Well, I am now connected to the outside world with cable and internet. This is my first post from location. My Dish Network installer showed up early this morning after a long and sleepless night in the container. I am suffering from some flu-like syptoms and it did not help that I overloaded my surge protector last night by plugging in a space heater. Needless to say, with temperatures dropping down into the high 30s and the container not yet having insulation, it was like a freezer box in here.
My installer was great. He ended up mounting two receivers on the roof for satellite television and satellite internet. He had to build both on site because the installation was atypical. Much appreciation to him.
Within the last few days, I have been working on the outdoor shower. I received a little motivation and know-how from my good friend Bob Brunson, the gentleman behind http://thegreenestlittlehouseintexas.org/About_Us.html. He is currently leading a workshop on building an earth ship/monolithic dome house. While camping on the worksite, I took some notes on his outdoor shower and got to work on my own when I returned to my property. It is tough work. The drill bits are having a tough time getting through the cedar posts and the ground has quite a bit of limestone, so digging the holes for the posts has been exhausting.
Looking forward, my brother gets back into Texas next week. We are planning to install a restroom inside the container with a dual flush toilet and stainless steel utility sink. We will have to be creative as wet/plumbing partition walls will need to go up in advance of having insulation in place. Also, I want to avoid penetrating the corrugated steel with screws, so we are likely going to have to make small welds and/or use tension bars similar to a curtain rod to hold the studs in place. Septic permits were filed this week, so we are just waiting on the county to approve our application before the septic system folks can commence work.
Until our next posts, stay well. Thanks for reading.