We're going to need that rocket mass heater sooner rather than later. 😬 If you haven't seen the beginning of that build you can see it here. th-cam.com/video/M-LHxt4EvEQ/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching!
Any way you can feed air from your radon vents to feed combustion air into the rocket heater? it would prevent your house from sucking cold air draft while burning, and allow the chimney to draft out smoke better.
You might be able to speed up the house project if you get some spray on hemp Crete to finish the walls and insulation on the inside of the house. It just sprays on and it's still all natural and fits in with the eco all natural theme of your house. Also maybe adding a sand battery feature to your rocket heater would be a nice add on and doubles as insulation in areas were it might be needed. Just a thought. It would definitely help make quick work of things that's for sure.
Well you got the emergency repair done! Now is not the time to relax though ..... those pipes do not melt like that for no reason. If it got hot enoughto melt the pipes you should be worried about what else is getting hot that shouldn;t! At a bare minimum you need to clean all the sawdust out of there, maybe look at throwing some Rockwool down? That would have the added bonus of keeping the Camper a bit more toasty too! ;0)
Love that you are putting in a Rocket Mass Heater ! great work on the water and heat problems in yur trailer, Thank God you are such a good handyman.! Love and peace to you both.Annmarie
Good work on the fix! For my money, no matter where I’d live, I’d insulate almost any hose or line that’s even remotely exposed to temperature changes. Paranoia from living in the Midwest winters. ;-)
We have lived in non-travelling RVs for years and don't like spending money on them, but SharkBite fittings are the best. Glad you got that fixed. It's not a fun job, but necessary for comfort!
Glad you're getting better, found & fixed your leak. Hope whatever caused it to melt isn't some fire hazard. We used to run a light bulb in the undercarriage and water heater areas to keep pipes from freezing. Warm wishes.
Thanks for this episode working on your trailor. It was very informative (as usual) especially for me as I try to upgrade my old RV that I'm fix'n up. I'm all in to move onto some property I bought in Apache County. Using my RV is going to be an important life ship for me until I can upgrade to an earth ship home. This is going to be an intense enteprise for me. Probably going to take a while. I really appreciate you guys as I see you go through all the stuff you've done. Peace and love.
We have our 3season RV in Fort Kent Maine we just buy water by the gallon no well nor running water there it hit -21 Fahrenheit during a blizzard with windchill at -55 now that temp. Is Cold 🥶
Your the man! I can't imagine the ineloquent profanities that might have rolled off my tongue fixing that specially not at 65 lol. God Bless and keep ya'll warm.
The best thing we did was invest in some RV skirting. I don't think it's normally as cold where we are building compared to you. Even still! You might find that it makes your RV living situation a bit better as you are building. Nothing fancy, but vinyl or foam boards will definitely help with the plumbing against the cold and the critters!
Nice tip on the shark bite tool, actually both, the removal tool - and the depth tool+ I have run into cities that don’t accept shar bite in their code. Idk why
What was the reason for the melting pipe? the pipes they are laying on, its is my guess that there should be some kind of insulation between the two pipes or it will happen again. and not to mention the melting pipe could make you feel ill. BE CARFUL!
YES! It looks like the piece of split loom (plastic with slit down one side) that was covering the hot copper pipe below the repair had come loose, which allowed the grey pipes above to melt. Recover the copper pipe with some of that split loom below the repaired pipes...AND I would create some kind of support for the repaired pipes (chicken wire sling?) to prevent the repaired pipes from sagging down into the hot copper pipe. It all might look fine when the pipes are all cold, but once they heat up, the plastic will sag.
Greetings to two humans & two woofs! Jim, I noticed the pipe you removed appeared to have melted, did you find the cause? Jess glad you are feeling better but rest to recharge your immune system. Jim, you are a patient man in a time of predicaments.
I’m glad that you’re handy and we’re able to fix it, we had some heater problems by the end of December with the difference that is only my granddaughter and me, so we had to ran to Home Depot to buy to buy some place heaters, it was a horrible experience because it was extremely cold.
WOW Jim and Jess, you were lucky that it didnt catch FIRE! Good work getting it repaired! We dont have running water yet... maybe one day :) My hubby could use some plumbing skills! Be well soon guys XO
Melted water pipes ... did you figure out why they melted? That's pretty weird and sounds kind of dangerous. Like when my trailer's water heater almost caught on fire. The first warning besides a little smell was when the cold water got hot. You really have to keep alert in those trailers.
@15:29 you should wrap that in some chicken wire or something to prevent critters from climbing into the system ( Maybe even over lap a couple of pieces to make the holes in the wire smaller )
I replaced all the poly pipe in my RV with Pex. Just wondering if you figured out what caused the piping to melt? As I tell people wanting to live off grid you have to have backups to your backups and backups to them! Being in Arizona I try to keep two or three cooling options and heat options handy in case something goes wrong. Easier to deal with the cold though then the extreme heat from a personal safety perspective. More things will fail in the cold though.
What would cause your heater to melt your water pipes like that? Too close to the heater, perhaps? Didn’t look like it had been modified, a factory defect perhaps? Scary stuff…… Some people don’t like burning wood, but it would keep ya’ll warm in an emergency. Small wood stove can be fabricated by a welder if cost was a factor. Stay safe from Gila County AZ!!!!
Thank you for your videos. You are both an inspiration. I am tackling a project on my land in the Mojave where I am building a small day cabin and some shade structures as well as a small stage of all things. I am using all recycled building materials. I am trying to make everything solid and rustic, eventually full of artistic touches. I am doing a lot of stone work but do what I can as materials become available. But it is a bit of a crazy labor of love that someday may amount to something nice. Best wishes to you both and keep up the great work in everything you are doing. Once again I hope you know what an inspiration you are. Thanks again. Jeff in Southern CA
I think you showed it in another video, but you do have a filter for that buddy heater? The gasket filter thingy. Cause the propane will clog that heater...
Good morning buddy how you guys doing hope everything's going great so I hope Jess is doing okay so you guys have a great day and you guys be careful and see how did the animals
My hat is off to you. Whenever something goes south you keep it together and deal with it which speaks volumes for your patience and understanding. Take care my friends and be safe and happy.
I was praying to God about your situation- I live at 6.045 ft in the High Desert - Marty Albuquerque New Mexico -I do understand the High Desert climate
Regarding the Big Buddy heater. I was told not to run that inside a house without opening a window to let the CO2 out so I didn't die. Is that bad information? Also if there isn't any air flow, doesnt the open flame burn up all the available oxygen? Y'all would hate to wake up dead.
Please explain why you think the pipes melted...... What does that lower copper pipe do???? Everybody can learn from this, but you need to explain further.............
Here in Southern Nevada we got the cold snap also. Put your propane in a old ice cooler to insulate the liquid propane valve like I do. I've had a bottle freeze up on a shorts day.
I like watching you fix shit... you da man. I just call somebody... speaking of which have you something against hired a helper? I mean, I am sure you can even find volunteers. From the closest school that is in the realm of what you are doing...
Hey buddy get yourself a pex cutter. They are CHEAP and make perfect clean cuts in pex tube. They work like scissors. PVC pipe cutters also work but are bulkier. Both are far superior to a saw, no crumbs either.
Check Wim Hoff the ice man... 😁 Also as a vegan I was always freezing in winter and my brain would fry at 25.5 degrees celcius. As a carnivore, no problems! 😁👍
That was close to a fire if it melted that badly. Definitely make sure you know where the heat was coming form and that it is isolated with some nonflammable material.
Repairs; wait for the bags in the Dome to continually break and spill gravel all over. Like living in a gravel pit with mud and grass. Futile to keep living quarters clean.
Good job on the plumbing Jim. Did you replace the insulating cover over the copper pipe from the furnace that melted the pipes in the first place? Hope you feel better soon Jess❤️✨
I wonder if y'all got the same virus that Ken and I got. We tested negative for flu and the 'vid but good NIGHT it was rough! I'm finally coming out of it, after about literally 3 weeks of sick. And I hope Don sees this and is able to tell us what the name of that bird is! Man, I hate that the pipes did that but I'm glad that the damage was what it was, and that nothing caught fire or whatever. Looking forward to seeing more of the RMH! Seeing the propane tank made me curious though, are y'all going to add a larger permanent propane tank for cooking and maybe a fridge? You're planning on adding a kitchen in the second dome, right? I so want an outdoor kitchen here.
We're going to need that rocket mass heater sooner rather than later. 😬
If you haven't seen the beginning of that build you can see it here.
th-cam.com/video/M-LHxt4EvEQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching!
That rocket heater would be nice in that cold weather. We sure do enjoy our wood stove!
You are very lucky your rig didn’t catch on fire due to the melting pipe.
Any way you can feed air from your radon vents to feed combustion air into the rocket heater? it would prevent your house from sucking cold air draft while burning, and allow the chimney to draft out smoke better.
Are we about to see a rocket powered Jim at long last.
You might be able to speed up the house project if you get some spray on hemp Crete to finish the walls and insulation on the inside of the house. It just sprays on and it's still all natural and fits in with the eco all natural theme of your house. Also maybe adding a sand battery feature to your rocket heater would be a nice add on and doubles as insulation in areas were it might be needed. Just a thought. It would definitely help make quick work of things that's for sure.
Honestly, given your water situation, glad you found the leak! Glad you're both OK, and hope Jess feels 💯 soon.
Well you got the emergency repair done!
Now is not the time to relax though ..... those pipes do not melt like that for no reason.
If it got hot enoughto melt the pipes you should be worried about what else is getting hot that shouldn;t! At a bare minimum you need to clean all the sawdust out of there, maybe look at throwing some Rockwool down? That would have the added bonus of keeping the Camper a bit more toasty too! ;0)
Love that you are putting in a Rocket Mass Heater ! great work on the water and heat problems in yur trailer, Thank God you are such a good handyman.! Love and peace to you both.Annmarie
Hope you all can pick up the pace, out side looks good, inside falling apart. Good luck 👍, God bless.
Why did the pipes melt?
Those big dogs probably love the colder Temps. Love you guys
I'm proud of you, you rose to the challenge. Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best. Carry on Domesteaders.
❤❤🤗🎆🤗❤❤
Good work on the fix! For my money, no matter where I’d live, I’d insulate almost any hose or line that’s even remotely exposed to temperature changes. Paranoia from living in the Midwest winters. ;-)
We have lived in non-travelling RVs for years and don't like spending money on them, but SharkBite fittings are the best. Glad you got that fixed. It's not a fun job, but necessary for comfort!
Good to know just in case!
I am looking forward to seeing you get the dome home liveable. Glad you're both getting over the cold.
Glad you're getting better, found & fixed your leak. Hope whatever caused it to melt isn't some fire hazard. We used to run a light bulb in the undercarriage and water heater areas to keep pipes from freezing. Warm wishes.
Why did the pipes melt?? And Why didn't the heater work?
Your plumbing work looked great, both times! Stay well and warm. Dome as a home by winter next year! WhooHoo! 🥳
Hola from New Mexico...Wow😯 Sorry that all happened. Glad you got it fixed. Hope you both feel better.
What melted the pipes?
Pick yourself up a Ryobi oscillating, tool, multi tool. Would have been the perfect tool for this job. Great job as always Jim!
Thanks for this episode working on your trailor. It was very informative (as usual) especially for me as I try to upgrade my old RV that I'm fix'n up. I'm all in to move onto some property I bought in Apache County. Using my RV is going to be an important life ship for me until I can upgrade to an earth ship home. This is going to be an intense enteprise for me. Probably going to take a while. I really appreciate you guys as I see you go through all the stuff you've done. Peace and love.
Glad you are feeling better Jess and thrilled to know you have water and heating.
We have our 3season RV in Fort Kent Maine we just buy water by the gallon no well nor running water there it hit -21 Fahrenheit during a blizzard with windchill at -55 now that temp. Is Cold 🥶
I wish that I was as upbeat as Jim. It doesn't seen that he lets anything get him down. Way to go!!!
Good plumbing job, Jim! Hope you all feel better after cold snap.
Omg that’s crazy how did the pipes melt?
Hope you are both feeling better soon, if y’all need anything lay us know. ❤
Crazy how here in Texas I've been in shorts and you are having freezing temps and snow. Glad you got your trailer fixed.
Dying to see the outside done and protected, have not been checking in as much as normal but hope you are doing good
Your the man! I can't imagine the ineloquent profanities that might have rolled off my tongue fixing that specially not at 65 lol. God Bless and keep ya'll warm.
glad youre not freezing anymore; you didnt say what caused the water lines to melt and how protected they are now
Nice work on the pipes. Hope you two have recovered fully and are feeling healthy, warm and happy!
You always teach me something guys! Sending warm sunny thoughts🎉
The best thing we did was invest in some RV skirting. I don't think it's normally as cold where we are building compared to you. Even still! You might find that it makes your RV living situation a bit better as you are building. Nothing fancy, but vinyl or foam boards will definitely help with the plumbing against the cold and the critters!
Nice tip on the shark bite tool, actually both, the removal tool - and the depth tool+ I have run into cities that don’t accept shar bite in their code. Idk why
I’m glad you got the pipes fixed but, did you find the reason they melted in the first place??
So what caused the pipes to melt? That’s a major concern.
I think the furnace was overheating. It may have something to do with the vent.
@@ourselfreliantlife that’s quite a bit of heat to melt those pipes. That could be a fire hazard. I’d get it checked out ASAP.
Hopefully you both feeling better soon. Great video
What was the reason for the melting pipe? the pipes they are laying on, its is my guess that there should be some kind of insulation between the two pipes or it will happen again. and not to mention the melting pipe could make you feel ill. BE CARFUL!
Exactly!
YES! It looks like the piece of split loom (plastic with slit down one side) that was covering the hot copper pipe below the repair had come loose, which allowed the grey pipes above to melt. Recover the copper pipe with some of that split loom below the repaired pipes...AND I would create some kind of support for the repaired pipes (chicken wire sling?) to prevent the repaired pipes from sagging down into the hot copper pipe. It all might look fine when the pipes are all cold, but once they heat up, the plastic will sag.
Great job @Jim. #Keepupthegreatwork #GetWellSoon @Jess
Greetings to two humans & two woofs! Jim, I noticed the pipe you removed appeared to have melted, did you find the cause? Jess glad you are feeling better but rest to recharge your immune system. Jim, you are a patient man in a time of predicaments.
I got to be honest I am completely done with this weather! Stay warm❤❤❤❤
get well kids I know that bloody feeling too.
Hope you both are feeling better soon! Glad you were able to find and repair the damaged pipes.
Be safe & best wishes for a speedy recovery! 😉
Hello Jess I am so glad you are doing better and your husband I am glad everything got fis stay warm outthere Rosa
I’m glad that you’re handy and we’re able to fix it, we had some heater problems by the end of December with the difference that is only my granddaughter and me, so we had to ran to Home Depot to buy to buy some place heaters, it was a horrible experience because it was extremely cold.
Gotta do what cha gotta do. Good job
WOW Jim and Jess, you were lucky that it didnt catch FIRE! Good work getting it repaired! We dont have running water yet... maybe one day :) My hubby could use some plumbing skills! Be well soon guys XO
Its been ridiculously cold & such a loooooong winter
👍🤗❤stay warm y'all
Melted water pipes ... did you figure out why they melted? That's pretty weird and sounds kind of dangerous. Like when my trailer's water heater almost caught on fire. The first warning besides a little smell was when the cold water got hot. You really have to keep alert in those trailers.
You are a good man, Jim!
Get well, Jess.
Oh the horror of remembering when we lost r water heater and had to fix r plumbing in the rv. So glad u guys made it thru everything ok
@15:29 you should wrap that in some chicken wire or something to prevent critters from climbing into the system ( Maybe even over lap a couple of pieces to make the holes in the wire smaller )
I replaced all the poly pipe in my RV with Pex. Just wondering if you figured out what caused the piping to melt? As I tell people wanting to live off grid you have to have backups to your backups and backups to them!
Being in Arizona I try to keep two or three cooling options and heat options handy in case something goes wrong. Easier to deal with the cold though then the extreme heat from a personal safety perspective. More things will fail in the cold though.
What would cause your heater to melt your water pipes like that? Too close to the heater, perhaps? Didn’t look like it had been modified, a factory defect perhaps? Scary stuff…… Some people don’t like burning wood, but it would keep ya’ll warm in an emergency. Small wood stove can be fabricated by a welder if cost was a factor. Stay safe from Gila County AZ!!!!
Thank you for your videos. You are both an inspiration. I am tackling a project on my land in the Mojave where I am building a small day cabin and some shade structures as well as a small stage of all things. I am using all recycled building materials. I am trying to make everything solid and rustic, eventually full of artistic touches. I am doing a lot of stone work but do what I can as materials become available. But it is a bit of a crazy labor of love that someday may amount to something nice. Best wishes to you both and keep up the great work in everything you are doing. Once again I hope you know what an inspiration you are. Thanks again. Jeff in Southern CA
I think you showed it in another video, but you do have a filter for that buddy heater? The gasket filter thingy. Cause the propane will clog that heater...
hope you both feel ok soon xxx
So you never said what melted the pipes. That's scary! I agree you need to get moved into the dome!!
Why did those pipes melt? Is there a gas leek from the furnace?
Hope you are both ok soon. I’m full of cold too, I only went to the doctors, too many germs!
Thank god brother
Love it keep it up ❣️
I believe in you!
It sure got cold, we got wind and trees down. Now I've got a mess to take care of. Well so do you, hopefully you've got it under control by now.
Good morning buddy how you guys doing hope everything's going great so I hope Jess is doing okay so you guys have a great day and you guys be careful and see how did the animals
My hat is off to you. Whenever something goes south you keep it together and deal with it which speaks volumes for your patience and understanding. Take care my friends and be safe and happy.
I was praying to God about your situation- I live at 6.045 ft in the High Desert - Marty Albuquerque New Mexico -I do understand the High Desert climate
i commend you Jim, you have a lot of patience, i feel for ya man!
Regarding the Big Buddy heater. I was told not to run that inside a house without opening a window to let the CO2 out so I didn't die. Is that bad information? Also if there isn't any air flow, doesnt the open flame burn up all the available oxygen? Y'all would hate to wake up dead.
Please explain why you think the pipes melted...... What does that lower copper pipe do???? Everybody can learn from this, but you need to explain further.............
Dog needs a cozier blankie!!!
Love your guys videos!!!
Here in Southern Nevada we got the cold snap also. Put your propane in a old ice cooler to insulate the liquid propane valve like I do. I've had a bottle freeze up on a shorts day.
I like watching you fix shit... you da man. I just call somebody... speaking of which have you something against hired a helper? I mean, I am sure you can even find volunteers. From the closest school that is in the realm of what you are doing...
Hey buddy get yourself a pex cutter. They are CHEAP and make perfect clean cuts in pex tube. They work like scissors. PVC pipe cutters also work but are bulkier. Both are far superior to a saw, no crumbs either.
Glad your health is improving!!!
Stay warm guys!
It melted around the other line under it. What is going to keep the heat from melting your repair?
yup, love my huge adjustable wrench. lifesaver
Why did the pipe melt???
Check Wim Hoff the ice man... 😁
Also as a vegan I was always freezing in winter and my brain would fry at 25.5 degrees celcius.
As a carnivore, no problems! 😁👍
Jim, beware Jess is beginning to feel better and you know how wild & crazy she is about her man! 😂🤣😂
Would a short hunk of the flexible pipe fit over the end of the elbow to give a little extension to go down into the drain?
Don’t forget to insulate the hot cooper pipe who melted the plastic water pipes. Thank you, Dream Team.
Store containers of water inside the dome or in your refrigerator
to keep it from freezing or the cellar
You should have put a stove fan on top of your buddy heater , there`s channels about it on you tube .
That was close to a fire if it melted that badly.
Definitely make sure you know where the heat was coming form and that it is isolated with some nonflammable material.
I'm currently living in a travel trailer. Straight from the factory, they need work. You home you are building is much better.
On cold days like that, I really love my heated waterbed.
This weather is crazy.Your getting snow in the High Desert and Chicago snow that we were suppose to get hit . Hit southern Illinois.
Winter repairs. An ice storm leak last week, I was able to collect about 2 gallons of the three that leaked just inside my back door.
Was the old pipe melted by the partly uncovered copper pipe below it?
teach you to do click bait incomplete projects like the rocket stove lol, need it now
why did the pipes melt did you fix that problem also?
Repairs; wait for the bags in the Dome to continually break and spill gravel all over. Like living in a gravel pit with mud and grass. Futile to keep living quarters clean.
The dirt in the bags are solid. The bags aren't necessary anymore
Good job on the plumbing Jim. Did you replace the insulating cover over the copper pipe from the furnace that melted the pipes in the first place? Hope you feel better soon Jess❤️✨
Did you figure out what caused the water pipes to melt?
So what heat source melted the pipes?
Can you test the air in the campervan? U may have toxic air from whatever caused the pipes to melt
Stay safe
I wonder if y'all got the same virus that Ken and I got. We tested negative for flu and the 'vid but good NIGHT it was rough! I'm finally coming out of it, after about literally 3 weeks of sick. And I hope Don sees this and is able to tell us what the name of that bird is! Man, I hate that the pipes did that but I'm glad that the damage was what it was, and that nothing caught fire or whatever. Looking forward to seeing more of the RMH! Seeing the propane tank made me curious though, are y'all going to add a larger permanent propane tank for cooking and maybe a fridge? You're planning on adding a kitchen in the second dome, right? I so want an outdoor kitchen here.