Wrapping Up Electrical and Moving Onto Plumbing! Building Off Grid
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(1) never start plumbing when plumbing store is closed, (2) hot's on the left and (3) crap don't run up hill,, just some simple rules to remember .... 👍👍
Plumbing is easy!! Gravity does most of the work for you ... water runs down hill!
“A whack load of tenacity” 😂
In all honesty, I’ve been building houses for a long time and watching some people makes me cringe because they do little to no research. Watching your build has been very impressive to say the least. You two are killing it. Keep it up and keep that code book handy! 💪 🔨 🧠
I'm touched by this comment! Thanks
Shyte runs down hill, payday is Friday, is all a plumber has to know. We need to have a plumbers appreciation day every year where we buy plumbers supplies and give them as gifts to plumbers that we know.
Some tidbits of plumbing wisdom I have learned over the years. The least about of turns for water or drain is the best. For the drain flow. The best flow is a drop of 1/4 inch per foot or 1 inch in 4 feet. The reason is that when the solid and liquids are flowing a steeper angle will allow the liquids to surge past the solids which will stall. Too shallow and things will not move. Always dryfit everything and make memory marks so they alignment will be know when gluing starts. When you cut a pipe, take a second or two to dburr and clean the junk from the pipe. I could block filters later. When you measure, remember to measure using ID and OD references. Inside Diameter and Outside Diameter. When using Y type fittings mentally think of the flow direction when starting the layout. Water flows by gravity so the diameter should increase as you progress out of the drain arrangment. Think about flooring levels when setting the toilet drains. There are code requirments for spacing a toilet and sink. Never forget the drill cap plates over pipes and wire stud penetrations. If you use copper and clamp it, only use copper clamps. Never mix metals. Do not use Drywall screws to attach any sort of pipe bracing. Walls in bathrooms are generally 2x6 for the extra room that drain and vent pipes need. Think what it would look like with a 3 inch drain and a 2x4 wall. I have see this happen. When all the plumbing is in and passed inspection, take lots of pictures before you install insulation so you can refer back to the pictures later. One of the more inportant installs is a back flow preventer for the sewer lines. Based on where you are think about freeze problems later for the water supply lines. Run via outside walls as little as possible if you can. Install battery operated lights under the sink base for repair access. Line the sink base with some linoleum and caulk the edges. This way any leaks are contained and do not run under the cabinet. Set the water heater in a pan and run a drain line outside. Consider installing leak detection shut-off valves for the W/D or house itself. A pressure tank will bolster your overall water pressure if it is low. A roof mounted solar water heater will greatly improve your hot water quality and since it just uses convection it will be free. Lastly, when all plumbing is glued, go to the highest point and add a pressure valve to a 6 foot pipe that is capped. Install caps on all the other open ends. This way you can water fill the whole system and with the 6 foot pipe extension you get what is called Head Pressure. This is a way to show that all fittings are not leaking. You will do this by filling the system with water. It needs to sit for a few hours with no leaks for the inspector to pass it. You can always ask us questions and hit up youtube for information.
At this stage of the build, is where the fun begins.
Katie.....you are a rock star. Really love your willingness to do whatever it takes to make your dreams come true. BIG fan of yours.
My Dad always taught me to draw out the plans before starting. He was a plumber and later on he installed underfloor heating in supermarkets. I used to go to work with him, he taught me loads and I have managed to most of my own plumbing, just leaving the gas stuff alone😊❤️🇬🇧
Just remember s*** flows downhill. Brings back a lot of memories.
I was surprised when you did the electric before the plumbing but realize you seemed more comfortable doing the electrical. In our area plumbing goes in first. Like you learned, my son-in-law's theory of buying electrical and plumbing parts is buy 50% extra from the big box store and when you go to buy supplies for the next part of the project just return the excess. He hates to stop in the middle of a job to take an hour to get more parts when the rest of the job take 10 minutes. Did the same thing when we replaced flooring and decking.
You both have done such a great job of building your own home which will give pride for years. Suggestion, take photos of electrical and plumbing so when walls are closed in you have exact locations., so if you need repairs or say hanging art you do not run a nail in to them.
Greg you are not the only one becoming extremely productive
Katie runs laps around me! She's editing these videos as well!
Remember you want lighting over where you're working and not behind you. It is a PITA working in your own shadow!
The reason plumbers are the first trade in a house after HVAC is because their stuff is large and inflexible. Also, cross-drilling plumbing is worse than cross-drilling electrical. Get your pipes to the ceiling as quickly as possible so most of the run is in the attic, and NOT cross-drilled. If you plumb water supplies on the outside wall, you're asking for trouble. Even drain lines on an outside wall can freeze. Use special "stud-eater" forstner-style bits, not the hollow ones you're using.
This is one of the reasons we go way past code for our insulation value, the way the house is designed makes it so we have to have plumbing on exterior walls, but we are taking precautions to make sure we have no issues with frozen pipe.
With plumbing the best advice I can give you is plan it out ahead of time, If you can wire a house you can plumb it. You got this.
Greetings from Taiwan, progress afoot, going well. BTW I have never met a plumber who chewed on his fingernails.
I buy a butt load more plumbing fittings than I need, use my My Lowes card, take back what I didn’t use once the pro-ject is done. Saves trips.
Greg I meant to comment this a few videos ago. You spun your electrical wires counter-clockwise, make sure to spin them clockwise. When you thread on a marrett it will open up your splices, when it should be tightening them.
I fixed that thanks 💓
@@ThisOffGridLife Awesome, keep up the good work 👍
Recommend getting a consulting plumber to review your plan and journey. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.
To prevent floor decking damage from weather and future spills or water leaks, spray on some wood water sealant with a cheap weed sprayer.
First tip, do plumbing and hvac before electrical. Lol 😂 good luck! Plumbing is the worst!!
If you do have to cut any floor joist. Please box frame it back in and please use hangers.
You are making great progress on your build, also in “finishing” smaller tasks which will allow you to finish larger jobs, such as drywalling so much quicker, as all small obstacles have been removed. That is what you get on as you two work so well together in planning together the various tasks that appear on your horizon!
Good luck installing your plumbing Greg and Katie
As usual a pleasure to watch both of you doing a excellent work on you're house,looking forward to the next show. Blessings to you both.
Don't forget to vent your drains to the stack.
KIKKED ASS.... ALL THAT EXTRA INSULATION AND SEALING WILL BE AMAZING.. GOOD CALL, SAVE A LOTTA HEATING AND COOLING!!
Tgere is a good do it yourself book for sale at all building stores, just go on line and read it and look at the pictures as it shows how to do it t he right way. Plumbing was always easy considering Electrical doing 3 & 4 way swithces and plugs!
Peter in Canada
It's looking really good guys. It must be great to tick off all the little jobs off the list that need doing.
Greg, sorry I had to laugh at your plumbing woes with running out of bits😂 When me and Mr C do any plumbing job in our house, we have learned by bitter experience to always factor in 3 extra days and 5 additional runs to the hardware shop for all the bits we either forgot or didn't know we needed until we got there. Plumbing is a total ball ache 😂
Have a lovely week x
It's going to be a hair pulling experience
Every place a pipe goes through a stud tack a pipe guard on the stud, you don't want to run a drywall screw through your pipe, I would put a guard on where your wire goes through the stud too.
You will be fine with the plumbing , thumbs up for the animals chickens and dogs and cats . My favorite part of the videos
That paper back iso has been sitting in the bf yard for 15 years. I know it!😏
Ohh, that plank looks safe enough…let's use that as a scaffolding😃😃😃😃, i love it!
Hello from Germany from Kakenstorf Hans and Oci ❤❤❤👍👍👍❤❤❤ good job👍👍👍
Looks great guys...ever think about putting in floor drains in bathroom area in case of a toilet overflow or around washer or hot water heater in case of a leak or water line break?
The basic rule for the floors, roof and walls, leave a 1/8 inch gap in case the sheathing gets wet. This would have solved the problem, and no need to grind the seams down.
If using PEX water supply lines , might I suggest building a header at water heater, main line comes in an feeds the header, then run a single continuous line to each location. Less joints for less possibility of leaks. And if you put a ball valve on each line at header, you can just shut off that specific instead of whole home. I did this for my own home and I don’t regret it built header for hot and cold lines and labeled them Best of luck..big fan of you and Katie’s.
As regards pipes of sanitary facilities, two rules must be taken into account
1 . To be free of frost at all costs
It is therefore preferable to be installed on the interior wall faces of the construction, not into walls structure
2 . To be a leakage slope of 2 to 5 degrees on any part of them.
I did 1/4" per foot on absolutely everything. We can not plumb on the interior walls due to the layout of the house, but our over insulated walls, woodstove, and back up wall furnace will keep the pipes safe. When we install the PEX we are going to try to keep as much plumbing in the warmest spaces possible.
You started the hardest vent lol , in the bathroom try to make the lavatory wash the camode out . Never drain to fast for it will leave solids behind and water will run faster
1/4" per 🦶!
@@ThisOffGridLife yep never more if you can help it 👍
The same rule applies to Costco. If you see it and you think you might want it, buy it. You can always return it. It may not be there the next time you go. A Costco employee told me that.
That type of isolation is used very often in Eastern Europe but on the outside walls to keep the cold away. These days is used in the UK more and more and is very effective. It's an old technology coming from countries like Finland , Sweden, Iceland etc etc.
Greg is hundred percent right ☺️, tenacity is main quality required to build your own house 🏘️
You can also return extra 45s, 90s, and connectors. Buy extra
If you ever want to unclog a pipe DO NOT mount 90% knees but 2 X 45%
You can't get a crawl hose or unblocking spring through a 90% knee
Best regards
Frits
Man, y’all have got major skills. Well done 👍🏾
Great job installing your insulation Greg and Katie
Another day closer to reality. Keep pushing forward. Wishing I could lend you a hand, I'm always going 90 mph, however distance could be a situation. Keep smiling!!
You can always take extra fittings back. Won't be long and you folks will be moving in. Looking good Katie, and Greg.
👍👍👍
I love watching your video of living off grid and building something but sometimes I bounce around the videos and maybe can put number on them so can be in order
30 seconds in you are the chicken lady LOL but love the drone shots !!!
There's really only two major things to remember with plumbing: sh*t flows downhill and hot is on the left .
Hi Guy's, As far as I know in the Canadian prairies ceiling insulation is R40, so I am sure you will be warm and toasty. Looks awesome.
Great video Greg and Katie
Katie, you and Greg are awesome, plumbing looks like it's going well. Keep up good work.💜
I would 1/4 inch sheeting over the top of it and if you do tile the thin-set will cover anything
Really enjoying your channel from Ontario Canada
Is Greg a Carpenter in his regular job? He does a fantastic job
Putting all that insulation up is smart you'll be able to heat your house with a match. Good job kids and God Bless
If I recall, y'all are in Canada, correct? If so, the dirty little secret of polyiso is that the colder it gets, the worse it performs. The performance starts to degrade around 15(C) or 60(F) and gets worse the colder it gets. At -20(C) or -4(F), the stuff is terrible. You'll lose 30% of your heat. You're much better off with closed cell spray foam where you're at. Aerogel "Spaceloft" is a great choice too. And it's not as expensive as you think it is (though more than polyiso for sure). I've seen a few Skoolies with it. Anyway, keep up the good work and I can't wait to see this all finished.
That's so nicely happening,& the memories to share with those in your future,this granny happy
Your Firplace that heats you space what I would do is install come 3/4 to 1" Copper pipe around the wood are as your stove should be 18" from all areas that can burn that includes the pipe going up and through t roof, your pumbing vents should be 2" 21/2" would be better.
Peter
Looking more & more like a house! So great to see you working inside in shirt sleeves since insulation is in! No more bundling up like snowmen😎
Get yourself a speedbor bit or carbide tooth holesaws for your holdedozer arbor. As you just experienced, it takes hours to cut through studs with those spade bits -- and punishes your drill batteries. For your supply lines, a 1 5/8" hole would let you pull two 1/2" PEX lines through a single hole in the stud. It goes super quick that way.
don't for get the nail plates that is to keep you from putting a nail or a screw in the wiring are the pipes when putting up the sheet rock
Come together love it!
Only two things to remember about plumbing
1. Crap flows down hill
2. Pay day is Thursday
😃😃😂😂
A few people have mentioned this haha.
@@ThisOffGridLife you are doing well. I enjoy your channel
Greg, first rule of plumbing….fill truck up with gas……(many trips to parts store)
If using PEX, don't use Shark-Bit fittings in enclosed areas, use the PEX crimping tool.clamps.
I am scared of shark bite fittings.
It’s a good thing you have insulation on the out side of your walls if not that would freeze even the water vapor in your vent pipe can plug up then you get methane build up
Check out the magnets for electric outlets on Amazon when you start with drywall. Lumnah Acres on RUclips has videos showing how easy it is to cut out the outlets using the magnets. The magnets are less than $20.00 each.
Those magnet outlet identification tools are excellent. Great 💡
We've got some on order!
buy triple I took stuff back to home depot from 20 years ago .Just make sure sku # is there
You have managed to get a lot done, the ceiling insulated. the plumbing, the vapour barrier and the window surrounds as well as the lighting. great job
Great work Katie!! Would be helpful to have a rough drawing of your land and water sources to show where you were going with the water lines
I think we show a drawing at some point in this video, also, you can see how lush that creek draw is 😍
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gotta put acoustical on all your seams. frost point is gonna be right on your drywall
We have exterior insulation breaking the thermal bridging
Good to see that the chickens look very happy 🤗
Wow ...pretty cool, getting quickly through basic needs and almost getting to your specific area needs for the walls and rooms....😉💫and I love your windows, all the beautiful nature around the house is shining into the house ...I love it 🥰
Awesome!
Awesome job! Love your channe!
You 2 work so well together
agree poly iso has the best property so far ..but it has problems once temperature will go significantly down....but if it is in room temperature then it has those properties as you said..and yes aero gel is even better..but nobody can really use it for something usefull at normal price..
Great job y’all, I know you’re excited to get inside walls started!
Your progress is amazing, you cannot have enough insulation, keep the vids coming 👍respect from the uk
Greg get a forcerner bit for your drill holes and do away with the hole saw. Drilling out. Holes through wood studs suc yes but doesn't have to be. Connect your vent to your upstairs toliet area too. Your drain pipes don't need to be drilled in wall studs where cabinets are to be installed also. You will need to purchase metal plates on your wall studs where wiring and plumbing pipes are located so when installing sheet rock or dry wall the screws cannot pass through and hit your wiring or plumbing same with plumbing metal plates in between wall studs that separate and hold the potable water lines
Must b northern grown chickens I never seen that bread tks.
Looking good guys 👍 Drywalling will be here before you know it!
When you guys do the plumbing, you guy's are going to do an Awesome job.
Amazon has a right angle drill attachment with a handle for extra leverage for about $20
Ur birds look healthy & happy. Still a bit too cold to let them outside just yet. I hope ur getting some tasty eggs from them dear. How's your man doing?? He seems th hardy sort. Tell him hello for me. Love Jeff B.
Don't stress about plumbing, it's not to hard. I recommend checking out a plumbing manifold I found it easier to run than a traditional main line with branching.
I'm fairly certain that if you've made it through to this phase, a little plumbing pipe isn't going to slow you down...lol The vent pipes are always the hardest to drill for, such a big hole vs the water lines. Love ya'll ❤️
Have ever tried using the table saw to cut the poly insolation works great lol now that your just about done sorry
We could have used the Sawzall but it is realllly messy
@@ThisOffGridLife I thought you all had a table saw
What aboot insulating pipes, especially in the outside walls? A drill with a clutch is great for big holes, so you don't snap your wrist off.
Another benefit to having the whole house wrapped in R8 insulation, we will put insulation Behind the pipes on the inside walls as well.
Greg, check out Home RenoVision's list of how to's, I'm sure he's covered plumbing.
ok to move water you have air in the pipe so air behind water, water will flow threw pipe if you have no air-water will not flow
Pluming,,, all you need to know is paydays Friday and shit goes down hill .Thats what i was told. LOL
ISO gasses out. And does so for the life of the product... which means its R Value is reduced continually. But a 2 lb Density EPS or XPS Foam Insulation board, Does not gas out and the R Value is stable for the life of the product.... And you can get it wet and it still performs 100% and no degradation. ISO if it gets wet one time.... Lights Out is trashed.
Also, EPS or XPS Foam insulation board gets higher R Value the colder it gets. You can also get the EPS in Higher Density, up to 6 lb density for special industrial situations like under bridges, or under roads... for a faster and cheaper fill product.
This is reclaimed polyiso from a project re roof from last year. It was contained in a well installed vapor barrier. Can't argue with free especially in today's world. I am sure you know how much roofing materials alone have gone up this year!
@@ThisOffGridLife Yes no argument there!
But I did just want to make mention because there is added comfort for a quality foam insulation.
You guys are doing a great job!
I like you’re creative Get it done methods!
Have you considered buying precious metals? Silver is doing pretty well now. Also, when you are done sanding, you might consider going over the whole floor with a waterproof sealant.
We have been considering holding our future assets in metals as well, not 100% trusting of banks right now considering the events of late. Good idea!
Just wondering if you two are ok. Haven't seen a new video for a couple of weeks. I enjoy your channel. Katie is so pretty
We are all good, new video on Saturday ☺️
first rule of thumb all water and drain line should not be on the outside wall because most the time they freeze
Our lines in our bus don't freeze, and the bus is metal with R8
Can’t you use a dura vent for the the sink