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Hi Joe, have you had a chance to find the video and drawings?

Thank you Joe! I will take your advice on the roofing materials and look into switching to a metal roof right away. I should have mentioned before that the storage tank that is 40 feet away will also sit on ground which is higher by about 5 feet. Because of this I think we will need to pump the water to that tank. I'd like to elevate that storage tank even higher somehow so we can use gravity to feed the water to the vegetable garden below. This water will only be used for the vegetable garden so we aren't planning on doing any filtering. I would love to see your drawing and videos. Please let me know when you locate them!

The measurements of the backside of the garage roof are 35' x 12.5' plus 24' x 6'. Any thoughts on this?

My parents would like to collaborate with me on a rainwater catchment system for their home which gets a lot of rain. We're hoping that I can design it over the next couple weeks, my Dad can acquire the parts and materials over a couple weeks after that, and then we can put it together over 10-14 days while I'm visiting.

We're hoping to use the backside of their garage as the catchment "surface" and have the gutters and downspouts empty into a pair of water tanks which will pump into a large water tank about 40 feet away. We'd like to elevate that large water tank somehow so that gravity can be used to feed water from the tank to the vegetable garden below.

Is this a good plan? The garage has asphalt shingles. Is water that has washed over asphalt shingles unsafe to water a vegetable garden with? My Dad says he's willing to have the roof re-done if necessary.