OFF GRID WATER SYSTEM TOUR

We give you a complete tour of our off grid water system, in this episode of our Couple Builds Dream Home series. We have a 2500 gallon tank outside the feeds our 120V water pump in the crawl space. We used all PEX piping in the cabin and have an on-demand propane hot water heater.
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  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving
    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving3 жыл бұрын

    🔥 WATCH OUR OFF GRID CABIN BUILD FROM THE BEGINNING kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3ua18mfpd2ses4.html

  • @BenCos2018

    @BenCos2018

    3 жыл бұрын

    You need to vent the hot water heater btw It will cause issues if you don't I believe

  • @priusrepellent

    @priusrepellent

    3 жыл бұрын

    Careful of the words you use, they are powerful. The hose doesn’t cause cancer, you are blessed and covered in prayer 🙏!!!! Proverbs 18:21 puts it this way: “The tongue has the power of life and death.” The stakes are high. Your words can either speak life, or your words can speak death. Our tongues can build others up, or they can tear them down. I’m learning this daily guys! Love the channel

  • @Melicoy

    @Melicoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have a GREAT idea. Since the exhaust is so SAFE.... please feel free to stick your head on top of it for 2 minutes and breath all the air. You WILL be fine right? Dont rely on tech to keep you safe. If you need to ask the question then VENT it outside PLEASE. After 20years working in a "safe" asbestos mine people eventual said ops not safe but they thought the same thing as you do in the back of your mind. I can come for free and do the work you supply the pipe.

  • @BenCos2018

    @BenCos2018

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Melicoy I agree people should never rely on tech to keep the safe also things like that NEED to be vented outside

  • @algigirl

    @algigirl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BenCos2018 carbon monoxide...

  • @HippieHillHomestead
    @HippieHillHomestead3 жыл бұрын

    We fill all our cisterns from rain water that comes off our roof. Works much easier than hauling it. Use water filters and uv light to purify it. Good luck and thanks for sharing.

  • @kenyh6695
    @kenyh66953 жыл бұрын

    I am in my sixties and have drank out of a green water hose all my life and I am still living and with no cancer.

  • @odbo_One

    @odbo_One

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have too but the hoses we get are palatable type hose, there is hoses that's contains bad elements like lead and chemicals.

  • @donvee1419

    @donvee1419

    15 күн бұрын

    Hose water is so good. Kind of nostalgic lol kids now wouldn't understand.

  • @kevinreith2003
    @kevinreith20033 жыл бұрын

    Have you ever thought of making a rain catchment system. To avoid going into town getting water. Then transferring from one tank to another???

  • @rachelhorne8410

    @rachelhorne8410

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what i was wondering....

  • @randyfredricksen5963
    @randyfredricksen59633 жыл бұрын

    One of the best step by step videos on how off grid water works start to finish. Thanks for sharing!

  • @rixrig6193
    @rixrig61933 жыл бұрын

    FYI - Suggest you look at getting 1 or 2 of the Zero G hoses from Walmart. They are drinking water approved and you have no problem rolling and unrolling them. They are black in color and feel like a fabric versus vinyl. They are very lightweight too. We used to have a couple of those white hoses and we now use the Zero G in our 5th Wheel RV with no problem.

  • @jamesshanks2614
    @jamesshanks26143 жыл бұрын

    Take some scrap lumber and build a couple of steps so and your SO can easily step into the crawl space and easily get back up.

  • @johnisley4578
    @johnisley45783 жыл бұрын

    Very informative for those who require info on the water systems at off grid properties. Yes a complete tour would be fantastic, especially for people such as my wife and I who are looking into this great style of living. Cheers guys.

  • @jamespayne8781
    @jamespayne87813 жыл бұрын

    I hauled my own water for many years. It’s a real pain. Now I have the water delivered.

  • @lorraineeagle4009
    @lorraineeagle40093 жыл бұрын

    Yesss!!! to the cabin tour. I really Love your family and Thank you for sharing your family with us. God Bless

  • @juliejohnson9531

    @juliejohnson9531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @saljabry
    @saljabry3 жыл бұрын

    I have been one of your followers since the first day of building your beautiful home .. I appreciate you and love your beautiful family. May God bless you

  • @beatricedavids2791
    @beatricedavids27913 жыл бұрын

    Yes, please, a full cabin tour!! I was waiting on this😉 always good to see you guys, go well!♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @onepubatatime7637
    @onepubatatime76373 жыл бұрын

    We would love to see a full tour. Secretly we have been taking notes for a while. We are loving your journey so far, and we love Idaho.

  • @KuzweKanfarms
    @KuzweKanfarms3 жыл бұрын

    Yes yes on the cabin tour!!!! Great video, so much good information for us without a well and stetting up a water system!

  • @bnewton5922
    @bnewton59223 жыл бұрын

    Nice tour of your water system. It appears there are a lot of projects ahead. You have plans to already change the house interior. Look forward to hearing more. Stay warm.

  • @juliejohnson9531

    @juliejohnson9531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Yes, more videos to come! 😊

  • @aegeus6460
    @aegeus64603 жыл бұрын

    You have came so far with your new property and home build. Well done.

  • @noeljohn5736
    @noeljohn57363 жыл бұрын

    Yes Would Love to see a Cabin Tour as well.

  • @iangoldsmith7393
    @iangoldsmith73933 жыл бұрын

    Love your channel! Yes, would love a full tour! Just keep doing what you are doing with your projects! See you next time!

  • @shermdog6969
    @shermdog69693 жыл бұрын

    We used to have lead pipes so I'm sure your green hose is fine.😃👍

  • @drax50ish58
    @drax50ish582 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tour, I now have the raw land and will be starting my off grid adventure soon, setting up potable water is one of my first considerations.

  • @adamseptian6922
    @adamseptian69223 жыл бұрын

    watching stuff like this is actually satisfing

  • @mmallette468
    @mmallette4683 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Yes cabin tour please. God Bless you all!

  • @rachelhorne8410
    @rachelhorne84103 жыл бұрын

    Yes cabin tour please....really great job on the your place...love ya'll.

  • @kaseythomas9646
    @kaseythomas96463 жыл бұрын

    Yes! I've been really curious about the cabin!

  • @dwimartono5121
    @dwimartono51213 жыл бұрын

    Salam from Baturaden , jawa tengah , Pak martin....👍👍👍👍

  • @cutterdog655
    @cutterdog6553 жыл бұрын

    I was reminded to vote yes on the full cabin tour offer. LOL. Thank you again

  • @Juliegriffiths1
    @Juliegriffiths13 жыл бұрын

    Yes please for the cabin tour.

  • @aaajimmyb7472
    @aaajimmyb74723 жыл бұрын

    Wow another amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on KZread. Great job .thank you

  • @SandraCrockett
    @SandraCrockett3 жыл бұрын

    Yes on the cabin tour! I would love to see it!

  • @juliejohnson9531

    @juliejohnson9531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @JC81082
    @JC81082 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the video. Now I have some great info to run with... Smiles and blessings...

  • @bryanlowney9364
    @bryanlowney93643 жыл бұрын

    Hey guys! We loved the video! Love seeing all the progress that you have made since we were up there.

  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @randyrainwater983
    @randyrainwater9833 жыл бұрын

    You might look at Zero-G water hoses. Much more flexible compared to your white and green hose and they are approved for drinking water.

  • @Oink09

    @Oink09

    3 жыл бұрын

    I didnt hurt me my years or drinking out the hose pipe

  • @loganc6818

    @loganc6818

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Oink09 You ever hear of something called “survivor bias”?

  • @Oink09

    @Oink09

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@loganc6818 no

  • @AngeliqueKaga
    @AngeliqueKaga3 жыл бұрын

    You people are living the American dream, keep on going!

  • @darrellpatterson8955
    @darrellpatterson89553 жыл бұрын

    Yes I would love to see how everything looks....you guys

  • @bungdamsix12
    @bungdamsix123 жыл бұрын

    4:40 "prostate problem", pak martin so funny 😂

  • @Joe_HamRadioGuy
    @Joe_HamRadioGuy3 жыл бұрын

    Very nice setup. Would love to see more and what ideas you guys come up with. Enjoy

  • @Indigenous_Patriot_1175
    @Indigenous_Patriot_1175 Жыл бұрын

    This is so amazing and encouraging

  • @qbeard1
    @qbeard13 жыл бұрын

    A nice white blanket. Its warm below the frostline.....relatively. Spaghetti hose Lol, prostrate problems Y'all keep in shape. That crawl hole is going to get old later. Nice system. I love that water filter. I have to fill it every other day. A great simple system. Good video.

  • @FranciscBoth
    @FranciscBoth3 жыл бұрын

    YES, we want an entire cabin tour

  • @jamesdeluca6657
    @jamesdeluca66577 ай бұрын

    Yes ,cabin tour 🎉

  • @patrickrheaume6984
    @patrickrheaume69842 жыл бұрын

    Nice Video, thanks. I'm setting up the cabin I bought as well as the addition now to be free of any and all utility companies by the end of this coming summer.

  • @TheUserid82
    @TheUserid823 жыл бұрын

    Solar thermal is a fun way to make hot water as you can run it fully off sunlight with the collector array and a solar panel to run the pump. The evacuated tube setup is best in a place with snow as it is much harder for large amounts of snow to build up on a round pipe then on a large flat panel.

  • @bobdobalina838
    @bobdobalina83811 ай бұрын

    Great stuff thanks. And you guys have a great energy, btw. . . prolly all that livin' free! :) Greetings from an expat fellow off-grid-er in the beautiful west of Ireland!

  • @robertwozniak55
    @robertwozniak553 жыл бұрын

    Yes Would Love to see a Cabin Tour

  • @estellaknox4488
    @estellaknox44883 жыл бұрын

    Everything is set up really great God Bless

  • @JRESHOW
    @JRESHOW2 жыл бұрын

    Y’all have great energy. Great set up thank you! Looks simple! :)

  • @cookingfun6245
    @cookingfun62452 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. Gives me hope. Like how your tank is below ground and doesn't freeze. I have something similar. Have to go to family to use number 2 and take shower

  • @deepblueyonderspage
    @deepblueyonderspage3 жыл бұрын

    (talking to all of you at once) Love the videos! You folks have a super awesome family! This is one of my favorite you-tube channels... Suggestion?. When you make a re-cap or "tour" video... try to add links to the original videos in your series. I found my self fumbling through your vids this morning looking for the origins of this tour... to re-watch. Happy new year!! Hope to be watching you all long into the future!

  • @juliejohnson9531

    @juliejohnson9531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great! Thanks!

  • @the_judge_8262
    @the_judge_82623 жыл бұрын

    If you ever search for the correct way to wind up cables, that method also applies to house pipe too and keeps it tangle free 👍🏼

  • @tomp538
    @tomp5383 жыл бұрын

    Just watched the drill video. I'm out of order. But, glad you have a large tank in place already.

  • @davidcox30004
    @davidcox300043 жыл бұрын

    A full tour would be awesome.

  • @beeslayer1906
    @beeslayer19062 жыл бұрын

    this gave me some wonderful ideas!! thank you so much!!

  • @willwipf7030
    @willwipf70302 жыл бұрын

    You have great taste,I used on demand hot water heater ,for five years with no problem,the only thing was my son and his wife came to visit I needed help couldn't get him out of the shower,,we sold the place and it's still working as of last year,

  • @RiggerBrew
    @RiggerBrew3 жыл бұрын

    Love the Train wood stove humidifier you have!

  • @metamud8686
    @metamud86863 жыл бұрын

    The aerial overview is a great way to see where you are loosing all the heat in your house. Your roof leaks quite a bit of warmth!

  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    it is a 9-12 pitch. snow slides easy. the garage is only 6-12.

  • @nucupanzaru9609
    @nucupanzaru96093 жыл бұрын

    wow, super life! a wonderful world! a good thought!

  • @scottscott6794
    @scottscott67943 жыл бұрын

    That's a great way of living especially with a beautiful outdoorsy wife.

  • @k2icc
    @k2icc3 жыл бұрын

    Very nice and better then TV shows.

  • @juanchon3884
    @juanchon38843 жыл бұрын

    Santiago de Chile 32 grados.que imágenes refrescantes.que maravillosa familia.Saludos.

  • @mindi.m
    @mindi.m3 жыл бұрын

    I'm new, I'd love to see the cabin! And a walk through of the apartment, too.

  • @americanrifleman2992
    @americanrifleman29923 жыл бұрын

    My family and I pressurized the transport tank to speed up the transfer being carefull not to rupture it. Later we bought a inline 12volt pump frome harbor freight sped things up alot. I miss living offgrid and in Idaho.

  • @madscientist1828
    @madscientist18282 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to be living off-grid pretty soon. I'm excited and a little scared too. I have never been 100% off-grid. Once upon a time I killed my breakers and used solar to power my lights, propane to cook with but I've never been without instant access to water. That's going to be a challenge but if I didn't think I could overcome it then I wouldn't be doing this. I'm a scientist. I built a nuclear fusion reactor (not self sustaining). If it was self sustaining then finding the off switch in a malfunction would be difficult. I've built some weird stuff. This step could be my chance to explore my creativity to the fullest extent. But still, failure is always a possibility..

  • @be4realz
    @be4realz3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @juliejohnson9531

    @juliejohnson9531

    3 жыл бұрын

    😃

  • @rubydoobstylie
    @rubydoobstylie2 жыл бұрын

    Simply wonderful....I hope to do something similar sometime.... maybe Scotland 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @hornetboy3694
    @hornetboy3694 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video thank you

  • @poo2764
    @poo27643 жыл бұрын

    A lot of people venting in one form or another would like to say lovely to see you all with a smile on your faces refreshing! Yes would like to see the full tour when the time is convenient to do so thank you, Patrick O' Flaherty it is 3 minutes past midday here you snoring in your beds me typing on my computer. Any chance 4K? Lunchtime soon. Keep on rocking and smiling 💚❤

  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @algigirl
    @algigirl3 жыл бұрын

    Why not get huge giant container fill with snow and rainwater? Which are in abundance. I've seen people In Bhutan harvested the snow and pile it in on side. That helps them with water supply.. 🙏🙏 Hose .... prostate problem.. hehehe.funny joke Fit Mama's and Papa's jumped into the crawl space..

  • @bandholtgr397
    @bandholtgr3973 жыл бұрын

    Sy senang melihat keluarga bahagia anda, sangat menginspirasi

  • @mybelovedson
    @mybelovedson3 жыл бұрын

    i have watched a ton of these kind of video's with ether boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife and your wife looks and act's very happy all of the others i watched act but you can see there just putting on a show thanks to the both you

  • @geoffreymilke5176
    @geoffreymilke5176 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, thank you. When you showed the view of the forest and lake in the background I KNEW you were in North Idaho. My wife and I have land 30 minutes east of Coeur d Alene where we intend to retire. We got an estimate of 28K to drill a well so we decided that we will install a water tank and haul from the public source 9 miles away. I searched KZread for "best water tanks for areas that freeze", and there you were. Now I'm going to watch your well drilling videos to see what happened. Hope to see you in noridaho...Geoff and Lynn

  • @Dacisu89
    @Dacisu893 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had a way to share a photo or two. I copied your wood rack design (with a slight alteration) for the house; and a smallr version for my cabin in TN. Both turned out awesome. I used cabinet grade maple (from a salvage place).

  • @martijnfransen9933
    @martijnfransen99333 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your life. As most people pointed out.. if i was your son.. i would not like to have the water heater in my bedroom, I think you will not forgive yourself if soemthing happens.. love your channel and would be great to have a full tour. Peace and best reagrds from the Netherlands.

  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think we said it was temporary. but maybe we forgot to say it.

  • @emozley
    @emozley2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Good to harvest rainwater as well if possible.

  • @ashforkdan
    @ashforkdan3 жыл бұрын

    As kids that green hose was all there was back them and we all drank from them. Still here.

  • @elisagutierrez3040
    @elisagutierrez30403 жыл бұрын

    Great video. God bless

  • @HarryLevinson
    @HarryLevinson3 жыл бұрын

    You seem to be a happy family on a great adventure. Idaho is beautiful. I want to find your adventures in Tennessee next. I'm just getting caught up but if you are going to be there much in the winter you might think about insulating the floors above the crawl space. Though heat rises you must be "spending" a lot of your heating budget to keep all that area warm. You would then need to worry about your water pump freezing but maybe you could build a wall around round it and heat a much smaller space.

  • @loucinci3922
    @loucinci39223 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. I thought you had a floating heater in the water tank to melt top surface of ice? Looking good J. Mad climbing skills. LOL. Thanks for sharing

  • @Zumwald
    @Zumwald3 жыл бұрын

    Greetings keep up the great job... make a hill next to the water tank so you can back the trailer next to the water tank... no green hose :)

  • @agushariyanto674
    @agushariyanto6743 жыл бұрын

    Strong woman, wonderfull family....

  • @brendaogara2543
    @brendaogara25433 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see your cabin tour. . I found your channel a few weeks back and love it ❤️

  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @chrismoore9997
    @chrismoore99973 жыл бұрын

    Yes, tour of everything please.

  • @hawaiidogs9277
    @hawaiidogs9277 Жыл бұрын

    Ty

  • @careyjohnson1784
    @careyjohnson17843 жыл бұрын

    I love it yell did a great job

  • @rickbigelow3022
    @rickbigelow30223 жыл бұрын

    Hello first time watching. To make life a little easy when empting your water supply tank on the trailer to your holding black tank. Add a air valve to the fill cap, to the water supply tank to pressurize the tank with compress air. Do not over pressurize the tank, watch and see how fast it empties

  • @wisewoman7906
    @wisewoman79063 жыл бұрын

    I recommend a quick-connect for all your hose connections.

  • @stormmountain2521
    @stormmountain25213 жыл бұрын

    Yes,Please

  • @bobjoncas2814
    @bobjoncas28143 жыл бұрын

    ...good one, keep safe..

  • @208pursuit
    @208pursuit7 ай бұрын

    Just ran across your page and when you were filling up the water tank I thought wow that looks like Coeur d Alene and sure enough I look and you guys are from north Idaho!

  • @GirdHerd
    @GirdHerd3 жыл бұрын

    Sure. Give us the complete cabin tour.

  • @manuelgomez8550
    @manuelgomez85503 жыл бұрын

    Very good show guys.

  • @netrocker9990
    @netrocker99903 жыл бұрын

    In india we put water storage tank on a high platform & water comes to house by gravity,their is no need of pump again & again,hence we store the water at higher level.

  • @nia6849

    @nia6849

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good advice

  • @chrisbaron1706
    @chrisbaron17062 жыл бұрын

    awesome and what a great woman

  • @Idahoprepper71
    @Idahoprepper712 жыл бұрын

    We have a water fill station in Athol. Huge hose, fills or tank fast.

  • @selador11
    @selador113 жыл бұрын

    Maybe you could build a crude wooden box of the right size, and drop it into the crawlspace, so that when it is time to come back out of the crawlspace, you can use it as a step to get out?

  • @Miscellaneous-Content
    @Miscellaneous-Content Жыл бұрын

    This is such a nice video, and very interesting to watch. Even though your house isn't finished, I really like it (and your property too.) Also, I have subscribed to your channel and clicked on the notification bell icon.

  • @drwhat4395
    @drwhat43953 жыл бұрын

    Tour would be nice. This is something I would like to do. Very interesting

  • @deborahhand2959
    @deborahhand29593 жыл бұрын

    Yes please an inside tour.

  • @volksman3
    @volksman33 жыл бұрын

    Very useful thanks for the info

  • @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    @MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @abbasalaidaroos7108
    @abbasalaidaroos71083 жыл бұрын

    Hello my friends I congratulate you as a very beautiful, wonderful and creative family I wish you a happy life.🖐️🖐️🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🌹🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍👍👍

  • @marshasmith6320
    @marshasmith63203 жыл бұрын

    I’d love to see a cabin tour!!