Off-Grid Cabin Without a Well: Water and Rain Catchment Solutions for the Cabin
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- We need Water at the Off Grid Cabin and digging a well just isn't possible. We come up with some solutions to make water flowing at the cabin a possibility!
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All that syrup! Is there a store in town that will take the extra off your hands? Tourists pay crazy $$ for locally sourced, sustainable syrup. I paid $9 for a tiny jar once.
I might jar some of it up and see if I can recoup some of the expenses of buying equipment and such.....would like to do a few giveaways to you guys....but not sure yet how shipping would work
May the Lord bless and protect you and Jen
I'd get and bury as many of those big 1000 gallon or so catchment containers as I could. Bury them with about a foot to foot and a half, and no worries with them freezing. Catch as much as you can so you can make winter a lot better as far as water supply.. All you really need is a shed over them, and buy all your water lines to your home.
Hi Jay, I dont mind for sure hanging out with you doing the syrup boiling, its your way of life and its enjoyable.. Sometimes the simple water catchment can be the best and if it works for you and Jen thats all that matters.. I am looking forward to your new projects this year Jay, meantime take care, stay well and see you again soon, say hi to Jen..
So glad to hear all of this Kevin.....Appreciate ya
jay and jen.that green hose you use for catchment system could be changed to the white RV stle hose that is ppe compliant,no taste or smell!I use one on my system and run my drinking water through a costco purifiy 4 canister system,good drinking water!And those homedepot buckets make know difference for syrup making,after 1 hour of boiling sap anything bad in there is dead man!Your on the right track young man!TAKE CARE
Hey, thank you so much for the lovely comment and suggestions. I think I will be swapping out that cheap green hose ASAP....but kind of hoping to get the more permanent set up installed quickly and move forward first thing now that the ground is thawed. Best wishes =)
Yes please on more of the great outdoors! Northern Michigan is our happy place and would love to see more of your incredible area.
What most people think is the sky is falling. I like our systems for making electricity. Power from the sun goes back to the inca indians and if they can do it then we can too. I don't care for the fact that although our solar power units say american made, its a loose term for assembly as most of all those units are fabricated in China and if you see how its done, the sky is literally black from the smoke of coal fired plants that fab our Lithium batteries. We don't have a lot of lithium here in the good old usa so panels and other come from a place where people are expendable. My son has eyes on proof of it and has shown me of many plants there while he headed a large mining project there. It is like trying to invent perpetual motion which can come close but no cigar as perpetual power. I keep trying to remember how to make those pumps for water or any liquid that say for instance water... it fills a bucket that then when full drops it down making half of the pump but then it empties and it raises back up to repeat itself. Kind of a jack and jill system and the water is trapped in this system and then pumped for as far as you wish for. Even a small stream will fill a bucket in time so it does work and of course the more water, the faster it works.. I need to do a hands on build just once so it would remain in my noggin
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Glad your snow is disappearing and you can get out and enjoy the outside !
Hey jay with that water system you got there is all right for now but there is a proper water catchment system you can buy for now have jen give you one of her pannie hose put on the end of that pipe keep all the garbage from going in the tank
Great video.....lets get sappy!!
Those gutter brackets do stink. If you ever lean a ladder against that gutter they pop off. Also the HDPE2 is the plastic type. What also makes it food grade is the mould release agent they use. So not all HDPE2 is food grade.
Ya you are right, We will be using a different style gutter attachment system once we put up permanent gutter system......glad we learned on just this one, LOL
Hey bud. Much respect for the finished projects in your last video bud both look awesome. Hope you get the rain help fill it up. Trying not to blabber to much. Sooooo I say May Peace Health and Happiness follow you and yours
Your Comments are appreciated and enjoyed my friend....short or long. Thanks for the kind words about my progress.....=)
Go mr i believe in you 😊
I can’t wait for spring. We just got hit with another 8 inches of snow. Hopefully it warms up soon. If you ever do get to the point where you need more buckets for SAP if there is a farm and fleet in your area, they have food safe buckets that are cheaper than Home Depot buckets.
Great tip about the buckets.....I bought some extras last year during the worst time and there was a "shortage" of them...yah. So I will check that out next time I need them, thanks. Sorry to hear about the snow.....it is crazy this year.
Hi J&J! You could build/get a still and distill the rain water, you just need to add some trace minerals (concentrated sea water).
Thats a good idea.....I will tell ya, You can really tell the rainwater has no minerals in it when we shower. The Shower water is very soft.....Which I'm still getting use to.
Very informative guys awesome , better get to boiling that sap lol …keep on keeping on .. Woot Woot
Woot Woot My friend.
Spring weather arrives. 🎉🎉 Your syrup definitely looks good. ❤❤
Thanks for sharing, I look forward to your videos each week.
Yay! Thank you!
Do you still living in the city ? Do guys planning to move completely in this cabin? ❤❤
It's my dream Rosa....Although we spend more time at the Cabin than downstate, it is still about a 70/30 split. We have some responsibilities that we can not completely abandon down in the City.
You can use maple syrup in old fashions. $25.00 to $30.00 a quart for that gold around here. We had high 70 s & 80 s last week, rain last night (sat) all day today (sun) snow tomorrow (mon). Might be sending it your way Jay & Jen. Jay I liked your little grimmis smile at the end , you learn good from Jen 😂.
Could you put a skirt or screen around the gutter pipe where it dumps into the tank to keep critters and debris from getting into the pool filter sock?
I'm sure we could
All the projects and processes you use are awesome. Love to see the 2 of you living your best lives. Stay safe my friend.
Thank you! You too!👍
I collect sap with same buckets they are fine.
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woot woot.
I love watching your channel no matter what it is 😜.
You're the best!
PE-HD = polyethelyn high density
Awesome......I edited out my attempts to say polyethelyn....because it kept coming out as polyurethane....blah. HA Ha..... and I was not certain that was what it really was, lol. Thanks for clearing that up.
SUMMER..... soon will be here.....Yahoooo
Woot Woot
Love your Channel, God Bless!
Wow....thanks so much Tim. So Kind and generous....Best wishes my friend.
To keep the gutter brackets from coming loose, once they're in place, bend the tab on the fascia side to hold the top piece. 😊 ❤
That’s a lot of syrup to be made 🇬🇧😊
oh ya
build your road so you drive to the cabin ?
Maybe a long ways down the road, But that would cost money and involve heavy machinery.
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Love each video. Have a great week. :-)
Thank you! You too!
Looking good as usual, I'm here for the long haul guys.SEMPER FI
Much appreciated!
Can't you put a hand pump sand point down at the bottom of your hill . It to far to haul it
Ya we might try that this summer, but hand pumping hundreds of gallons of water is harder than collecting rain
@@OffgridwithJayandJen put a pump on it and run your generator to pump it
We had 74 on that Weds now it's Sunday and getting 5/9 of s ow today and more snow the next 5 days. Never ends. Good luck
oh no
I bet it sure is nice to see that snow melt!? Before you know it, it will be hot and you'll be looking for shade! Have a great week. 😁
So true
I have a similar catchment for watering my garden. Does not take much rain to fill my 330 gallon tote. An inch of rain on a10x10 roof is 62 gallons.
Very cool.....I like the Numbers...Have been meaning to figure that calculation out but have not done so yet, Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing Jay!
Turn the tank around so the ball valve faces the sun or get some hot water bottles to wrap around it so you can leave it turned off until you need it.
Might make it easy to use that water in winter (if it ain't frozen) , especially if the line to the house didn't have ice in it. 😅 ❤
YA that makes good sense
Life is Good when you have awesome teamwork. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely!
Yea, I'm sure you are ready for spring and some warmer weather. Looking forward to seeing some of your excursions.
Can't wait!
I put maple syrup in my coffee every morning it's very delicious. Your cabin is coming along nicely. You two must be enjoying showering inside now 😅
Yes we are =)