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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 118 points 1 year ago

The whole point of these types of places is to save on heat/cooling.

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 46 points 1 year ago

I don't know. I looked at the photos, and I'm pretty sure this place is built for drugs.

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I didn’t specify what the heating/cooling was for 😂

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Is it the suspicious barrels outside?

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have one of the larger barrels pictured. It's a 68G that I pump water up from the creek into for bathing, washing up, etc. Throw a couple of the small chlorine tabs in there, good to go. Just don't drink it.

Mine came from imported Kalamata olives. Kinda greasy to clean out, excellent water storage. Money says that was the intention for those. 300+ gallons of water lasts forever if you have a creek to tap. I fill my 68 every month in the summer, and that's only because it has a slow leak.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

The property has a 500 gallon water tank.

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Background: I know nothing

Am I really bathing if I’m using water I cannot drink?

Am I really bathing if I’m using still-undrinkable—but chlorinated—water?

[-] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Am I really bathing if I’m using water I cannot drink?

Yes, drinking water is cleaned to the point that it will not make you sick to drink assuming a normal immune system. That is extreme over kill for bathing (and toilets, laundry, etc). The only reason we use drinking water for everything is because infrastructure is expensive and laying non-potable water pipes would cost tons.

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago
[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

I can see the value in that, basically nature's insulation - though I'm not an architect nor an engineer, but that looks like a flat roof - so would overgrown grass or sodden soil put some crazy weight and pressure on the structure?

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

It has to be designed for it, yes. A friend of mine built a house with a living roof. They even host parties in the second floor yard.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

The point of this place looks more like it's for building bombs without having the government find you.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

And enjoy some nice surprise moisture I'll bet

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