Perfect place to go isolate for awhile. Stay well Mike and Sarah.

Years and years of collecting plumbing parts and I still don’t have what I need😂 glad I’m not the only one that has this problem

Nothing like running water - it's vital for so many things!

Yes two videos in one weekend

It had been so long since I did a home plumbing project I never even heard of pex until last year..thought I'd hate it, now I wouldn't use anything else! It was great getting back to back episodes and better yet I love how you don't edit out the stuff that happens to us too!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Pex is great, I love the stuff!

Great stuff!!! Glad you showed us the winterizing process! For anyone that is going to do their own set-up for a cabin off grid, this is killer stuff!!!! Thanks for taking the time and effort to share this experience with us Mr 50!!!!!!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave

Good morning Mike, Another great video. I've installed a couple outside showers and have had pipes crack over the winter even when I drained it. I found that a low point spigot or boiler drain elbows work flawlessly, and I leave those drains/valves open. Also, a three-way switch for the water pump under the building will make opening and closing your cabin much easier if you are alone. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your time at the cabin. Stay safe and healthy. Mike Robbins

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea, I can see myself having issues there in the future. Probably will be re-doing that shower at some point. 3 way switch would have been clutch I wish I did that. Might be able to get a traveller wire back through to put one after the fact.

Always enjoy watching your attention to detail and as many have said real footage with showing the mistakes helps others prevent them as well.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you DZ

I am not a handy person. I can watch and learn to do some things. I always watch what you do because you always explain everything very well. You even can laugh at your faux pas and explain them. I can appreciate what you do and my take away from both of your 2 recent videos is "don't give up"! What a great thing to present along with your skills. Especially at this time. We all need to hang in there. Thanks for sharing with us.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Billy, glad you enjoyed it and took away a positive message. That always makes me happy to hear.

That's a great place to ride out almost anything.

Wow, it's good that you checked and saw the drain was opened, thanks for sharing a very nice video, 😊👍💕💕💕

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vivian

@vivianwilliams2216

4 жыл бұрын

@@50Acres you are welcome!😊

Great job Mike. I was taught when soldering a joint is to have the torch flame on the opposite side of the solder and the heat and flux will pull the solder to the heat point. If the solder point isn't hot enough nothing will happen. Great job, I like your inside/ outside wire brush cleaner for copper.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thats usually what I do, for at least most of the time, unless it's just an awkward position. Thank you

@1943L

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and both elbow joints soldered together when possible. Helps stop the inside of second one oxidising.

Thanks two videos in the same week loving it👍🏻 good idea to go to the cabin. I follow a few Chinese Chanel's and the writing was on the wall now here in Europe you see the devastation in Italy ☹ Cabin is the best place for you and your family. Keep safe and isolate yourself from society if you need to go to the store where a mask, googles and gloves don't care what others think in 3 or 4 weeks the reality will kick in for everyone. 👍🏻😷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Al glad you enjoyed the extra videos. You stay safe as well bud

I do something similar with my cottage, but also have heat cable on the pipes for to ensure they don't freeze. Been safe down into the teens. When we leave for the season, then we do RV fluid. Definitely have to check all the valves prior to turning on the water. Continued success Sir!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Todd, heat tape would be really great, Im just worried it would strain my solar when I am not around.

Thanks Mike, I enjoyed it.....Stay safe and 'May the Force be With You and Your Family'!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Well done as always. Thank you for allowing us along onv the journey. Be safe.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, you too

I got water hooked up in my shedteau this past weekend. It's a good time to do these things. Nice job.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

It sure is, congrats

..you have your getaway almost ready to move in..great job, keep you and yours safe..

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

We're getting there! You as well!

Fine work, as usual, Mike! I'm helping my brother do a workshop-to-tiny house and your videos are really helping us out! 👍🏻

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool, glad to help!

Im heading to our place right now(Sun 7am) to get the Unique range top and sink installed. Thanks for the great vids.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Nice, hope the install goes smooth and you like the range!

Another Episode!! SAWEEEEET!

Seeing all those fittings reminded me that I need to sort out all the boxes of fittings I've been collecting over the years... or maybe I'll just do it later 🥴✌️

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, my sorting method: Plumbing, Electrical, everything else.

Great job as always! If you want to make the pump less noisy I just mounted our pump to a old tire so it doesn't vibrate what it was mounted to. It is so much quieter.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Great tip! That thing was making a huge racket.

SO MUCH TO LEARN IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME

@annettemillette4091

4 жыл бұрын

LOVE IN D HOUSE

Great tip on sweating copper pipe connections. Don't know why I never thought of it. Appreciate your comment about your state being all but shut down. Little Rock is spooky quite as well. Good luck and take care.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help, stay safe G Bruce

Best place to be when you ned to "Bug out". Stay safe and thanx for that handy craft for ordinary people! ;)

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you stay safe Elisabeth

bril! 😊 glad to see you got water inside! 😊 take care and mind out for "the virus"

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will you too

Really nice! I live in a semi-rural house where the only "grid" connections are power and Internet, so it's interesting to see what a full off-grid setup is like. The major difference is that I have a heated basement for the expansion tank and other equipment so there's no winterization.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I really wish I had done at least a crawl space with a full footer. It is nice to be able to access that stuff from the side. Eventually I will close it in with access hatches.

Enjoyed watching your video

Your plumbing skills are impressive. Nice work as always. The camp is really coming together.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Kinda the whole point of building this place ! Great place to ride it out ! Need that catch basin on that little stream you have uphill ... shark bites .. love them!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to develop the spring, really looking forward to that project.

In times like these I would love to be in the middle of nowhere like you. Not much chance of that here in the over populated UK. Keep safe and love your content.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, will do

Too funny, loved how you laughed at your ut oh. Great that you are able to bug out to the Cabin and hunker down. I'd rather be there than in the midst of craziness too! Best part is Sarah now has water, and will be pleased. Very complicated glad you know what needs to be done :) Great job Mike!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

Great video! A good learning experience for us! Thank you!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Love watching your projects. Goit through the same thing with a new cabin too

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks have fun with your cabin!

Looking good can only see more work being done in the weeks to come can't wait God speed and stay safe your friend from across the pond.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

If there is a silver lining, I am excited for all the progress I plan to make! You stay safe as well Simon.

See you again soon.. With the shutdown almost all over the world, I'm looking forward, to seeing you finish your cabin soon. UK.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you I will try to make a lot of progress!

Thanks for the video enjoy watching plus I'm liking the two videos this week gives me something good to watch

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

No problem Glad you like them!

👍 you both stay safe!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

you too!

Good work. Now u have water for the tea. Just the refrigerator needed now. Nice cabin . If I had one of those I would be there for the duration. We are staying at home for at least 3 months. No visitors etc. Small 2 bed house but we are ok. Stay safe 😁

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 We're getting there bit by bit. Stay safe and sane!

Bravo! Excellent episode. A great lunchtime treat! ✌

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Danny

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! you guys be safe that setup works great easy to clear out the system

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 you too

Great video! Lot of useful info on how to sweat copper. Thanks!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

WOW love it man. Thanks for sharing. Keeping all of us in my prayers. Stay safe. God Bless Brother..

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bobby you too, stay safe take this stuff seriously!

Entertaining video Mike! I imagine hot water is next on your wife's list. Great tip on wiping off the flux before you solder. Thanks to the commenter who shared it with you. I have found myself in your same position with tiny droplets leaking from the compression stops on many occasions. You really have to grip the stop tight and muscle the nut.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it sure is, I wish I had already bout the HWH, kinda gun shy on a big purchase now. Those compression fittings are a pain, but I also hate sweating that close to the internal valve.

Great job! You are making progress👍🏼

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I have been definitely sharing different videos on my Facebook page

With running water and your cook top installed, your cabin is live in ready - just in time. I'm sure that you and Sara will get a lot of work done while you're self-isolating/social distancing. Be safe and stay well.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I hope so! We will, same to you.

Dude, I gotta tell you that you are the best! you are the doppelganger/cross of Kenny Loggins and my brother-in-law. He says crazy, off the wall shit that cracks me up too. Man, keep it up and live the dream! You got and awesome cabin.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha thanks Brent, sometimes stuff just pops into my head.

Thanks for doing this! Take care!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Stick with it. I skip around with projects as well keeps life more interesting. Just rotate back and finish them. Weather plays a big role in projects at the cabin. Your doing a great job!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Very true Mark, gotta take what the weather gives.

I like your full-speed ahead attitude, even though you suck at it. But your finish carpentry is top notch.

thanks i liked that one was good i learnt alot about your water fittings

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Not a plumber here but I've installed my fair share of sink "baskets" - you almost _can't_ use too much plumber's putty - at least about double the small snake you've used would be where I'd generally start - sure you'll have a bit to clean up after you've gotten the bottom tightened down but that just goes back in your container. Awesome content as always!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I need to take it out and put more in, I think it's leaking, but right now my drain is a bucket!

Two episodes in one week! We don’t deserve it!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

haha, enjoy!

@AlphaXDE

4 жыл бұрын

@@50Acres feels like christmas :D

you do really nice work..

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Watched couple of times. Looking to next one. 👍😎

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Earl!

Great job congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

way above my paygrade. Great job. stay safe and thanks for watching

@sandraanddelgray3180

4 жыл бұрын

I meant sharing, haha

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

haha, hope it was still entertaining.

@sandraanddelgray3180

4 жыл бұрын

@@50Acres Absolutely entertaining.

Another great video...👍👏👏

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

AWESOME VIDEO

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Congrats !! I know the feeling !! Greetings from Arizona

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Water to the sink, check! Wish I’d had your foresight to get a little place out in the country. Oh well, we’re sheltering in the outer suburbs of Indy. Stay safe my friend.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Ha, yea a lot of my friends are teasing me now, scything they thought I was nuts, now I am a genius.

Very neat!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video 👌 stay safe healthy to you n your family.... Over this covid 19 .God bless.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charles, the same to you and your family.

Few other plumbing tips buddy. If you use the brush you can always clean ur solder joints with flux, makes for a much cleaner joint everytime. Remember to always wipe the flux away with a rag or cool cloth. Also, tape your open pipe end whenever going through floors or penetrations that can introduce debris into your lines. You don't want a piece of debris gaining access into the plumbing lines. Cabin looks gorgeous bud, can't wait to see you finish it.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for those tips Scott

Use tinning flux for copper to brass. It gives you a wider window between the brass getting hot enough to draw the solder and the point when the flux burns.

wow 2 videos in 2 days I could get use to this :) now the lock down in Denmark isn't so bad:)

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! Figured another video would help with the boredom!

@jeppe5507

4 жыл бұрын

@@50Acres You are so right i was just taking a break form yard work

Hey man how are you doing. I've been watching your channel for over a week now and I am loving it. I like the personal touch you are putting into your cabin build. With that said I would suggest that you put a three way switch for the pump under the house to better enable you to winterize the water pump without having to go back into the house to switch it on. As also try to catch the clean water when you are draining the lines. Keep on doing things your way as this is what make what you do unique. I love your channel so far and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your video adventures in the future.

@50Acres

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Andre, welcome to my channel! Thank you! A 3 way switch is an upgrade I've been meaning to get around to!

That's good to got the water hooked up so when we come the study you can make me a coffee on the new stove boil the water and bacon and eggs for breakfast slowly getting there you need a fridge and you're right and and you need a decent barbecue cooking ribs steak for when I stay laugh out loud love a good video good job on the water look forward next video

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds great! We'll get everything nice and ready for you!

Nice!

Oooh, fancy! Yes, she WILL be happier with running water & I suspect that you will too. It's going to be a great place to ride out this mess. Be safe, be well.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Liz, she's pretty excited!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

and I am too

awesome stuff, you are rolling man!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the upload and keeping it real, I do the same kinda sh#t sometimes, leaving stuff open, lol shows your honesty. And that is why I like and share everyone of your videos, Bless you

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Always! I don't know why people would edit out the good stuff, I think it makes it more fun to watch!

@VelvetRedRoses

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, invariably we forget one valve and the basement in our cabin gets a bath. That's why we prefer two people to de-winterize, so that one can watch everything "just in case". Love your videos. Plumbing has not been our best skill-set.

love it Mike!! always so awesome..

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I have no idea what you just did with all the values and lines, but I liked it.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

haha thanks

Great job 👍😀👍

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@g.mendoza8138

4 жыл бұрын

50 Acres & a Cabin You are welcome 👍😁👍

Success!

Thats quite a project, but its coming along. Good job.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

We're slowly getting there.

good job

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Well that was a workout LOLOL So exciting to have W A T E R yipppeeee and good job.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

haha thanks

Cool.

Good job. You are doing a great job. Copper is nice but I will never do a new install except with PEX pipe ever again. On numerous repairs after the valves have been on for twenty years and they are corroded and you have to replace them getting them off the copper pipe can be tricky. I only use 1/4 turn cut off valves. So many times the the other types of valves are so stiff that you cant turn them off without breaking them. Sucks when you just need to replace a faucet but end up having to replace everything past the stub out. Start using Torx tip screws. I switched to them a couple of years ago. I have not stripped a screw head since.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I love Pex, only place I don't like it is for stub outs, hate the way they have a tendency to move around over time. Same here on the cut off valves, other ones go bad too fast.

I bought a really nice pex crimp till with all the different sized dies and I was crimping a t fitting and the little nubs for the dies hit the t and bent the crap out of it, only did that once

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Aww man that stinks

At our camp we have a air valve at a high point and blow out all the excess water out with a air compressor, a little added insurance.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I should probably do that too. Good project for when I add hot water.

Yorkshire tea? Good man. Greetings from Yorkshire.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers David, I asked for tea suggestions a while back and a bunch of your countrymen chimed in and said I should give it a try. I like it a lot!

Just add water ! Lol. A nice improvement to make it a little easier to stay there.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I learn so freakin' much from your videos, Mike! About the time I'm asking a question, you answer it. Thank you. :) We're looking for that land now. Hoping to have it by August, and have my daughter and her hubby move into our current house to rent-to-own while she finishes-up her last couple of years at med school at OSU Main Campus if it all works out. Exciting times!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Can't wait to hear about your land search, it's going to be so much fun. Enjoy this process, making the plans and dreaming, is sometimes more fun than being knee deep in a project!

@zzzzhuhzzzz

4 жыл бұрын

Omigosh, absolutely! We're in the process of refining our wants and needs, how that looks in a land/home setting, and whether we're really up for everything that comes with it. We're shifting and adjusting a lot as we go. And it really is so fun! :} But yeah... what I can dream of is often more fun than reality, so I measure what I think I'm up for against the ruler of what you've gone through, then subtract about 87%, and there we have my capacity. lol I think 15 years ago would be different, but my health has limitations my ambition does not.

I wish i knew how to do plumbing aswell! nice work

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I started out with a book, and just slowly added skills

Look at you moving up to the presidential suite... Nice work Mike.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

luxury!

Excellent! I always hate trying to get under the sink to tighten things, its cramped and you have wriggle around to get to anything (especially with other things in there like a disposal) ----- the connections should be put on longer fixtures/pipe extensions (that reach to bottom of the sink basin so you can clearly see and reach the connections) so you dont have to go into such tight spaces

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, I wish it came with longer hoses, they barely reached below the sink bowl.

There is a down and dirty septic tank setup that uses a plastic 55 gallon barrel mostly in the ground on its side with some holes in it to let extra fluids out as the main mass gives solids time to biodegrade before they leave with the liquids or form a sludge on the bottom. With the water off for the winter normally you don't even need to worry about freezing up. Secondary power switch in the crawlspace for when you are flushing/winterizing.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Its weird but I'm actually really looking forward to making my greywater system and septic system. I geek out on that stuff.

@TheUserid82

4 жыл бұрын

@@50Acres You could go with a real septic system but with the rocky ground there you would need a hydraulic hammer to insure you could get it in with the proper slope and might even need to bring in a blaster if you run into hard rock that expanding agent cant crack.

Very nice. It must feel great having the water in place. Yeah, head to the cabin and hunker down. Seems like there is a toilet paper apocalypse happening right now😂 Hope you guys stay safe. Have a great week.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, no TP, or flour. People are also buying up weird stuff like burger meat and milk. It's like, why are they stocking up on perishable items, but whatever.

@armandotimothy3921

2 жыл бұрын

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account?? I stupidly forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can offer me

@jacobjake482

2 жыл бұрын

@Armando Timothy instablaster :)

@armandotimothy3921

2 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Jake Thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

@armandotimothy3921

2 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Jake It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thank you so much you saved my account :D

You have set up a nice system. One possible suggestion to make the winterization a little easier, could you wire a 3 way switch into your pump so that you have a switch down at the pump to turn it on and off and you can save a couple of steps of having to go back up into the cabin? Just a thought. My dad and I set up his RV for a similar way you are doing it and we could winterize in short order. Love your videos keep posting !!!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yea that is a great Idea, I need to think through if I can get the wires back up to that outlet box or not. I think I ran it in smurf cable so that should be do-able.

Howdy neighbor. Sweating copper to brass? Get some mapp gas. It's like propane but in a yellow tank. Burns hotter. Glad spring is beginning. Enjoy yourself!

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, hope we can get some dry days here soon.

A minor point: if you touch the solder to the copper on the side opposite to the flame, the solder will wick right around towards the hottest point. You'll see a fine seam of solder where the two surfaces meet. This is the surest guarantee of a perfect job.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, thats usually what I do, unless I am just in an awkward position or something.

Exceedingly well done with all your endeavours. Still think you could save yourself a lot of extra work 'winterizing' by a one off effort of thoroughly insulating all external pipework.

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Yea ultimately that is the goal. I think I can heat the cabin even when I am gone once it's fully insulated without going broke.

👁👁 nice stock of spares

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

Always handy to have on hand.

Stay safe

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

you too!

Nice thermal bridge you got going there mate

@50Acres

4 жыл бұрын

I have quite a few, but compensate by having a relatively small structure, lots of ceiling insulation and an above average wall insulation for my climate zone. Staying cool in the summer is much harder than staying warm in winter here.