Plumbing the Kitchen Sink in my Off Grid Log Cabin, Root Cellar Renovations
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Date: 2023-04-07
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Louis
potatoes next year 800lbs and carrots onions and freeze dried mashed. killer cabbage is good for digestion and fibre. green house? and grow hoops over beds to increase growing season. beds slowly becoming raised beds? so all soils do not need composted just concentrated areas with composting soils in end cells so soils can easily be progressively made in a handy place to spread following year? in 5 years beds will be full and easy access. one brick at a time and as you age things just fall into maintenance. Do not worry nature will keep you busy. always something more on a farm stead. soon you will have fresh potatoes from one season into the next with seed. canned goods will rotate like clock work and the outdoor kitchen well will make your following years more productive. perhaps even with an ice house just 3 feet over the size of a small walk in cooler. got 4 good months to make ice. build walk in inside the box. open a roof hatch and let the water in it will freeze then about this time close the hatch and insulate the top cover with vapor barrier like a white tarp with styrofoam layers and lash it down with white canvas over the last layer. then you can build seasonal cabins for teaching the craft. 1 to 2 months per year tuition and fees to cover the costs. and labor will be welcomed no residency they come, and they go, 30 days at a time.
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potatoes next year 800lbs and carrots onions and freeze dried mashed. killer cabbage is good for digestion and fibre. green house? and grow hoops over beds to increase growing season. beds slowly becoming raised beds? so all soils do not need composted just concentrated areas with composting soils in end cells so soils can easily be progressively made in a handy place to spread following year? in 5 years beds will be full and easy access. one brick at a time and as you age things just fall into maintenance. Do not worry nature will keep you busy. always something more on a farm stead. soon you will have fresh potatoes from one season into the next with seed. canned goods will rotate like clock work and the outdoor kitchen well will make your following years more productive. perhaps even with an ice house just 3 feet over the size of a small walk in cooler. got 4 good months to make ice. build walk in inside the box. open a roof hatch and let the water in it will freeze then about this time close the hatch and insulate the top cover with vapor barrier like a white tarp with styrofoam layers and lash it down with white canvas over the last layer. then you can build seasonal cabins for teaching the craft. 1 to 2 months per year tuition and fees to cover the costs. and labor will be welcomed no residency they come, and they go, 30 days at a time.
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Elizabeth
Thanks for doing both programs in one! (all the talking) Man! you guys are going all out, cheese cave, meat section, etc, etc. Shawn, you mentioned more canned goods under the stairs. It made me think of a lady's video about her basement larder canned goods for her family of 4. She keeps 2 yrs goods stored at a time, and it was a lot. I know my larder couldn't hold that much, and it seems yours couldn't either. We've slowed way down eating out, or ordering and bringing home food. It forces us to eat what I've grown and canned. It's quite the trial, trying to get out of the habit of eating out. We're doing a near keto diet now, few carbs and only complex, no junk, no processed, no refined, no nitrates, &cutting out salt and sugar (my husband is prediabetic. I'm shocked the fruit grown in other countries with who knows what sprays and chemicals, so no more foreign fruit. That's okay, we have an orchard. Added sugar, and the salt content is surprising. I've been throwing out food from the store after seeing their content.
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Thanks for doing both programs in one! (all the talking) Man! you guys are going all out, cheese cave, meat section, etc, etc. Shawn, you mentioned more canned goods under the stairs. It made me think of a lady's video about her basement larder canned goods for her family of 4. She keeps 2 yrs goods stored at a time, and it was a lot. I know my larder couldn't hold that much, and it seems yours couldn't either. We've slowed way down eating out, or ordering and bringing home food. It forces us to eat what I've grown and canned. It's quite the trial, trying to get out of the habit of eating out. We're doing a near keto diet now, few carbs and only complex, no junk, no processed, no refined, no nitrates, &cutting out salt and sugar (my husband is prediabetic. I'm shocked the fruit grown in other countries with who knows what sprays and chemicals, so no more foreign fruit. That's okay, we have an orchard. Added sugar, and the salt content is surprising. I've been throwing out food from the store after seeing their content.
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Quico
I do not want to criticize the work done, but it seems wrong to me that, being in the middle of nature, the destination of the wastewater from your sink, and I suppose that the thick pipe came from your toilet, throws it into that wonderful river.
Why don't you make a water catchment -and thus you won't have to fill drums- downstream from where you dispose of your waste? So you will be the first to taste the contaminated water.
Why not install a mini sewage treatment plant?
Reuse. Recover. Recycle
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I do not want to criticize the work done, but it seems wrong to me that, being in the middle of nature, the destination of the wastewater from your sink, and I suppose that the thick pipe came from your toilet, throws it into that wonderful river.
Why don't you make a water catchment -and thus you won't have to fill drums- downstream from where you dispose of your waste? So you will be the first to taste the contaminated water.
Why not install a mini sewage treatment plant?
Reuse. Recover. Recycle
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Mikhail
It would be awesome for Shawn to install the hydro turbine power gen. That would be a great addition ibthink. Off grid yet so convenient. Not sure how streams are there in winter time but good portion of year that would provide a great deal of power to run entire cabin set up.
I used to date a girl and her dad lived up on the off grid ranch in Cash Creek BC and he had one. Had enough power to run a massive log house with computers and power outlets installed throughout.
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It would be awesome for Shawn to install the hydro turbine power gen. That would be a great addition ibthink. Off grid yet so convenient. Not sure how streams are there in winter time but good portion of year that would provide a great deal of power to run entire cabin set up.
I used to date a girl and her dad lived up on the off grid ranch in Cash Creek BC and he had one. Had enough power to run a massive log house with computers and power outlets installed throughout.
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JP
Good evening from Central US Shawn. I wanted to comment about your ground to your solar back up. You may want to get someone to meg that out to make sure you have adequate resistance. I know from experience of installing cell tower ground matts sandy soil can have a much higher demand of depth and the amount of ground rods. Looks like you have it all going your way and starting to put the finishing touches on your home. Great job I have enjoyed watching this plan come together.
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Good evening from Central US Shawn. I wanted to comment about your ground to your solar back up. You may want to get someone to meg that out to make sure you have adequate resistance. I know from experience of installing cell tower ground matts sandy soil can have a much higher demand of depth and the amount of ground rods. Looks like you have it all going your way and starting to put the finishing touches on your home. Great job I have enjoyed watching this plan come together.
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Mike
Hi Shawn; I love your videos.
If you find that you have voltage issues in the future, keep in mind that the ground plate that you installed needs to be in an area that there is moisture. Inside looks to be dry and dry sand can actually act like an insulator. If you were to put that plate on the outside so that rain can help dissipate the stray voltage, moist gravel works best. 5. 0 ohms or less is what is recommended. Take care. Mike Dupree
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Hi Shawn; I love your videos.
If you find that you have voltage issues in the future, keep in mind that the ground plate that you installed needs to be in an area that there is moisture. Inside looks to be dry and dry sand can actually act like an insulator. If you were to put that plate on the outside so that rain can help dissipate the stray voltage, moist gravel works best. 5. 0 ohms or less is what is recommended. Take care. Mike Dupree
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Stephen
Some men think that making money is the end all of life. While others see the love of a woman and the loyalty of a dog as more valuable. As we men age we long to be strong enough to build something that will last the ages and be admired by both men and women (hopefully by our children) who appreciate what we have accomplished and left for them to continue improving upon. Shawn, you are just such a man. Salute!
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Some men think that making money is the end all of life. While others see the love of a woman and the loyalty of a dog as more valuable. As we men age we long to be strong enough to build something that will last the ages and be admired by both men and women (hopefully by our children) who appreciate what we have accomplished and left for them to continue improving upon. Shawn, you are just such a man. Salute!
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michael
Never seen you ever leave carrots out in the garden during the winter under cover with plastic bags of leaves. I just harvest the last of my carrots which were insulated with a large bunch of leaves and the fallen snow on top. Just remove the carrots near the sides of the raised beds about a foot as that still freezes. I harvest enough at a time to keep me going for about a month. Enjoy how fresh they stay!
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Never seen you ever leave carrots out in the garden during the winter under cover with plastic bags of leaves. I just harvest the last of my carrots which were insulated with a large bunch of leaves and the fallen snow on top. Just remove the carrots near the sides of the raised beds about a foot as that still freezes. I harvest enough at a time to keep me going for about a month. Enjoy how fresh they stay!
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Tim
had an idea for your cheese cave and keeping it up to temp. They make small heater elements for cabinets for woodworkers to put their various finishes in, so they don't freeze during cold weather. Not sure about their details but they're intended to be low wattage. Was thinking they might be enough to keep that space up to temp if it's really well insulated and may not be that big a draw on your solar system.
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had an idea for your cheese cave and keeping it up to temp. They make small heater elements for cabinets for woodworkers to put their various finishes in, so they don't freeze during cold weather. Not sure about their details but they're intended to be low wattage. Was thinking they might be enough to keep that space up to temp if it's really well insulated and may not be that big a draw on your solar system.
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Barry
It s great to see how you ve mapped out this cabin for Everything Your basement / Root cellar is state of the art. Freezer, stored potatoes etc, freeze dried vegetables and fruit. Just need to shoot a deer every year! Quite impressed with Running water and electrical Your project included another room built off dining room. Is that being built this summer? B Deacon Manitoba Canada
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It s great to see how you ve mapped out this cabin for Everything Your basement / Root cellar is state of the art. Freezer, stored potatoes etc, freeze dried vegetables and fruit. Just need to shoot a deer every year! Quite impressed with Running water and electrical Your project included another room built off dining room. Is that being built this summer? B Deacon Manitoba Canada
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Marc
Hi Shawn, have you ever thought of installing micro hydro near you cabin? It looks like you have enough flowing water all year round. A small turbine would generate more then your solar on a peak winter day. And it would generate it all year round, 24/7. It could even power a small heater, heating the greenhouse or cabin.
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Hi Shawn, have you ever thought of installing micro hydro near you cabin? It looks like you have enough flowing water all year round. A small turbine would generate more then your solar on a peak winter day. And it would generate it all year round, 24/7. It could even power a small heater, heating the greenhouse or cabin.
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Watchful1
Sand will not be good for your electrical ground. I remember the Mall of Memphis (Tennessee - USA) was BUILT on 8 feet of sand. When they realized their error they took scrap steel and trenched all the way around the Mall and welded that scrap together to create a grid for arresting electricity.
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Sand will not be good for your electrical ground. I remember the Mall of Memphis (Tennessee - USA) was BUILT on 8 feet of sand. When they realized their error they took scrap steel and trenched all the way around the Mall and welded that scrap together to create a grid for arresting electricity.
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Joy
We are happy for you that you are living your dream life. We would love living that far out but the cabin would be too dark and dreery for us. Depression sets in to easily for us in dark surroundings. We have lots of large windows to let the sun and warmth in and to view nature and the wild life.
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We are happy for you that you are living your dream life. We would love living that far out but the cabin would be too dark and dreery for us. Depression sets in to easily for us in dark surroundings. We have lots of large windows to let the sun and warmth in and to view nature and the wild life.
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Mark
As always, i very impressed with all you do Shawn! Looks to me like a great setup, how about running some in the floor heating coils for your cheese room? Maybe heated by your wood stove with a valve that you could keep the room at a more constant temperature. thankyou so much for the videos
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As always, i very impressed with all you do Shawn! Looks to me like a great setup, how about running some in the floor heating coils for your cheese room? Maybe heated by your wood stove with a valve that you could keep the room at a more constant temperature. thankyou so much for the videos
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