Yay finally so,done else who digs perfectly square outhouse holes! 😆😆 I went to 7ft on my latest, but I didn’t have huge rocks to fight, just hard clay. Love your outhouse content haha, YT doesn’t have enough on outhouses!

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It won't be our last video about outhouses that's for sure 😉

2 to 3 foot is Perfectly good enough 🎉🎉🎉

Just discovered your family on Tv.. I enjoy watching all that you guys do now.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you found our channel. We've been videoing our lives here in Alaska for over 3 years now. We have over 200 videos. Happy holidays!

That old hole was my favorite poopin hole when we were there. Sad to see it go. Guess it just means we need to come back so I can try the new hole out. Nothing like poopin in a fresh new hole! 😂

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Haha 😄 Sadly, it won't be fresh by the time you get here. It has already been christened in fact. 😏

Ha ha great video, has it all. Comedy, instruction and scenery.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

Жыл бұрын

😂 glad you enjoyed it!

Great video

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

you guys are lucky to be in a state with no clay in the ground, it took us nearly a month to dig a 5 foot hole on our farm here in Kentucky where the entire ground is nothing but thick heavy clay. Even with the best hand tools it can really take a lot out of you.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I can imagine! Some friends of ours in Alabama tell us about their "Prarie clay". Sounds hideous!

@edwardgoodwin9801

Жыл бұрын

Ontario Canada says hi. Hope u had fun digging

@anthonymorrow1918

6 ай бұрын

Drill holes with a auger first it takes a lot of digging out of it

If you dump wood ash down the hole it turns to lye and decomposes the contents of the hole. An outhouse properly maintained should last a very long time.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

Жыл бұрын

We dump stove ash down the hole about 1-2 times a month. It lasts 2 or 3 years. Running a lodge means more use than an average remote property outhouse. The problem we've found is the COLD tundra preserves "it" more than helps with decomposition. But no shortage of wood ash around here with 8 months of winter and 2 wood stoves!

Perfectly square minecraft looking hole

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Minecraft probably wrote their code after watching Zac and I dig outhouse holes. 😁

I live in Florida. My water table is about 40 inches. How do I keep it from caving in?

I’m about to start building my outhouse! Quick question. What’s the dimensions of the whole you dug? Is it the same dimensions as the outhouse?

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

Жыл бұрын

The outhouse is 4 ft wide (sheet of plywood) the hole is usually around 40" x 24" as long as the building has a ledge to set on.

That must have taken a lot of time to dig a square hole that big. How often do you have to move the outhouse? At least with the rocks you got your lifting in for the day.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Every 2 years. If its a slow tourist season, it could last 3 years. It probably took us around 6 hours to get it all done. We took turns digging.

That is the most perfectly dug square I’ve ever seen. We are in Northern Maine and had to have someone dig a hole with an excavator because of all the boulders and tree roots. It’s about four feet deep. Problem is it filled with water about a foot in the bottom. 🙄 Now what? 🤷‍♀️

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

That's the kinda hole you get when 2 perfectionist/control freaks dig it 😉 The water in your 4' hole is a bummer. Is that the water table, or has it drained?

Do you have a map of old outhouse holes so you don’t redig an old hole too soon?

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Haha 😄. We should, but don't. We have a pattern of how we move it and you can kinda see the old spots.

Use auger on excavator.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

4 ай бұрын

That would be nice.

Have you guys considered composting? I know it’s not everyone’s idea of a good time, but it eliminates the need to constantly be digging new holes. Just a thought :)

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tobias. We've thought it. Using peet moss, wood chips, leaves, straw, etc to compost takes work to gather or money to have flown in. We could use one for us, personally, but we REALLY don't want to empty composting toilets every couple days for our lodge guests. 🤢 I guess we'd rather dig a hole once every year or two, than constantly be emptying guests toilets. 💩

@tobiaspatterson4512

2 жыл бұрын

@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS ok that’s very true…. I forgot about the guest issue lol hole digging it is!

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

At least hole digging doesn't stink! 😆🦨

Is there any permafrost to deal with doing that?

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

No, not in our back yard anyhow.

You know that tractor? Could it help? I didn’t notice what all attachments you had for it.

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. No backhoe attachment. I used it once, instead of a wheelbarrow, to haul the dirt away and it just tore up and made ruts in the lawn.

How long do a out house last ? Like if I Dig a hole in the ground

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

Жыл бұрын

We usually dig over 5 feet deep. It lasts 2 years. We live here year round, and it gets used by tourists for about 3 months every summer. Its cold enough up here that we get very little breakdown, unfortunately.

I got a chair with a hole in the seat and just carry it around the property. Like to take an early crap with my dog before the sun comes up. Sometimes it steams.

@traciebecker6669

3 ай бұрын

😂😮😅 that's hilarious!

Load bearing wall... 🤣

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Well it IS true! That rock is STAYIN'.

Hope you never hit an old location...

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Us too 🙄

Gezzz that looks like tons of fun...not lol

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, its more fun than you think. 🤣🤣

Splash distance...🤣😝🤢

@BRAMANTEBROTHERS

Жыл бұрын

🤣 only a concern in spring!! In the spring the hole gets snow melt turn to water. Gotta be on your guard!