Starting a New Chapter...

[The Mechanic]

The building looks good. That’s also my dream to build a “barndominium “ on East TX acreage. I’m looking at having a similar building erected and coating the inside with polyurethane insulation. I would frame it out and finish it myself.

I currently live on 1 acre near Dallas and only have 10 chickens in a portable coop.

That was wise to start with the shop. The learning curve is cheaper than on the house.

Nice one .. I also plan to run some chickens in a mobile unit... i like the Chicken Caravan but they are too expensive..

I put in a 22,500lt water tank a week and a half ago and i reckon we’ve got 11,000 litres in it already .. Not bad considering the BOM said that it was going to be a Warm Dry Winter

[sprintcyclist]

great work mechanic

[The Mechanic]

great work mechanic

Thanks Sprint...

We have now put our caravan inside of the shed but over the passed few days our solar battery reserves have been getting low due to the constant clouds And rain 🌧...

I have a new meter on order which will tell me how my input is going .. i have been caught out before whereby i’ve Had dodgy connections on the Solar panels whereby only one panel was working... I have put two new 150watt panels on the shed roof but need to check their input... i also have two new panels that i haven’t put up yet.. so thats an option as well..

This weekend i put on a solar powered automatic gate opener ... and a Dog door into the barn where he has a little fenced off area inside...

Just have to keep chipping away at these things ticking off items as we go... not easy when its been raining every weekend!!

[Black Orchid]

Good work Mech

[The Mechanic]

Now nearly 4 Months on the bloody rain still hasn’t stopped!!

My concreter and i have it in our diaries to get in contact on the 1st of October to see how the weather is going and if we can start the house slab ..

I’ve had the house slab redesigned and we are still staring down the barrel of a $35,000 dollar bill

Anyways... we chip away each weekend getting things sorted to expand a bit in the shed and give us more room etc .. put up solar panels on the shed... set up a 12v water pump that runs off the Water Tank and through a small instant hot water system and then into our caravan

We’ve been living totally off grid since March.

We have built a shed for the Alpaca’s, Shed for the Bees ... mainly out of leftover Tin sheets and wood.. had to by main structure wood...

Set up a shearing pen..

Install 2 windows.. Install a wood heater.. close in 2 bays of the shed for extra room etc..

And I still have a list of things to do...

But we will keep chipping away..

[sprintcyclist]

You are amazing Mechanic

[Black Orchid]

Very busy and doing an awesome job Mechanic

[Mortdooley]

This guy could ruin you, it did me.
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Congratulations on your new place, I expect the new lifestyle will suit you wonderfully. We live in a little strip of unincorporated area on about two acres. We have been playing hobby farm for about ten years, I don't know if we could ever live in a subdivision or apartment.

[The Mechanic]

Just an update of whats happening on our Block..

Septic plumbing in, Slab in, Frame going up

[sprintcyclist]

I am very impressed