Living Simply for a Better Life
Roy was able to intall the ventilation fan in the back wall of the container this past weekend. A friend of his had three fans that he sold us for only $20 each. First Roy had to cut a hole in the very thick metal. This involved […]
Yesterday we were able to get the aluminet on the camper. Roy and a friend built the frame (aluminet needs to “float”) and then I helped him lay out and staple the aluminet. We are expecting it to ease the workload of the airconditioner, but […]
A while back, Roy painted a coating on the roof of the container to reduce the heat inside. It brought the temperature down about 10 degrees, but when it’s over 100 degrees outside, it’s still unbearably hot, especially on bright days, and when we are […]
The water tower was one of Roy’s first projects at the property. It was erected as a reservoir for the water from the ram pump. The tank itself is a 275 gallon plastic cube with a metal frame. These are used for a variety of liquids, so you […]
Below is the link to Roy’s Youtube video on the original ram pump. It allows us to access creek water for the garden with no daily expense…simple, yet incredible technology. The information for the plans came from Clemson University and brother Berry helped Roy make it with inexpensive […]
Two years ago, we dammed up the tributary to the creek so that we could run Roy’s ram pump to water the garden. That is a post unto itself… The dam was originally made by stacking rock, weaving in vinyl roofing material, and sealing with […]
Generally speaking, solar power is not an acceptable alternative energy source. In most cases it is simply too expensive and too inefficient for practical applications. I am no proponent of solar energy but that is not to say it does not have its place on […]