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re: How would I go about getting running water into my camp?
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:26 pm to wickowick
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:26 pm to wickowick
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This is definitely high on the list for improvements to my stabbin' cabin. It's got a good 14x18 metal roof all draining one way on it for a catchment surface.
Eta: although I'm doing like hardhead said and building a 5 ft. platform to sit the tank on and just use natural pressure.
This post was edited on 9/18/14 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:28 pm to Walt OReilly
You have gutters on the cabin? If not, find some renovation project that is giving old ones away, check CL or buy some cheap gutters and get a container for rain water as suggested, 12v pump as suggested and just shower outside next to the rain barrel, get you a laundry basket for your dishes and do those outside as well?????
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:35 pm to Clyde Tipton
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Clyde Tipton
I have a container if you want it, Clyde
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:35 pm to mooseofterror
No gutters but I can find something to collect rainwater. I was just thinking since a lake was 100 ft away I could use that but the way you explained it to me makes me think I can pull something like that off
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:36 pm to mooseofterror
PVC or PEX is cheap to run, and easy. PEX would require a crimping tool...
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:37 pm to hardhead
quote:
I have a container if you want it
I think I have one down there, I need to check the condition and make sure it isn't dry rotted. I just need the gutters, screen, filter and plumbing. The spot gets great West sun...
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:37 pm to Walt OReilly
we jetted in a well in addition to this, but you can see the basic rainwater setup. inside the camp is a 12v water pump
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:38 pm to Walt OReilly
Wick's drawing is what you need. You do not have to make it that elaborate though.
You need a gutter to funnel water into a container. I used a black 55gal drum at my last off the grid camp. Cover the top with a couple screens, and add bleach to the water every month or so. A 12v pump will give you plenty of pressure for a shower and dishwashing. I didn't have a toilet, just an outhouse I had made. Adding a toilet adds a good bit of extra effort. Gutters, container, pump, plumbing, sink and shower is a 4 hr project for a solid B+ redneck.
You need a gutter to funnel water into a container. I used a black 55gal drum at my last off the grid camp. Cover the top with a couple screens, and add bleach to the water every month or so. A 12v pump will give you plenty of pressure for a shower and dishwashing. I didn't have a toilet, just an outhouse I had made. Adding a toilet adds a good bit of extra effort. Gutters, container, pump, plumbing, sink and shower is a 4 hr project for a solid B+ redneck.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:41 pm to tenfoe
toilet is easy
bury the barrels, run the waste line to the throne, plumb the water line downstream from the water pump
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:42 pm to tenfoe
Where do I buy:
A drum
12v pump
I wish I had internet out there so I could ask questions while I'm working on it but I don't
Can y'all help me with internet too???
A drum
12v pump
I wish I had internet out there so I could ask questions while I'm working on it but I don't
Can y'all help me with internet too???
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:42 pm to TU Rob
I would not recommend using Lake water as you might get the runs pretty bad from drinking it.
A cistern would work with a gutter on the roof feeding to a catch tank. You need to be able to divert the water for a while to let the dust and bird crap wash off the roof before feeding your tank.
When in doubt, add water purification tabs or bleach to the tank to kill the bad bugs and bird shite bacteria.
Make a homemade wood fire powered water heaters. The game camps in Africa have them.
They look sor'ta like the one shown about half way down the page on this link. The better ones are mounted in the air so you get gravity flow to your shower head. Fill it with a pump an dlite the fire. In twenty minutes, you have boiling hot water. You must have cold water service too, because the water gets blazing hot and water temperature that wont take your hide off requires adjusting the showering temp with cold water.
Wood fired home made water heater
If ground water table is fairly high, there are some compact well drilling units that will pull in with a four wheeler. hey wont drill very deep or through rock, but you may find someone who will drill a small shallow well for you. I'd put an elevated tank up and hand pump the water from the well to it for gravity pressure.
A cistern would work with a gutter on the roof feeding to a catch tank. You need to be able to divert the water for a while to let the dust and bird crap wash off the roof before feeding your tank.
When in doubt, add water purification tabs or bleach to the tank to kill the bad bugs and bird shite bacteria.
Make a homemade wood fire powered water heaters. The game camps in Africa have them.
They look sor'ta like the one shown about half way down the page on this link. The better ones are mounted in the air so you get gravity flow to your shower head. Fill it with a pump an dlite the fire. In twenty minutes, you have boiling hot water. You must have cold water service too, because the water gets blazing hot and water temperature that wont take your hide off requires adjusting the showering temp with cold water.
Wood fired home made water heater
If ground water table is fairly high, there are some compact well drilling units that will pull in with a four wheeler. hey wont drill very deep or through rock, but you may find someone who will drill a small shallow well for you. I'd put an elevated tank up and hand pump the water from the well to it for gravity pressure.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:45 pm to cgrand
I couldn't figure out how to pull that off
I'm a retard when it comes to projects like this
Not having a toilet doesn't bother me though. Just would really like something to wash the sweat off and clean some dishes. Hate having to bring gallons of water out there and not even use them for drinking
I'm a retard when it comes to projects like this
Not having a toilet doesn't bother me though. Just would really like something to wash the sweat off and clean some dishes. Hate having to bring gallons of water out there and not even use them for drinking
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:46 pm to wickowick
This is what we have at our hunting camp minus the filtration and bladder shite and it works great. As for hot water, we use a gas fired house water heater hooked up to a large propane tank.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:10 pm to Walt OReilly
Threads like this make me happy that my camp has electricity and is on a water system. Add to that satellite tv and air conditioning and I have almost all the comforts of home.
No reason to live like an uncivilized heathen when you are hunting.
No reason to live like an uncivilized heathen when you are hunting.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:21 pm to TigerDeacon
My camp has electricity, a window unit,....and that's it
No tv
No phone
No cell reception
No nothing
No tv
No phone
No cell reception
No nothing
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:38 pm to Walt OReilly
sounds like you shouldnt be hanging out at a camp if you cant do basic handy man stuff. you might get your self kilt by doing something stupid like chopping wood.
This post was edited on 9/18/14 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:41 pm to Walt OReilly
go look at the Cajun swap shop on Facebook if you have it. a dude just posted some retainers you might be able to use depending on what he kept in it before
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:42 pm to Walt OReilly
It's ok, I went to my friends camp the other weekend and it was 1 big room, no AC, no power, not even a sealed roof. There was a door in one wall I said "what's in that room?" and he said "that area collapsed so we just leave the door closed now...."
I will probably stay there a few times once it cools off.
I will probably stay there a few times once it cools off.
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