For many the most dependable thing in the world is turning the tap on & hearing the water splashing out. Ahhh the confusion & downright panic that sets in when you turn it on & get…. Nothing?!? While I can handle the toilet being unable to flush, not having my coffee or shower… Fortunately, for […]
Going Off Grid in the 21st Century: Water Filtration
Lately in our going off the grid series we have been focusing on water where we have covered everything from pumping & storing the water, to rain water harvesting & we even looked into greywater systems. This has brought us to one of the most important points we need to remember and that is that […]
Going Off Grid in the 21st Century: Rain Water Storage Tanks
In our last few articles, we have covered all the aspects from harvesting the rain water to pre filtering it and delivering it to the tank. This leads us to another important aspect which is where are we going to store it? Is one tank better than another, what are the options, should I just […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Rain Water Intake
As a quick recap, in our last article in the Going Off Grid series we covered the “harvesting” portion of a rain water system. In this case the field aka the roof or collection area and the roads aka the gutters or conveyance system. Just like any harvest though, you only want to harvest the […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Harvesting Rain Water
When many people start to look at ways to reducing their water usage (especially for gardening) many look to the sky. They do some quick research, crunch some numbers on how much water they can save based on their roofs and jump in their car (or go online) to go buy a 30 to 50 […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Getting the Water where it’s needed
Living in today’s modern homes, life is great – we turn on the tap & the water just flows out. In most cases, we have no idea where it comes from, how it gets to our house leaving us with our only concern of how much is it to connect to the water main for […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Water
As a brief recap, in our on-going series about going off-grid in the 21st Century, we have covered numerous options from powering ones home to handling waste. This has led us up to one of our most basic needs: water. For our first article in this series, I am going to turn it over to […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Putting the Pieces Together: Handling Waste
While not glamorous or something people tend to consider when going off the grid, it none the less is important and can majorly impact your wallet and success of your project if not considered up front. With that in mind we covered everything from ways to handle normal household trash to waste water; namely means […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – FAQ’s on Septic Systems
In the last two articles, we covered a few different options for dealing with waste water, namely a grey water system & composting toilet. By far though the most popular system out there is the septic system. It is even quite possible that if you own an older home in a city, or live in […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Composting Toilets (A Guest Post)
In our ongoing series about off-grid living we have reached the part of dealing with human waste. There are two ways this is normally handled, with the most popular being a septic system. Another lesser known option is a composting toilet. While I have installed both systems, I have no clue how the composting systems are […]