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Thinking out loud: I wonder if we could build a hybrid central heating system by combining a solar hot water heater, with in-floor/wall/ceiling radiant heating and have this system do two jobs at once, heating your water and home at the same time. Hmmmm…. In other words, a typical electric water heater runs on 120V [...]
How would you like to go off the grid? Well, we’re doing it, and we’re looking for folks who want to live off grid too! We’re tired of the everyday grind of the system, and after losing almost everything, we’re starting over from scratch. This time we’re going off the grid, are designing and building [...]
In my search for off the grid homestead locations I’ve spent hundreds of hours researching properties and vacant land for a spot to build our home. I want a parcel of land that will provide everything we need (within reason) and be reasonably located. Now, many people swear by Arizona, and I’ve spent a lot [...]
OK so here’s the deal. I’m going to try the “off-the-grid” lifestyle. No really. I’ve decided to DO IT! I’ve had it with renting, and never owning anything of real value. I’m tired of paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and never actually having anything of value. THAT SUCKS! I’ve been renting [...]
Ever wondered about building with shipping containers? Here’s a few of my shipping container home designs. I’ was playing around in Google Sketchup and thought it would be cool to design a few homes, from one extreme to the other, cheap and small, to extremely large and extravagant. To start off here’s a shipping container [...]
