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@onlyway2731

Жыл бұрын

How much would you charge for that job? Or how much (more or less) would you say your labor cost for that job was (since you didn't include your labor cost with the prices at the end)? I'm just curious, Thanks

@Designsecrets

Жыл бұрын

Also when you give up on cold plunging, perfect way to chill your cans of beer

@theneuroticnerd

Жыл бұрын

How did you clean your grass after that??!?!?!

@mhxxd4

7 ай бұрын

How did you get cedar planks and still come in under $1500?

I have learned how tedious carpentry and workmanship is. I have so much appreciation for how you educate people while entertaining us at the same time! Thank you for sharing! I have also learned to watch out for contractors renovating my house and the details.

Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos kzread.infoUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!

As many have suggested, I was thinking the pump should be inline, plumbed outside the tank, but in addition, make it a low voltage pump, like 12 or 24 VDC. That way, if it does ever electrically fail, no one can get hurt. Also, the receptacle on the wall should be GFCI, but I assume that is already the case. Double protection this way.

@karlsaid7819

Жыл бұрын

was about to comment the same thing !

@MrFazley

Жыл бұрын

Why he just didn't fix the pump outside the tank?

@karlsaid7819

Жыл бұрын

@@MrFazley he didn't get an in-line pump. He got an aquarium submersible pump

@zugdawg

Жыл бұрын

What about a hot tub pump? Get some serious flow. Go pick up a free hot tub, they’re everywhere.

@karlsaid7819

Жыл бұрын

@@zugdawg same thing, a hot tub pump is usually also " In-Line" and not a submersible one

Improve it. Add a filter to keep the water clean, and add a drain port for when you want to empty it.

@vanmelum

Жыл бұрын

This is an absolute must. After your first pee in there you're going to want to filter it.

@bsmithril

Жыл бұрын

@@vanmelum not true. You can pee 4 or 5 times before it gets intolerable.

@vanmelum

Жыл бұрын

@@bsmithril I disagree. I will want to filter it after my first pee. However you’ve got me thinking, maybe I should try ice bathing in 100% urine. Who knows what the medical benefits of that are?

@bsmithril

Жыл бұрын

@@vanmelum 😂 antimicrobial at the least.

@sklyarov

Жыл бұрын

@@bsmithril there is easy solution to this - don't pee in the tub

Appreciate you taking the time to document and share your projects. I've been pondering a chiller for this purpose and you helped me answer some questions I had. thank you!

Nice build. Only just entering this journey (day 157 now at 4 degrees C), and agree the costs are extraordinary. Ive created my own out of an old plastic container and so far so good its working well.

@cajunfid

Жыл бұрын

A lot of people use deep freezers sealed on the inside to make them more water tight to save money.

For the "just a hair" setting on your miter saw. What I've found works pretty well is if you put your blade down, without the saw running, and then butt your lumber against the blade and lift the blade up. Then when you cut, the blade will cut off roughly 1/3rd of the kerf depending on how big the carbide tips are on your blade. That will shave off a little bit. Which makes it pretty quick to sneak up on the perfect cut.

@teddybeardesigns

Жыл бұрын

I was coming to the comments to say the same thing. The overhang of the tooth is normally 1/16th or 1/32nd that trick works perfect.

@ethandasilva8227

Жыл бұрын

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ 🤓

@marioaveiro1118

Жыл бұрын

On an alternating top bevel which most compound saws are equipped with you get 3 reference points in the blade the first being the blade itself where if you flush your lumber to the body of the blade you cut a whole 16th, next is the carbides pointing away from your lumber feed direction, this one will grant a 32nd and last is the carbides pointing towards lumber feed direction you can cut a 64th if you align to that. Precision is why i love woodworking

@John...44...

Жыл бұрын

But if you butt the timber up to the blade, won't the teeth hit the timber as you lift the blade? As the teeth sit proud

@chucklindenberg1093

Жыл бұрын

@@John...44... *But if you butt the timber up to the blade, won't the teeth hit the timber as you lift the blade? As the teeth sit proud* Yes but when lifting the blade when it is not spinning the teeth will slide past the material because the blade will deform but not permanently so. When the blade is at speed and it is sharp(if it is not sharp then the blade will conform to the material and cut less or not at all) it should cut off that 1/3-1/6 bite.

Pretty cool build, thanks for sharing. I don’t really understand why you used a submersible pump though. Personally I would have went inline. You could have found one cheaper than $75 and as you pointed out it would have been safer.

Enjoy your builds. You can get an external inline pump to keep all the electrical outside the tank.

Builds always look so clean

Love your videos man - look forward to every one you put out. Been wanting to make one of these myself, so this is awesome!

The honesty is so great. awesome to see.

Great project, it may be beneficial to think about an inline uv cleaner like they use for hot tubs to keep the water from accumulating and growing bacteria, keep you and your family safe and healthy! A less expensive option would be to drain and clean it fairly frequently

@Fabian7024

Жыл бұрын

Dude nobody in his family is using a cold plunge tub 🤣

@SynthaPak

Жыл бұрын

@@Fabian7024 said something about his wife using it early in the video, and once his kids start playing a lot of sports they may use it; and even if no one else but him uses it it will still accumulate bacteria from being outside so he could still get sick, there are reasons pools use so much chlorine, water is a great breeding ground for some nasty shit

@Fabian7024

Жыл бұрын

@@SynthaPak oh didnt hear that lol but your right about bacteria 🦠

@alexanderturl

Жыл бұрын

U.V does zero. Ozone or Chlorine

@hitfoods1726

Жыл бұрын

Chlorine or a drain for sure! I saw another video of a homemade chill tub out of a deep freezer and he had to manually drain it at least once a week. Mold or slimy water happens FAST.

So you need to build a separate reservoir tank for the cooling element. Pump the water in like a whirlpool. A bathtub is about the same price as your horse trough. Also to keep board cost down you could use T1-11. Cedar is definitely nicer, though.

Turned out muuuuch better than I expected. Nice work Mr. Build It!

Well..... You just won the internet! Love the build! I will be building this very soon!

Very nice build. I've been thinking about building one myself but with a twist. We have an outdoor refrigerator that is always plugged in and running, I think I'll use it for a chiller, just build a coil I can place in the freezer compartment. As long as the water is circulating it shouldn't freeze.

@piezoman79

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking why not just use a convertible chest freezer and be done with it? Am I missing something?

Well executed, looks nice. Personally after working with spray foam products I'd have just sprayed foam 2" thick directly to the sides and bottom of the trough for two reasons: it would have directly insulated the tank and would make the chiller much more efficient, and secondly you will get a lot of condensation on that galvanized tank which will probably puddle and keep the wood frame at the base pretty wet.

@lezbeon

Жыл бұрын

I wondered why he didn’t insulate bottom since cold sinks, not rises.

Nice build! I went through a very similar learning curve! Enjoy the cold 🤘

Love it. Nice job and thanks.

Looks great! As you said, inline pump might have been the better choice. But I would also make the water intake and water output on opposite sides of the cold plunge, so you have better water flow instead of just chilling one side.

Pretty awesome. There's definitely a lot of air leaks on the insulation especially in the bottom. Insulation doesn't really work like it should of air can flow and leak around. Just suggesting that because then maybe you can get the temp down lower

Awesome!!!! You need both a particle filter and an UltraViolet filter and that thing is nearly perfect. Thanks for the video!

I like your vids, misstakes and all! It makes everything even better!

Looks really nice and will certainly work well. Quick suggestion especially since you seem to be interested in heat transfer related projects lately... It's really easy to start thinking about "keeping the cold in", but cold is the absence of heat and you are really trying to keep the heat out. Reflective surfaces should face where you want the heat to stay. Flipping the insulation around would help to keep the water cooler or cool faster. For this application though, probably not the biggest issue. Nice job thinking on the fly!

@pgpluss1076

Жыл бұрын

Dont forget to push the iulation board back and leave about the last 1-1.5 inches as gap space for it to work correctly. If you were to leave it behind the cedar plank that is.

Everyone has mentioned the inline for safety, but it will also DRASTICALLY change how cold the water feels when ran with you in it. Definitely recommend having an inline pump that is running when you get in so you have constant fresh cold water! =D

@lukeclardy6197

Жыл бұрын

What kind of inline pump would you recommend and where would it need to be installed?

@peterssynthetics-independe6786

5 ай бұрын

Answer!! :)

Very doable project by the average Joe! I run a couple times a week and my body would absolutely love this!

Most excellent. Aquarium chillers and filters have been around forever. Thanks for elucidating this fact.

In addition to the other comments, I might have gone with pistons on either side and hinges from the start. That way you can have one large lid and it'll hold itself up - the one right now seems prone to fall on top of you if there's a stiff breeze.

This is pretty awesome, I just Redid my home gym top to bottom and I might add this eventually. Thanks for the video, a typed guide would be awesome. Also those boots are sweet

ha I am 76 years old and have no idea how to build anything. BUT I love ice baths and I loved this video. Will watch them all! And if there is something I MUST have I will hire someone if they PROMISE to follow your instructions! thanks!

The pump should be fine, if you're worried, switch to a 12V inline one, also have the inlet at one end of the tub and the outlet at the other, you will get better water exchange, also think about some sort of filter

If you’re plugging it in outside all the outlets are GFI protected so there’s no worry about any shorts if the pump was to fail and short out it was tripped the GFI

@sprankthetank

Жыл бұрын

If u wanna trust your life on "it should work" 🤷‍♂️

Amazing workmanship! Great video👍

Great job, man. Really impressive

My buddy got into this ice bath stuff and just has a used deep freeze he bought, caulked it and put a liner in and he’s had it for about 5 years now I’d say. Tried it last year when I was drunk and was an awful way to try and sober up lmao

Nice video! I have the larger (3'x8') feeding tank on my deck set up as a plunge pool, and I love it! Big difference, (and one I think would solve your being electrified problem), is I have an Intex Pool filter attached to it. You could plumb your chiller into the feed and return lines to the filter pump so there is no submerged pump, and you would also be able to sit at either end.

@SynthaPak

Жыл бұрын

This would allow for an easy install of an inline uv cleaner as well, good idea 👍

@DIYColdPlunge

Жыл бұрын

for sure!

This really helped inspire my build. Greatly appreciated!

Thanks for making this!

I think it would have been good to put the intake and outtake on two different sides so the circulation is better :)

@derekstotler5085

Жыл бұрын

Also probably why he couldn’t get the temperature lower. The intake was pulling water from the outtake instead of the water in the trough.

@matthewpeterson3329

Жыл бұрын

Yes, this is a mistake a few folks have made when building a wood fired spa using a horse trough. It heats and re-heats the same pocket of water without circulating it. You need the inbound hot/cold water at your feet, and the return to heat/cold source behind your back/bum. Cool build though.

Love the total cost you add at the end of your videos. Would you also consider adding in the rough time to complete, or how long it took you? KZread has a great way of taking a 5 week project and shortening it to 10 mins, no better way to kill a builders spirits.

Stoked to see this mainly to find out if this works for my CNC

As someone who is not very handy, this is well beyond my ability to build. I’m sure I could get it done in time but it would certainly not look that pretty and I’d waste thousands of dollars screwing things up the first few times on various steps and having to re-buy more supplies. That being said, this is an awesome video! Great job! I’m sure other handy people probably have more suggestions on other ways it could have been done, but to someone like me this is absolutely beautiful and couldn’t imagine successfully creating a project like this!

I feel like you could build a waterproof casing for the cord (I would put the pump inside the casing as well just for aesthetic purposes) that way you can be in there while it’s pumping.

@ApexChimp

Жыл бұрын

An inline pool pump would be even better

@j-dubz2349

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking just a pump with inlet and outlet hook-ups that could be mounted outside the tub next to the chiller

@killinkillaz675

Жыл бұрын

Aquarium canister filter.. would keep the water clean. And be hidden.

@jakeriff95

Жыл бұрын

was thinking the same thing -- most of the benefits actually come from the circulating cold water

@Mebeknob

Жыл бұрын

The cord is already waterproof. This honestly isn’t a concern. Aquariums operate all the time without electrocuting the fish.

insulation goes the other way around. Reflective side out, to reflect radiating heat out

Thanks for the debrief

Very nice job. You have quite the set up with all your saws and workshop. And knowledge on how to create such a thing.

Great build! Why did you decide to go this route instead of using a chest freezer? Just silicone the seams inside and use a switched outlet with temperature probe to control the temperature.

@fmitchell1234

Жыл бұрын

Obviously because he’s a KZread who makes money when people watch his videos

@sjgardne

Жыл бұрын

Or just a bathtub, same price as the horse trough.

Awesome build but you should have used an exterior water pump.and filter. You need to check specs if chiller as they will give you amount of water that needs to be pumped threw it an hour. Too little and chiller will choke up and freeze. Chiller units need space to vent and get rid of the hot air difficult when in a tiny wooden box with minimal ventilation.

Love love love you made this video, you’re a beast please keep doing what you’re doing!

@MrBuildit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man

Great looking cold plunge!

Why use an immersion pump and not an in line pump so the cable isn't in the water with you?

@Alex_the_Reign

Жыл бұрын

exactly! Came here to write this comment:)

@CjVenable

Жыл бұрын

Same thing I thought

@Caseylawton

Жыл бұрын

Maybe cost? Or he just didn’t know

@razer192

Жыл бұрын

Did you not watch the video? The guy ovuasly does not have a clue

@sheltonforester3707

Жыл бұрын

@@razer192 ovuasly. How did you set yours up?

So where did you put the drainage system?

Great job on this !

Nice work. Looks great

You said the hot water rises, so shouldn’t you be pumping the hotter water from the tub out from the top, chilling it and returning it to the bottom? You did the opposite.

@jamespetkwitz8737

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.. you are just recooling the cool water. pull warmer water from the top, bringing colder water toward the top to replace it. the newly chilled water will replace the cold water that is now being pulled to the top

@MrTLocked

Жыл бұрын

This makes sense but it seems he’s going for efficiency over optimal cooling

@billyaird2912

Жыл бұрын

You’d extract water from the bottom as the top you’ll create air locks & always submersed. It’s easy enough to swap round & good on him for just attacking it & doing it.

@nicholashomler1494

Жыл бұрын

He took cold water out, made it colder and dropped it on the warmer water. Causing the colder water to sink through the cold water.

@emiliomendieta3391

Жыл бұрын

That makes too much sense

this is awesome 👍 I wonder if the insulation could be improved with a plastic vapor barrier or spray foam between the gaps, either way this is a great video 👏👏

@rubberduckie6617

10 ай бұрын

I was wondering that as well. 🧐 🤔 💭 especially between the bottom and the ground. Or even dig down a few inches to take the natural insulation (if not on concrete or other hard $$ surface).

Best video I’ve seen on the diy side so I subscribed.

Brooo honestly thank youuu 1000 thank yousss

So how do you empty out the water? Won't the water become stagnate over time?

I think a better insulation would be volcano rock insulation(roxul). The insulation factor is at least 4 x more and is not affected by water(or fire).

@marioaveiro1118

Жыл бұрын

however, it is affected by this economy ! sheesh $$$$

This was awesome man Loved this video‼️

Nice little project.. this would be great for schools with big teams, football, soccer, track teams would love this .. awesome job

@MrBuildit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man

the chiller freak out was extremely cringe, but other than that I love that you decided to make this yourself. Showing others that mostly all products are human made and that we are all individually capable of building highend items ourselves. proof that if you dont have money to buy nice things, you can spend time and effort instead.

@ianbibb7895

Жыл бұрын

Facts it was the same just white 😂

@twanlange2827

Жыл бұрын

@@ianbibb7895 eh, not really. If you look at the vent holes it seems like a different model, but the reaction was still over the top, especially with the dramatic music.

@adamed478

Жыл бұрын

I know right, so cringe bro. If I bought an "open-box" item and it came with parts falling off and wasn't even the correct model number my reaction would've been so different. I probably would have tipped the seller instead of complaining to be honest!1

@loverofbigdookies

Жыл бұрын

his entire attitude is pretty cringe. youtube voice in full effect. "haha im so quirky and spazzy like im kind of different"

Yeah I think I like just using the deep freezer method. Much cheaper and you can just clad it to look like whatever you want it to be

@kylandaminick13

Жыл бұрын

I posted a longer version of what you said lol. I'd like to see how yours looks? I'm still rocking the killer vibe of getting into a dinged up freezer 😂 I've thought about building a decorative enclosure but I worry that it will not allow the freezer to get rid of the heat

If you want to save some on cedar, and don’t mind a little extra sanding, you can buy fence pickets. Mathew Peech made a video recently where he turned fence boards into shiplap for a garden shed. Pretty cool.

Great build, great video. First video I've seen of you.

Great project and execution! This is something I'd be interested in doing but I live in Quebec and was wondering if any of you had suggestions for making this sort of project sustainable during the winter (would this insulation keep the water from freezing or what could be changed?)

@trainermono4362

Жыл бұрын

People online usually smash through the ice and use it anyway when its frozen

@taylorbirkle4787

11 ай бұрын

you're better off just converting a chest freezer into a cold plunge and keeping in a garage or inside your home somewhere. But in lieu of converting a chest freezer, you should just use something like 4" XPS foam board versus the 2" EPS that he used. It has a significantly higher R-value. Also in the gaps to where the foam board didn't but up against the trough at all I would have stuffed some Rockwool into the voids. Another area he went wrong is by not insulating the under side of the tub. That will inevitably be a weak link that makes the chiller near impossible to get down to 39* and maintain that indefinitely. If you're REALLY wanting to go for perfection with this then I would use the 4" XPS foam board and use a woodworking technique called "kerfing" and I would kerf the foam board to perfectly follow the curve of the tub. I would also have a piece attached underneath it as well. All of the pieces of board would be connected continuously with no breaks -- 360* surrounding the tub -- it would all be joined together with a construction adhesive that can survive constant exposure to near freezing temps. I would also make a lid utilizing the same 4" boards. To make it to where the lid would get an exceptionally tight seal I would take a router and rout out the exact shape of the tub so that you could basically almost create a vacuum seal when closing the lid. This would also prevent any air exchanges occurring, which wouldn't allow for heat intrusion at all. Even with the nasty heat. I hope that this made some sense? I'm half-asleep and may have just spit out incoherent ramblings, but I'm happy to clarify anything that didn't make sense.

Quick tip: if you cut Styrofoam with a hot wire you don't have to clean up the messy flakes on your lawn afterwards ;)

Super nice build

This is incredible

I just use a $120 deep freezer i bought on google and sealed the inside up with caulk and bought a temperature controller for $40 and it stays 33 degreesF and just unplug it and jump in. Im sure you could fine one even cheaper on like fb market place. You dont have to spend thousands on these to get the awesome benefits!

@shullzach

Жыл бұрын

I'd really love to learn how you did this setup! Do you have a video?

@themotorcycleguy5980

Жыл бұрын

@@shullzach just added one on my channel you can watch👍

@shullzach

Жыл бұрын

@@themotorcycleguy5980 No way! Rad!

Dude, by far the best DIY I have watched for cold plunge. I have to drive like 2 hours to Agri Supply to get a tank, but I am doing this. I also have a load of juniper in my shop and can use that for the exterior. Gonna try and find a deal on a chiller while I assemble all the stuff. Also considering the 1.5 hp EcoPlus chiller on Amazon, a bit more expensive, but looks rock solid.

@r.p.6315

Жыл бұрын

Check out the diy chest freezer, it is way easier and far more effective as it’s fully insulated and you can get the water way colder. A 33 degree ice bath is a way better experience than a 40 degree water bath if you can even get it that cold with that chiller.

@SpizzzYT

10 ай бұрын

@@r.p.6315heard there’s electrocution risks with that way tho, likely the way i’ll go but still seems a litttle bit sketchy

First vid I’ve come across, nice work!

Great build. I've seen other guys just fill a big chest deep freezer up with water and unplug it when they want to get in it.

Just out of curiousity, did you ever consider a chest freezer for this project?

@chrishayes5755

Жыл бұрын

builder after reading your comment: 😭

@bayside6207

Жыл бұрын

The guy builds neat interesting creative ideas & not a follower of doing what everybody else does in life + this makes for Great KZread content. If I had his skill set and not this dweeb brain of mine which is used for accounting I would definitely build an attractive cold plunge VS an ugly duckling ice chest freezer ice bath.

Why not use a transfer pump on the outside of the tub?

@IrishFlip313

Жыл бұрын

yep, exactlywhat I would have done.

badass im definitely going to build one

King! Love your videos bro

I think it would have been just easier to encase a chest freezer in cedar. My chest freezer / cold plunge is outside and has no problem staying cold and holding ice in 100 plus degree weather. I just have an aquarium filter ($70) and ozonator ($50). The freezer itself is like 400. I like to ozonate and filter on days that I do not have the freezer on, so they do not get encased in ice. I pull them out when I have the freezer on. I have no fancy cedar though.

@Eric-bh7jy

Жыл бұрын

That’s a way better idea!

@austinbaker1975

Жыл бұрын

Do you run the freezer all day?

@jackbuaer3828

Жыл бұрын

@@austinbaker1975 It would turn solid ice if I ran it all day every day. In the summer, I maybe run it 8 -10 hours every 48 hours. This causes a ring of 6 x 6 inch ring of ice to form at the bottom of all sides of the freezer. In the winter, I run it much less. There is always some ice at the bottom. If it gets really cold outside in the winter, there is no need to run it at all. Ice will form at the top with natural cooling in the winter.

Question on the pump, did you look at inline pumps that sit on the outside? I’d imagine it should work but might be more expensive.

@hjc0706

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same, inline pump and filter.

That is a very good thing. Looooovvveee iiiittt!!!

Good idea to have tube for the summer

If you want to save energy and get the most out of your water chiller. You need to have the insulation bonded to the tub itself, I'd say a minimum of 3-4inches thick. You'll find your chiller will be working extremely hard to keep the water at temp and your tub will end up condensating all over the place.

@serweed

Жыл бұрын

Yea, Shoulda stuffed the cavity with rockwool.

@sduns20

Жыл бұрын

@@serweed needs to be refrigeration grade bonded to every bit of bare steel including underneath

@alsimon7192

Жыл бұрын

@@sduns20 My thoughts exactly once I saw what he was doing.

@guppie73

Жыл бұрын

how would one do this? reccomendations?

Guessing you will need to drain water from time to time due to the stagnant water.

@jonstanfield6649

Жыл бұрын

A drain plug that connects to a piece of hose would be a good enhancement.

Watched the whole thing: you’re talented. Nicely done

Quality video, thank you.

Awesome work ! Great woodworking. I would suggest a filtration system, external pump and drainage system for version 2.0

Great video!

Bro thank you... was looking for the best DIY... nothing matches... great work. Time to get to work!!

That's awesome!

Love your style brother! It's a sub for sure!

This video was freakin awesome!!!

Another awesome video

loved the video and build 👍

You should calm the edge of the trough to seal it to minimize the amount of water they drips into the space around it you could also very easily put weather strips around the edges of the lid and where it touches to help keep it cool.

A small exhaust fan on the aquarium pump box would be ideal. Its certainly a heat producer. Great job!! Nice build.

@b22chris

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it already in the water?

Epic project!

Great job man. Love it. Throw a lock on there if you have younger kids around.