Building a Better Bucket Toilet
The bucket compost toilet in our cabin has seen several revisions since we first installed it four years ago including […]
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Category: Water
Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat Wave
My Google news feed is determined to feed me a constant supply of stories regarding Texas’ unprecedented drought and heat […]
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Septic System: The Install
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
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
This is part 1 of a 3 part series of designing and installing our onsite sewage facility or septic system […]
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Water Collection System
Here’s the plan for our water collection system. Red circles are down spouts. The blue circles are rain tanks. We […]
Read more →Water Tank Pad Preparation and Tank Install
Well, we’re on our way to rain water collection. In late August we ordered a couple of 1680 gallon water […]
Read more →Water Usage Calculator
This week I’ve been studying water usage to determine rain water collection tank sizing. Texas A&M Agrilife Extension has a […]
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