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Category: Plumbing

Berming the Earth Berm Cottage (Part 1)

March 27, 2023
Earth Berm Cottage, Natural Building, Plumbing

The cottage has finally transitioned to being the earth berm cottage. Quite a bit when into the berm so I’ll […]

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EBC: Plumbing, Electrical & Mechanical Rough-In

August 2, 2022
Earth Berm Cottage, Electrical, Plumbing

Drain Waste Vent (DWV) The drain, waste vent system is pretty simple. The half bath will have a composting toilet […]

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Septic System: The Install

April 11, 2022
OSSF, Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin, Water

Note: This is part 3 of a 3 part series covering the design and install of conventional septic system for […]

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Septic System: The Design

March 28, 2022
OSSF, Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin, Water

A conventional septic system consists of a septic tank and an absorptive drain field. I’ll cover sizing and locating both […]

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Septic System: In Pursuit of a Variance

March 22, 2022
OSSF, Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin, Water

This is part 1 of a 3 part series of designing and installing our onsite sewage facility or septic system […]

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Plumbing Revision/Winterization

December 29, 2021
Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin

In February 2021 central Texas experienced some extremely cold weather. There were at least five days where the temperature did […]

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Water Distribution System

June 7, 2020
Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin

Within a few weeks of plumbing in our gutters to our water tanks the tanks were full. The next thing […]

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Plumbing Rough-In

September 12, 2019
Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin

My goal is to have the walls ready to be infilled with light clay straw by the end of September. […]

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