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12/12/10, 07:07 PM
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I could since I get my water directly from a spring.
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12/12/10, 07:28 PM
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I suppose I could call dcfs??not using my name of course 
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12/12/10, 07:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Forerunner
I am almost, but not quite amazed at how quickly these practical issue threads get sidetracked to politics. They have succeeded in their conditioning of the populace to lick the boots of the perceived masters.
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Avoiding being hassled by the government is a practical issue. Finding out about local laws and regulations before sinking money (or planning time) into something is a practical issue. Yes, it's pathetic that many places restrict people so badly, but finding out about your local restrictions is a practical issue. Even if it's just to find out how quiet about it you have to be.
It's always nice to know ahead of time what rules you'll be breaking.
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12/12/10, 07:56 PM
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Seems like if you make thru the first week with good humor, the rest of the year will be a walk in the park. The first few days will be the toughest, getting used to your new reality.
Those plastic water tanks ain't cheap. We just bought a new stock tank and the water hauling tanks were stored next to them, the biggest one they had was around $600.
Good luck!!
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12/12/10, 07:56 PM
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Laundry mats are a very expensive money pit. Not having running water does not mean you can't have a washing machine. They have these small plug in ones mostly sold overseas but available in the U.S. that are designed for people that have to transport water. You can simply pour the fresh water directly into the machine.
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12/12/10, 08:09 PM
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Really?? What are those washers called??
Loved the comment about knowing what rules your preparing to break lol
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12/12/10, 08:11 PM
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If I need a Shelter
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Location: Ozarks
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I'm wondering why you can't do what we are at our Cabin? Go ahead run Pex Pipe Through Out,Small 10 Gal. Hot Water Heater,Big Tank In Insulated Box just Outside,get 120 RV Pump.Showers don't use much if you have a way to shut the water off other than Soaking and Rinsing.
Not really High $$ but still might be out of reach for you.
Just a thought.
big rockpile
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12/12/10, 08:14 PM
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Well it's not out of ? What would that set up cost??
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12/12/10, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueJuniperFarm
"Adults can handle it but I would not try it with kids! Especially younger ones."
Why not? (Barring Children's Services sticking their noses in, of course.) I was raised on a homestead in Alaska without running water or electricity and grew up just fine. We lived in a cabin in Alaska later, after I was married, with three young children, and they did just fine, too!
Kathleen
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thank you!
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12/12/10, 08:17 PM
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You can pour in water like that mostly with any washer. I know many times I have just rinsed a few things out not by going through the "wash" cycle, but just added some water from a bucket, put it on the rinse cycle, and never would fill through the hose attached, and then spin dry. As long as you fill it past the water setting set on the machine you can add water yourself without water going in automatically. Just set the Water Level on LOW. And pour in water more then that setting is. No problem.
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12/12/10, 08:21 PM
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BRP seems to have a good answer for you.
We lived without running water for quite a while and it never killed us. You have been given some very good ideas of how to do it. It takes some getting used to, but can be done. So in answer to your question, yes you can....if you really want to. 
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12/12/10, 08:26 PM
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We did all our laundry (winter and summer) on a wringer washer and hung it out to dry. If you hang it in the house in the winter it adds back needed humidity. I still do this and I have running water, gas furnace and electricity. Seems foolish to waste them.
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12/12/10, 08:40 PM
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If I need a Shelter
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ozarks
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Originally Posted by mamaof3peas
Well it's not out of ? What would that set up cost??
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Just Guessimating.
Tank right now we are using Plastic Food Grade Barrels with Lids but hope to go to Larger Tank which I figure about $300.
Pump $170
Pex Pipe depends on how much you need.
I found 40 Gallon Hot Water Heater for $250 but we found New 10 Gallon for $100.
If you have Building Salvage in the area you can get Shower Stalls fairly Cheap and get Shower head you can cut off and on at Wal mart pretty resonable.
Toilet either Outhouse or Sawdust Toilet.We are using High $$ Composting Toilet but not real happy with it so we are thinking of putting a Regular Toilet in and Holding Tank but this is on down the road and only Legal option in the area and High $$ which you don't want.
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12/12/10, 09:00 PM
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I have running water because I have a gravity spring, hot running water because I have a wood cookstove with a heating coil. You could have running water with an RV pump from a tank house to the cabin. The stove is in the corner of the living room, bathroom is behind S wall and kitchen is behind W wall, comes out of coil and Tee's to each room. The bath has a clawfoot tub and kitchen has an old porcelin sink. Cold water to tub and toilet and to kitchen sink and utility. I would plumb cabin as you build it. Install grey water system. Then install toilet when you get septic....James
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12/12/10, 10:11 PM
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Hi,
Seems like you should be able to collect some water off the roof for at least 3 seasons?
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Water/Water.htm
Maybe not for drinking, but for all the other stuff?
Gary
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12/12/10, 10:21 PM
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Running a farm and all, with more than 7,000 pounds of animals to water and 100+ gallons to move every day, I would say I could not live without it. Well, I could, I would just be tempted to commit suicide or something!
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12/12/10, 10:36 PM
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Solar Gary, thanks, that's a great idea!! I wish I could dig a shallow well bell but not even shire how that works so we ere going to haul from town and filter with a berkey?
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12/12/10, 10:39 PM
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I did it for three months in the middle of winter with three kids.
I just remember the stomach flu and no indoor plumbing and three little kids. I discovered I'd rather go without electricity than plumbing. I'm a water wimp!
Wouldn't be so bad in the summer and three months wasn't really long enough to get used to the situation. I would have adjusted eventually, but I really, really like having a bathroom with kids. We did the bucket system for cold nights..didn't know about sawdust..wish I had!
Funny story..when we finally got an apt..small, ugly...but it had a BATHROOM! I stood in
front of it and raised my hands in thanks for such a glorious invention as indoor plumbing. My kids thought I was crazy..but they weren't the ones cleaning up poopy messes without running water in the middle of the night.
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12/12/10, 10:47 PM
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Can't find bacon seeds
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You can also get a Wonder Washer for under $50 and hang dry your clothes, even in the winter!
Or get a tub/bucket and a clean toilet plunger and put clothes in and plunge up and down like you were making butter. Cleans clothes pretty well. Also works if you have a tub that can be stoppered or a large bucket that a kid can stomp the clothes with.
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12/12/10, 11:50 PM
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We went two winters without running water, in Canada, where ANY water left outdoors will freeze for 6 months of the year. If you can afford it, a 400-500 gal water tank could probably be HEAVILY insulated, and you could fill it, and draw from it as you need. I would invest in a truck-mounted water tank, and a gas powered water pump, even a small one would be nice. You could get both for a couple hundred, used, and it has many, many uses beyond this one.
Burying a small tank is the easiest.
I just dug a hole in the ground beside my house, put a 1200 gal tank in it, and piled straw around it. Then I built a deck over it, with some recycled plywood. The pipe running to the house has heat tape. A full tank lasts a month, and hasn't froze even at -39C. The top of the tank is level with the ground, there is no dirt on top, just straw.
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