Moving forward
Posted by Sandra in Construction, Earthship, Electrical, Graywater, Plumbing on 06. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
After much discussion Chris and I have come up with a plan to get the house jump-started again.
As many know, we have been consulting in Kamloops for several months. I’ve been almost full-time and Chris 2-3 times a week. It’s been lucrative work. We didn’t NEED to earn this money to finish the house, but … Read More →
Pulled Our Deep Well Submersible Pump
Posted by Chris in Earthship, Plumbing on 31. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Towards the end of February we headed to Sun Peaks for 3 days of cross country and one day of down hill skiing. Everybody was quite excited and the day before found us running all over; getting packed, preparing the animals for temporary caretakers and winterizing the buildings for four days with … Read More →
Why I’ll Never Buy Another Gould’s BF30 Pump Controller or …
Posted by Chris in Plumbing on 28. Mar, 2011 | 6 Comments
I thought of calling this post The Diminishing Returns of Increased Complexity but it sounded a little dry and impersonal …
Over the last decade I have become fairly knowledgeable about our water supply; where our water comes from, and how it gets to us. This hard won knowledge has been gained trying to provide a … Read More →
The Front Wall…coming down the home stretch of tires!
Posted by Chris in Construction, Earthship, Graywater, Plumbing, Tires on 13. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Construction of the front wall is proceeding quickly … we are now on our third (and hopefully final) row of tires! We have packed 75 out of a total of about 100 tires for this wall. Over the weekend the kids helped, and we moved along quickly! Everybody is tired, and I think the kids … Read More →
Humanure: An Exercise in Fecal Phobia or…Shit Happens
Posted by Sandra in Construction, Earthship, Plumbing on 08. Mar, 2010 | 1 Comment
So why is it that we can see other animals’ fecal matter as a useful and desireable product (for goodness’ sake, some of us even pay $6.99 for somebody to put it in a plastic bag, plaster graphics on it-MooPoo of all things!) but the thought of packaging up our own waste and putting it … Read More →
More supply shopping
Posted by Sandra in Construction, Earthship, Insulation, Plumbing, Tires on 16. Jul, 2009 | 0 Comments
Tuesday found us on the way into Kamloops with a list of supplies we needed to complete the perimeter drain for the building, the thermal wrap and the rest of the materials to do the tire walls. We are now on our third row of tires. Sean and Anna left last Saturday on … Read More →
