Up and running with the new water filter (with videos!)

Pipe up (part 2)

Today we finished the installation of the filter box. It was sooo great to fit the last bits of pipe and to see it working. This is not something I have invented in a short space of time. It has taken me about two years, and two very wet winters, and a lot of contemplation and pondering. I think I first got the idea off the internet where I saw examples of self cleaning filters. We also have friends in the valley around us who have different ways of catching the water, some even use an old washing machine drum! Because we already had the gate/mouth built into the stone, it set a good foundation to work from.

It is in... it is working... lets see if it can get us through the winter.....

First section of pipe going in. We secured it with clamps and thread rod that is drilled and set into the stone. We covered the filter box to prevent water coming out of the pipe whilst we were working.

Floris cooling of the pipe in the water. To join each section you have to heat one end and push the next piece into it. We used a blow torch to do this. Generally it is quite simple to do, sometimes you really gotta wrestle with it :)

Pipes in place, time to take off the plastic!

At this point I was very jubilant!!!

Once we had finished we let any air exit out of the pipe. This can take a while as we only have several places to bleed it from. More to improve there at another time.

This is me giving a brief and simple run through of the old and new system. (Sorry about the sound, filming almost in the stream has it's limitations!)

This is some video I took last year just after we had a lot of rain. It is taken at the same place of the first video, although a lot of it is submerged under water. This is what the new improved version is up against. If it can handle this, the rest of the year should be no problem.

Thanks for tuning in...

David