I will likely NEVER ever build a shower house myself, but I just spent 26 minutes watching a man build one for himself. And, I do not regret it for 1 second. Thanks, Dave!
Ok the way he gets water pressure blew my mind. Creative and hilarious yet it works. Dang the best 26 minutes I've spent in ages on RU-vid. Love your videos that I've watched so far.
If all else fails, wait until it rains - it can be very liberating. I lived off the grid too, but I was by myself, didn't think anyone would ever go for it. I remember those days of being youthful, energetic and ambitious.
Great Video as always, thanks for the shot of your Osha approved house slippers and dad shorts. Now I don't feel awkward when I mow my yard. Great Video.
Holy crap. The reason I haven't built my shed is my lack of "math and geometry" knowledge. No idea how to make rafters, until right now. I really appreciate what to you must've seemed like a throwaway tip. Thanks.
Rafter calculations are actually pretty simple once you understand the Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) A = run b = rise and c = rafter length minus any overhang you want. If your run is 4 and your rise is 3, then your rafter length will be 5. then you add on your overhang say 2 feet and your total length will b e 7 feet for your rafter. Hope that make sense to you. :)
@@georgeshaw8276, back when most carpenters would layout rafters at the job site, they used a square to measure the length, angles and cuts for rafters. It seems to me that Bushradical's solution is quick and accurate while at the same time reduces the chance for most errors to creep in. I'm saying this as someone who is familiar with the use of Mr. Pythagoras equation as well as the challenges of transferring numerical measurements on to lumber for cuts.
I lived off grid for 7 years then moved into town for two years, now going back. 12 volt power is wonderful, no bills, no kids, no barking dogs, just quiet: O, occasional genny noise.
I'm in the middle of building a small cabin out of dimensional lumber, and I come back to this video (and the small cabin anyone can afford) all the time. You demonstrate things very clearly, simply, and effectively. Your videos have easily saved me dozens of hours trying to figure things out.
I love watching all the little helper boards and stuff to assist while working alone. So fun watching a build when the person knows what they are doing. You make it look so easy. I also love the way you teach as you go. That shower is awesome. Thanks for taking us along.
I may be an old granny, but I love your videos! And your wife's too. If I were about 20 years younger, I might endeavor to build on my own, but my old bones just laugh at me now, lol. I do dream of an off grid place, and you never know! I enjoy drawing plans for a cabin, including a bath house, and listing all I would need. The biggest cost is the property. And the perfect location is a chore, but worth it!
That's pretty fly for a concrete guy. No wide angle required. That's about as much as Dave as I need to see. Cheers and fantastic square built bath house.
First time I've seen your videos. This is the third I've watched tonight and have been absolutely fascinated. You'd think a 77 year old lady would have something better to do with her time, but I've been glued to this 'puter for several hours now and enjoyed every minute. I found myself thinking that men like you will survive while many white collar university educated people will not be so fortunate. I have a nephew that has an extremely high IQ, but he refused to go to college because he wanted to work with his hands and not sit in an office all day playing "nice" with the suits as he "climbed the ladder" of success in the business world. Fortunately his grandpa and father taught him the building trades and he's happy as the proverbial clam. Thanks for sharing your projects with us. I'll be watching more.
That was amazing. When I was a kid my parents bought an off grid cabin(dilapidated shack) no electric no water . Only propane bottle for stove and a wood burning stove. We added a room for extra beds and built a toilet room which we used a bucket commode. We washed up in a sink with boiled water. This was the early 80s. I always thought as a kid there was a way to do a shower. Never could figure out a way except a solar camping bag shower but as an 8 year old no one took me seriously. I devised a hanging gravity driven bucket that dropped water into a larger bucket on floor and I boiled water poured into hanging bucket with a mix of cold water and that was my off grid shower. My family laughed at it as they couldn’t fit under it only me. I thought I was a genius for doing that by watching how you did your shower set up I think that’s totally genius I wish we could’ve found one of those buckets with the pump handle along time ago that would’ve saved us a lot of aggravation and kept us all smelling fresh as daisies because two weeks in the summer up in a cabin in the White Mountains you tend to get very swampy. Thx for the amazing idea
Dude, that project was awesome! Your camera placement and coverage excellent., To the point and Not dull or boring. Hope to see more finish work and improvements to this. Thumbs up!
You and your wife have truly helped my husband and I to envision the projects we need to do on our land. We recently purchased 3 acres in the foothills of Georgia. I have been making a list of things we need to bring up there (We live in Florida) for our first over night. So far I need coffee, steak and A1. A cast iron pan too. I can't wait to build my outdoor shower room.
Absolutely!! I had to watch that part again. I'm new with carpentry, and that bird mouth stuff was so confusing to me. When I saw this, it was OMG!! 💥BOOM💥 genius!
Dave that was an awesome build, and as always some great tips being shared along the way with easy to understand instruction. An all round terrific video :)
Wow how cool was this video you built a shower and a bath Amazing you and your wife are such hard workers you are a dream team what an inspiration Love your Videos
Loved this …you seem humble and thats admirable! I love your attitude and way of doing things, thanks for sharing! Stay you, best wishes in your next adventures! Cheers to you and your wife 💫
Teflon tape tip: hold the roll so it doesn’t unwind the tape when you turn around the tread. That way you can manage how tight you apply the tape and don’t end up with a mess of to much Teflon tape.
Your pump shower reminds me of the form oil sprayers we used at the 2 structural concrete companies my brother and I owned in the late 90's to mid 2010's. And some people would say that is not nearly enough water for a shower. Well, if you take a Navy shower (30 seconds on, turn off, lather, 30 seconds rinse), it is more than enough. Especially, if you use a low flow high pressure shower nozzle. Served 20 years, 2 months, 28 days on submarines and aircraft carriers. MMC(SS) USN Ret.
Hey Dave, really enjoy your videos. I am re-watching this one again because I am trying to teach myself to install rafters. (I am getting ready to build my first cabin!) Just a quick question, with your technique for rafters, is it important to make sure that the overhang distance of the rafter is the same front and back? Any context for your trick using a board to scribe that rafter cutout would be super appreciated. Hope all's well! -Dan
I can't imagine why anyone would give a thumbs down to this video. The whole thing from start to finish was creative, well planned, well executed and efficient. Super enjoyed this video and I learned alot!
That was fantastic !!!! Let me tell you ! Listen I am so drawn into your video technique of unique quality !!!! Once I seen those trees swaying that’s it I’m being called there !!!!!!!!!!!!! The shower bit WOW ! I love this !!!!!!!!! Please save me😂 🙏🏼
I love working alone and doing stuff by myself. Sometimes “figuring it out” as I go. There is a lot of satisfaction in that. However, I almost always look back and see something I should have done and go DANG MAN! I didn’t ...”, or “I should have done this, or that’. Or “Well, THAT was stupid”. I learned alot from your video my friend. Thanks.
Great build! I love all your videos and learn something new each time. BTW, if you have a lot of metal to bend, using a hinged board to bend the metal (from underneath the metal sheet) with a 2x4 clamped down on top near the bend point would make it easier.
When I saw this video I got two invaluable tips- the rafter cuts- thank you- and the pump shower. I looked high and low online for a Zodi but they’re apparently made out of unobtainium. So I ordered a stainless pumper and will fashion one similar. Thank you for this!
Bushradical got my makeshift Zodi completed this morning and It’s working wonderfully. Also followed your lead on some cabinets for the yurt. Keep those great videos coming and thanks again for passing on all your tips n tricks.
Dave this is a great training video on how to build an off grid shower, love the video keep them coming, Alaska is beautiful and the fishing is awesome.
Wow you are amazing I wanted to build a shed my self . With what you have shown I'm pretty sure I can.... Thanks for all the Great Tips Cynthia from little Iowa 👍👍👍👍🙂
Great build and video! Thank you. Being a newbe I have some very basic questions. Were your wall studs on 16" centers? The rafters, were they on 24" centers? What do you do with the drain water, do you have a drain pit, or just run out on the ground? How about the winter, what about the drain and drain lines, as well as feed lines in freezing weather? Why did you use two clear roof panels and two metal panels? It appeared you may have used a small section of metal panels underneath the clear panels points of attachment. Why did you choose to use metal underneath the clear panels? I wish I were near you to offer you another set of hands, I would love to learn more from you. Your videos are very helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Michael Maroon, I believe I can answer a few of your questions. I don't believe winter affects the drain or feed lines because they don't keep water in them. I"m sure he takes the pressure pump with him when he's not there, so no one can steal it, which releases the pressure and drains all the lines. He used clear roof panels to let natural light in, otherwise it would be very dark even in the day time. It looked like these clear roof panels weren't quite as long as he needed so he added those small pieces of metal panels to give the overhand he wanted. I too wondered about whether he had a drain pit or just runs it on the ground. I would think some sort of pit is needed else it would get sloppy wet around the shower house.
Amazing! I would place a few windows for air and the view! Great pump system as well! Oh uh a bench for sitting after your shower and drying! What happened to the water does it just run into the ground or goes downhill?
@@MensaGiraffe looking back at the install, at least water would not freeze in the drain itself, there is no trap to hold water before it goes down. It would just freeze wherever it flows. Still...
I love the simplicity of all of you designs if I may make a suggestion when you frame your walls as I'm building a house my sheathing extends past my wall approximately the depth of the box so I stand the wall up I can then attach the sheathing to the box this gives the wall a little more stability from wind lift I don't know if you experienced that in Alaska or not but here in Cape cod Massachusetts we have a lot of winlipped that can peel the plywood off your wall and sometimes take the wall right up your sheds thanks for listening Plymouth Rock
Freakin' awesome dude! Very practical approach you take to building stuff. I love to watch you think as you go. One thing we did in the Navy while showering at sea to conserve water was to get wet then shut the shower off, soap up then turn the shower back on and rinse...etc etc...just a thought to pass on so you don't run out of water with a head full of shampoo...otherwise, outstanding work!
Thanks! I'm moving to AK this year and want to live off grid. This is a project I hope to tackle and i was riveted to what you were doing. I had to laugh at your linoleum "dance moves" to get it in laid place and will give that a try. I'll have to look up that pump shower. That's awesome!!
Oh yeah......the plastic pump sprayers people use to spray bug or weed killer out of! Great idea! And cheap, too! Walmart, here I come (or Home Depot, Ace Hardware or Lowe’s)! LOL
@@briha3142 yeah watching your video was helpful for ideas I'm trying to bison property myself out to West Virginia I'm going to go look at it this weekend hopefully 0.30 of an acre
im at the point now that i have to builda shower house for our property up north, my wife likes going to the up north cabin but theres no shower house so she only likes going for a couple days. so im going to build a 8x8 shower house to replace the outhouse currently there. Thanks for this video i learned so much.
I'm so glad I came across your channel! I've been binge watching about everything. Lol. Love your simple techniques and explanations. I've learned many new things already. Thank you so much!!!
Creativity, ingenuity, well executed! An amazing video! Off grid living with a creature comfort of a shower would just make the whole experience so incredibly pleasant. So well done Dave!
It's the kind of pump we used to use to spray insecticide on our garden when I was growing up. I can tell you from experience that the kind of pressure he's showing only last like 2 minutes max if even that, so you'd better be really quick or be ready to lean out and pump a few times each shower. Or take turns with your significant other to keep that kind of pressure for the whole 3 gallon tank. Still it's a good idea.
@@keetagriffin1913 I saw something similar watching guys spray water on fresh concrete, it looked about the same, then I realized it is probably that except he put fittings for a hose (my guess). Thanks for the info
I am building a tiny home and will do my walls for my shower the same way but mine is indoors. I will put some waterproofing type roll next to the wood before I add the metal walls. In my mind I think it will work.
