Hi all,
This seems to be a very active forum with lots of great advise. This spring my wife and I are going to build a new cabin. My problem is, the location has no water and no electricity. We will have to truck the water in and store it underground in tanks. For power we will be using a propane generator and batteries. This cabin will be located in the Blus Mnts. in Washington State and will be under three to six feet of snow all winter. The cabin will be vacant for weeks at a time so freezing water pipes are a major consideration.
We would like to set up a pluming systen that is as close to a modern system as we can. we will store about 3,000 gallons of water to last all winter. We will not be able to truck in water in the winter because of snow. I would like to be able to have hot running water when we are at the cabin. I would also like to be able to drain the water from the cabin plumbing back into the water storage tanks when we leave and not have to worry about it freezing. There will be no heat in the cabin when we are away so a drain system will be criticle.
My questions are:
What is best way to get the water form the underground storage to the cabin?
Do we need some kind of drainable pressure tank in the cabin?
How do we drain the water from the cabin pluming system back into the underground storage tank when we leave?
Are there any books dedicated to this subject?
Any help I could get on this subject would be much appreciated...
Thanks in advance,
Nova202
This seems to be a very active forum with lots of great advise. This spring my wife and I are going to build a new cabin. My problem is, the location has no water and no electricity. We will have to truck the water in and store it underground in tanks. For power we will be using a propane generator and batteries. This cabin will be located in the Blus Mnts. in Washington State and will be under three to six feet of snow all winter. The cabin will be vacant for weeks at a time so freezing water pipes are a major consideration.
We would like to set up a pluming systen that is as close to a modern system as we can. we will store about 3,000 gallons of water to last all winter. We will not be able to truck in water in the winter because of snow. I would like to be able to have hot running water when we are at the cabin. I would also like to be able to drain the water from the cabin plumbing back into the water storage tanks when we leave and not have to worry about it freezing. There will be no heat in the cabin when we are away so a drain system will be criticle.
My questions are:
What is best way to get the water form the underground storage to the cabin?
Do we need some kind of drainable pressure tank in the cabin?
How do we drain the water from the cabin pluming system back into the underground storage tank when we leave?
Are there any books dedicated to this subject?
Any help I could get on this subject would be much appreciated...
Thanks in advance,
Nova202
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