Off Grid Kitchen Sink Water

Very basic and effective and easy to do yourself.

Off grid kitchen sink water.

Kitchen sinks usually produce a plentiful supply of water that can be diverted from the sink drain inside the house. Some states consider kitchen water greywater while others consider it. Subscribe if you want. I get so nervous filming these videos lol.

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. We added a pressure tank and indoor pipes that ran through the wood stove in winter and an instant hot water heater in summer. But it s hard to wash your hands while you pour water over your hands. Anyway thank you for watching.

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. Washing your hands and brushing your teeth outside gets old. Brushing your teeth isn t too bad. 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.

Josh shows the kitchen setup used to cook and clean with no utility bills. 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. Here s the link to the water pump. 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.

Don t mind the stuttering constant repeating myself. Logistically it s kind of tough. 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. Once the cabin was built we also moved the sink from the camper into the cabin.