxing goes on .. After few years we have to capture air and keep in cylinders
Get rid of some of that paving and you'll have your own farm!
our water bill has gone from £40 per month to literally double £80 within the span of 3 or 4 years! its insane! and our water use has not increased by that much more! its crazy
, i cant wait to use this in my next project zombiod run