Hello!
Need some advice regarding a cabin's plumbing design.
It's a ~10 year old 30x20 log cabin on piers in southern WI. Just buying it, and currently no electric, plumbing, etc. Nada.
So, in '10 the plan is to drill a well, bring in septic and electric. No plan to do central heat, just the wood-burning stove.
I have plenty of plumbing experience in traditional, year-round homes.
But this place will be vacant for most of the winter, with a possible occasional weekend visit for winter fun, but I am on unfamiliar turf with the need to winterize and the lack of a basement...
What is the best design for this situation in terms of ease-of-winterizing? How is the 3 foot open-air gap between the bottom of the home and the earth dealt with in a way that allows occasional sub-freezing use?
And is this a good situation to bring in a tankless H2O heater?
Thanks in advance.
-S
Need some advice regarding a cabin's plumbing design.
It's a ~10 year old 30x20 log cabin on piers in southern WI. Just buying it, and currently no electric, plumbing, etc. Nada.
So, in '10 the plan is to drill a well, bring in septic and electric. No plan to do central heat, just the wood-burning stove.
I have plenty of plumbing experience in traditional, year-round homes.
But this place will be vacant for most of the winter, with a possible occasional weekend visit for winter fun, but I am on unfamiliar turf with the need to winterize and the lack of a basement...
What is the best design for this situation in terms of ease-of-winterizing? How is the 3 foot open-air gap between the bottom of the home and the earth dealt with in a way that allows occasional sub-freezing use?
And is this a good situation to bring in a tankless H2O heater?
Thanks in advance.
-S