What you need for your pump is a "Water Pump Pressure Control Switch" to control the pump based on demand for water and a check valve to maintain the prime from your tank to your pump. With those two add ones, you should be able to turn the pump to "on" and walk away. When you open the spigot you get water. Happy ending to story. 😊
I have a pressure control switch in mind and the check valve would be a good idea. One I have finished the concrete work I will build a bigger housing for the pump allowing for the extra plumbing.
Just an interesting note....Here in Eastern Poland (formerly Galicia - part of the Austro Hungarian Empire)....if you are going to do a build and you need rubble to build up the land you just stick a big sign up by the side of the road....telling people to dump rubble Here!...shortly huge tippers with rubble will turn up and so will cars with bags of rubble in the boot. The word for Rubble is 'Gruze' and strangely enough in Polish the word for the country 'Georgia' is 'Gruzia' (land of rubble) 🤣
haha, you would not do that in the UK for sure - you would have 10,000 tonnes of fly tipping within one night. That would please the neighbours - when we backfilled the garage we were lucky with the local builder dumping all his rocks etc from a nearby septic tank install.
Oh I agree what would happen in UK, but here things are different....there are obviously minor crooked things that go on, (But it's mostly people having 3 businesses on the side that they never declare to the government).....there are no Gypsies as such (99% of the UK fly tipping) But there are builders who do need a place to tip rubble that is not 50 Kms (Diesel) away and they are always on the lookout for place that need some rubble to build up. If you have a team of builders working for you, they will probably know someone who is working on another place where they need to remove either topsoil or rubble and they will get in touch with them..sort of works both ways.....But on self build it is usually safe to put yup the sign saying 'Please Tip Rubble here'.@@HomesteadingUncontained
Trouble is is stank - old plaster, it took a good rain storm to wash all that staleness off it. We are digging up so many boulders the pile is getting bigger.
I promise soon. I have another power supply with a little bit more power as the other one was tripping out. So we will be getting on with the siding soon - have to take advantage of this warm weather first.
I suggest that your brush hog is set to cut your grass far to low. For the health of the grass and the soil in your region, you want to cut your grass no shorter than 4 inches tall. That height gives you the optimum blade length for photosynthesis, captures the most amount of rain water because the blades of grass have shaded the top layer of soil and will shade out the broad leaf weeds with out the use of chemicals. All in, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain because your grass will been greener and thicker than it is today. Just be certain your brush hog is level and the trailing wheel is adjusted to the new cutting height. 😊
I did measure it and it is around 4inches - the cutter does not go any lower. Some of the slope may be shorter as I crest them. It is the greenest it has ever looked.
Great content as usual. Any outside electrical junction box it is a good practise is to drill a small drainage hole at the bottom, just in case any water build up inside.
Looking great Ian nice to see the Gabon's are doing the job what's the plan for infont of the Gabon's Ian are you putting an extra half a Gabon cage for the extra support then concrete or have you got something else in mind , great work Julie with the butternut squash the food looked very tasty 😋😋😋
The water tank is just in front of the Gabions and then we drop down around 2ft - Julie is plenty a small hedge in front. So it will step down quite nicely without anymore reinforcement.
I sort of regret that I got all my stone walls concreted in......so they are solid......But Gabions are massive havens for all sorts of wildlife from insects and spiders to little lizards of various types.
I love lizards and we are getting ore - I unearthed a pile of lizard eggs but quickly covered them up so hoping they will survive to go an live in the wall.
I love the way you look at the details Do you have a larger bucket like a 80 cm it might help with the moving the gravel around Good luck and see you next week You should look into getting 1 bee hive you have the land
I do put the larger bucket on in the next video - I was just lazy as I needed to dig a footings trench as well, but ended up going for the 80cm. Yes, I really wants to some hives - there is a guy at the bottom of the field with loads of them, was going to ask if we can house some of his as we do not want to invest in all the kit just yet.
Julie's got another play toy lol nice job Ian how do you figure out how to put everything together? Maybe by watching UA-cam channels great job, nice work
Another 'Additional' ....you have a tipping trailer and you don't know it........Does the ramp come off easily?? if it does.....here is the way to do it.....I drilled a hole in the bucket of my small tractor and shackled a strop to it........put the strop round the towing hook end and lift it until the stones/sand/wife/whatever is in the trailer starts to slide out.....back away and with some practice you can drop those stones nicely as a driveway......You can also use this method to get the trailer put away into some nice tight corner for the winter where it would be hard to manoeuvre with a car/van...You can (if the trailer is tough enough) tip it up on end for the winter storage again saving space.
The Ifor Williams is built like a tank - the rear ramp is near impossible to remove. I am not sure my tractor has the power to lift the trailer. But I like the idea.
Hi Lisa - where are you based.....yes, we had a terrible year were a lot of the bookings were just cancelled. Next year is starting to look better so we can cross our fingers. J.♥️
A very nice job,well done. It's also nice that you have gone the extra mile with quality ironmongery etc. Just wondering about your plans on protecting your plumbing from frost damage (i.e. drain-down?).
It does not freeze too much here but I will drain out the pump in the few weeks it does drop below zero. We will still have the IBC tanks above for some water.
For the pump go cheap simple and easy. GO with a jet pump that is already mounted to a small pressure tank and they also have a built in pressure switch. It's an all in one solution and affordable. The only issue is you need a foot valve at the end of the suction pipe in the tank and it will require priming the first time. Also I gotta ask. I'm familiar with those transformers that are used in europe for tools. My question is how many tools are actually 120V. And that has to make things really annoying buying tools and then needing a transformer to run some of them. I'm surprised your bookings are down this year. We were going to go back to Greece a couple weeks ago but all the flights are full. And there are 3x the number of flights that there were back in 2019... All flights to Europe are full and were full months before the flight dates. The only place we can get to is England as there are lots of open seats going there. The better half works for the airline so we fly standby. We list ourselves for the flight we want to get on and if there is an open seat we get on. We just have to pay the taxes. So if you ever need a hand just ask as long as there are open seats it's easy for me to get around. I'm full of useless information on everything...
I will check out those pumps as I will re plumb it after the concrete work. The transformer is over 20 years old now and I assume this day and age everything is battery operated so the safety thing is dealt with. Nothing like that here in France though (this was bought over from the UK when we came) . With our business it is 50% Brits and they are having a tough time with interest rates etc ☹️
What do you do for work and how much money do they pay per hour in your country what is the minimum wage. In united state it’s 15 dollars hour. There’s always a crisis going on here, since I was a kid every year there’s always some crisis in the United States, gas crisis, electric crisis, water, crisis. It’s always something. There’s always a shortage, and then by some magic the shortage is no more everything’s back to the same again it’s just a government playing games to make more money.
We run cycling holidays all around Europe. The minimum age in France is around 1500 euros a month for a 35 hour week. But we are self employed so have to make as much as we can in the summer to get us through the winter. I agree, without the Media there would never be a crisis.
Black ones..... we normally watch the rain in the next field just blow on by, we are in a weird position in the valley where the worst of the weather misses us 😀
What you need for your pump is a "Water Pump Pressure Control Switch" to control the pump based on demand for water and a check valve to maintain the prime from your tank to your pump. With those two add ones, you should be able to turn the pump to "on" and walk away. When you open the spigot you get water. Happy ending to story. 😊
I have a pressure control switch in mind and the check valve would be a good idea. One I have finished the concrete work I will build a bigger housing for the pump allowing for the extra plumbing.
@@HomesteadingUncontained You will appreciate when it is fully automatic. Good luck!
It’s fascinating to see how well you are progressing and the quality and detail of your work.
My best regards and admiration to both of you.
Thank you - we are slow but steady.....🤣
Now that the water project is settled, you should make great progress, weather permitting. Good work folks!
We are taking advantage of the this late warm weather - getting as many of the outside projects done in the dry before the mud can start.
Nice, another milestone. Enjoying the creation coming along.
👍💪✌
Thank you - allows us to do the concreting a little more comfortable now and Julie can clean everything up a lot easier 🤣
@@HomesteadingUncontained 😂😂😂
Just an interesting note....Here in Eastern Poland (formerly Galicia - part of the Austro Hungarian Empire)....if you are going to do a build and you need rubble to build up the land you just stick a big sign up by the side of the road....telling people to dump rubble Here!...shortly huge tippers with rubble will turn up and so will cars with bags of rubble in the boot. The word for Rubble is 'Gruze' and strangely enough in Polish the word for the country 'Georgia' is 'Gruzia' (land of rubble) 🤣
haha, you would not do that in the UK for sure - you would have 10,000 tonnes of fly tipping within one night. That would please the neighbours - when we backfilled the garage we were lucky with the local builder dumping all his rocks etc from a nearby septic tank install.
Oh I agree what would happen in UK, but here things are different....there are obviously minor crooked things that go on, (But it's mostly people having 3 businesses on the side that they never declare to the government).....there are no Gypsies as such (99% of the UK fly tipping) But there are builders who do need a place to tip rubble that is not 50 Kms (Diesel) away and they are always on the lookout for place that need some rubble to build up. If you have a team of builders working for you, they will probably know someone who is working on another place where they need to remove either topsoil or rubble and they will get in touch with them..sort of works both ways.....But on self build it is usually safe to put yup the sign saying 'Please Tip Rubble here'.@@HomesteadingUncontained
what a team . judy good looking good grafter good cook. ian youve cracked it.
Oh, I thought you were going to say Julie had cracked it 🤪
It's a good thing about your neighbour Ian and Julie extra hardcore or rubble is a bonus that's good news for yourselfs extra material ❤❤❤
Trouble is is stank - old plaster, it took a good rain storm to wash all that staleness off it. We are digging up so many boulders the pile is getting bigger.
China Blue always does his share! Also, wonderful waterworks. Great progress, but I am still looking for the planer! 😊 Cheers from the USA
I promise soon. I have another power supply with a little bit more power as the other one was tripping out. So we will be getting on with the siding soon - have to take advantage of this warm weather first.
Great work! Love all the progress you two are making. Keep up the amazing work.
Cheers Harry 😀
Well done you two. It’s looking great 😅
Thank you Lorraine
I love the faucet. She has good taste
Thank you - it is the same brand as in all the big box stores but this one was painted (lots of colours to choose from) J.♥️
Sometimes using pliers lower down into the cage can help pull the coil down, it is fiddly.
haha, yes, some just drop down (hence adding the staple crimps) others just get stuck in hard to reach places. Only 5 more to do.
The wago electric connectors are a great invention, they are all I use these days.
I know...they are great, specially the ones that can open up like I used in this project.
I suggest that your brush hog is set to cut your grass far to low. For the health of the grass and the soil in your region, you want to cut your grass no shorter than 4 inches tall. That height gives you the optimum blade length for photosynthesis, captures the most amount of rain water because the blades of grass have shaded the top layer of soil and will shade out the broad leaf weeds with out the use of chemicals. All in, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain because your grass will been greener and thicker than it is today. Just be certain your brush hog is level and the trailing wheel is adjusted to the new cutting height. 😊
I did measure it and it is around 4inches - the cutter does not go any lower. Some of the slope may be shorter as I crest them. It is the greenest it has ever looked.
Great content as usual. Any outside electrical junction box it is a good practise is to drill a small drainage hole at the bottom, just in case any water build up inside.
I will do this and keep an eye on them - they are normally quite good though.
Looking great Ian nice to see the Gabon's are doing the job what's the plan for infont of the Gabon's Ian are you putting an extra half a Gabon cage for the extra support then concrete or have you got something else in mind , great work Julie with the butternut squash the food looked very tasty 😋😋😋
The water tank is just in front of the Gabions and then we drop down around 2ft - Julie is plenty a small hedge in front. So it will step down quite nicely without anymore reinforcement.
👍
Good morning you guys
Hi there Miguel 😀
I sort of regret that I got all my stone walls concreted in......so they are solid......But Gabions are massive havens for all sorts of wildlife from insects and spiders to little lizards of various types.
I love lizards and we are getting ore - I unearthed a pile of lizard eggs but quickly covered them up so hoping they will survive to go an live in the wall.
Excellent stuff , may be a weep hole in the above ground switch and socket boxs ? .
These ar normally pretty good but I will check on them for sure and drill a hole if I see any ingress.
I love the way you look at the details
Do you have a larger bucket like a 80 cm it might help with the moving the gravel around
Good luck and see you next week
You should look into getting 1 bee hive you have the land
I do put the larger bucket on in the next video - I was just lazy as I needed to dig a footings trench as well, but ended up going for the 80cm. Yes, I really wants to some hives - there is a guy at the bottom of the field with loads of them, was going to ask if we can house some of his as we do not want to invest in all the kit just yet.
Julie's got another play toy lol nice job Ian how do you figure out how to put everything together? Maybe by watching UA-cam channels great job, nice work
I normally wake myself up at 4am and then try and work though it all with a full design, then drop back to sleep and wake up forgetting everything 🤣
Good morning you guys
Hi there Liam
Another 'Additional' ....you have a tipping trailer and you don't know it........Does the ramp come off easily?? if it does.....here is the way to do it.....I drilled a hole in the bucket of my small tractor and shackled a strop to it........put the strop round the towing hook end and lift it until the stones/sand/wife/whatever is in the trailer starts to slide out.....back away and with some practice you can drop those stones nicely as a driveway......You can also use this method to get the trailer put away into some nice tight corner for the winter where it would be hard to manoeuvre with a car/van...You can (if the trailer is tough enough) tip it up on end for the winter storage again saving space.
The Ifor Williams is built like a tank - the rear ramp is near impossible to remove. I am not sure my tractor has the power to lift the trailer. But I like the idea.
We are also finding we are not as busy this year and its a bit of a worry as we have just built our house x
Hi Lisa - where are you based.....yes, we had a terrible year were a lot of the bookings were just cancelled. Next year is starting to look better so we can cross our fingers. J.♥️
We are in Port Macquarie, Australia
We are hoping next year is better, it has to be! 😊
Congratulations, I really enjoy the work you are doing. It's inspirational.
Thank you - we just keep on carrying on - plus we enjoy it too.
Those Gabon’s are hard work! Well done
I am just glad we get to use all our own stone - it would have been twice the work goign to the quarry to get it for sure 😀
Ian with out Julie, there would be no beautiful colour coordination. It looks very nice.
Thank you - we are sort of sticking with the great theme at the moment....
O i can feel it comming. lol 🚀🚀🚀🚀
hahaha, yes, she has a way with words 😀
A very nice job,well done. It's also nice that you have gone the extra mile with quality ironmongery etc. Just wondering about your plans on protecting your plumbing from frost damage (i.e. drain-down?).
It does not freeze too much here but I will drain out the pump in the few weeks it does drop below zero. We will still have the IBC tanks above for some water.
Do you have to use any anti-bacterial treatment in your rain water storage tank?
Not yet - we will look into it but it is just for the garden and the job site for now - not for drinking or anything,
Are you using a GoPro camera?
You hit a nerve there.....in my last video the Go Pro fell off the tractor and under the grass cutter..... so no, not at the moment. ☹️
For the pump go cheap simple and easy. GO with a jet pump that is already mounted to a small pressure tank and they also have a built in pressure switch. It's an all in one solution and affordable. The only issue is you need a foot valve at the end of the suction pipe in the tank and it will require priming the first time.
Also I gotta ask. I'm familiar with those transformers that are used in europe for tools. My question is how many tools are actually 120V. And that has to make things really annoying buying tools and then needing a transformer to run some of them.
I'm surprised your bookings are down this year. We were going to go back to Greece a couple weeks ago but all the flights are full. And there are 3x the number of flights that there were back in 2019... All flights to Europe are full and were full months before the flight dates. The only place we can get to is England as there are lots of open seats going there. The better half works for the airline so we fly standby. We list ourselves for the flight we want to get on and if there is an open seat we get on. We just have to pay the taxes. So if you ever need a hand just ask as long as there are open seats it's easy for me to get around. I'm full of useless information on everything...
I will check out those pumps as I will re plumb it after the concrete work. The transformer is over 20 years old now and I assume this day and age everything is battery operated so the safety thing is dealt with. Nothing like that here in France though (this was bought over from the UK when we came) . With our business it is 50% Brits and they are having a tough time with interest rates etc ☹️
What do you do for work and how much money do they pay per hour in your country what is the minimum wage. In united state it’s 15 dollars hour. There’s always a crisis going on here, since I was a kid every year there’s always some crisis in the United States, gas crisis, electric crisis, water, crisis. It’s always something. There’s always a shortage, and then by some magic the shortage is no more everything’s back to the same again it’s just a government playing games to make more money.
We run cycling holidays all around Europe. The minimum age in France is around 1500 euros a month for a 35 hour week. But we are self employed so have to make as much as we can in the summer to get us through the winter. I agree, without the Media there would never be a crisis.
nice clouds
Black ones..... we normally watch the rain in the next field just blow on by, we are in a weird position in the valley where the worst of the weather misses us 😀
😘
Cheers Mick 👍🏻