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- Building our dream OUTDOOR BATH! Our chassis for our tiny house build arrives, plus you won’t believe what we found! (Accessing a hidden part of our land!)
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About us: We're Jon & Emilie, a husband and wife, living in West-Wales with our dog Maggie. It's always been our goal to live within our means and be mortgage free, so we’ve just sold our house on Instagram and used all of our life savings to buy a 3 acre abandoned caravan park, so we can self build a tiny home.
In todays video we build our dream outdoor bath thanks to the help of EcoFlow, who kindly Gifted us the new Delta 2, Portable Power Station! We are so grateful to have EcoFlow support ing us over the next few months, helping power all our renovations and upcoming tiny house build! The Delta 2 was perfect for our outdoor bath build, as we don’t have electricity on most of our land, the Delta 2 made it possible for us to be able to run all our electric power tools off the portable power station. You can find more about the Delta 2 here: uk.ecoflow.com/?aff=107 - affiliate link which means if any of our followers purchase through our link we get a small % of the sale
After admiring some garden tools in the back of someones trailer in Morrisons carpark, we get talking and end up paying 2 kind strangers to come and help us tackle the back of our land, after our machine broke down. We then gain access to some previously cut off parts of our land! Lastly, our chassis we ordered from www.uegroup.co.uk/chassis ready for our tiny house build arrives!
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Emily you are so lucky that John is so handy at building you two are such a good team I enjoy watching your progress 😊
I think insulating the sides of the tub + covering the tub while it's filling should help a lot! Long term, you could make your own hottub and use a fire to heat that!
We'd LOVE to make it wood fired! That would be amazing! We loved having the bath visible, but we quickly realised it's not the most practical thing for helping retain the heat haha! Thanks for the tips LB!
Insulating the sides would destroy the beauty of it though 😢
@@karriehidderley8014 You could insulate it then clad it in wood to make it look nice
Also a cover like a hot tub would be great so you can just lift it off when you are ready to jump in
@@karriehidderley8014 Good looks will not keep the water hot. Outdoor baths in tepid or cold water are not for the faint hearted.
Wow Bees! If you can prep a hive for spring and get a bee keeper to transfer the queen to the new hive = free honey and pollination for plants on your land. Bee’s are awesome, please keep them 😃
Have you given any thought to a pet goat or two? They could be an awesome help to keeping the brush/bramble cleared out as well as a possible way to provide your own milk and/or cheese while making a loving pet and playmate for Maggie.
We would LOVE to get goats! That's Jon's dream 😊 would also love to see Maggie playing with her new goat siblings 😊 haha
@@CampOutWest I used to have a tiny mini goat, she would head butt my cats wanting to play. Hilarious because they weren't afraid, they were amused and confused.
You are hard working people! I kind of like the green house. Is it salvageable at all? Definitely keep the bees! Find a bee keeper to start a hive for you! Can't wait to see your dream come to fruition!
We had a bathtub outside here in California and we did two things which really helped with the heat loss. 1) we got spray insulation foam in a can from the local hardware supply. We sprayed the whole bottom of the bath with it and molded it with gloves. 2) We floated a lot of ping-pong balls on the water to hold the heat in. You can swim between the balls.
In regards bees ask locally for Bee keepers. Usually local councils can supply information, as they will often relocate swarms/hives. We had some recently in our local town take a liking to a parked car, and a bee keeper was called in to sort them out. Also depends on Bee type, as not all swarms are honey bees, but they're best placed to help and advise you.
Thanks so much! We'd never thought about speaking directly to our local council for advice. We were hoping we could just find someone local with their own hives to re-home them come spring :) we wouldn't want to move them over winter, as all their food will be in the caravan!
This, be ideal in winter to remove as it would be easy and smaller colony.. or do I fancy a travel for a free night camping in a hammock in the winter 😂
Contact your local beekeeping association, they can come and remove them if they are honey bees x
Thanks Jenni! We will wait until spring, as we know the bee's will have their winter food reserves all stored up in the caravan so wouldn't want to risk removing them this time of year
I can't believe how big the land looks now it's cleared! I love seeing the progress and I'm very jealous of the outdoor tub x
Thanks Ffion 🥰 we can't believe how different it looks now! Maggie is LOVING having all the extra space to play in too! xx
Definitely need to watch some of the rocket stove hot tub bath builds on here give you a better idea on what type you want to go for, can’t believe how much you’ve achieved and the trampoline clean it off and use it for star gazing with pillows and blankets 🥰
Thanks for the tip Sammy! Sadly our bath is plastic so we think it may melt with a fire under it hahah. Also love the idea of a star gazing platform for the trampoline 😊
@@CampOutWest with the use of some copper pipe around the heat riser and an old Central heating pump , you might be able to recirculate what goes into your tub from your gas powered heater or just fill it with cold and heat it from circulating...
A lid on the bathtub would help keep the heat in
Thanks Larry! A lid is next on our list :) now to just decide what to make it out of from what we have available on the land
Love the bath.Reminds me of 80s TV show Fallguy. I saw a bloke on Kurston Durkstons channel heat a tub with a fireplace and coiled copper pipe.
I would just like to say how impressed I am with a couple, getting away from it all and starting again, with nothing and allowing us to tag along with you, to watch your home and new life take shape....Thank you both.
Kevin, thanks so much for the support and kind words! Very grateful to have such a kind and supportive community supporting and rooting for us! So thank you!
My uncle is called Kevin Fisher lol
You've worked very hard to get so much of the land cleared 👍. I guess the land has always been a quagmire at times......such a shame that the previous owners didn't put in any drainage. Great, that you've now got the chassis. I hope that your tiny house build is progressing nicely.
Thanks so much Annie. Yea we were confused as to why the old company that owned the land didn't put drainage in as it much had been so wet when other people lived here haha!
we throw a bucket heater in the bath tub for a bath we put it in a plastic bin to heat water for dishes, cleaning water etc.
Guy's it might be a good idea to buy a metal detector for the land, this way your able to detect
and get rid of all the nasty surprises that you don't want buried beneath the grass etc plus if you get a pinpointer then you can scan the recycled wood for any nails or screws etc, this will help you to stop doing any damage to your tablesaw blades etc.
When de-nailing wood it’s always best to hammer the nail out. The last thing yo want is your chop saw hitting a cut off nail.
Thanks so much for the tip Paul! Good to know :)
Also the blade on our miter saw and circular saw can handle metal so I wasn't too worried.
If you search market place for an inflatable hot tub water heater (from a popped tub) . This can circulate/heat the water and can be picked up cheap, but takes wattage to keep going. You could also get an immersion heater rod to keep the water at temperature for less wattage. Just some ideas floating about.... 😂
Love the enthusiasm with all your projects, and it's really fun to follow all of your progress! 👍
Thanks so much Mathias! Thanks for the support 😊
Use a barrel and some copper pipe wrapped around the barrel. drill 2 holes in the bathtub different heights and when u heat the barrel (burning wood) the water in the bath gets warm.
a bucket heater throw a bucket heater in the water. It will take a bit of time but with the other thing heating it than it should speed up the heating time.
For lifting the old boards make a crucifix from 3 x 2 once you've one or two up, easy peasy.
you need to cover the tub with something to keep the heat in. a sheet of board or plastic . but once the bucket heater heats it, it will stay heated just remove the bucket heater before you get in it.
Well Done Folks!
There may be an issue with leaves falling in the bath so perhaps a net suspended over the bath might be an idea…. Maybe put fairy lights in the net? I would definitely recommend a wood fired hot tub - you have access to loads of scrap wood from the old decking and wood parts of the old caravans. Plus if you’re thinking of holiday let’s then a wood fired hot tub will be an investment
Try a reflective blanket on the tub. Keep the heat in as you fill
Put the heated water into an insulated tank. Maybe a recycled hot water tank. Then draw the hot water from that tank.
hi guys ,if that was my bath i would make a boiler that could hold enough water for the bath .ie locate it somewhere near the bath ,set a fire underneath it ,as you have plenty of free wood .within an hour one bath of hot water .keep going looks great so far .
Insulation under and around the bath. Put a wooden frame to cover the Insulation. Get some goats 👍will help cut down on all the ground) thanks you for replys God bless. Mick Australia)
Your bathtub is like the Hot Tub we had on our deck. So relaxing and quite deep. Our HT looked like a barrel that was 4 1/2 ft deep. It circulated the water threw the tube filter and Ion light which killed the bacteria. We would test the water for PH balance and add chemicals that kept the water neutral. The heater must have been small and somehow joined to the filter. It was insulated with the foam you are throwing away. When we got rid of the Hot Tube we found large carpenter ants in the foam. The ants wintered in the foam so watch out for that problem. As for all the water on the land. I would have a hydrologist come and look the situation over. Maybe a pond would be the answer. You are very hard working people that is for sure.
Thanks for taking the time to message us Paul/Laura 😊 oh wow never heard of carpenter ants! Thanks for the tip. Also love the suggestion of a pond, we were thinking this might be a good option
Absolutely love the bath, I would build a frame around the bath, insulate it and totally enclose it, also put on a lid/cover like they do on hot tubs.
Check to see if there is a local bee keeper, maybe they could help or even advise you on getting a bee hive.
Loving your videos.
Insulating the sides of the bath, and a reflective cover on the top when filling x
Thanks for the tip Harry 🤗
Insulate the bath sides, put a lid on it.
And for safety dont lay the water heater down hang it up.
Your life looks so much fun! Well jealous.
Hi use a pump to circulate the water from the bath through the heater once filled with cold water and then heated its much easer to control the temperature. Love the video's
Fruit trees etc to build a food forest would also help remove standing water. Get yourself a wood chipper and process all that brush into chips for the floor to add biomass and soak up the water too. The electric guys also love knowing places to dump wood chips from tree clearances.
As for the bath water, use a compost heap to heat the water, make compost and even rot down those fern stumps czcams.com/video/-Jm-c9B2_ew/video.html
Interesting recycled bottles as bee hives? czcams.com/video/9ItlOFLTUAs/video.html
Contact your local bee keeping association. They can remove the swarm if they are honey bees. Have you thought about having a hive on your land? X
Thanks Angela! We haven't thought about having our own hive but we are going to find out a little more info about it to see what we think!
Bee keepers would come for free to have those Bees!
Yea! We have someone local whose going to re-home them in the spring
I love the longer content guys, keep up the great work :)
Thanks so much for watching :) glad you enjoyed!
I am excited to see what your house is going to look like.
I would use some of your (dry) scrap insulation from one of the caravans to make a lid and maybe put some around the tub.
Thanks Paul, we hadn't thought about re-using the caravan insulation! Great idea
What about getting the big pots you see in hotel kitchens and putting water in them above a fire , plus the fire would be nice but well away from the gas bottles , then just use a saucepan to put water from pot to bath before getting in 👍
Love that idea Paul! Feeling warmer just at the thought of it 😅
Looking forward to seeing the build.
Thanks Tina! We can't wait to share it with you
Can’t wait to see you start your tiny house build love the bath
Thanks so much Valerie! We can't wait to start!
So glad you popped your goggles on before you started sawing the wood, I was screaming at the laptop "Put your goggles on" and then you did. 👍👍👍
We love our goggles! 😅 next time I'll remember to tie my hair back too!
Woohoo, the chassis! So looking forward to the fun videos to come. Your land looks massive now that it has been somewhat cleared. It must be so fun to explore.
Thanks so much Andrea! We can't believe the Chassis is finally here! WE are so excited for what's next!
So excited to see your chassis is another big step achieved 🎉
Thanks so much Charlotte! We are so excited for what's next 🎉🎉
You guys are doing well. Find the lowest point of your boundary and see if you could dig a pond. Using your boundary's dig a ditch to lead the water to your pond, it should help but even if it does not it will help when you lay French drains . Regards from Billy in South Africa
Thanks for the tip Billy, that's a really good idea 😊
Great progress, looking forward to seeing the house build!
Thanks Liz! We cannot wait to start our tiny house build 🎉
Well done guys. Love the posts, so inspiring 🙂
Thanks so much Brian 🙂
Haven't watched all the video yet but just wanted to say how happy I was to see a video from you as I know you got a lot going on so thanks for sharing your amazing journey with us
That's so kind of you 😊 thank you so much for the support. We hope you enjoyed it ❤
For the bath, you should look into thermo siphon - you take a copper coil and put it into a fire or preferably a wood stove of some sort one end of the coil into the bath at bottom and one near the top of the waterline. The water will automatically cycle through and warm up in the fire. Also insulation around the bath and a cover.
Thanks for the tips Jason! We will look into thermo Siphon! We stayed at a airB&B a few years ago and they had something similar, which was amazing!
So excited for you both you have your work cut out now looking forward to watching you build your tiny home love the bath
Thanks so much Patricia! We can't wait to start our build! 🎉
Thanks
Thanks so much Nicholas - we had no idea their was a tip feature on youtube! So thank you very much! If you are on Instagram, please send us a DM, we'd love to send you a little something as a thank you! (we've been working on some camp out west merch, so would love to send you a little something!)
Really enjoying watching your progress - Well Done, and keep it up! One reminder for you- before you light your bonfires, PLEASE check for animals/ birds in the pile before you light it!😊👍
Don't worry we will check, maggie our dog is a great deterrent for anything wanting to set up home in there as she's always running around there.
Yes! Don't worry, we plan on moving the wood we want to burn and make a new pile to make sure nothing is hiding in there 😊
Land's looking good, so much potential you must both be excited for the future.
Thanks Martin! It really doesn't feel real! Excited to get all our weddings edited this coming month, so then we can be full time on the land and house build, until weddings start again in May!
Thank you
We have a lot of CZcamsrs right here in USA that are Bee collectors and you can just call them and they'll come and collect the whole swarm right off your property and take it away if you want them to I don't know if they charge for it or not. They are like, bee Whispers it's great stuff.
Great progress , good luck I admire your energy!! It’s amazing how hard lazy people work to hide rubbish rather than going to tidy tip. Best wishes
hi try to find a secondhand log burner with a back boiler in to heat the bath keep up the good work
I built one when I first came here had it running with wood /coal fire worked really well bit to hot a lot of the time 😂old bricks mate clay or enamel flue not to hard to get stuff and put together👍🏻happy days chaps well done keep up the good work keep the videos coming wicked 🧑🏻🌾👌🏻
love this! We found a BIG pile of coal on the land , so we could totally make a dual fuel one haha, we were told the old miners used to get their Christmas bonus paid in coal every year and it looks like we've just found the old owners stash!
Land looking great, can't wait to see the tiny house when it's finished. Thanks for sharing.x
Thanks so much Shirley 🙂
Wow. The area looks vast now. Keep going guys, your doing a fine job there. Loving your vlogs by the way. x
Thanks so much Mandy! 🥰
Could i suggest that you look at the land you need for next, put up a temp fence. Do a deep Plough, to bring to the surface all the cr@p. At the same time drop in a french drain, level and reseed, start the other section the following year.
You can only do so much yourself.
Thanks for the suggestion :)
Great video. Lots of catch up in it. Can’t wait to see, hear, watch more more more. 👍
Thanks so much David!
Looking forward to seeing the house take shape. Maybe try and coax the bees into a Hive and make your own honey 😂
We did think how nice it would be to have a hive on the land! (Maggie loves watching the bee's too!) we need to look into it more. For now the bee's can enjoy the caravan 😊
Great idea!! They might prefer bee boxes and move themselves!
Hi you two, 🎉great out door bath 10 out of 10 for recycling the wood, but don’t envy you getting in it in the winter, brrrrr😅. Great progress clearing the land. Good luck with the build really interested to see the progress. Tony
Thanks so much Tony! Our outdoor shower is getting colder day by day 😅Maybe the bath will turn into a ice cold bath 🤣 we'll go all Wim Hof on you!
Great Vidio
Thanks so much for hard work your both ENJOYED watching here
Awesome land and your energy in getting things done is amazing. Enjoy the process!!
Thanks so much 😊
a cover for sure will help. Im new here and have loved all your videos. !
Absolutely loved the bath idea you work so hard for your dreams wishing all the luck in your plans
Thank you Mike! I remember in our old house, I once set up Maggie's dog paddling pool, with a watering can filled with hot water, but it was not the same haha! So very excited we finally have our dream outdoor bath! 🥳
That's a much better vid than the last one good luck to you both it's good to see thing's getting sorted
Thanks Colin 🙂
Hi guys it's all starting to take shape now all your hard work will pay off in the future I'm sure . Look forward to the next installment 👍👌
Thanks so much Andy 😊
im glad you two are living your dream. best of luck to you, i am excited to see what your house is going to look like. tiny houses are the best
Thanks so much 😊
Another CZcams put a metal water trough on cinder blocks and ultra a fire underneath. Glad you found some help. Could hear the squishing before you said anything. As for all the buried stuff, one way to circumvent dump fees.
Perhaps you could find a local bee keeper to look after the bees, put a hive on your land , bee keeper looks after the bees and lets you have a % of the honey. Your new chassis look great, are you going to coat it/ paint/spray it with some sort of preservative before you start the build.
diolch Gwyndaf. Yes we plan to coat the chassis :) we were looking at oiling it too. We are going to get a local bee keeper to re-home them into a hive in the spring 😊
Good luck you guys , routing for you
Thanks Ian 😀
Grate video guys looks like paradise is coming ....maybe next year have fun,
Thanks Bruce! 😀
Time to build your own bee hives. Again a recycle use for bits of caravan or decking?
Wow, your land seems to have doubled….amazing what happens when you start clearing away and how very kind of the two chaps to come along and help you out. Excitement builds but for sure drainage of the land will be important, was listening to you squelching along! Take care.
Honestly, we couldn't believe our luck! They were amazing! They didn't even want to be paid, but we couldn't let them go empty handed! We were so grateful to them, so were so happy to pay ❤ it was amazing watching them do it and they enjoyed every second! The drainage is very much needed, it's going to be a messy job but the land really needs it haha!
I'm late to your channel but I would make an insulated cover for while it's filling and hinged to open, keeping half covered while you soak. I used to have an animal trough bathtub and that's what I did. Kept the heat much longer.
Amazing, thanks for the tip Polly :)
You can get a person who has bees to come buy and rescue the bees for a hive somewhere else. This way you SAVE the bees and can get honey taboot!
Yes we want to save the bees! :)
Have you called a bee keeper. They will fetch the bees. Really enjoying your series xx
Thanks so much Christine :) we have asked in some facebook groups local to us. We are going to wait until spring to see if they can be re-homed/re-hived as we know they will have all their food reserves in the caravan to last them over winter :)
So glad to see a new video!!!
Thanks for the support Brian 🥳
Wow come so far in such a little amount of time looking forward to watching your journey gays
Thanks so much! It's amazing seeing the space so open now
Thank you for the update and I love the quirky bath. I suppose you will have another one inside (eventually) when the weather is bad. Your land is quite vast and there are still more caravans to destroy!! I think step by step is good. Slow progress is still progress. I guess also that you will make the hedge more secure against the road. (For privacy as well?!) Georgie 😊❤
Thanks so much Georgie 😊 we've been looking at hedges this week actually! Excited to get something planted
Exciting progress and awesome you found the guys with the land clearing machinery.
Thanks so much 😊 we were so lucky to find them!
Regarding the bees ,. Contact a local be keeper or bee keeping organization they will tell you how best to deal with the bees and might get someone to come and move them for you .
Love your progress. Thank you for sharing & always love you hats Em!👍
Such beautiful moody lane you bought!!
hahha thanks Janice 🤗
Well done guys lovely video.
Thanks so much Lee!
Oh my god I’ve been watching you a while and I’m from Corby!
I love how Emillie is still looking cool in white in all that mud!
Ah no way! We both used to live and work in Northampton, close to Corby a few years ago too! Great skate park in Corby! haha. My white clothes are actually super stained for some reason you just can't see it on camera! haha
Exciting news looking forward for the tiny house build
Thanks so much Andrew! It really doesn't feel real, but excited to bring you with us on our tiny house build journey!
Hello from New Zealand! Keep up the hard work! Really enjoying watching along 👍🎥
Thanks Callum! Thanks for watching! It's our dream to visit NZ one day!
Wow! That’s big!
Sound was a lot better 👏👏👏
Thanks so much Garry! We are getting some new mics soon too, so hopefully the audio will dramatically improve again :)
está ficando cada vez mais lindo!
Diolch!
I have an IBC heated with a fire pit and coil.... get two of you in there
Brilliant watching your progress.. great channel .thankyou
Thanks so much Matthew 🙂 Thanks so much for the support!
The indie projects made an outdoor bath that was covered on the sides.
Looked fab and you are making great progress
Thanks Emma! We will look it up 🙂 thanks for the suggestion and the support! xx