Comments on: Living on the Water

By: thunder wolf

thunder wolf — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:13:22 +0000

me look some information built cabin or boathouse on wather in one information help me out look books or CD ok? here my address and email
p.o. box 534 cave city ky 42127
wolfthunder68@yhaoo.com
spiritwild09@hotmail.com

By: Margy

Margy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:23:00 +0000

Thanks to Christina, Ben and Kimberly for your comments –

Kimberly, our cabin can get cold, but our wood stove does a great job of warming things up. Fortunately, our climate is pretty moderate. We only get snow a few times each year, and only rarely with enough to make a snowman like the one above. But we love it in any weather.

Yes, Christina, it feels good to simplify our life, but sometimes it feels a bit “complicated” to do so if you know what I mean. Since we were cityfolk it has taken a lot of learning to get things worked out to be somewhat simple.

And for Ben, our propane refrigerator makes life much easier. Ours is a small apartment style, but lets us keep enough fresh food for a week or more. As far as power generation, we are looking into a new wood stove model that seems to have promise. You can see a demo on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SczCj7gilZY or at their website http://www.tegpower.com/products.html.

Margy

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:39:28 +0000

Hi my name is kimberly im 14 and i also live on the water the only thing i think really wrong were we live is it is so cold.I love your snow man to i wish we could get all that snow!!!

By: Float Cabins on Powell Lake

Float Cabins on Powell Lake — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:34:40 +0000

[...] Our cabin is a basic 20 X 21 cabin (see my previous posts “Our Little Cabin Up the Lake” and “Living on the Water” for more details). A peaked roof gives us just enough room for a sleeping loft. Most of the [...]

By: Ben C - Propane Refrigerators

Ben C - Propane Refrigerators — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:28:34 +0000

Looks like quite the life! If there is a running stream around that feeds into the lake you could set up a hydro generator. I have those propane refrigerators if anybody needs one. Half my business comes from Canada as they are twice as expensive there.
http://www.bensdiscountsupply.com/

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:26:11 +0000

Thanks for the info Margy! I appreciate details on how people make a simpler life work for them. I also love the snowman.

By: Margy

Margy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:06:58 +0000

It appears that there are problems with the wind generator link above, but I will go ahead and answer the question because others might be interested. Wayne and I do have a wind generator installed on our float along with a variety of solar panels. Because of the location of our cabin, we don’t get very much wind on a consistent basis. In a way that’s not a bad thing. Wind can really move the cabin around on its tethers. When a storm moves through (mostly in the winter) and there’s a southeast wind, the generator gives us some much needed power. It would be nice to have more wind, especially in the winter when the sun is low and often blocked by clouds. But we take what we can get. — Margy

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:06:54 +0000

Do not bother with the above link. It’s just another ClickBank redirect scam site trying to get you to buy useless information.

Peter

By: Build A Wind Generator » Blog Archive » Living on the water with a wind generator and solar panels

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:44:43 +0000

[...] Living on the Water with wind generator and solar panels [...]

By: Les and Jane Oke

Les and Jane Oke — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:23:53 +0000

Hello,
What a great blog, have you considered the possibility of learning how to build a wind generator?
Our family has lived off the grid for over 15 years now and have built countless wind generators for ourselves and friends, thought this might be of interest to you.
Want more info on how to build a wind generator?
http://www.homemade-wind-generator.com

All the best,
Les and Jane