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**Aluback** · 08-18-2007, 10:41 AM

60K? Do you get heating, plumbing and insulation for that price?

yes for insulation, no for plumbing and heating. The location I have is such that we only need heat in the dead of winter. Since I have a nice woodlot I might use a couple of wood stoves in the dead of winter if it were used then. Cost about $4000.00 Woodsplitting training is fun. kind of like whitewashing fences.

Kitchens and bathrooms are usually the most expensive part of a building I think. A standard septic system in my neck of the woods would cost probably $20,000. Start putting in bathrooms and kitchens and you easily double the price. $80-100 sq foot with no profit margin would be about right.

I envision a separate building for showers and composting toilets (which are expensive right now). Essentially the dojo we are planning is a barn with a really nice floor.

I only need to deal with grey water then. As for getting the water, I plan a 4000 gallon water tank on the ridge about 70 feet above the site which will also supply water to the surrounding orchard. Water is drawn from a pond below via jet pump powerd by either solar or wind and heated with on-demand propane water heater.

Biggest problem will probably convincing the local government that it is ok.

That and gettng the money.

I already own the land.

08-18-2007, 10:41 AM	#30
Aluback Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 475 Senior Member	60K? Do you get heating, plumbing and insulation for that price? yes for insulation, no for plumbing and heating. The location I have is such that we only need heat in the dead of winter. Since I have a nice woodlot I might use a couple of wood stoves in the dead of winter if it were used then. Cost about $4000.00 Woodsplitting training is fun. kind of like whitewashing fences. Kitchens and bathrooms are usually the most expensive part of a building I think. A standard septic system in my neck of the woods would cost probably $20,000. Start putting in bathrooms and kitchens and you easily double the price. $80-100 sq foot with no profit margin would be about right. I envision a separate building for showers and composting toilets (which are expensive right now). Essentially the dojo we are planning is a barn with a really nice floor. I only need to deal with grey water then. As for getting the water, I plan a 4000 gallon water tank on the ridge about 70 feet above the site which will also supply water to the surrounding orchard. Water is drawn from a pond below via jet pump powerd by either solar or wind and heated with on-demand propane water heater. Biggest problem will probably convincing the local government that it is ok. That and gettng the money. I already own the land.
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