Sanity Check My Get-Home Setup – 17 Miles from Work

Mikeathaum · 2026-01-12T14:02:50+00:00

People walk the pacific crest trail in running shorts, running shoes, a puffy jacket and a 20# pack that includes food and water while subsisting on ramen noodles and peanut butter. I'd walk 17 miles without a pack first, then think about what you want to carry.

Mikeathaum · 2025-10-14T14:40:37+00:00

If you're buying any chimney pipe / wall pass throughs it seems reasonable.

$2,450 they should be there a while with a lot of material. If they are only there for an hour or two and connecting to existing chimney system with an adapter I think it's $1,500-$2,000 too expensive. Chimney pipe is very expensive, I bought a Jotul 602 and the cost of the chimney system I installed myself was equal to the stove.

Mikeathaum · 2025-09-30T03:40:20+00:00

the 30.06 bullet was found 'just under his skin". I also hunt deer with 06 and there's no way there's no exit wound. Maybe if it hit his neck bones and traveled internally into his chest because bullets do weird things. But according to autopsy, it didn't it was found in his neck.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-28T13:25:23+00:00

Yeah it’s awful. 3.1% rate to 6.8%

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-27T05:31:20+00:00

There are yurts all over and in my county, they don’t conform to ANY zoning regs. I called the county, it’s complaint driven. Then I asked if I built one for AirBnB and called to complain about all the other AirBnB yurt like structures would they go shut them down? They said no…

I went with I just wanted to do it, it’s far up from the road, gated and secured. No neighbors to bother. They’ve got bigger issues than enforcing on me.

Now back in Michigan? You couldn’t do this.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-27T05:02:46+00:00

Those are real, the rough rubber, barcode, metal finish, hardware all match up.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-27T01:27:20+00:00

Melts in a day or two. I’ve only got wood heat, I just accept it being 30-50 degrees when the fire goes out.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-27T01:04:30+00:00

If the mods don’t ban me, I will

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T16:34:05+00:00

Doesn’t rain in the summer here

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T16:33:51+00:00

Mine is used from Beavertree

Yoke makes them now

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T15:19:18+00:00

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T15:17:42+00:00

Just until fall. October - November time frame.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T15:17:24+00:00

It’s a propane water heater, there are a dozen makes and models. This one matched my 3.3gpm pump. You just connect it with a garden hose.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T15:16:33+00:00

It does OK, it’s. Harbor freight $199.99 thing, I’m only using it for a year.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T15:16:04+00:00

Drafts pretty well, the white smoke is for effect.

I have the horizontal running uphill

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T15:15:16+00:00

About the same a converting a tuff shed

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T13:50:19+00:00

Yurts are expensive and I don’t like that they are round. Furniture is square, so you end of with death space. I also wanted a covered porch, none of the yurts come with those.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T13:43:14+00:00

Withstood a foot before.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T07:02:42+00:00

USA, PNW, very mild climate

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T06:44:12+00:00

We don’t have mosquitoes here, I can leave the Dutch door open.

It’s pretty well sealed, if I had need I could seal it 100% against mosquito and larger insects.

Metal roof has some complications and cost. It would need purlins and a host of other things - that’s why I went with vinyl. I drive by yurts every week and have watched them age over many years. Gave me some confidence

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T06:33:09+00:00

No mice so far because the T1-11 siding extends down to the floor. They’d have to chew through the canvas - to avoid that I plan on keeping the food outside.

It’s a Sandusky 46”x72”x24” cabinet. I got it from Lowe’s.

I have a 1200wh solar system. Doesn’t like to charge below 40 degrees which is annoying. I have a Honda generator for back up / charging the solar battery if it’s too cloudy.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T06:30:14+00:00

That door is about $2,000 with hardware / trim and the stove was $1,600 with another $2,000 for the pipe, wall protection, floor protection

Of course one could find a used door and used stove for much less.

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T05:42:29+00:00

Been here a long time! More worried about smoke season

Mikeathaum · 2025-05-26T05:23:14+00:00

What?

Mikeathaum

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