Plumbing the Kitchen Sink in my Off Grid Log Cabin, Root Cellar Renovations
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2023
- With winter winding down, I'm eager to get started on building my summer kitchen, but first I need to finish the root cellar under the cabin and install drainage and fresh water plumbing to the indoor kitchen.
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Because of your channels and Acre Homestead, we have amassed enough prepared food to sustain my husband and I for at least a year. I am now pressure canning our meats to be shelf stable, meals in a jar and buying our flour and sugar in bulk. We also have a wood cooking stove in our kitchen area that we can use for heat if needed. Thank you for motivating these old geesers to be prepared.
Hello from far north California. It was my husband's idea to prep (there's just the 2 of us). I've really gotten into growing and canning. Today will process in jars a bunch of ground venison given to us. I've tried just about everything: canning meat, cheese, butter, vac-sealing cornmeal, raisins, and many things in jars, even dry beans in half gallons, also 5-gal gamma sealed food grade buckets a-plenty. I have many hundreds of canned goods, oven canned, water bathed, pressure canned, vac-sealed, etc. Quite a vocation for such a time as this.
Don’t buy flour in bulk, it won’t last. Buy wheat ‘berries’ to store and grind as needed. Weevils are your enemy with flour.
Elizabeth, canning dairy or fatty produce is not recommended (in case you didn’t know this) neither is ‘oven canning’ which can potentially be a cause of botulism - theres tons of advice a recipes on usda websites. Obviously, each to their own - but it’s a risky thing.
I hope that you do understand that this you tube channel is created for financial profit purposes only . If this was true off grid living , it wouldn't be shown at all . Any how , I love this channel on Sunday afternoons , when i try to relax and enjoy the nature . But please , stop trying to arrange your life around this channel . No need for canned food and bulk buying flour and sugar )) . How about salt ))?
Are you still planning to build another outdoor kitchen? That last one was my favorite place at the last cabin.
Some men think that making money is the end all of life. While others see the love of a woman and the loyalty of a dog as more valuable. As we men age we long to be strong enough to build something that will last the ages and be admired by both men and women (hopefully by our children) who appreciate what we have accomplished and left for them to continue improving upon. Shawn, you are just such a man. Salute!
Uncanny the communication between you & Cali. She so completely trusts you. The cabin looks like it’s coming into its own as your forever home .....
Be Well & Stay Safe
All dogs are braver with their people telling them it's ok. :)
Cali has never been given any reason to not trust Shawn. She's really the bestest girl ever.
Iam 64 and learn from every video from you your a Great teacher Thank you my Dear friend
That root cellar is amazing!! I love the way your cabin is coming together - what a wonderful oasis you are creating.
Hello 🖐🖐how are you doing today ❤️❤️
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Friday at the cabin ❤
Your cabin is starting to look so very cozy now.
Translation: small. I know, because our single-wide mobile living was frequently called cozy by guests.
Hi Shawn; I love your videos.
If you find that you have voltage issues in the future, keep in mind that the ground plate that you installed needs to be in an area that there is moisture. Inside looks to be dry and dry sand can actually act like an insulator. If you were to put that plate on the outside so that rain can help dissipate the stray voltage, moist gravel works best. 5.0 ohms or less is what is recommended. Take care. Mike Dupree
I am an electrical engineer and I was wondering if anyone make that comment. Thanks for posting.
The way you worded this comment is how I wish most people would make recommendations and comments to help out!
You were able to share your expertise, explain clearly why you are making the suggestions, and did not come across as condescending in doing so.
I am sure Shawn appreciates it as much as many others of us do.
Thank you!
Thank you for inviting us into your home & sharing parts of your journey with us Shawn. Both educational & enjoyable.
Hello 🖐🖐how are you doing today ❤️❤️
The Wood and the Metall, take on a Little shelf in the Cellar.
In the Earth, it will be damagaged.
Here in Germany in my Parents House, we have also a earthern cellar.
Wonderful to see your continued progress at the cabin. Best wishes and Happy Easter to you and all your viewers. From Scotland 🏴
Happy Easter to you too
Obrigada aqui do Brasil ❤
Hello Scotland from Louisiana, of America. GOD Bless you and your family for sure. B-Strong, B n Christ.
@ MC Dibbern.... Hello, Happy Easter to you as well , from Illinois USA😊 🙏❤️✌️
Hello 👋 how are you doing today god bless you 🌹🌹
Wow! That was so good to see the progress and how you are doing it. I loved it when Cali came down to see you in the cellar. She wanted to check it out before but couldn’t get down. She wants to be close to where her daddy is. I am so glad you have her. I can’t wait to see what you think of next.
Hello buenos dias shawn y cali que maravilloso lugar magico en mi pais no hay nieve porque es clima tropical pero me encantaria estar ahi y apreciar la nieve debe ser maravilloso los quiero a los 2 desde costa rica con cariño🇨🇷🇨🇷
Dear Shawn, the basement is an ideal place for the formation of mold and all kinds of fungi, it is absolutely necessary to paint the wood with liquid lime, preferably in several layers. This will not only protect the wood, but also allow you to preserve the harvest longer!
You have such great visions and you bring them to life. Great job Shawn.
Happy Easter everyone 🐇🐣🌻🌹🌼🌷🌸💐🌺
Happy Easter to you Cyndy , and to everyone else out there!
@@Hoaxer51 thank you hope it’s a amazing day
Welcome back my friend April 7th Friday morning local time 9:06 AM🐕🌧
Good morning 🌞 you must be here on the east coast
Me to. East Tn.
Good job, Shawn again! A cozy cabin, a beloved dog🦮, a forest🌲, clean air - so little is needed for happiness. We really understand you! Ukraine.❤❤👋👋👋✌👍
To think of where you are now and remembering you logging trees, debarking and cutting them to size lumber......then building your cabin one heavy log at a time, wow, Shawn , you have come such a long way !!!! You are doing what so many would love to be able to do in today's society. Beautiful cabin and workmanship! Am in awe.......
So well organized! Good job with the root cellar.
Bonjour de France, je vous suis depuis longtemps et je trouve cette maison [ nous sommes loin de la cabane des bois) extrêmement confortable, votre cuisine est bien équipée, l'ajout de la bibliothèque c'est pratique et votre cave a racines peut devenir un excellent garde manger.Caly toujours aussi mignonne, je la vois qui se roule dans la neige.votre maison des bois vaut toutes les superbes maisons 🏠 de ville et votre télévision c'est cette magnifique nature.
Bonne continuation Shawn.
Joyeuses pâques.
Just a thought: old grey water systems used a soap box which would catch the food fats, soap and minor kitchen food Organics….if you fill the drain box completely with gravel the water will perk out but the gravel will plug up with fats and soap….leave a 6-10 cubic feet box where this will settle and stay and the water drain off through the gravel…that’s how the old systems worked…they often had 50 ft of drainage pipe like a septic tank but much smaller drain field. Im sure you know al, this 😊
Every thing that you do at your cabin build just gets better and better. Well done!
Hello 🖐🖐how are you doing today ❤️❤️
You have backfall on that drain line, it'll freeze.
An open ended pipe is an invitation to any ......
Great Job!
There is the lovely Cali...such a great companion for Shawn.
Nice work , again Shawn. Thankyou for continuing to share your thoughts on what you're doing now and what you plan to achieve going forward. What a blessing its been all these years to be looking over your shoulder as you travel along your life's journey & we get to experience so much of it with you. Can't imagine how many people you've inspired to live this lifestyle and how many you've educated in the many different skills required to achieve this huge task. BRAVO , I say 👏👏🇦🇺🤗💞🙏🇨🇦
This is more entertaining than anything found on Netflix
Bon courage Shawn..je vous écoutais et me disais Mon Dieu les eaux usées dans le ruisseau !! mais tout est prévu pour drainer..good job 😁. Passez un très bon weekend, et pensez à vous relaxer..gym, stretching, écouter de la musique..etc, etc...😁. vous avez encore beaucoup de neige et froid..pfff
No gyms around for Shawn! But none needed, he works out every part of his body working so hard. He has work in anything he does even in his recreation & relaxing, hiking, hunting, fishing. Look at his arm muscles sometime. 😊
I watch regularly enjoy your videos wish i was younger and healthier after watching the achievements you’ve accomplished very impressive!!!
Man of all trades, plumber, electrician, woodworker, builder, hunter, what else? I'd call this a real "Jack of all Trades". What can't you do?
Hi Shawn, have you ever thought of installing micro hydro near you cabin? It looks like you have enough flowing water all year round. A small turbine would generate more then your solar on a peak winter day. And it would generate it all year round, 24/7. It could even power a small heater, heating the greenhouse or cabin.
Wonderful to spend the morning with you! My husband and I so enjoy watching your progress. Love it when there is something that WE can incorporate into our lives and home!
Happy Friday! 🎈🥳🎉
You skills are impressive!
Continually building ur home;So many details.
Cali is so curious! She’s always surprises finding the white throw toy in all the snow!!!❤️🐾🐾🐾
In case I forget. Happy birthday Shawn.
Another 23 minutes of pure bliss. Keep them coming Shawn.
You’ll have to build a pulley-system escalator for Callie
My old cottage was rebuilt in 1948 and sits on 4x4 Timbers sitting on sand. They are as solid today as they were when installed with no treatment on the wood either. Sand is amazing, they never see water.
Thank you Shawn 🙂always great to hear from you, appreciate you, stay safe and take care my friend 🙏 👍
It is good to hear summer birds already singing there Shawn! Can hardly wait for spring and summer.
Hello Shawn.
Please don't forget on the ,Sewage treatment"!!🤔🤔🤔🤔
I wish you happy good rest day.
A lot of thought went into planning this home.
Shawn, you may want to rethink that 90 degree el at the end of your grey water drain. With the possible addition of solids such as food residue, and the omnipresent possibility of a killer frost some years, a sweep T with a cleanout or two 45 degree els might be a happier long term solution, I'm certain you already know this, but would hate to see it forgotten until after you have piled a bunch of stuff on top of it.
I come from Vietnam, I am very friends because you are a talented man who has not always supported you.
Happy Birthday! My eldest will be 53 next week. Love the finishes of the cabin. Good planning for the food in cellar. Just a gentle reminder to think about a hot tub😊
I forgot to sat how beautiful the Madeira trip was. Wow!
He'll build another sauna, I'm sure.
Happy birthday MrShawn🎉❤from philippines 🇵🇭
Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao?😂
For the first time I heard Cali make a contented grunting sound, what a sweet girl, what an wonderful and loving companion. The cabin is getting some really nice finishing touches, I know you've got a ways to go, it's going to be beautiful. Having water at the sink now must be so much better of course than hiking it up from the stream. Thanks Shawn.
Happy Easter to you and your family!
So enjoy watching you work on your cabin. You have an impeccable work ethic......
At this point I wish you a happy Easter and an accident-free search for colorful eggs...
Stay healthy and cheerful 💙🧡🐣
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Ich wünsche Euch an dieser Stelle schon mal frohes Osterfest und eine Unfallfreie Suche bunter Eier ...
Bleibt Gesund und Munter 💙🧡🐣
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Those cabbage rolls at the end look absolutely delicious!
Thanks for the episode. Blessings to you and your family.
Am so excited! You gave us a preview of your plans for spring in the garden. I love the idea of your terraced beds and water filtration system. Your amazing.
Yay!!! Plumbing in the kitchen!
I firmly believe you can do anything.😄
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Love your vision Shawn. You are truly an inspiration. The quality of your work is in league of it`s own. you have an engineer`s mind. More content please.. :)
Hello 🖐🖐how are you doing today ❤️❤️
Wish Dick Proenneke could walk thru your cabin and see your work. He would be amazed at what you accomplished Shawn by yourself. Would have loved hearing the fireside chat between the two of you and your adventures in the wilderness. Your both cut from the same cloth. I enjoyed his book when I was 18, and now watching you build your dream. Back then meeting and working for Fred Bear in Michigan was my dream come true.
Happy Easter to you and yours, Shawn! You look great! Nice haircut and beard trim!👍
PS...Loved to see Calie come down into the cellar to check on you, Shawn...you know she's got your back 24/7!👍💕👅
Watching these is getting me in the mood to start planning my gardens. It’s a normal sized city lot but I like to share my produce with neighbours and family. Hoping my back heals up sufficiently to do what I need to do.
taters are pretty close perhaps another row of equal parts of each tater type ... to ensure extra for replanting and leftovers to mid April ... as for the other veg a good storage idea ... make a celery carrot tater dice bag of roughly 1/4in dice mix ... instant stew addins ... also a few bags of hash brown sized so 1/2in taters ... they can always be mashed or kept as cubes a done like fries etc ... even breaded or cheese fondue too same for carrots and celery ... even peas mixed in the small dice will work well ... also lots of sweet onion and stewing onions to go with regular and garlic chives and scallions ...
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preprepped for cooking comes in handy on those short time to cook days of heavy work ... or too tired to do lots of prep ... just pull the predone stuff and fix dinner
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here's a thought ... dig a cellar under yur outdoor kitchen accessed from the root cellar ... put cedar boards inside with benches etc ... add a smoke stack exit ... insert one of your hot tent camp stoves setup for a sauna and poof you have a sauna in house that you can use all year long without freezing and keep your cellars warm in winter ... make it with a large oval tub and it can be both a hot tub and sauna ... just recirculate the water around the stove for heating ... include a pelttier fan/pump to make the water flow and your off grid running
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if you are able .... dig a 5 foot deep trench down the middle of your cellar floors line with planks and or sawdust mixed into clay ... in winter haul ice blocks upto the trench ... lay with sawdust under around and over for each course ... and fill trench ... use a slat grid over top to keep the cold in then the ice will chill the cellar and add moisture when it melts ... and you should have ice a good long time down there as well .. I am certain you can find sawdust easy enough with a mill handy ;)
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if you stone your sump pit you could top it with fire ash and left over charcoal bits so as the drain does it's thing it passes through coal gravel and perhaps some sand etc giving it all a quick natural filter for the earth to work with ... heck build a scrub clearing fire over the sump pit once its raised add gravel and brush and set on fire ... it will burn down and mix as it goes ... even toss in extra sawdust after its out to work as a worm medium then the sump will also put great nutrients into the surrounding grounds and the meadow will take off toss a few mixed berry bushes down towards the stream from the sump and have them as open harvest ... just broadcast sew a handful of every type of berry you can get seeds for ... and toss em out and cover with some quick dirt to keep most from the birds and squirrels ....
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somewhere near the stream at the end of the berry patch drop a salt lick for summer ... they get a snack water or salt all in the same place and not to close or too far away ...
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that cellar is growing well ... soon it will be green house hustle and garden shuffle ... then back to work ... BUSY season is upon you ... now that wife and daughter are back from their shorts weather trip and perhaps have gushed about the joy of it for a few days ... more hands will get the place setup for summer sooner ...
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glad to see the wife has found something she likes ... cheese is awesome ... cheddar is simple ... Brie is great and Mozzarella and boccacinni ... the babybell sized balls of cheese is a second cooking of mozzarella whey to get the last of the fats from it .... boccacinni means twice cooked ... I do suggest half a dozen chickens and a rooster for bug control and fresh eggs ... every spring let one of a weeks eggs per chicken get fertilized ... after 3 years start swapping chickens with newer birds ... one or two a year .. the extra birds from a fertilization time keep feeding into winter and you have fresh chicken in winter even the young roosters for the pot ... 6 laying hens should give you 4 to 6 eggs a day plenty for breakfast and cooking other things etc ... they can also be pickled brined or even hard boiled for longevity ...
As your Kimchee sours, you can boil it and make what is called Kimchee Chegae, translates to soup. Have it a lot in my house. I am married to a South Korean. 42 yrs come Sept.
Don't know if it's possible but if you put backing on your stairs Cali will probably have no problem going up them. I had a dog that wouldn't use stairs until I put backing on them, just a thought don't know if it would screw up your air flow.
I love seeing Cali play and roll around in the snow
Never-ending work in your lovely house - your work ethics are so very impressive in your home - absolutely brilliant! Thank you.
I'm going to pretend I'm not a licensed master Plumber with over 30 yrs experience just for this video...lol. Been a fan for years Shawn..love your creative ways! Cabin looks amazing!
Awesome video! I enjoyed the section where you spoke about your sink drainage. I have an environmental background and I remediate DNALs, VOCs, and other chemicals. You made an excellent point about using biodegradable or environmentally friendly products. As your building up the mound for your drainage, have you considered adding ash or carbon around the deposit end of the pipe to help filter liquids and break down food waste? Keep up the awesome work. You're and inspiration.
This. I'd be worried that the pipes and drainage would get clogged with food waste after a while without some kind of sedimentation tank or some way to help the waste break down (ash or carbon as you suggest). But maybe it's not as much of an issue as I worry it might be?
Great suggestions.
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Hey Shawn,
Thanks for sharing. Take care, all the best, and God bless.
A retired North Pacific, Bering Sea, and West Coast Commercial Fisherman, and survivor,
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had an idea for your cheese cave and keeping it up to temp . They make small heater elements for cabinets for woodworkers to put their various finishes in, so they don't freeze during cold weather.. Not sure about their details but they're intended to be low wattage. Was thinking they might be enough to keep that space up to temp if it's really well insulated and may not be that big a draw on your solar system.
Another great video Shawn ❤ Mizz Cali girl 😍 congratulations on hitting over 2 million subscribers.🎉 Keep up the great work. See you next week.
You should grow cabbage, collard greens, mustard greens, sweet potatoes, okra, green beans onions, garlic and leek.
When will your wife be moving in permanently? I look forward to seeing her doing videos with you as you said previously. Update on the greenhouse too. Fig tree doing ok?
Thanks Shawn. The cabin is looking great. I feel you have to put temperature/ humidity monitors in the basement then you can use that data to build or adjust what you want. In my greenhouse I struggle with humidity. This morning 73% @ 7°C. La Crosse View is a great choice because you can add more sensors. Thanks again. Greenhouse updates??? How did it fair over the winter?
Really looking forward to new and improved outdoor kitchen area! Should be spectacular.
Cellar walls look real nice! Funny watching dogs get used to going up stairs. One of my favorite dogs had to go everywhere with us. She started climbing the barn hayloft ladder. We had to pull her over the top there was nothing for her feet to grab. She did fall once so i always went behind her after that like you an Cali. Good to see plumbing too. Thank you
such an interesting insight into the way you plan things , brilliant video Shawn , Cali is looking happy .
If you built a cold frame box on the hillside, you could use the pipe and a computer fan to blow heated air from the cabin into the box. The front wall of the outdoor kitchen would be close enough to run a duct or pipe into frames for heat. People are using old windows for the tops of cold frames. This is a way to make your stove in the cabin extend your growing season. An A/C thermostat placed outside and in the fan power circuit would make the fan automatic. To reduce noise the fans could be placed in the boxes and pull the warm air to them.
Your root cellar turned out so well! Great to see you settled in and getting it fully functional.
Thanks for filming and explaining Shawn. 👍😁
Great ending of the video, awesome looking cabbage rolls um um.
Iam ALLWAYS happy to get My self Realance Video wait with anticipation and love every thing I learn from you
Hallo Shawn ,ich wünsche Dir Frohe Ostern und alles Gute 🐺😀
One simple word Shawn…Perfection.
All of it, wonderful! Thanks for continuing to share. I'm sure that it slows down your progress, and it is greatly appreciated.
Früher habe ich deine Videos gerne gesehen, aber die sind leider in Koch Shows über gegangen .Sehr schade 😢
I would give anything to live like you do. so peaceful and no city stress.
Nice job on your root cellar .love seeing ellie happy Friday. 😊😍🐕
Sand will not be good for your electrical ground. I remember the Mall of Memphis (Tennessee - USA) was BUILT on 8 feet of sand. When they realized their error they took scrap steel and trenched all the way around the Mall and welded that scrap together to create a "grid" for arresting electricity.
I can't believe you build this cabinet all by yourself, it is beautiful, enjoy. As an x Carpenter, I wish I could do the same but due to health issues, I have to live in the city.
I've got an underground gravel sump that my washing machine empties into. Nothing else. It's worked great for years now and takes a load off my septic system. Good video sir.
Hi Shawn. I am a follower of your two channels, for a long time. I am from Paraguay, a country in the very center of South America, but more than 8 years ago, I am a resident of Orlando Florida. I have accompanied all your cabin constructions and even that of your beautiful daughter. But the one I liked the most is the last one, bigger and more complete. I have accompanied you all the days of summer, winter, with sun, with snow. And I want to tell you that the life you lead is beautiful. I love your dog. Congratulations on your work and I can hardly wait to see it all finished. Maybe one day I can send you a painting painted by me to decorate a wall in your cabin
Cali got down the new stairs, sweet, such a good girl. I've long been interested in having a root cellar. Appreciate you showing and explaining the quality one you're creating. Glad you and your family have that added to your off grid home, Shawn.
Dear Shawn l have watched , learned and loved your building your cabins so much that l was very upset about your leaving your first cabin, My hopes was for you and family to live and grow and enjoy your life in that cabin. I do realize things change, Your life style is a true inspiration for me . I enjoy your relationship and love you show for your companion Callie . I just watched your Video showing you felling sick. I am sending prayer for a complete recovery, and May God watch over you , keep you safe from all harm. Your talking about the water , may be the cause, would it not cause your Callie to feel sick also, just a thought . I have experienced the same problems and discovered , my being alone and depressed was a big cause. I prayed to our Lord an Savor, he has given me complete recovery. By his love for me l am completely saved Amen for the love of our God’s family Stay Safe My Love
What a beautiful cabin and home! I don’t know if Cali goes to cellar much if so you could attach a board to wall that flips over steps for her to walk up maybe. She sure does love you! Thank you Shawn!
Absolutely gorgeous! Functional and amazing!
I love the brick entry way in the back hal. Gorgeous
Thank you for sharing with us. Loved the work you did there. God bless.
I just planted my potatoes. I have been growing a purple type they hold well and are bug resistant, even Colorado potato bug 🐛 proof. They are very tasty also.
Thank you , Shawn .
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Onions and garlic store really well if you string them together,air can circulate all around them and prevent rotting.maybe you could hang them from the rear of the cellar stairs ,out of the way,hopefully you’ll have a good harvest this year
If you take your carrots out of the garden clean them off and bring them into your root cellar and Bury them in clean dry sand in wooden boxes they could last for most of the winter. Have you tried braiding your onion and hanging them up from your ceiling same with your garlic. Herbs can be done the same way.
If you put in a pvc pipe at ground level coming out of the root cellar /walk-in basement with 1/4 " galvanized mesh and window screen to keep bugs and pests out, it would create enough air flow with another vent at the ceiling level to regulate the air flow you could put in dampeners to control the volume of air flow.
YAY! Was looking for you today! Happy to see the progress!