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Category: Plumbing

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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I finally got all the pieces to install a wood sto I finally got all the pieces to install a wood stove in the cottage. However, it's back to 70 degrees in central Texas.
We finished the interior plaster of the Earth Berm We finished the interior plaster of the Earth Berm Cottage this weekend. Here's a short video. I'll post a more in depth video about earthen plaster after we finish the exterior.

#naturalbuilding #earthenplaster
We got a lot done during our first plastering part We got a lot done during our first plastering party yesterday! More to follow. 

Also I just posted a blog/video about framing and infilling the cottage interior walls, installing the ceiling and building and elevated platform for the bed (sleeping nook)

https://offgridburbia.com/ebc-interior-finishing-walls-ceiling-and-trim/
I put down the final layer of the earthen floor in I put down the final layer of the earthen floor in the Earth Berm Cottage yesterday. I'll put up a full video of the install in a few weeks.

#naturalbuilding #earthenfloor #tinyhouse
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