Off Grid Kitchen Sink Water

Very basic and effective and easy to do yourself.

Off grid kitchen sink water.

Anyway thank you for watching. How to design a simple off grid sink one of the first problems that i had to overcome after going off grid was a sink. Here is how to hook up a simple sink grey water drain for a kitchen set up in an off grid cabin. Josh shows the kitchen setup used to cook and clean with no utility bills.

Brushing your teeth isn t too bad. But it s hard to wash your hands while you pour water over your hands. Don t mind the stuttering constant repeating myself. From hauling water the early months in our off grid kitchen looked a lot like camping.

And a kitchen sink with no running water and a five gallon. We soon decided to create an off grid water system by adding solar panels and installing a solar pump in the deep well that would get water into the house. Here s the link to the water pump. Off grid cabins often rely on solar wind and rain power to generate electricity to the home whereas dry cabins are not always this rural.

Since there isn t a sink with running water brushing your teeth mainly entails pouring water into a cup in the kitchen and keeping up with personal hygiene to the best of your ability. Kitchen greywater tends to contain food scraps and grease so it takes more effort to maintain the system than with those for other greywater sources. Washing your hands and brushing your teeth outside gets old. There were a lot of quick skillet meals dishes washed in too small dish pans and water hauled in buckets by me and then later in my pregnancy by my husband.

I get so nervous filming these videos lol. Logistically it s kind of tough. Some states consider kitchen water greywater while others consider it. Subscribe if you want.