Jungle house

[bastonjock]

Hi guys

Well looks like the construction of my dwelling in the Jungle has started ,it has taken a few weeks to get the water and electricity run in ,so far they have run in over one kilometer of water pipe to the house and have just finished a water tank ,we had to build a small bang house so that the electricity could be connected to a structure 

[Dave Hounddriver]

Looks like you are having fun 

[bastonjock]

It's meant to look something like this when its finished

[sonjack2847]

No offense intended but the bang house looks like checkpoint charlie.Good luck with your building project.

[bastonjock]

9 hours ago, sonjack2847 said:

No offense intended but the bang house looks like checkpoint charlie.Good luck with your building project.

No offense taken  that's where I was told to mount the machine gun 

[JJReyes]

One kilometer for your electricity and water connection. Did you consider living off the grid with a combination of wind and solar panels and a deep well for water? Add a vegetable garden, banana and papaya trees, and you are all set.

[bastonjock]

Just now, JJReyes said:

One kilometer for your electricity and water connection. Did you consider living off the grid with a combination of wind and solar panels and a deep well for water? Add a vegetable garden, banana and papaya trees, and you are all set.

Yes I have considered solar and a deep well , the gf who knows about deep wells said that the water would not be potable ,as for solar, I'll look at that when I get back over ,also as there's a creek running through I'm going to take hydro into consideration 

As for fruit trees ,the plot has 50 mango 35 coconut and 10 other fruit trees, chickens and pigs are planned

[Old55]

Keep posting pictures please? it’s always fun and informative to watch progression of building there.

[bastonjock]

1 hour ago, Old55 said:

Keep posting pictures please? it’s always fun and informative to watch progression of building there.

Gf paid for a load of fencing and house building materials today,the house will be a concrete and bamboo construction , the guys doing the water have been fine so far , listening to direction and offering advice , the electrician has twice tried to over charge and requested early payment so he will not get any more work from us 

[JJReyes]

7 hours ago, bastonjock said:

Yes I have considered solar and a deep well , the gf who knows about deep wells said that the water would not be potable ,as for solar, I'll look at that when I get back over ,also as there's a creek running through I'm going to take hydro into consideration 

There is a simple water filtration you can build for either well or creek water. Best material is two large drainage pipes one on top of the other sealed at joint and bottom. The layers of fill include large river rocks, small river rocks, charcoal and sand. The fill is changed every 3 years. There should be plans and instructions on the Internet that you can download. 

If uncertain, the drinking and cooking water can be boiled and cooled down before consumption.