i live in alaska and i still watched this outhouse video. Blowing 40 and pouring rain outside, have to take a break and see what other alaskan's are doing. thumbs up.
It's not like I'm a master carpenter or anything, but I was thinking it would truly last a long time if you did 1/2 lap joints with the chain saw, instead of using hardware. I can't wait to see the next video though. I really enjoy you guys, and am glad I discovered you.
You two make me smile. When I was younger, late 20's, I met and married my husband. We lived outside Pittsburg PA. We bought 6 acres with a hunting cabin on it. (I don't know how much hunting was done, but nothing was square or level.) It had a spring on it, and an outhouse. It was 2 years before the well went in, and that whole time, it was the outhouse, and a galvanized tub for the bath. When the bathroom went in, I thought I had died and went to heaven. Claw foot tub, ❤️ commode, and hot 🔥 water. And no peeking out to see if the young 🐻 was around, when we stepped out of the outhouse. 😁 I still thank the Lord for hot water, regularly.
One of the things I don't like about the type of homesteaders is that one of these spouse is always has to do the give me the token nailing in the wood or doing a job that she normally wouldn't do. What I really like about your channel is and this is the first channel that I've ever seen this app, is you and your wife equally work. She does a great job at everything that she does and she does everything that you do. And that you do everything she does. So I say congratulations and this is why I love watching your show. Your wife is a fantastic woman you guys are doing a great job. I appreciate this honest of a show.
That's one of the reasons I love this channel. It's common in my country for women to do "men's" work. Digging holes, working the land and building entire houses while their husbands are away at work. And the best marriages are usually the ones where both throw themselves into big projects equally and getting kids involved in the work too. These two have great ballance
Thank you! I get annoyed how in this day and age there are still “pink” and “blue” roles. When I moved in with my BFF (now husband) years ago his brothers and father couldn’t comprehend that I was mowing the lawn. Enough to call my bf to get outside and “save” me. He was inside doing laundry, I’d much rather mow the lawn than fold laundry! Cheers! Hope your healthy and safe!
I'm 71 years old, lived in Alabama most of those years, so I am no stranger to outhouses. I can't remember ever moving them, but I'm sure they did...? As a kid, my legs were short (didn't touch the floor while sitting down), and I always feared falling in! That, and SPIDERS!
WOMAN, you sure are a HARD worker!! I don't know how you do all that you do but then again I'm 67 and I've done a lot too and I'm paying for it with my back. God bless you for all you've done and all you're still doing. His strength is in you!!!
There's a reason that a lot of families used to plant roses along the sides of out-houses! Besides that they grew like crazy!!well, truthfully, tomatoes too, but i wouldn't be sampling THOSE!
You amaze me with your skill level to tackle everything. I wish you would do a Q & A on your backstory.. How you met and what you did before you moved to Alaska. Also are there any plans for family additions in the future ? Ariel is the strongest woman I have ever seen. It seems there is nothing she won’t or can’t do. She certainly is a example that you don’t have to.be a girly girl to be beautiful inside and out. You work so well together.
I have thought these thoughts soooo many times and wanted to ask/suggest them -- but --- I got distracted. Thanks for actually asking/commenting the thoughts.
My mother just told me the other day that my Gradmother used to clear hers out! They lived in former Yugoslavia & I went there when I was 12 years old. To say it was a culture shock was an understatement. Going from only knowing plumbing to going in a section which was next to a pig pen. Having two pigs staring at you as you took a dump, looking at all the little flies. It affected me & still not fully recovered 30 years on lol! (Jokes promise). Best experience of my life looking back.
grew up with an outhouse in eastern Ontario. We had a guy that came around with a horse and wagon and cleaned it out by hand. The honey wagon. Never had to move it. He used the goods for garden fertilizer.
Salvaged 4"x6" railroad ties (usually Hemlock or Douglas fir, pressure treated with creosote prior to about the 1980s ban on creosote in Canada and the US) , which you used for your new privy location will likely last you for 40-50 years. Our back yard has a 5ft. high earth retaining wall made of 4"x6" railroad ties constructed about 1972 when the house was built. They are still holding, although the the top shift has starting disintegrating during the last ten years. 30 years ago, I bought pentachlorophenol treated 4"x4" landscape ties (likely spruce or pine) as a border for a flower bed. They started to disintegrate about ten years ago.
Hey there, I work for a railway and I don’t know if you’re aware but rail ties are soaked in really nasty chemicals to keep them from rotting and using them in something you will be using frequently can be terrible for your health. My only suggestion would be to cover them up as much as possible and have really good ventilation inside the outhouse. I grew up using an outhouse and they are great when you live in the woods just be cautious with those ties.
Great info and yes very toxic chemicals, but some have done worse by using them for raised beds then eat that contaminated produce. I like when people post positive info. TY
I'm just going to go ahead and add that old pallets can be harmful too, depending on what they use to keep the wood preserved. Also, in transit, you have no ides what hazards they can be exposed to!
Oh how I don't miss the out house growing up. Especially late at night. During a thunderstorm. And moving it is such a crappy job ( Pun intended LOL ) Thank for sharing this video. I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old. The whole family went in to town to go trick or treating for Halloween. When we got home the outhouse was missing. We eventually spotted it on top of the porch of our house. Mom's Brothers gratefully came and took it down, and put in back in place for us. Even though they did not say anything. Mom always figured it was them that put it up there in the first place.
I saw what you did there with the thumbnail -- lol Lampoon's Christmas :D You don't HAVE to relocate outhouses. You can pump it (like a septic) and empty it. You know, have the honeywagon truck come and suck out the sewage every so often, whenever it's full. My uncle did that before he eventually got plumbing. I lived for 5 years without plumbing myself. This is not as big a deal as city people think it is. A LOT of people do this, they just don't talk about it.
I loved on a canal or Narrow Boat in Britian for eight years, continuously cruising. We had an Airhead Marine composting toilet and it is brilliant!! I highly recommend one. It takes less than two hours to install and there is no smell!
Oh my,,, that is a lot of Poo.. All of Us boys on the farm always got the dubious honers of digging the new hole. Even though there was a fully functioning bath in the house that was mostly for Mom and Dad. Thank God they let us take a bath now and again, however my older brothers remember heating water on the wood stove and dragging the old galvanized tub out from the barn once a week for that ritual....My best for you and yours. Jim
Wow, that is a lot of touching of those pieces of wood. Think about it, you cut it, you split it, you moved it to your house, you then stacked it, now you are moving it, you will stack it again after you build your wood shed! Then you will move it closer to the house or in the house and then pick it up again and put it in the wood stove. Ask me how I know, we have done it. We now burn coal and per we are in our late 60’s. Love watching you on your journey 🤗😘
All houses (or cabins) with outhouses should also have another delightful pre-modern convenience--the chamber pot! My British neighbor just found her grandmother's old wooden commode complete with the original enameled metal pot. She has installed it in her upstairs bedroom in a house that doesn't have a toilet upstairs. It's either the nostalgia or to save staggering down the steps in the middle of the night in her old age. In Alaska, for sure I'd have a chamber pot. or a heated outhouse. Jest sayin'...
I grew up with an outhouse no shame at all in it saved money on plumbing for real I been wanting to get one back and go.back to simple and let this speedy crazy life go get back to basics and reality people are nuts anymore I love canning and raising my food tastes 10 times better and I know what it's ate and what I put on my garden wish more people would wake up and go back to basics less stressful
To get your out house up on it’s new platform. Take a couple wide plank boards if you got em and winch it up on there. Or build your self a ramp with some plywood and some boards and winch it up there that way. There’s always a way around the struggles.
To say I enjoy your videos would be a serious understatement. You guys seem like great people and are a fun couple to watch as you show us the fun (bee keeping/chickens/dogs) and the less (normal) side of your cool lifestyle. Thanks for sharing these views into your life.
When I was a kid 50 years ago we had an outhouse. We never moved ours. We just had a Septic Tank Service come out and pump it empty. And then we'd fill it back up. I come from a large family so it didn't take long to refill it.😊
@Lua Dipa You're joking, right? It would be less smelly to just cover the poo with chips, sawdust, peat, dirt or something organic. There's only two of them, so it wouldn't be bad.
It would be nice if you insulated the inside of the out house to keep you warmer. The inside of the door, nail with 2 x 4 all on the sides, top and bottom with insulation to make it more sturdy. You both work so hard and compliment each other so wonderfully. Love watching your video's.
Yep..railroad ties contain CCA and creosote, which means that they will last forever. I think you did a great job. I could tell you weren't about to touch them, lol. I used an outhouse when I was a kid at my Aunt Rena's. She had no indoor plumbing and even had a pee pot under her bed..I was mortified when I found out what it was. Those were the best days though. I miss that woman.
I remember growing up with an house ,,,Didnt know what it was like to have an inside toilet until 14 and that is when we also go running water, So I can relate
It's so exciting seeing all the changes happening on your property! Looking back at how it was when you first moved to Alaska, is amazing how much progress you managed to do! Looking forward to all the good stuff that are coming next~
down hear in cold new york state when the snow is on the big amish house holds you hardly ever see tracks to outhouses they use a port a pot; or 5gal pail in side as you probably do when it is real cold out, enjoy watching you to working together bless ya
That's one thing I don't have here in Maine and that's an outhouse. That's one thing I will not live without for very long and that's indoor plumbing. Very cool that you guys can make it functional for your lives. Great Stuff!
I grew up in a coal mine camp in the 50's and 60's. We used chamber pots in our house and an out house as well. Each served it purpose as needed. Everyone else did the same.
They are called an Earth Closets here in Australia - I grew up with an Out-house ( (which is different from an Earth Closet)as our toilet & we had people that were called Night Soil Men come & change over the large container that we used & topped with saw dust shavings. We, as children, called them Dunny Men as our outside toilet was called a Dunny . Cheers Denise - Australia (by the way I am 69yrs old & grew up with a lot of different things compared to now )
they work. the concept is much the same as a compost pile, its just human excrement that is the big nitrogen part of it. on our farm we have 8 like it at two of the "out buildings" . all they have is rainwater for water and well outhouses for the necessary. what they did is good. we elevate ours about four feet we dont have to move the house because well we dont have hard freezes so the process starts real quickly and continues on year round. the straw is a good idea, we use full bales around the perimeter and have replaced the pallets with lattice...I think that they did a good job
Thanks so much for sharing the reality of living off grid and in such extreme conditions, you are both so hard working (at least it seems so to me, I have a cushy office job and live in a granny flat with running water and electricity). 😉 I’m so glad I found your channel. I thought I’d only appreciate the gardening videos but I was wrong! xx
I liv Ed in Missouri where outhouses are common even at rest stops along the major expressway. Millions across the USA have no choice but to have outhouses. Blessings
When I was younger we had outhouses all my family did I remember when we got a house with a indoor toilet I thought I was rich. It was a part of the tour of our new house. I can’t imagine showing people our bathroom now. It was simpler times in rural West Virginia
We have an outhouse at my husband's family hunting cabin in Pennsylvania. They put Lyme on it and it helps break down the waste and deals with some of the smell in the summer.
You two make me tired just watching you move wood....but what a great project and working together makes it go better. My favorite memory of a outhouse in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming....it had a Dutch Door (split door) and it looked out to an amazing view of the mountains....a wonderful place to sit and enjoy the grandeur of nature!
You should build composting outhouse. Dig a hole with a bit of a slope downwards away from outhouse, use clay or some other materials to make floor and walls of the hole waterproof. Put some peat, hay, woodchips or other material like this inside and make a door into this hole so you can shovel out the stuff when it's ready. After taking a shit put more of peat/hay/wood over it (just keep a bucket full and little spade inside) Then you can go down two ways - either compost it rigth there (it would need good aeration inside and you need to control moisture so it would not be too much or too little) or you shovel it out and put into proper composting pile. If you do it right, temperature inside will rise up to 60-70 C and it will kill almost all pathogens. You should be fine with 6 month or so, though some advise keeping it up lke this for a year, so all pathogen would be dead for sure (though i will say that if only two of you use this outhouse, you won't catch anything you don't already have). Setup like this makes it so you don't need to move outhouse every few years, there is a lot less danger of polluting ground waters with it (no one like when water from the well tastes like shit) and you return some nutrients back to earth.
We have a 2 seater attached to our barn. I guess for emergencies. Probably 75 years old? We planted hollyhocks next to it because in Victorian times, when proper ladies needed to go,they asked where are the hollyhocks?
Used to be a house mover To raise the outhouse up build cribs Like a linken log stand on either side or on all 4 corners with either 2x4 or 4x4 lumber Jacking up (just pry with that jack bar) either side a few inches till you get it to the proper hight to slide it onto the platform Pm if you'd like a hand we've got a cabin up the trail you go hunting on ;)
I love how folks think it's just a simple thing to put a septic in. It's not so easy up here! I'm up in Fairbanks and dealing with permafrost and wet ground is miserable and costly when it comes to adding a septic or a full on bathroom. Everything is shifting and moving and never lasts as long as advertised. We have an outhouse too, because it never falls. Got a shower and washing machine inside and a holding tank. All you need!
My great grandmother had an outhouse we used when I was growing up. She didn't get running water until 2 yrs before she died (at the age of 91, in 1997). She had a well we gathered water from, bathed in a wash tub on her front porch. She lived a very simple life but looking back it was great getting to experience that.
Same in Australia 😂 my only question is, what happens to the waste that's been left behind? Eventually all the ground will be covered with waste? Or is there like a composting system that deals with it so the ground can be reuse again? I know that the ground around the area can't be use for anything so I was curious to know.
Thanks for the great video - I look forward to seeing Part 2. We've had our outhouse in the same spot since it got burned out in the big Miller's Reach fire in 1996 (we're just down the road from you, about five miles west of Houston). We use a macerator pump and a 2-inch hose and pump it out every couple of years. We dig a big hole (in a different place every time) and pump the waste into it, then fill it back in. Funny how the vegetation that grows back on that spot always looks healthier than in the surrounding area!
You both know so much and work so hard! You’re definitely a lot of young people’s better version of themselves (myself included)! I like how you include your random conversations in the clips as you work away.. keep inspiring! ❤️
After watching you two work so hard I told my husband I'd stop *ithching about cleaning the house. Lets just say he has encouraged me to watch your channel all the time.
We have a plastic tank above ground, and we have it pumped out by rent-a-can once a year. We don’t put paper in it. We upgraded this year and put in a slider window with a screen. And a large front overhang to keep the snow away from the door. Great work guys!
We had an outhouse when I was growing up, and going outside in winter was a down side, but not the only downside. Spiders, lots of spiders in the outhouse. Mice, they eat the toilet paper and leave quite a mess in the outhouse. Odour, we didn't spend much time in the outhouse, breathing wasn't fun in there. Light, in the night a trip to the outhouse could be downright scary, we were in the bush and there were lots of animals around. Since then I've discovered the Humanure bucket toilet and if it were me, I'd be using that, particularly in the winter months. Ours has no smell, except for the few minutes we spend dumping the bucket. It is cheap, a plastic 5 gallon bucket, and some fine wood chips or peat moss, and can be used anywhere, outdoors, indoors, anywhere you want to carry the bucket and plunk it down. We use a dedicted compost to empty our buckets, within a few years (shorter in warmer climates) the contents become soil. Of course, if the outhouse suits you, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
A lot of the time composting toilets don’t function right in Alaska because of all the cold, especially not as an outhouse style, which I’d assume they’d do since they don’t have an indoor bathroom at all. I’m not sure if you’re from Alaska and know more on the subject, but just because of the temperature and the waste freezing, I wouldn’t think that’d be a good option, at least in the winter.
@@Crucisphinx We operate one in an area that sees temperatures hovering at -35C. The composting process takes place during the warmer weather, so it takes several seasons to get it done, every spring it starts decomposing anew. Much slower than in warmer climates, but it works for us.
@Crucisphinx We live where winters often get down to -10F (-23C) , occasionally -20F (-28C). I compose all my rabbit manure even though it is against city ordinances. If I keep it turned regularly, it will stay warm most of the winter and be done in a few months. If I don't turn it regularly, it takes a few seasons to break down. I wish we could use a human waste compost system too; my wife would never agree though, and that would probably annoy the neighbors and get the police over here again.
My husband and I have been thinking about moving to Alaska but it look too cold and winter is long. I love the long daylight hours. That is good for a garden. Good luck with your outhouse and be careful. We had an outhouse when I was young. Waiting on the next video from Alabama.
The dog is so judging your wood stacking here. Too awesome. Thank you for sharing a topic we all wonder about but just don't talk about. The necessary is what my maternal grandmother called it- she had an outhouse still at the first house I remember her living at.
Hi Guys, I always appreciate and enjoy your posts 👍Thanks for sharing the scenery you post is amazing. And I get a kick out of some of these comments. I have never seen you do anything that you haven't thought out every detail. And the things you accomplish are truly spectacular. And the knowledge and recipes are always appreciated. 👍👍😀 Stay safe 😷 stay happy and keep smiling !! Looking forward to your next post 👍 🇨🇦 Craig
Perhaps consider to purchase a camping "porti-potti" for indoor use during the coldest periods of the winter. They come with an upper water reservoir for flushing by a manually upper hand operated valve and a hand-operated dump valve that seal off the smells from the storage reservoir. If occasionally smelly, you just add a bit of bleach and flush it into the storage reservoir. The space requirement is about 2ft. square by 3ft. high. The investment? About $200. Our camping "porti-potti" lasted for 30 years, occasionally needing Vaseline lubrication of the water valve piston.
Once again your awesomeness is amazing. You make such a good team. Sending you tons of love from San Diego. If y'all ever need some free labor...I can dig a mean hole. 👍🙂💜
You two did great on moving that outhouse! Easy does it! I was wondering if you could’ve used a half-lap joint on those railroad ties. Looked to me that would’ve been even more sturdier. But hey, the outcome was great!
My dad always said that wood doesn’t burn properly unless you move it at least twice 😁
We wanna see little babies running around. :3
Young feller you got some good help. Y'all will go along way. Work together enjoy.
I DEFINITELY COULDN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE TWO THREE TIMES A NIGHT IN THE SNOW AND COLD YOU WILL LOVE THE BATHROOM IN YOUR NEW PROPERTY
The family that poops together digs the hole together!
i live in alaska and i still watched this outhouse video. Blowing 40 and pouring rain outside, have to take a break and see what other alaskan's are doing. thumbs up.
It's not like I'm a master carpenter or anything, but I was thinking it would truly last a long time if you did 1/2 lap joints with the chain saw, instead of using hardware. I can't wait to see the next video though. I really enjoy you guys, and am glad I discovered you.
You two make me smile. When I was younger, late 20's, I met and married my husband. We lived outside Pittsburg PA. We bought 6 acres with a hunting cabin on it. (I don't know how much hunting was done, but nothing was square or level.) It had a spring on it, and an outhouse. It was 2 years before the well went in, and that whole time, it was the outhouse, and a galvanized tub for the bath. When the bathroom went in, I thought I had died and went to heaven. Claw foot tub, ❤️ commode, and hot 🔥 water. And no peeking out to see if the young 🐻 was around, when we stepped out of the outhouse. 😁 I still thank the Lord for hot water, regularly.
Wife: "Hey, whatcha watching, honey?" Me: "Oh, I'm just watching this young couple from Alaska move their shitter."
Lol 😂
🤣🤣Clark Griswald style 👍🏾👏🏾
Priceless
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I laughed entirely too hard at that
One of the things I don't like about the type of homesteaders is that one of these spouse is always has to do the give me the token nailing in the wood or doing a job that she normally wouldn't do. What I really like about your channel is and this is the first channel that I've ever seen this app, is you and your wife equally work. She does a great job at everything that she does and she does everything that you do. And that you do everything she does. So I say congratulations and this is why I love watching your show. Your wife is a fantastic woman you guys are doing a great job. I appreciate this honest of a show.
That's one of the reasons I love this channel. It's common in my country for women to do "men's" work. Digging holes, working the land and building entire houses while their husbands are away at work. And the best marriages are usually the ones where both throw themselves into big projects equally and getting kids involved in the work too. These two have great ballance
Thank you! I get annoyed how in this day and age there are still “pink” and “blue” roles. When I moved in with my BFF (now husband) years ago his brothers and father couldn’t comprehend that I was mowing the lawn. Enough to call my bf to get outside and “save” me. He was inside doing laundry, I’d much rather mow the lawn than fold laundry! Cheers! Hope your healthy and safe!
If you like these guys you should check out the awesome girls on the Gridlessness channel... th-cam.com/video/1a0zY0wn0rw/w-d-xo.html
He also does "women's" work
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 Amen to the blue/pink crap!! HATE it!!! Kudos to you for sticking to your guns and sharing the work!
I'm 71 years old, lived in Alabama most of those years, so I am no stranger to outhouses. I can't remember ever moving them, but I'm sure they did...? As a kid, my legs were short (didn't touch the floor while sitting down), and I always feared falling in! That, and SPIDERS!
I’m 64 years old and grew up with outhouse. My dad moved our every so often. We had one similar to the one you moved.
I love how you work together. Definitely complement eachother for sure ❤
I live in Africa and we have plumbing 😎
Seriously? Just the two of you, amazing.
WOMAN, you sure are a HARD worker!! I don't know how you do all that you do but then again I'm 67 and I've done a lot too and I'm paying for it with my back. God bless you for all you've done and all you're still doing. His strength is in you!!!
Shitter's full! Thumbnail is perfect! You two are the best!
I'd LOVE to see the "outtakes" from this episode!
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I second that!
@@lifeerrand I third that! LoL
There's a reason that a lot of families used to plant roses along the sides of out-houses! Besides that they grew like crazy!!well, truthfully, tomatoes too, but i wouldn't be sampling THOSE!
Indeed! 😝😂😂
Nothing stops you guys !!! Terrific
You amaze me with your skill level to tackle everything. I wish you would do a Q & A on your backstory.. How you met and what you did before you moved to Alaska. Also are there any plans for family additions in the future ? Ariel is the strongest woman I have ever seen. It seems there is nothing she won’t or can’t do. She certainly is a example that you don’t have to.be a girly girl to be beautiful inside and out. You work so well together.
I have thought these thoughts soooo many times and wanted to ask/suggest them -- but --- I got distracted. Thanks for actually asking/commenting the thoughts.
They covered your questions in a Q & A video. Go to their channel page and review chronological list of videos, there are a few Q & A videos.
My mother just told me the other day that my Gradmother used to clear hers out! They lived in former Yugoslavia & I went there when I was 12 years old. To say it was a culture shock was an understatement. Going from only knowing plumbing to going in a section which was next to a pig pen. Having two pigs staring at you as you took a dump, looking at all the little flies. It affected me & still not fully recovered 30 years on lol! (Jokes promise). Best experience of my life looking back.
"The Shitters full!" lol
Hydraulic car jacks will lift it easy... : )
Just put some strong beams under it first.
its awesome that u guys never run out of wood.😁
grew up with an outhouse in eastern Ontario. We had a guy that came around with a horse and wagon and cleaned it out by hand. The honey wagon. Never had to move it. He used the goods for garden fertilizer.
Salvaged 4"x6" railroad ties (usually Hemlock or Douglas fir, pressure treated with creosote prior to about the 1980s ban on creosote in Canada and the US) , which you used for your new privy location will likely last you for 40-50 years. Our back yard has a 5ft. high earth retaining wall made of 4"x6" railroad ties constructed about 1972 when the house was built. They are still holding, although the the top shift has starting disintegrating during the last ten years. 30 years ago, I bought pentachlorophenol treated 4"x4" landscape ties (likely spruce or pine) as a border for a flower bed. They started to disintegrate about ten years ago.
hard working team, but SO worth it......always an adventure....
Hey there, I work for a railway and I don’t know if you’re aware but rail ties are soaked in really nasty chemicals to keep them from rotting and using them in something you will be using frequently can be terrible for your health. My only suggestion would be to cover them up as much as possible and have really good ventilation inside the outhouse. I grew up using an outhouse and they are great when you live in the woods just be cautious with those ties.
You can not grow anything where rail ties have been used. My boss is an engineer with Pacific Railroad.
Great info and yes very toxic chemicals, but some have done worse by using them for raised beds then eat that contaminated produce. I like when people post positive info. TY
I'm just going to go ahead and add that old pallets can be harmful too, depending on what they use to keep the wood preserved. Also, in transit, you have no ides what hazards they can be exposed to!
Oh how I don't miss the out house growing up. Especially late at night. During a thunderstorm. And moving it is such a crappy job ( Pun intended LOL ) Thank for sharing this video. I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old. The whole family went in to town to go trick or treating for Halloween. When we got home the outhouse was missing. We eventually spotted it on top of the porch of our house. Mom's Brothers gratefully came and took it down, and put in back in place for us. Even though they did not say anything. Mom always figured it was them that put it up there in the first place.
I saw what you did there with the thumbnail -- lol Lampoon's Christmas :D You don't HAVE to relocate outhouses. You can pump it (like a septic) and empty it. You know, have the honeywagon truck come and suck out the sewage every so often, whenever it's full. My uncle did that before he eventually got plumbing. I lived for 5 years without plumbing myself. This is not as big a deal as city people think it is. A LOT of people do this, they just don't talk about it.
I loved on a canal or Narrow Boat in Britian for eight years, continuously cruising. We had an Airhead Marine composting toilet and it is brilliant!! I highly recommend one. It takes less than two hours to install and there is no smell!
Oh my,,, that is a lot of Poo.. All of Us boys on the farm always got the dubious honers of digging the new hole. Even though there was a fully functioning bath in the house that was mostly for Mom and Dad. Thank God they let us take a bath now and again, however my older brothers remember heating water on the wood stove and dragging the old galvanized tub out from the barn once a week for that ritual....My best for you and yours. Jim
Wow, that is a lot of touching of those pieces of wood. Think about it, you cut it, you split it, you moved it to your house, you then stacked it, now you are moving it, you will stack it again after you build your wood shed! Then you will move it closer to the house or in the house and then pick it up again and put it in the wood stove. Ask me how I know, we have done it. We now burn coal and per we are in our late 60’s. Love watching you on your journey 🤗😘
That might be my favorite thumbnail of all time.
All houses (or cabins) with outhouses should also have another delightful pre-modern convenience--the chamber pot! My British neighbor just found her grandmother's old wooden commode complete with the original enameled metal pot. She has installed it in her upstairs bedroom in a house that doesn't have a toilet upstairs. It's either the nostalgia or to save staggering down the steps in the middle of the night in her old age. In Alaska, for sure I'd have a chamber pot. or a heated outhouse. Jest sayin'...
I grew up with an outhouse no shame at all in it saved money on plumbing for real I been wanting to get one back and go.back to simple and let this speedy crazy life go get back to basics and reality people are nuts anymore I love canning and raising my food tastes 10 times better and I know what it's ate and what I put on my garden wish more people would wake up and go back to basics less stressful
To get your out house up on it’s new platform. Take a couple wide plank boards if you got em and winch it up on there. Or build your self a ramp with some plywood and some boards and winch it up there that way. There’s always a way around the struggles.
I would have NEVER thought about the 2x4 to make it level! MIND! BLOWN! LOL!
To say I enjoy your videos would be a serious understatement. You guys seem like great people and are a fun couple to watch as you show us the fun (bee keeping/chickens/dogs) and the less (normal) side of your cool lifestyle. Thanks for sharing these views into your life.
It is Election Day and your videos are how I am coping. THANKS for normalcy.
Thanks for sharing. It's always hard when losing a loved pet, Take comfort in knowing that Hunter had a wonderful full life.
When I was a kid 50 years ago we had an outhouse. We never moved ours. We just had a Septic Tank Service come out and pump it empty. And then we'd fill it back up. I come from a large family so it didn't take long to refill it.😊
that cost money and these guys also have enough space to move it around. It just takes effort.
@@flashflair you can buy a cheap septic tank from home depot dig the hole by hand or rent a backhoe for $300.00 and get it done.
@@alaskanken2132 Then maybe they have different reasons for doing it this way. They are going truly all naturel lol
@Lua Dipa You're joking, right? It would be less smelly to just cover the poo with chips, sawdust, peat, dirt or something organic. There's only two of them, so it wouldn't be bad.
They don't want to pump the humanmanure.
I think you two are the hardest working couple that I have ever seen. Look forward to all of your videos/adventures.
It would be nice if you insulated the inside of the out house to keep you warmer. The inside of the door, nail with 2 x 4 all on the sides, top and bottom with insulation to make it more sturdy.
You both work so hard and compliment each other so wonderfully. Love watching your video's.
Hello from Bali,Indonesia❤ I'm watching from a tropical country.
Yep..railroad ties contain CCA and creosote, which means that they will last forever. I think you did a great job. I could tell you weren't about to touch them, lol. I used an outhouse when I was a kid at my Aunt Rena's. She had no indoor plumbing and even had a pee pot under her bed..I was mortified when I found out what it was. Those were the best days though. I miss that woman.
I remember growing up with an house ,,,Didnt know what it was like to have an inside toilet until 14 and that is when we also go running water, So I can relate
My gran had an outhouse on her farm in Africa. We grew up with it as kids. We loved the simple lifestyle.
It's so exciting seeing all the changes happening on your property! Looking back at how it was when you first moved to Alaska, is amazing how much progress you managed to do! Looking forward to all the good stuff that are coming next~
Yeah like all that was there was just basically a house being new to the site I had to go all the way back two-and-a-half years which was really neat
Kinda-fun to use in the depth of winter....
down hear in cold new york state when the snow is on the big amish house holds you hardly ever see tracks to outhouses they use a port a pot; or 5gal pail in side as you probably do when it is real cold out, enjoy watching you to working together bless ya
Our outhouse is also on railroad ties. We use to have a shower built on the side of our old one and it was fab showering outdoors.
That's one thing I don't have here in Maine and that's an outhouse. That's one thing I will not live without for very long and that's indoor plumbing. Very cool that you guys can make it functional for your lives. Great Stuff!
In the winter at night it must be a tough decision if you gotta go #2!
Is there anything you two can't do??? Very impressive. Stay safe and well.
I grew up in a coal mine camp in the 50's and 60's. We used chamber pots in our house and an out house as well. Each served it purpose as needed. Everyone else did the same.
I sure appreciate this video. Sanity in a crazy world.
They are called an Earth Closets here in Australia - I grew up with an Out-house ( (which is different from an Earth Closet)as our toilet & we had people that were called Night Soil Men come & change over the large container that we used & topped with saw dust shavings. We, as children, called them Dunny Men as our outside toilet was called a Dunny . Cheers Denise - Australia (by the way I am 69yrs old & grew up with a lot of different things compared to now )
Never would have believed I would be anxious to see an outhouse built but here I am! I really don't understand the lack of a hole though!
yeah, i just wanna know the reasoning, i'm curious.
they work. the concept is much the same as a compost pile, its just human excrement that is the big nitrogen part of it. on our farm we have 8 like it at two of the "out buildings" . all they have is rainwater for water and well outhouses for the necessary. what they did is good. we elevate ours about four feet we dont have to move the house because well we dont have hard freezes so the process starts real quickly and continues on year round. the straw is a good idea, we use full bales around the perimeter and have replaced the pallets with lattice...I think that they did a good job
Y’all never cease to amaze me. Lots of admiration for you guys.
Thanks so much for sharing the reality of living off grid and in such extreme conditions, you are both so hard working (at least it seems so to me, I have a cushy office job and live in a granny flat with running water and electricity). 😉 I’m so glad I found your channel. I thought I’d only appreciate the gardening videos but I was wrong! xx
An outhouse is "the way to go". I saw what you did there. 😉👍
I subscribed when the gentleman said "gosh dang it!"
I liv Ed in Missouri where outhouses are common even at rest stops along the major expressway. Millions across the USA have no choice but to have outhouses. Blessings
When I was younger we had outhouses all my family did I remember when we got a house with a indoor toilet I thought I was rich. It was a part of the tour of our new house. I can’t imagine showing people our bathroom now. It was simpler times in rural West Virginia
YES, railroad ties are the best. Sturdy and stout! Can not wait to see it finished. 😊.
God Bless
We have an outhouse at my husband's family hunting cabin in Pennsylvania. They put Lyme on it and it helps break down the waste and deals with some of the smell in the summer.
Looks a great idea for a compost system. Close the sides in and put a door at the back.
Love watching you guys.
You two make me tired just watching you move wood....but what a great project and working together makes it go better. My favorite memory of a outhouse in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming....it had a Dutch Door (split door) and it looked out to an amazing view of the mountains....a wonderful place to sit and enjoy the grandeur of nature!
You should build composting outhouse. Dig a hole with a bit of a slope downwards away from outhouse, use clay or some other materials to make floor and walls of the hole waterproof. Put some peat, hay, woodchips or other material like this inside and make a door into this hole so you can shovel out the stuff when it's ready. After taking a shit put more of peat/hay/wood over it (just keep a bucket full and little spade inside) Then you can go down two ways - either compost it rigth there (it would need good aeration inside and you need to control moisture so it would not be too much or too little) or you shovel it out and put into proper composting pile. If you do it right, temperature inside will rise up to 60-70 C and it will kill almost all pathogens. You should be fine with 6 month or so, though some advise keeping it up lke this for a year, so all pathogen would be dead for sure (though i will say that if only two of you use this outhouse, you won't catch anything you don't already have).
Setup like this makes it so you don't need to move outhouse every few years, there is a lot less danger of polluting ground waters with it (no one like when water from the well tastes like shit) and you return some nutrients back to earth.
We have a 2 seater attached to our barn. I guess for emergencies. Probably 75 years old? We planted hollyhocks next to it because in Victorian times, when proper ladies needed to go,they asked where are the hollyhocks?
I love the Eric Griswold pose from Christmas vacation on the start page...
Hahaha I love that you guys were talking about step brothers
It's always a treat to watch the two of you tackle a project/job together. Well done!!
Used to be a house mover
To raise the outhouse up build cribs
Like a linken log stand on either side or on all 4 corners with either 2x4 or 4x4 lumber
Jacking up (just pry with that jack bar) either side a few inches till you get it to the proper hight to slide it onto the platform
Pm if you'd like a hand we've got a cabin up the trail you go hunting on ;)
I love how folks think it's just a simple thing to put a septic in. It's not so easy up here! I'm up in Fairbanks and dealing with permafrost and wet ground is miserable and costly when it comes to adding a septic or a full on bathroom. Everything is shifting and moving and never lasts as long as advertised. We have an outhouse too, because it never falls. Got a shower and washing machine inside and a holding tank. All you need!
My great grandmother had an outhouse we used when I was growing up. She didn't get running water until 2 yrs before she died (at the age of 91, in 1997). She had a well we gathered water from, bathed in a wash tub on her front porch. She lived a very simple life but looking back it was great getting to experience that.
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In New Zealand we call them long drops.
As do we! (Namibia here) and the trucks that pump them out are called Jam Lorries!
Interesting!
@@fiffihoneyblossom5891 hahahah! Jam lorries, love it.
Same in Australia 😂 my only question is, what happens to the waste that's been left behind? Eventually all the ground will be covered with waste? Or is there like a composting system that deals with it so the ground can be reuse again?
I know that the ground around the area can't be use for anything so I was curious to know.
Here we put lime in long drops I’m not too sure why but I know it does happen
Wow can't wait to see your next video 🥰💐🌷
I've used plenty, burnt three and built two outhouses and hail your thoughtful and substantial upgrade. Good job.
Those railroad ties will last a long time. Nice and sturdy structure too.. New toilet...😊😊
Thanks for the great video - I look forward to seeing Part 2. We've had our outhouse in the same spot since it got burned out in the big Miller's Reach fire in 1996 (we're just down the road from you, about five miles west of Houston). We use a macerator pump and a 2-inch hose and pump it out every couple of years. We dig a big hole (in a different place every time) and pump the waste into it, then fill it back in. Funny how the vegetation that grows back on that spot always looks healthier than in the surrounding area!
You guys know Jeff Alden out there? I haven't been to the Miller's Reach area in years. Great people out there!
You both know so much and work so hard! You’re definitely a lot of young people’s better version of themselves (myself included)! I like how you include your random conversations in the clips as you work away.. keep inspiring! ❤️
Looks like your getting ready for a composting system. Keep up the hard work.
I would love to see some of the wildlife you see on a regular basis!
After watching you two work so hard I told my husband I'd stop *ithching about cleaning the house. Lets just say he has encouraged me to watch your channel all the time.
We have a plastic tank above ground, and we have it pumped out by rent-a-can once a year. We don’t put paper in it. We upgraded this year and put in a slider window with a screen. And a large front overhang to keep the snow away from the door. Great work guys!
We had an outhouse when I was growing up, and going outside in winter was a down side, but not the only downside. Spiders, lots of spiders in the outhouse. Mice, they eat the toilet paper and leave quite a mess in the outhouse. Odour, we didn't spend much time in the outhouse, breathing wasn't fun in there. Light, in the night a trip to the outhouse could be downright scary, we were in the bush and there were lots of animals around.
Since then I've discovered the Humanure bucket toilet and if it were me, I'd be using that, particularly in the winter months. Ours has no smell, except for the few minutes we spend dumping the bucket. It is cheap, a plastic 5 gallon bucket, and some fine wood chips or peat moss, and can be used anywhere, outdoors, indoors, anywhere you want to carry the bucket and plunk it down.
We use a dedicted compost to empty our buckets, within a few years (shorter in warmer climates) the contents become soil.
Of course, if the outhouse suits you, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
A lot of the time composting toilets don’t function right in Alaska because of all the cold, especially not as an outhouse style, which I’d assume they’d do since they don’t have an indoor bathroom at all. I’m not sure if you’re from Alaska and know more on the subject, but just because of the temperature and the waste freezing, I wouldn’t think that’d be a good option, at least in the winter.
@@Crucisphinx We operate one in an area that sees temperatures hovering at -35C. The composting process takes place during the warmer weather, so it takes several seasons to get it done, every spring it starts decomposing anew. Much slower than in warmer climates, but it works for us.
@Crucisphinx We live where winters often get down to -10F (-23C) , occasionally -20F (-28C). I compose all my rabbit manure even though it is against city ordinances. If I keep it turned regularly, it will stay warm most of the winter and be done in a few months. If I don't turn it regularly, it takes a few seasons to break down. I wish we could use a human waste compost system too; my wife would never agree though, and that would probably annoy the neighbors and get the police over here again.
My husband and I have been thinking about moving to Alaska but it look too cold and winter is long. I love the long daylight hours. That is good for a garden. Good luck with your outhouse and be careful. We had an outhouse when I was young. Waiting on the next video from Alabama.
Is that ever clever - tacking the 2x4 on top to hold it in place
huge job moving all that lumber
The dog is so judging your wood stacking here. Too awesome. Thank you for sharing a topic we all wonder about but just don't talk about.
The necessary is what my maternal grandmother called it- she had an outhouse still at the first house I remember her living at.
You two are such hard workers.
Hi Guys, I always appreciate and enjoy your posts 👍Thanks for sharing the scenery you post is amazing. And I get a kick out of some of these comments. I have never seen you do anything that you haven't thought out every detail. And the things you accomplish are truly spectacular. And the knowledge and recipes are always appreciated. 👍👍😀 Stay safe 😷 stay happy and keep smiling !! Looking forward to your next post 👍 🇨🇦 Craig
My favorite job of all time! Moving the outhouse . BARF
Perhaps consider to purchase a camping "porti-potti" for indoor use during the coldest periods of the winter. They come with an upper water reservoir for flushing by a manually upper hand operated valve and a hand-operated dump valve that seal off the smells from the storage reservoir. If occasionally smelly, you just add a bit of bleach and flush it into the storage reservoir. The space requirement is about 2ft. square by 3ft. high. The investment? About $200. Our camping "porti-potti" lasted for 30 years, occasionally needing Vaseline lubrication of the water valve piston.
Once again your awesomeness is amazing. You make such a good team. Sending you tons of love from San Diego. If y'all ever need some free labor...I can dig a mean hole. 👍🙂💜
You two did great on moving that outhouse! Easy does it! I was wondering if you could’ve used a half-lap joint on those railroad ties. Looked to me that would’ve been even more sturdier. But hey, the outcome was great!
A bit of trivia. In Canada we call the Outhouse "The KYBO" Which means "Keep Your Bowels Open".