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| Straw Yurt |
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Compliments of www.offgridquest.com
March 13, 2014
March 12, 2014
Water Catchment Art
From before to after by pane:
Yea, my yurt home water catchment was painted by a work trader from Austria 2014 February; mission accomplished. Love it!
The tank was two-thirds full of rain water.
Algae and plant particles were siphoned from inside the tank with a water hose. The process took about an hour.
There is a water filter on the pump located under my yurt home. Although I do not drink this water, it is used for washing dishes, bathing and toilet.
The nearly five year old catchment cover has some tears, but is in good condition after clean up. It is on top of the new cover.
Why two covers? The old cover ($135 cost) blocks light, which prevents algae accumulation. The new cover ($155 cost) is much more durable, but does not block light so well.
The old cover had a three-year life projection. The new cover has a ten-year projection.
Would love a hard-top catchment, yet the cost is about $2,000!
The tank was two-thirds full of rain water.
Algae and plant particles were siphoned from inside the tank with a water hose. The process took about an hour.
There is a water filter on the pump located under my yurt home. Although I do not drink this water, it is used for washing dishes, bathing and toilet.
The nearly five year old catchment cover has some tears, but is in good condition after clean up. It is on top of the new cover.
Why two covers? The old cover ($135 cost) blocks light, which prevents algae accumulation. The new cover ($155 cost) is much more durable, but does not block light so well.
The old cover had a three-year life projection. The new cover has a ten-year projection.
Would love a hard-top catchment, yet the cost is about $2,000!
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| Artist Renata Jett |
December 1, 2013
Artistic Water Catchment
Well constructed and beautiful water catchment at Pahoa Transfer Station, a/k/a "the dump".
Big MAHALO to artist Charlene Lofgreen!
With gutters on your yurt, gift yourself plumbing to a catchment with curb appeal.
October 5, 2013
October 4, 2013
August 23, 2013
Yurt Papercrete Project
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