Water heating

In this project, we will guide you through the process of building a cost-effective homemade water distiller that can effectively purify contaminated water and desalinate saltwater, providing a reliable source of clean drinking water. The three essential components required for this dis

With some scrap metal and a little elbow grease I built a small, ultra-efficient wood stove that connects easily to an existing fireplace in my home.

This is part of a series of articles on heating hot water with masonry heaters and other wood-fired stoves: See also Details of Plumbing for a Thermasiphon Hot Water System We are currently reading “Handmade Hot Water Systems” by Art Sussman and Richard Frazier. This book has a really down-to-earth late-70’s approach to using your […]

Choosing an off grid water heater takes more than visiting the neighborhood hardware store. Traditional water heaters just won't cut it. In my guide, I go over alternative water heaters that you can use for an off grid home.

This article outlines the steps to construct a DIY solar thermal water heater using copper pipes that can quickly generate hot water. The homemade water heater can produce hot water at a temperature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, even when the air temperature is in the range of hi

Whether one lives off-grid and seeks to create an endless supply of hot water or lives in a location with sparse resources, this video is sure to inspire and inform.

Choosing an off grid water heater takes more than visiting the neighborhood hardware store. Traditional water heaters just won't cut it. In my guide, I go over alternative water heaters that you can use for an off grid home.

Choosing an off grid water heater takes more than visiting the neighborhood hardware store. Traditional water heaters just won't cut it. In my guide, I go over alternative water heaters that you can use for an off grid home.

Building a Parabolic Solar Hot-Water Heater Using 123D: For this project I set out to create the solar equivalent of the hot-water tap on a coffee machine: a solar on-demand hot-water heater. I was inspired by the functionality of a new software called 123D-Make that makes it easy to buil…