
We are in the middle of renovating our house in an abandoned Portuguese village. Today we are testing the Grey Water Wetland. There were many concerns and now we will find out if it works.
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My name is Jasper and i bought a house in a Portuguese ghost town. Together with my dogs Zoey & Akira we show you the rebuild of our house and what it is like living the daily life in Central Portugal.
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Have you considered hydroponics. With carp and small fish and vegetables… Everything recycles itself… Also, consider tiger prawns in a large tank too…. Micro Farm for marketable plants an spices…. Verticle gardens…… So much out there…
Solar hot water and pump, pipe that through the house and use that to heat house…
Also solar concentrators instead of panels….
EARTHSHIPS… look at their filtration systems.. TOO CLOSE TO HOUSE…Use White pvc and push it far away from the house… Perhaps a separate septic for shower and sink and then a leach field
with vegetables and plants… but far from house… and another for sewer.. you need an extended leach field with percolation… Otherwise you will have a real mess and health hazard…..
I am Portuguese, and I really don't like how they do septic there… Too tight… See how the americans do it…. 2 tanks and long pipes and percolation… Also SOAPS.. You need biodegrable, natural soaps and scum catch basins otherwise you will kill the plants…
I will build something similar myself…. I will be looking for house and land soon..
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Not going to work the inlet pipes needs to be on top not down below the inlet needs to completely drain otherwise the sludge will fill up the pipes
Pasta looked gooooooood 🤤
So your gonna have a mini sewage farm outside your house ? Isn’t that gonna smell bad ?
Hi Jasper If you rub a little bit of grease on the pipe It will push in better regards Andy from Felixstowe
You are a pasta person like my grandson he likes it every day of the week .
Thumbs up even though i dont think it will push the water down the pipe from the shower . Maybe a small pump needed.
How you doing to deal with soaps???!!!
Maybe if you do it like earthship, and hydroponics… Otherwise…No….
No!! Don't think so… Good luck 👍… Maybe for sink and shower but not for toilet….no way…
LOL. when the spaghetti hit the wall
use some olive oil or vaseline in pipes and ruber rings, spit doesnt help much …. lol
I saw another video about life in Portugal whee they were using this type of plumbing. to make connecting easier they sprayed some WD-40 into the female part…..
I was doubtful for sure, didn't seem there was enough slope and it would back up into the house. Glad you made it work.
Great content!
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Hazel ☘️ …
Kudos to you all !
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Jasper, funny that you said you didn’t know what you were doing with the the plumbing but you sounded just like my plumber when you screamed with the potty mouth. LOL😂
Fairy liquid or spray silicon on the rubber rings makes it easy to
Push. the joints together .
use waSHING UP LIQUID OMN RUBBER RINGWS
Congratulations, can't wait to see the rest hooked up. Tip… when working with the grey PVC here in Portugal, when you cut a piece of pipe, heat up the section that will go into your fittings and insert it into the fitting without the rubber ring. It will reshape the pipe end, remove, replace the o-ring, dab of soap and refit. Try to keep the o-rings / fittings to the top or beginning of the water flow, not on the exit.
would be nice to hear your honest opinion if you experience an increase in flies and mosquitos.
All coming together 👍
You're guessing. My English is terrible and I'm from the United States!!!
Ok. Before I watch the result. I don't think the camera gives an accurate picture of the slopes involved. I think it will work, however, I don't think the first catch basin will be as full as your guessing. I really don't see a need for it to be that full. You wants slow movement from chamber to chamber with as little co mixing as possible.
Is that your son?
No vegetables.
Well done Jasper, if it works which I hope it does it will be a wonderful feature in the garden, with all the plants growing in it and maybe some around it. x
Misschien? Is het slim om in de pijp naar de de Douche. Een 2x 45/ bocht te doen omhoog, zodat je er. Eventueel een trekveer doorheen kan trekken. Puur als back-up?
Je hebt ook van die rechtdoor koppelingen met een 45/. En dan een klein stukje pijp met een 45/ en een pijp die net boven de grond uit komt.
🌀💚🌀 Impressed…
Hoi Jasper ..ben je niet bang dat er veel muggen op het stilstaand water afkomen in de zomer …het is wel dichtbij de plek waar je altijd zit?
Gr Jo
Je gebruikt olie om te koken! Smeer dat op de rubbers! Dat is veel makkelijker om ze in elkaar te krijgen!
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you all guys, seems to work we will see 🙈 when everything is connected and this plants have to drink the water don't forget to put them there or else your dogs will do that.
Het water zo nooit terug lopen. Niet naar de Douche en zeker niet de wasbak. Eerder zal de tank overstromen. Als het teveel regenwater krijgt. Een afvoerpijp moet een afschot hebben van 1CM per METER! En minder, dan blijft er vanalles achter in de pijp. En meer, dan gaat het water te snel om alles mee te nemen.
the cement and the cavities of the hollow bricks as well as the ground risk becoming gorged with water loaded with bacteria which will not be treated by the plants, I think it is a pity not to have sealed the whole tank with resine
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It's not going to work with the water from the shower, the pipes to low the tank needs to be lower than the pipes
Now we are cooking!! I haven't really been interested in much of what you have been doing but this is very interesting and informative definitely captures my attention enough to watch the whole video. 😀
You must raise the inlet standing water in pipes is not good 😊👍❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧