DIY Rainwater Harvesting System with a Tarp and IBC Tote | Off Grid Cabin Build #20
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- In this episode of our off grid cabin build series we are trying to make our own rainwater harvesting system with a tarp and an IBC tote. We pulled the tarp on top of the walls so that water would be directed down to a certain spot, where we put a pipe so it can eventually drain into the IBC tote.
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I like to see every stage; time lapse is great for things we've seen in more detail earlier.
With enough insulation, plumbing in the exterior wall should be just fine.
show everything that you build
No I like to watch the whole thing I actually like seeing things get built you learn something have a good day
New sub to your channel here ... been in the building trades since 1973. Both home and commercial. I enjoy watching building and help if I can with questions. Since you ask questions of your viewers which is a good idea especially being your first build. I haven’t watched all of your videos but your framing looks just fine. You’ve tied your walls in ( perfect ) I would make one suggestion that I’ve noticed on your bathtub I see that it’s un-installed at the present time I also see that you haven’t cut the floor out for the drain. Which might be a very good idea prior to reinstalling the tub.. you will need to cut a rectangle out of the floor approximately 6 inches wide by about 9 to 10 inches long to accommodate your drain kit. Which is much easier to do from the top of the floor it will start right at the edge of your bottom plate for the overflow pipe and go toward the back of the tub about 9 perhaps even a foot depending on your tub then find the center of your tub drain in inches make a mark on the floor where the center of the tub should set then make a mark about 3 inches each side of that center mark then mark out that box and cut it out of the floor.. if you want after all the plumbing is complete you can then go under the house and build a box to cover that hole up. This In the past was a standard way of making room for your tub drain so unless tub design has changed this is something you may want to do ahead of time. I would definitely investigate it before you reinstall your tub... as for the tarp all I can say is good luck I’ve never had one not fail when installed that way good luck
George Vangordon jr thanks for your suggestions.
Remember... tubs come in left side and right side for drain connections. Get home with the one you want.
As a retired finish carpenter I will tell you. There is no better teacher then just doing hands on training. Books don't always have the answers and books do not teach you to think.
kbetol78 I have learned a lot in the last couple of months. That’s for sure!
I love that y'all show the whole process including the trial and error and learning from your mistakes. We bought 5 acres in Oklahoma for a homestead last April and I need all the ideas and inspiration I can get!
Would love to see everything! Love watching you guys building your home! Somehow I find feeling like I am building it with you.
Skipping is good, reputation avoided. Keeps me from fast forwarding, lol. Loving your family doing, working and learning together. I learn from mistakes so I enjoy knowing it happens to everyone.
Tina Holman glad to have you watching!
I'd really enjoy watching every aspect. People can fastforward any parts they don't want to watch.
Also love you all especially tux.
Hi Pak Martin. It's nice to see your new uploaded video. Awesome..!!
everything...im building my first jouse now based on what youre teaching, learning! your humble and simple approach inspires!
I don't mind the skipping. I like the tarp idea. Hopefully it works for you all. You might want to look at having some half inch pvc 10 foot lengths around. You can use it for various projects ribs for roofing, green house projects and other things. Oh don't forget some various fittings. Also go ahead and put your plumbing on the outside wall. Insulation insulation insulation. Think about using PEX. Very user friendly and stands up in cold temps. Also insulate sewer lines they will freeze also. It gets very cold in northern Idaho. I know from living in priest lake.
Everything. I'm enjoying the build and learning. Speaking from tarp experience, I don't think it will last.
Carol LaVelle 😆 maybe not.
When I built my house it rained every night. The subfloor was soaked with water standing on it from Tuesday to Monday when I got the OSB on the roof. Did not hurt it. A contractor I knew told me a house he was building had over a foot of snow in a house for over 2 weeks, no damage.
Collecting rain water is great, don't worry about the floor.
Loving the channel carry on any way you like just love to see the build coming on God bless you all.
Simon Knight Thanks!
I like to see everything!! I don’t want to miss anything , you always have important information, tips and tricks sometimes just little things are very helpful ❤️🙏🏼 god bless from Canada 🇨🇦
Taylor & Allison A-TAY thank you!
Totally cool with that
Skipping is fine less video work LOLOL Doing what you are doing giving a general progress and some pics is good. Love the tarp lolol. Insulate your piping on any and all exterior wall piping especially in the crawl space. GREAT job puppy for climbing that step ladder...awesome. My golden retriever would have nothing to do with climbing a ladder LOL. There is some sealant that you can put into a self pump container that you can spray onto the plywood flooring and it will really help to save your plywood.
The way you're doing the video is great. Really enjoy watching.
Patricia Ingalls thanks!
Enjoy each and every video of your bless
Hey, guys. I always enjoy watching your videos, you all have a great, positive attitude. Tux is so cute and definitely the "star" of the show. I appreciate small clips of the in between build and skipping is reasonably fine because you, of course, are building a house. Time lapse is good as well. Thank you again for sharing. I am learning a good bit from your build.
Holly Lively Tux is the star! Agreed! 🐶
Glad everything is going well. Way to go Pak Martin!
I like it that way
Yes cool with that! Great job Guys!
Don't have to worry about rain, osb floor sheathing is rated for water exposure. Check the stamp on osb. Tent is great for sun shading! Using a drill to drive screws sucks, wait until you receive your viewer sent impact driver. You will be amazed at what a better tool this is for screws.
Pak Martin i'd like you show everything ..step by step...thats more complete knowledge for us..thx alot cheeers...
even house roof not ready . but small shade also give us glad. this tarpaulin shade so much ..
Go Tux!
Yes, protect that floor. And cool if you can collect the water.
I've done this myself and the easiest way to stop pooling is to support the tarp, in between beams, with cattle panels.Hope this helps.
Agree with cattle panels and 2x4 in the middle for support try to reduce the sagging. Glad you tested it first.
totally cool with that.
I have just joined your channel. but I would like to see everything from the videos that I have seen y'all are doing a really good job
thewoodpost great to have you join us here!
You are going about it perfect 👌 skipping walls that are basically the same is a good idea. I will have to tell you I enjoy watching your process but I’m afraid you’re dog going up the ladder may have taken a little of your thunder 😉
Jack MacDonald Tux is a pretty awesome dog! 🐶
I will watch anything you do but I would rather see it all being done :)
Linda Henderson thank you!
Tidak sabar mahu melihat rumah ini siap. Pandai Pak Martin, rumah bisa dibuat sendiri😀
And I really like you guys, so happy and funny
Well Heck ,Sir Marty itall good keep up what ur doing. Arkansas, Rick.Mary.
Pak Martin.. i hope you update everthing you built.
I personality enjoy your video when you built your house....
Masih pake google translate hahahahaha
Tarps catch more wind than rain any day! Nice shade! Praying those rafters will arrive early! :)
love the mcgyver tarp! we need ropes, Martin, Ropes! 📢⛑⛑
Hello, Mr. Martin. Nice project, no comments about it. If I was in your pants, I would first of all focus on the roof, if it doesn't need internal supports. The roof is the main value when building, specially at your location which is very prone to winter and rain or simplier said weather mood swings.. =) With the roof waterproof you can build even in bad weather in the insides.. No hurry, that's only my opinion. I have the feeling that this winter will be sooner as usual, maybe I'm wrong.. but.. well...you know..
Cheers and greetings from the slovenian conuntry in central Europe..
You are doing a great job.....your video is perfect.
like the way you did it
Laundry room with a double wall just high enough for your washer n dryer hookuplike four foot wall on the inside underneath the window
No Marty! It's incredibly satisfying to watch the house come together. Show us all! 😁
it's good make time lapse👍
Muito bom👍👏👏👏
About doing the plumbing outside of your laundry room, you can create an insulated frame with a door attached just in case you need to have to work with the plumbing. In other words, a kind of insulated box with a door, so the plumbing doesn't become an undesirable view.
Put some pieces of plywood on end of a two by four and raise up in some of the low spots.
Sukses selalu mr jhonson, god blees u n family
I go with your opinion keep the plumbing out off the wall for two reasons one to keep the heat away from elementals I mean cold weather out of the house second preventing leaks into the house wall .
I put plumbing in an out side north wall then foamed the entire cavity..two winters now and not a problem
Jusi found ur vids. VERY USEFUL
Gread dad
Daily Vlogs is my vote brother! But i know how busy you are.
Plumb with pex A tubing and it will help minimize frozen pipes. It has excellent freeze / thaw / burst ratings. Best to install pipes up through the floors not the walls, and if pipe is installed in walls, wrap the pipes with pre-slit pipe insulation.
If you do plumbing on the exterior wall, make sure to put in a disconnect and valve for that section so you can just shut it off and drain that section when the temps dip super low.
I would try to minimize length and turns to the dryer vent so it will work more efficiently. The dryer is one of the biggest energy drains on your house.
subaru4me good advice. Thanks!
Dryer exhaust length cannot exceed 35 feet. Deduct 5 feet for every 90 degree turn.
You're done it backward if you were hoping to collect water. You can raise up both sides let it collect in the center, lower one end. But good luck cause I truly think the trap will be gone like the wind!
I have modified several things on my house. One way I can think of to keep the pipes from freezing is to build and insulate the exterior wall, including the drywall, then apply a four inch wall to that to house the plumbing. Maybe even use a grill ( like an air return grill) as a cover at the pipes so the heated room air can enter.
Lol your boxer is just to smart
Might be a good idea to run all water pipes inside the house. Run them along the baseboards in a boxed channel. Use Pex Pipe, it expands if pipe freezes. Just a great product. Gets very cold in the winter and running water pipes inside is getting more popular for a great reason. GOOD LUCK, Vinny 🇺🇸 PS, REINFORCE THAT TARP. THOSE PATHETIC GROMMETS WONT HOLD. YOU CAN BUY SPECIAL GROMMETS THAT EASILY ATTACH TO THE TARP. WHEN DONE YOU CAN SAVE THEM FOR ANOTHER TARP.
Everything every single nail
I like to see it all even though it's the same wall it's a little bit different experience and so I enjoy seeing all of it. As for the laundry room I think it's a good idea for the extra storage I think it really depends on how you're going to heat your cabin and whether or not the laundry room will stay warm enough to keep the pipes from freezing but what would be wrong with just putting the storage on the window / exterior wall? I think the tarp will still be there in 10 or 12 days I don't know about two or three or four weeks till you get your trusses.
Oh and I do think you guys are doing a great job not just the way you're building the cabin set the whole family Thing too.
I want to see everything! Why? Cuz hubby and I are doing exactly the same thing in Colorado! You’re ahead of us because we did a block foundation. Now finishing up the concrete work. Sill plates are cut. Yowwwww!
Ok I’ll try to show more.
Better to get the roof on before halloween; it’s usually the first snow day! I helped frame 6 houses in Spokane and grew up in cda!
Peter Scherling ❄️ I hope we are dried in before then!
yes show all what your building to your answer
It will be like Rhett Butler. Gone with the wind.
Were you planning on using pex for the plumbing? If so I believe you will be fine as long as you have adequate insulation. Ive seen professionals swear by pex that its better the pvc for cold environments. I would suggest some research to verify. But I think its doable from my handy man experience. Good luck!
You are right to not want plumbing in an exterior wall, not even the drain let alone water supply. However you can still arrange the washer and dryer on that wall with a work around. Finish the exterior wall as standard with insulation, vapour barrier and drywall. Then build a "knee wall" approximately 48" high ( a bit higher than the washer and dryer height) in front of, in contact with and firmly affixed to the structural exterior wall. Run all the plumbing in the stud cavities of this wall then drywall and finish - no insulation, no vapour barrier. 2 x 4 studs should give you plenty of depth for a washer drain and water lines - depending how and where you are running the 4" diameter dryer vent you might need 2x6 studs. The plumbing will be on the "warm side" of the insulation. Yes you will loose some floor space doing this but you get your preferred arrangement.
I also noticed you have completed some of your headers so they are flush with the front face of the studs. How about a quick update on how you did those?
Cute shot of Tux being so insistent on getting up the ladder to his Daddy!! :-)
As ever updates are enjoyed.
Thanks and Cheers
Carl
I enjoy all of your videos. So more (and longer) videos is what I would prefer. Also I don't know much about extremely cold weather but in an exterior wall can't the pipes be subjected to freeze?
GBU Pak Martin
Yap.
Keep the pipes out of the wall. If you must bring them up just inside the wall but insulate them well in the crawl space.
Everything
Put the plumbing on the exterior wall when u add on move washer dryer and H2O heater all to the garage and the bedroom now has a walking closet also put heavy electric on that wall so it's a garage or work shop or man cave
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make time lapse display. one day make a summary of all instalations.
You could do the short double wall as someone suggested, or use closed cell spray foam in that wall. It's R-Value is much higher. 4" of spray foam should get you about an R 28 or better.
Yeah.. It's cool to leave out some of the stuff... Avoid outside wall plumbing. You'll be glad you did. Need some center 2x4's strategically on low spots to keep rain moving downhill. As is , I think you'll see a collapse of your 'roof'
I don't know tbh.. I'm torn about the skipping. Ha ha. I love to see the progress... but I do get that it is kinda repetitive in some ways... and I'm sure you can work better without having to worry about vlog content etc. Anyway... it's still awesome !! Sooooo cute when Tux climbed the ladder. 😊
I like skipping when it’s he same thing. New content every time keeps it more interesting
Show as everything, so that I would get ideas, on not making the mistakes that you are making. Just be extra careful with the family best wishes.
Run the plumbing inside the house, it's a laundry room. That's what we did, it will never freeze and if it does, its right there and serviceable! Who cares if you see red or blue pex. You only have to satisfy yourselves.
How much more do you have before you put the trusses in? That would be the best way to take care of any water problem
Good vids and I have used tarps a lot wind knows how to undo any fixing known to man.
With 5.5 inches of insulation and your supply pipes close to the drywall side - you should be fine. Having said that, note that your supply pipes do not have to enter from the wall - they can enter from the interior wall and be run on the surface,.
Extra insulation around the pipes ! Skipping steps is ok as it’s just repetitive construction !
Where did you get that tank?
Do you build your internal wall lower then the outside walls so the trusses dont sit on them ?
Double the outside laundry wall then plumb it.
Show everything, don't care too much for the skipping, too many people skip, it's like watching a movie and they skip to the end half-way, saying oh i figured you would be bored watching that middle part , not true ! I wouldn't watch if all i want is a lot of skipping, so that was nice that you asked everyone, very nice 👌, 😊👍💕💕💕
Put a 2" - 3" PVC pipe from the basement or crawlspace to the attic for future chase, elect, alarm, tv ect.
Good idea.
I wanna see everything dude
Would love to see a time lapse of it all
No plumbing for outside walls. An occasional skip is okay by me as long as you let us know it was done. The tarp is worth a try but if you have strong winds I wouldn't hold your breath of it staying together.
Do it the way you want
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Intexterior Wall, shelves exterior
Show everything :)
Do the way you think is best
my vote is a good rain it goes flying. or if rains come it blows the low points then drowns the lot. best bet too make T supports that level the tarp too run the way you want. no open areas that are not supported. but the tarp is too small for that idea. should of went with a 30 by 60. run then five foot side too the walls to keep the wind from taking it. and there isn't that much more cost then what you spent. the idea is too keep the water out of the house with what you got too work with. here's another idea, think about raising the roof a few feet ,adding a taller loft. or just go with the seven foot wall and floor the attic into full rooms.
i read an article, grand solar minimum/cooling earth will coming in 2020 to 2070, so you must make your house strong and durable