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Bootstrapper687
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15 May ’16 - 2:04 pm
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So, I am starting, and documenting, a long process of attempting to start a fully modernized homestead from scratch.  Only the seeds and livestock will be imported to the land.

Well, I have come across an issue in my house planning and was hoping someone here could help me.

I need to develop piping for water lines and sewage for the house.  If I had iron, or copper, or some other type of metal available to be mined, I would use that, but I do not.  So, I am trying to decide what type of piping I should use.

The best type of piping I have come up with is clay pipes. Vitrified clay is very strong, but I have no easily accessible shale.  I was thinking of kiln-firing clay mixed with a bit of wood ash and see how that turns out. 

Does anyone here have a better idea?  Thanks for any and all help.

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Welcome @bootstrapper687 , sounds like a heck of a project! When you say everything from scratch do you mean heating, cooking, etc as well?

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Indeed.  In the case that I cannot find ANY metal on the property, I will get some from a scrapyard and melt it down for wiring.

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Well, further research has yielded some fantastic results.  Apparently, soil contains a not-insignificant amount of iron in it across most of the world.  You can actually mix soil with charcoal in a blast furnace and get a bloom of pig iron to make iron piping.  So, there it is, answered after just 6 more hours of research!

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16 May ’16 - 6:46 am
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interesting, how do you plan on forming the pipe?

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came across this and thought of your project

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