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I'm sure using 90 degree fittings to change elevation will work but best practice is to use 45 degree fittings. That allows the solids to flow more freely and not have the sudden drop at the lower elevation.
That 90° elbow is going to be an issue in the future. It will definitely clog. A 45° elbow would have been a better choice or a clean out drain right there. 🤷♂️ At least if there is any problems you will be able to fix it.
45 or 90 are both to code at least in my state. Just nothing less than 45 deg. If you think about it in a multistory building that’s the only realistic way to get between floors and it works just fine.
When you bury pipes in a trench, you should bury one of those metallic "WARNING! BURIED UTILITIES" tapes near the surface, where you can easily pick in up with a metal detector the next time you need to dig there. You are your own "Dig Safe" hotline.
I didn't say so earlier, but "hiding" that line under all those rocks is a challenge to the Great Irish Engineer Murphy and his side kick the Goddess of Gravity, telling them "there are no flies, no errors, no little potential trouble spots that will ever need me to dig this up again". Both Murphy and that sidekick can be unmerciful when they feel ignored or challenged!
@@montyharder3663 ✅👍👉🙄👌No tracer, no metal detector will pick up ABS.. No memory makes a very bad day for a (soon to be) senior. lol Pro active for memory loss… draw a map and glue it inside a utility closet. Just don’t forget to look before you dig.. lol
@@Kami8705 Yup! I bought property 10 months ago and there's multiple places with PVC sticking up and NO idea where it goes! I have puzzled out one of them with a shop vac, the others are a puzzle. Likewise light switches that turn on... nothing! Complete damn puzzle, it's crazy! When I sell the house I'm in now the new owners will get a thumbdrive of pictures explaining things and showing inside walls from a reno and information on how things work - sheesh!
We have been watching you guys since you started your move to Idaho. We've loved all your stuff. But nothing was more heart warming than seeing your boy walk down the road and say hi to dad.
As much as you will be digging for future projects, Riley should make a tilted grate to sift rocks from the soil. So when he is ready to backfill, he already has a pile of dirt without rocks ready to go.
Actually, a dedicated set up called a "Growler" and several sets of screens to grade different sizes of rocks; the back hoe and excavs are exactly what you need to load and operate one. Some other YTer's along in that same county got one and they thought it was top drawer- it immediately cut sown the amount of outside gravel and fill dirt that was needed to develop that piece of land\, and I believe he helped his "good neighbor debt" using it as well.
I was surprised they didn't install intermediate cleanouts along the sewer run, especially with that 90 degree pipe transition. (looks like a 4 foot drop, more or less). It isn't going to do them any favors.
I dunno where you found Andy, (and i've been skeptical anyone could add value to your channel) but he's awesome. I love his attitude & work ethic. Absolutely entertaining, not stealing the show, but great sense of humour & i just enjoy seeing Riley & Andy tackle tough projects.!!
No, 2 45s would cause a clog. You want either 1.5-2% of fall or free fall. Otherwise any particles rest in the pipe and the water just rushes over it without flushing the particles. Under 1.5% the flow isn’t fast enough to push particles away.
@@scottcochran384 Plus it appears the line was installed above the frost line with the base of the trench being uncompacted without a gravel liner. The pipe is going to belly and probably freeze.
I'm not a long time viewer (just the last couple of weeks) but I do appreciate the video title change. Not sure if the hate for the other title from some of the commenters were necessary, though it would seem like you got the point that people aren't here for the click bait. Most everyone seems to be here because they just enjoy your content and watching you guys navigate through life. Keep up the good content! Been enjoying it all so far.
I did notice that the eariler comments I had upvoted and commented about regarding the prior title are gone. I do not really like seeing comments deleted when they are legitimate criticism, but I do appreciate that you did read them and changed the title.
@@googacct Whether or not criticism is "legitimate" is a matter of opinion. I think people just need to chill out and stop getting needlessly outraged by insignificant stuff.
Just wanted to say again we love this channel! We completely understand the pressure of having to bend and adjust to changes. You can’t please everyone. Thanks again for all the great content!
Longtime watcher from the UK. It is a highlight to watch your videos on a Sunday. Fantastic to watch you develop your property, see how far you've come, and looking forward to more great content!
Riley, please wear your safety glasses. Eye injuries are the most preventable injury we saw in the ER. Great job. You two have done a lot in 4 years! Ollie is so cute, walking and talking too. Take care. Have fun.
I think it takes an injury before most of us men are willing to put them on. After you get that treatment to remove an embedded metal sliver.....you start wearing them.
When you reflect how much you both have completed and self taught all the skills you now have, four years is a very short time. Not only that, with Oliver and family and friends,the bond you all have together is priceless. I wanted to thank you for taking me for a great journey as well, learning with you and seeing how to push through to get the results. Congratulations! All the best from Australia.
I know someone who is going to have a frozen sewer line....these guys... ↑↑↑... The sewer line from your house is not below frostline nor is there enough cover over the downturned 90° elbow for Northern Idaho. Waste water will freeze in layers until the pipe becomes occluded and then the fun begins. I think you should build a welded steel 100' USFS style firetower with kitchen, bathroom, living space, and incinerator toilet on the top of the mountain
Best for off grid is to not mix your shit with fluid, so compost toilet with urine/poo separation is the way to go. And YES, that pipe should have been insulated big time or at least 1 meter deeper, and a heater line inside wouldn't hurt either. I am talking with experience of winters in my Norway home (-35 degrees last winter). If you don't want to go with compost, then have the septic tank close to your house so your house/basement brings heat in to the sewer pipe. Another point: when water is hard to come by, people should realize how much water is (miss)used flushing the toilet. It seems old-fashioned to have a compost toilet, but my experience with it in my self-made camper is really good. No bad smell and when you put fresh saw dust/chips on the bottom and after each load it works really well keeping the smell away. I always laugh seeing people walking with the poo-unit at the campings towards the sewer point to empty them. The smell is unreal.
It's amazing how you all get so much done each week all while learning as you go, coming up with new ideas/projects, pumping out videos, raising a child and just doing life; no small feat! Also, great work on making your adds easy to watch and always relatable to your viewers. To all involved, once again thank you for doing this; entertainment on youtube would not be the same without you all
I'm really proud of you guys, you have accomplished so much in such a short time period! And little Oliver's walking and even basic talking is so cute, we really get a kick out of watching him grow up.
Like others have said, don’t start with click bait titles like the other RUclipsrs who once were awesome and are now shills. Your content is awesome and doesn’t require that nonsense to get people to watch. Also, I like how you showed that you use eco flow for all of these different activities without making the entire video about it.
Ever since the camper van building series, I've been watching you guys and oh my gosh, I can't tell you how excited I am to see a new video from your channel. Love from Nigeria personally I wish I could also do some of these things myself here at home Tops to you guys, so I've been watching you guys for 5 years plus and counting, by God's grace I would like to see the end of your adventures. Yeah, lastly, what of the boat? When are you going to continue the boat series?
On the electric toilet, make an Electric Porta Potty. Build an out house then EcoFlow power the electric toilet. Solar the roof. LED light the inside. Put in hand sanitizer station. Make it movable so you can take it anywhere you work.
Great idea! Make it a double wide. Electric toilet room (and shower?) on one side, Power stations, batteries, hand/face wash station, mirror, countertop reverse osmosis water filter unit, tea kettle/coffee pots, dual zone portable fridge/freezer and mobile restroom control hardware in the other. Foldable/extendable extra solar topside, Insulated fresh and gray water tanks underneath. External charging and water hookups/pumps to optionally take power from your EV, a generator, or other locally available power or water (and to discharge grey water into a trucked in and out tank). Add a Mr. Cool on a timer, wifi, Starlink, and an external pan/tilt/zoom security IP camera for serious next levelness... I like the Sunba Illuminati with its extra vertical tilt angle and 25X optical zoom... Share the mini-split power timer with both sides. 😎
@@Max24871 Add small autostart/stop generator to top off the batteries when trying to burn too many "flushes" or make too much coffee. With clever forward slide and swing out roof panels, along with flip up side and back panels you could easily 9X the "roof space" using RV awning style bracing, and get a couple kilowatts worth of panels attached to a "double wide" Porta Potty. More if you connect a portable external array. For a truck-able mobile worksite restroom/kitchen, you might as well use it to comprehensibly address worksite power needs as well. The electric toilet still makes sense for avoiding having to deal with blackwater at a worksite.
I hope you don’t have too cold of winters. Around where we live you have to burry waterlines minimum 4’ underground. 6’ under a driveway to prevent freezing. Great DIY video! Good luck with the frostline. Cheers.
Another interesting fun to watch video while sipping my morning coffee. Bringing Andy on makes for fun and at times funny content and the two of you work great together. There you have it another content for your channel, Repairing your newly bought trailer.
Riley, the best part of your video for me was seeing your son, Oliver say Dada and come running to you. I can remember the whole entire process for your wife, motherhood suits her well and I know that you'll be an amazing Dad ! Good luck in the future enjoy him while he is young!!!
surprised you dont have any inspection joints to clear possible blockages also I think someone said if the slope is too step the liquid all runs down leaving the solids instead of flowing together.
IIRC you are supposed to have a full bubble on the pipe (or at least that the way for grey water/ rainwater run-off) (watched YT/Gate City Foundation Drainage)
Riley. 24:07. It looked like Andy put dirt over the weep hole for the water to drain out of the stand pipe. I’d make sure to put plenty of rock there in case you may use it a lot. Could clog or slow flow enough and then you have a busted pipe quick in the winter. Great accomplishment on the sewer. Those long term projects really can be daunting since it’s not a quick check off the todo list!!
I’m sure a lot of time and effort go into filming, editing and posting these videos, but they never seem long enough. I love what you are doing. Thanks for bringing us along.
Lots of respect for your hard work. I once owned a cabin 2 hours from a big city. Because I worked full time in the city, I had only weekends & holidays to do upkeep & renovation. List-making ensured I had the tools & materials needed for keeping the projects moving along. There's nothing quite like opening the curtains in the morning, and seeing only trees, sky & sunlight.
I love your content, me and my daughter look forward to it every Sunday. You guys are just so talented with both your building, fabrication, and then of course, raising a family now. Keep up the great work, watching it from Canada.❤😂
Sometimes the game is just the only game, gotta swing it to fool it... Tho, they could always play the game after 48 hours... but the effectiveness would have dropped according to the various YTer that had revealed their console. (IIRC YT got new tools for SEO for them)
Going far back to when I started watching your channel, it was video #13 and you guys had about 12k subs if I remember it correctly. It's been a crazy journey, congratulations on your fully functional off grid home.
I put a backup camera on my skidsteer. It was like $30 from Amazon. The tiny monitor is in the top left corner of the cab. It has made life way easier.
@@hardup9809 That's not true. I bought acreage and bought a dump truck, an excavator, a skidsteer and I don't use them for anything but personal property maintenance. I also don't have a youturd channel that pays me to buy all the equipment.
@@evancatlin1839 good point, would be the perfect time to do it. Thankfully, the buildings are close enough for a point-to-point wireless link - still, there's no replacement for hardwired data.
People never appreciate the level of excitement of having a flushing toilet, until they don't have one for a while. Then it's like Christmas morning as a child when you get one again.
@@AmbitionStrikes i recommend getting niagra stealth .8 gallon flush they also make dual flush version .9 and .5 if you are water conscious but the .8 gallon has good flush score (1000 map) and high water line water line with dual flush version you sacrifice having high water line
@@AmbitionStrikes Riley, I hope my earlier critique is seen as an enlightenment to do better and stay unfouled when the Goddess of Gravity decides to choke on you. I vote for your regular Christmas venture in your warm, indoor, flushing, water closet room! Fred
The original title was "After 4 years we're moving on... Thank you very much." The current title is "After 4 years living off-grid this has got to change"
Wow after reading all these comments, I hope you guys learn your lesson, I'd like to think you meant to say after 4 years - of off grid we're moving on and hooking up sewage to city grid, I also was so surprised to see you do this, you just gave yourselves a gut punch for no reason, buy hey to error is human....Javi G.
Good job guys …i remember my best friend bought an excavator and let me play around on it and had a blast. Loved working on it. Being from an IT background i was disappointed you guys didn’t throw a direct burial cat5 cable in the ditch. Wireless is good but you never know when you could use a good solid copper line in-between buildings. Keep up the good work. ❤❤
The pipe is too finely buried, at least four inches will rain, and the stone soil freezes for all three feet, and it is not very good to make the angles of ninety degrees and vertical parts ...
You two are awesome! For what you do together, for what you do for us, you deserve everything you've worked so hard to achieve. Thank you for bringing us along on your journey.
Those tilt trail sure are handy👍 I don't know how big the risk is, but I was told to cover the exhaust when hauling a machine backwards to prevent damage from the wind spinning the turbo backwards. I always do it for peace of mind.
It's been a fun journey for me just watching! The takeaway from this video is how big your son Oliver is getting!! It seems like seriously yesterday he was an infant, now he's a walking, talking little guy! I think it's safe to say, you guys will have another little helper before you know it! The cool part is, because of your RUclips channel, it's all on video, not just your mind's eye like most of us.
I tell people every week about your channel. People who have the drive to do their own work on their homes. My job takes me to people's basements, and you guys are such good role models. It's a joy.
I know you guys live in an area with no code requirements (or very few), but most codes exist for good reason. Especially true for plumbing. Generally, water and sewer in same trench is avoided. It’s recommended that the two have a minimum horizontal separation of 10 feet. If you have to put them in the same trench water should be 18 inches above sewer and 12 inches horizontally from sewer. And I never would have put the frost free hydrant right next to the sewer stack. But looks like it’s too late for any of these considerations.
So happy to watch Oliver walking around 💙 Won't be long and he'll be helping with the projects ☺ Riley, your ability to do all you do amazes me. So cool that Andy is there to help. Your reckless eagerness toward your projects makes me happy 🤭 Blessings from Carson City NV 🩷🌷💜🪻
True DIYers! You guys aren't afraid to tackle new things. Great job! Oliver's really getting big and he's such a happy baby. Keep up the amazing videos. 👍❤️📹😃👶👶👶👶
I am not a hater, I wait all week for their Sunday video and I see this title, "After 4 years we're moving on... Thank you very much." it ticked me off. They do not even apologize for it. Just change the title and hope it goes away. Instead we get attacked for being haters.
Well done Hugo 🎉 I've followed you since you started building your wood & glass cabin. So proud of your Journey's. Danielle will be missed, she truly is good 4 You brother. Your life has definitely changed 4 the good. Thank you both 🎉& keep up the great works 💪 🎉😊
Omg the title complaints 😱 😂 nice trailer to do your OWN towing!👍👍 look at lil man growing!😍 good idea rock free first! Well done with friend/assist Andy!🎉
So great to see the little guy on his feet ready to help!!! With both of you being so hands on and easily distracted with the work I can’t recommend enough that you install cameras on all the equipment. Things happen so fast!!! Especially when operating equipment, and please don’t ever trust the parking brake on that truck with a trailer!! Chock those wheels
You can mount mirrors on to the sides of the skid steer bolt to the lower frame below the arms of Loder arms they won't go out any wider then the tires of the skid steer and truck triangle mirrors work best
Amazing to see the backlash the title got..... are prople actually that upset? I couldnt tell you what the title was once i was 5 minutes into the video
The title was a bit "baitish"- I would have watched if it was all boring repair on the dozer tranny! Besides, it was fun watching Riley learn about plumbing- he's at least three times better at waste water than he was five years ago!
Hey guys, Congrats on the live flushing toilet. Been a long time in coming. BTY, The bottom of the bucket on the Hitachi needs a bit of welding. about 12 sticks of 7018 should do the trick.
Great job, guys! It's the little things, like a flushing toilet, that make the efforts worthwhile. Mr Ollie is getting around good. Constant supervision is the next step. In a matter of seconds, they can get into stuff you never dreamed of. And it's all worth it. Keep on keeping on.
For burying pipes, we usually try to put sand around it to avoid rocks and so if we dig in that area and we see sand, we know we are near a pipe. I would also suggest compacting it with a vibratory compactor across the driveway or it will sink over time. Compact it after every 1 foot of material added.
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suggestion for the title of this video...After 4 Years Living Off-Grid This Has to Change NEW TOILET>
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Winter projects - Trailer and Bucket refurbishment.
You should check out this song....David Wilcox - Layin` Pipe
I'm sure using 90 degree fittings to change elevation will work but best practice is to use 45 degree fittings. That allows the solids to flow more freely and not have the sudden drop at the lower elevation.
yup
I had the same thought. If any point on that line causes an issue, that'll be it.
That 90° elbow is going to be an issue in the future. It will definitely clog. A 45° elbow would have been a better choice or a clean out drain right there. 🤷♂️ At least if there is any problems you will be able to fix it.
45 or 90 are both to code at least in my state. Just nothing less than 45 deg. If you think about it in a multistory building that’s the only realistic way to get between floors and it works just fine.
And the simplest way to fit between 45 and 90 is the heat the pipe to bend it.
When you bury pipes in a trench, you should bury one of those metallic "WARNING! BURIED UTILITIES" tapes near the surface, where you can easily pick in up with a metal detector the next time you need to dig there. You are your own "Dig Safe" hotline.
I didn't say so earlier, but "hiding" that line under all those rocks is a challenge to the Great Irish Engineer Murphy and his side kick the Goddess of Gravity, telling them "there are no flies, no errors, no little potential trouble spots that will ever need me to dig this up again". Both Murphy and that sidekick can be unmerciful when they feel ignored or challenged!
@@fredericrike5974RIGHT?! Lol
@@montyharder3663
✅👍👉🙄👌No tracer, no metal detector will pick up ABS..
No memory makes a very bad day for a (soon to be) senior. lol
Pro active for memory loss… draw a map and glue it inside a utility closet.
Just don’t forget to look before you dig.. lol
@@E77721 it's not even about them not remembering. Some day somebody else will own that property and be trying to decipher what they did
@@Kami8705 Yup! I bought property 10 months ago and there's multiple places with PVC sticking up and NO idea where it goes! I have puzzled out one of them with a shop vac, the others are a puzzle. Likewise light switches that turn on... nothing! Complete damn puzzle, it's crazy! When I sell the house I'm in now the new owners will get a thumbdrive of pictures explaining things and showing inside walls from a reno and information on how things work - sheesh!
We have been watching you guys since you started your move to Idaho. We've loved all your stuff. But nothing was more heart warming than seeing your boy walk down the road and say hi to dad.
As much as you will be digging for future projects, Riley should make a tilted grate to sift rocks from the soil. So when he is ready to backfill, he already has a pile of dirt without rocks ready to go.
Plus rocks for stuff too
Actually, a dedicated set up called a "Growler" and several sets of screens to grade different sizes of rocks; the back hoe and excavs are exactly what you need to load and operate one. Some other YTer's along in that same county got one and they thought it was top drawer- it immediately cut sown the amount of outside gravel and fill dirt that was needed to develop that piece of land\, and I believe he helped his "good neighbor debt" using it as well.
Grizzley bars
If the slope of the pipe is too steep, the liquid will outrun the solids. Not good.
I was surprised they didn't install intermediate cleanouts along the sewer run, especially with that 90 degree pipe transition. (looks like a 4 foot drop, more or less). It isn't going to do them any favors.
I dunno where you found Andy, (and i've been skeptical anyone could add value to your channel) but he's awesome. I love his attitude & work ethic. Absolutely entertaining, not stealing the show, but great sense of humour & i just enjoy seeing Riley & Andy tackle tough projects.!!
We had no idea how much we needed an Andy in our lives. 🙌
Is Andy from Lancashire?
Made my Day seeing Oliver walking down the driveway.
You both are Truly Amazing, Oliver is such a lucky kid to grow up with such creative energetic parents.
16:53 you should be using 2 45s instead of 90s for those elevation transitions.
I noticed that too
gonna end up with a "Poo Pile" where the solids drop n hit... will be plugged off soon..
No, 2 45s would cause a clog. You want either 1.5-2% of fall or free fall. Otherwise any particles rest in the pipe and the water just rushes over it without flushing the particles. Under 1.5% the flow isn’t fast enough to push particles away.
@@scottcochran384 Plus it appears the line was installed above the frost line with the base of the trench being uncompacted without a gravel liner. The pipe is going to belly and probably freeze.
@@RoscoeColtrane Pipe needed to be bedded in stone to prevent bellies/backpitch. Should have gone min 5 - 6' deep especially under a driveway.
Riley, I hope you tell Courtney that you love her and thank her 100 times a day!
I'm not a long time viewer (just the last couple of weeks) but I do appreciate the video title change. Not sure if the hate for the other title from some of the commenters were necessary, though it would seem like you got the point that people aren't here for the click bait. Most everyone seems to be here because they just enjoy your content and watching you guys navigate through life. Keep up the good content! Been enjoying it all so far.
Kind of annoying they all piled on in separate comment threads.
I suspect you dont know what the other title was.
I did notice that the eariler comments I had upvoted and commented about regarding the prior title are gone. I do not really like seeing comments deleted when they are legitimate criticism, but I do appreciate that you did read them and changed the title.
@@googacct Whether or not criticism is "legitimate" is a matter of opinion. I think people just need to chill out and stop getting needlessly outraged by insignificant stuff.
@@googacct another show of shitty morals.
Just wanted to say again we love this channel! We completely understand the pressure of having to bend and adjust to changes.
You can’t please everyone.
Thanks again for all the great content!
Longtime watcher from the UK. It is a highlight to watch your videos on a Sunday. Fantastic to watch you develop your property, see how far you've come, and looking forward to more great content!
Riley, please wear your safety glasses. Eye injuries are the most preventable injury we saw in the ER.
Great job. You two have done a lot in 4 years!
Ollie is so cute, walking and talking too.
Take care.
Have fun.
I think it takes an injury before most of us men are willing to put them on. After you get that treatment to remove an embedded metal sliver.....you start wearing them.
Wow!!! It's great! The WORK you have put in made this possible! Go, Ambition Strikes!
Super cool. No matter the title, I'm watching this dynamic duo. Love yall's work,it is so much more rewarding when ya Do It Yourself.
OMG!!!!, HIS almost running already, GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
When you reflect how much you both have completed and self taught all the skills you now have, four years is a very short time. Not only that, with Oliver and family and friends,the bond you all have together is priceless. I wanted to thank you for taking me for a great journey as well, learning with you and seeing how to push through to get the results. Congratulations! All the best from Australia.
I know someone who is going to have a frozen sewer line....these guys... ↑↑↑... The sewer line from your house is not below frostline nor is there enough cover over the downturned 90° elbow for Northern Idaho. Waste water will freeze in layers until the pipe becomes occluded and then the fun begins.
I think you should build a welded steel 100' USFS style firetower with kitchen, bathroom, living space, and incinerator toilet on the top of the mountain
I am glad I am not the only one that noticed that . I wish them luck this coming winter.
Best for off grid is to not mix your shit with fluid, so compost toilet with urine/poo separation is the way to go. And YES, that pipe should have been insulated big time or at least 1 meter deeper, and a heater line inside wouldn't hurt either. I am talking with experience of winters in my Norway home (-35 degrees last winter). If you don't want to go with compost, then have the septic tank close to your house so your house/basement brings heat in to the sewer pipe.
Another point: when water is hard to come by, people should realize how much water is (miss)used flushing the toilet. It seems old-fashioned to have a compost toilet, but my experience with it in my self-made camper is really good. No bad smell and when you put fresh saw dust/chips on the bottom and after each load it works really well keeping the smell away. I always laugh seeing people walking with the poo-unit at the campings towards the sewer point to empty them. The smell is unreal.
Digging it up in spring to do it again...I love my job so much I do it twice.
Thanks!
Thanks so much James! We really appreciate your support.
Don from Greham wa-- watched you guys from the beginning- love adding Andy and family to your channel what else can I say-- your the best 😎
It's amazing how you all get so much done each week all while learning as you go, coming up with new ideas/projects, pumping out videos, raising a child and just doing life; no small feat! Also, great work on making your adds easy to watch and always relatable to your viewers. To all involved, once again thank you for doing this; entertainment on youtube would not be the same without you all
That military dump truck is awesome. Great job. I love this channel!❤😊
I'm really proud of you guys, you have accomplished so much in such a short time period! And little Oliver's walking and even basic talking is so cute, we really get a kick out of watching him grow up.
Appreciate the title change. Unsurprising considering the avalanche of distain.
You are better than clickbait
Thank you for posting this on Sunday mornings. I LOVE sitting down with my coffee and watching you work!
Thanks for sharing your Sunday with us! ☺️
Like others have said, don’t start with click bait titles like the other RUclipsrs who once were awesome and are now shills. Your content is awesome and doesn’t require that nonsense to get people to watch. Also, I like how you showed that you use eco flow for all of these different activities without making the entire video about it.
Lol whats a shill they do this for a living
Ever since the camper van building series, I've been watching you guys and oh my gosh, I can't tell you how excited I am to see a new video from your channel. Love from Nigeria personally I wish I could also do some of these things myself here at home
Tops to you guys, so I've been watching you guys for 5 years plus and counting, by God's grace I would like to see the end of your adventures.
Yeah, lastly, what of the boat? When are you going to continue the boat series?
"It's time to start laying pipe, my favorite activity" 🤣
Yep...every man's favorite activity! Next to bailing hay. Or drilling.
Which leads to the upcoming video title, “Oliver’s going to be a big brother”.
A clean out every 100' or 200' is a good idea. Tree roots will sometimes find their way into the pipes when they find water.
On the electric toilet, make an Electric Porta Potty. Build an out house then EcoFlow power the electric toilet. Solar the roof. LED light the inside. Put in hand sanitizer station. Make it movable so you can take it anywhere you work.
Next Level porta-poty for very remote, hard to service locations.
Sounds like a viable product!
Great idea! Make it a double wide. Electric toilet room (and shower?) on one side, Power stations, batteries, hand/face wash station, mirror, countertop reverse osmosis water filter unit, tea kettle/coffee pots, dual zone portable fridge/freezer and mobile restroom control hardware in the other. Foldable/extendable extra solar topside, Insulated fresh and gray water tanks underneath. External charging and water hookups/pumps to optionally take power from your EV, a generator, or other locally available power or water (and to discharge grey water into a trucked in and out tank). Add a Mr. Cool on a timer, wifi, Starlink, and an external pan/tilt/zoom security IP camera for serious next levelness... I like the Sunba Illuminati with its extra vertical tilt angle and 25X optical zoom... Share the mini-split power timer with both sides. 😎
On second thought... Electric toilet... Should probably put the shower stall outside... ⚡️
You could use that maybe once a day max with how little solar would fit on such a roof. Probably even less.
@@Max24871 Add small autostart/stop generator to top off the batteries when trying to burn too many "flushes" or make too much coffee. With clever forward slide and swing out roof panels, along with flip up side and back panels you could easily 9X the "roof space" using RV awning style bracing, and get a couple kilowatts worth of panels attached to a "double wide" Porta Potty. More if you connect a portable external array. For a truck-able mobile worksite restroom/kitchen, you might as well use it to comprehensibly address worksite power needs as well. The electric toilet still makes sense for avoiding having to deal with blackwater at a worksite.
The baby is WALKING ? Oh that made me feel so good for U2. God Be With You both.
From Saudi Arab , I am happy for you and wish you the best
I hope you don’t have too cold of winters. Around where we live you have to burry waterlines minimum 4’ underground. 6’ under a driveway to prevent freezing. Great DIY video! Good luck with the frostline. Cheers.
Another interesting fun to watch video while sipping my morning coffee. Bringing Andy on makes for fun and at times funny content and the two of you work great together. There you have it another content for your channel, Repairing your newly bought trailer.
Riley, the best part of your video for me was seeing your son, Oliver say Dada and come running to you. I can remember the whole entire process for your wife, motherhood suits her well and I know that you'll be an amazing Dad ! Good luck in the future enjoy him while he is young!!!
surprised you dont have any inspection joints to clear possible blockages also I think someone said if the slope is too step the liquid all runs down leaving the solids instead of flowing together.
IIRC you are supposed to have a full bubble on the pipe (or at least that the way for grey water/ rainwater run-off)
(watched YT/Gate City Foundation Drainage)
Riley does know the correct way to slope a drain line. He talked about it when they did the septic to the shipping container.
Riley. 24:07. It looked like Andy put dirt over the weep hole for the water to drain out of the stand pipe. I’d make sure to put plenty of rock there in case you may use it a lot. Could clog or slow flow enough and then you have a busted pipe quick in the winter. Great accomplishment on the sewer. Those long term projects really can be daunting since it’s not a quick check off the todo list!!
You guys are awesome. I wonder what this place will look like in 10 years when everything is fully set and ticking.
I’m sure a lot of time and effort go into filming, editing and posting these videos, but they never seem long enough. I love what you are doing. Thanks for bringing us along.
Wow, tough crowd! Awesome video as always. I'm diggin that man-made creek!
Lots of respect for your hard work. I once owned a cabin 2 hours from a big city. Because I worked full time in the city, I had only weekends & holidays to do upkeep & renovation. List-making ensured I had the tools & materials needed for keeping the projects moving along. There's nothing quite like opening the curtains in the morning, and seeing only trees, sky & sunlight.
Congratulations 🎈🎉🎊 on a flushing toilet. I have watched since the truck camper! Love you guy’s🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
I love your content, me and my daughter look forward to it every Sunday. You guys are just so talented with both your building, fabrication, and then of course, raising a family now. Keep up the great work, watching it from Canada.❤😂
I agree with all of the clickbait comments. I watch you guys because you make good, interesting content. You don’t need to bait me.
I can only guess the bait is not meant for loyal followers like the regular commenters, but to attract new followers.
It's RUclips. You play their game or the algorithm stuffs your content. No people like the Mr. Beast style title cards, but the bots love them.
Sometimes the game is just the only game, gotta swing it to fool it...
Tho, they could always play the game after 48 hours... but the effectiveness would have dropped according to the various YTer that had revealed their console. (IIRC YT got new tools for SEO for them)
Going far back to when I started watching your channel, it was video #13 and you guys had about 12k subs if I remember it correctly. It's been a crazy journey, congratulations on your fully functional off grid home.
Wow, that feels like a lifetime ago! Thanks for coming on this journey with us. ☺️
You would think that people who build houses would put a clean out on the pipe in case of a blockage, now they will have to rip up a bit of pipe.
I put a backup camera on my skidsteer. It was like $30 from Amazon. The tiny monitor is in the top left corner of the cab. It has made life way easier.
"Tight budget" is not phrase I've ever associated with this channel, lol
! Consumption Strikes
For real no one is just going out and buying dump trucks, excavators, bulldozer etcetc
@@hardup9809 That's not true. I bought acreage and bought a dump truck, an excavator, a skidsteer and I don't use them for anything but personal property maintenance. I also don't have a youturd channel that pays me to buy all the equipment.
@@hardup9809equipment is expensive. Just like farmers they are asset rich but probably not very liquid.
@@evancatlin1839 good point, would be the perfect time to do it. Thankfully, the buildings are close enough for a point-to-point wireless link - still, there's no replacement for hardwired data.
Hey Reilly, put a pair of car mirrors on the skid steer for backing up. I did this on my kubota 4x4 tractor, works great, Love hearong Oliver talking!
Woohoo! A new septic with a REAL toilet!
It really was the final piece to our home being done, and it feels so surreal!
@@AmbitionStrikes and you had to click bait? Poor choice. You made your subscribers upset.
@@frankd6142 They have had titles like that for years. It generates a lot of comments.
Riley when you drive the truck the sound of the turbocharger is just so cool to hear.
People never appreciate the level of excitement of having a flushing toilet, until they don't have one for a while. Then it's like Christmas morning as a child when you get one again.
This is so true! It still feels a bit like Christmas every time I walk in the bathroom.
@@AmbitionStrikesI do believe you!
@@AmbitionStrikes i recommend getting niagra stealth .8 gallon flush they also make dual flush version .9 and .5 if you are water conscious but the .8 gallon has good flush score (1000 map) and high water line water line with dual flush version you sacrifice having high water line
@@AmbitionStrikes Riley, I hope my earlier critique is seen as an enlightenment to do better and stay unfouled when the Goddess of Gravity decides to choke on you. I vote for your regular Christmas venture in your warm, indoor, flushing, water closet room! Fred
@@AmbitionStrikes Time teach Oliver use toilet
Oliver is adorable. Super cute walking down the driveway and saying Hi Dada.
The original title was "After 4 years we're moving on... Thank you very much."
The current title is "After 4 years living off-grid this has got to change"
daaaaang, that's out right savage click bait title.
The best one was Paul Harrell's "I'm Dead" that he recorded before he died.
Wow after reading all these comments, I hope you guys learn your lesson, I'd like to think you meant to say after 4 years - of off grid we're moving on and hooking up sewage to city grid, I also was so surprised to see you do this, you just gave yourselves a gut punch for no reason, buy hey to error is human....Javi G.
you are going to need doors for the Army truck this winter!!!!!!!
Good job guys …i remember my best friend bought an excavator and let me play around on it and had a blast. Loved working on it.
Being from an IT background i was disappointed you guys didn’t throw a direct burial cat5 cable in the ditch.
Wireless is good but you never know when you could use a good solid copper line in-between buildings. Keep up the good work. ❤❤
The pipe is too finely buried, at least four inches will rain, and the stone soil freezes for all three feet, and it is not very good to make the angles of ninety degrees and vertical parts ...
You two are awesome! For what you do together, for what you do for us, you deserve everything you've worked so hard to achieve. Thank you for bringing us along on your journey.
Running water line next to sewer line. Big no no, that’s how people die.
I hope Andy sticks around, watching him and Riley work together is very entertaining...
You're water line should be above the sewer line...
Those tilt trail sure are handy👍 I don't know how big the risk is, but I was told to cover the exhaust when hauling a machine backwards to prevent damage from the wind spinning the turbo backwards. I always do it for peace of mind.
1/4” drop per foot.
Underground tape - danger buried electrical cable below?
It's been a fun journey for me just watching! The takeaway from this video is how big your son Oliver is getting!! It seems like seriously yesterday he was an infant, now he's a walking, talking little guy! I think it's safe to say, you guys will have another little helper before you know it! The cool part is, because of your RUclips channel, it's all on video, not just your mind's eye like most of us.
Why not make a portable bathroom for projects with the old toilet.
I tell people every week about your channel. People who have the drive to do their own work on their homes. My job takes me to people's basements, and you guys are such good role models. It's a joy.
I know you guys live in an area with no code requirements (or very few), but most codes exist for good reason. Especially true for plumbing. Generally, water and sewer in same trench is avoided. It’s recommended that the two have a minimum horizontal separation of 10 feet. If you have to put them in the same trench water should be 18 inches above sewer and 12 inches horizontally from sewer. And I never would have put the frost free hydrant right next to the sewer stack. But looks like it’s too late for any of these considerations.
So happy to watch Oliver walking around 💙 Won't be long and he'll be helping with the projects ☺ Riley, your ability to do all you do amazes me. So cool that Andy is there to help. Your reckless eagerness toward your projects makes me happy 🤭 Blessings from Carson City NV 🩷🌷💜🪻
So, is Andy a full time employee now? He has been in all of your recent videos.
True DIYers! You guys aren't afraid to tackle new things. Great job! Oliver's really getting big and he's such a happy baby. Keep up the amazing videos. 👍❤️📹😃👶👶👶👶
Please I like your chill attitude, click are doesn’t help
Yayyyy a video of the old place. This is what I love . As a little edit, the Geese have started arriving in Scotland last week.
We’re looking forward to making more videos up here this fall!
Wow, so many haters in the comment section. Don't listen to them, keep up the great work! Yes, I watched the whole video.
Yeah don't listen to your core audience and watch your channel die. Great advice.
I am not a hater, I wait all week for their Sunday video and I see this title, "After 4 years we're moving on... Thank you very much." it ticked me off. They do not even apologize for it. Just change the title and hope it goes away. Instead we get attacked for being haters.
@@frankd6142Yeah this guy just convinced me to unsubscribe.
Well done Hugo 🎉 I've followed you since you started building your wood & glass cabin. So proud of your Journey's. Danielle will be missed, she truly is good 4 You brother. Your life has definitely changed 4 the good. Thank you both 🎉& keep up the great works 💪 🎉😊
Combustion toilet should go in shop area
I think Mike Holmes might actually be jealous of you with your love and fun for the work you have and do :) !
Omg the title complaints 😱 😂 nice trailer to do your OWN towing!👍👍 look at lil man growing!😍 good idea rock free first! Well done with friend/assist Andy!🎉
So great to see the little guy on his feet ready to help!!! With both of you being so hands on and easily distracted with the work I can’t recommend enough that you install cameras on all the equipment. Things happen so fast!!! Especially when operating equipment, and please don’t ever trust the parking brake on that truck with a trailer!! Chock those wheels
The heart attack that title gave me... I love ya guys, but please skip the clickbait.
You can mount mirrors on to the sides of the skid steer bolt to the lower frame below the arms of Loder arms they won't go out any wider then the tires of the skid steer and truck triangle mirrors work best
@14:50 amen brother
Beat me to it 🤣
Oliver isn’t here by accident 😂😂😂
33:30 I think you should ask for them to sponsor you with the LNG/LPG gas model of the incinerator toilet and retrofit your truck camper with one!
Oh yeah clearly a lot of people are upset about the click bait, tbf I don't think it was to bad, but maybe don't do click bait ever again lol
Those rocks would be great for a retaining wall
Your videos are number one. But the clickbait was number two. 😅
18:30 We electricians use something called a Pipe Heater to get around this issue, but I do know the PVC we use is different than what plumbers use.
Amazing to see the backlash the title got..... are prople actually that upset? I couldnt tell you what the title was once i was 5 minutes into the video
The title was a bit "baitish"- I would have watched if it was all boring repair on the dozer tranny! Besides, it was fun watching Riley learn about plumbing- he's at least three times better at waste water than he was five years ago!
Yeah its a summy practice, it should be treated as such.
What was the original title?
@@jordanabendroth6458 something along the lines of “It’s been four years… time to move on”
I don't watch for title. Just know it's sunday and time to tune in....
Hey guys, Congrats on the live flushing toilet. Been a long time in coming. BTY, The bottom of the bucket on the Hitachi needs a bit of welding. about 12 sticks of 7018 should do the trick.
omg you scared me with the title 😂
Great job, guys! It's the little things, like a flushing toilet, that make the efforts worthwhile. Mr Ollie is getting around good. Constant supervision is the next step. In a matter of seconds, they can get into stuff you never dreamed of. And it's all worth it. Keep on keeping on.
Y’all make great videos!
Thanks Allan!
For burying pipes, we usually try to put sand around it to avoid rocks and so if we dig in that area and we see sand, we know we are near a pipe. I would also suggest compacting it with a vibratory compactor across the driveway or it will sink over time. Compact it after every 1 foot of material added.
The title was?????
After 4 Years we're Moving On. Thank you very much.
Thank you for showing the trick of marking the dry fit with a Sharpie so you can get the twist for the glue and keep everything lined up.
Courtney's very beautiful 😍 love her hair
Yep that "behind the shed". dirt is absolutely amazing. Gold really. Pay attention to that stuff. Wow. ‼
Why you scare me like that 😂