| 5s | I always had this dream about playing on the river as an adult |
| 8s | and my dad is a log driver and my grandfathers were log drivers, and my great uncles |
| 13s | so they worked on this river, so it's kind of in my blood |
| 23s | So I was looking at buying a home |
| 24s | and then I was thinking of building a tiny house |
| 27s | and I wasn't sure if I wa going to be living around here for a long time |
| 30s | So I thought ok, tiny house, I can move it |
| 33s | and then at the time my friend who was the boatbuilder |
| 37s | we were always hanging out in his boats |
| 39s | and he just encouraged me to build a tiny houseboat |
| 43s | so I was really impulsive and said "Ok, fine, let's do it!" |
| 46s | And a few days later I bought the pontoon |
| 51s | So welcome to the river den. We're in Wakefield, Quebec |
| 54s | and this is the Gatineau River |
| 55s | |
| 58s | All the lights are run on twelve Bolts |
| 60s | And I just basically have a deep-cycle bolt battery in here |
| 64s | And it usually lasts around a month |
| 66s | I have a little pump, a built pump, and it just draws river water |
| 73s | and the river water is really clean |
| 75s | It's not drinking water but it's really nice and clean to do dishes with |
| 80s | and to brush your teeth and stuff |
| 82s | And under here is where the pump is. Just a small little pump. 100 dollars |
| 86s | Yeah everything was custom built: all the cabinets, the windows were even not built |
| 92s | We just bought the glass and it's double-pane with Argon and we built the frames |
| 99s | This is just a little butane burner |
| 102s | In the winter time, when I have a fire going, sometimes I make toast right on here |
| 106s | You can take the top right off and put a frying pan or a pot to boil water |
| 110s | or just to warm up food. It works really fast and really well |
| 113s | and I just use the bottom to make coffee |
| 115s | There's no refrigeration system yet and that's probably would be the thing that pushes me over the edge to get solar |
| 121s | I just use a cooler with ice for now |
| 133s | Here are the switches for all the utilities right now |
| 137s | So there's the pump and these are navigation lights for the boat |
| 139s | It is a boat that moves and there's a 60 horsepower motor on the back |
| 143s | Over here is an extra storage area and the shower |
| 148s | This is the bathroom and we recently invested in the separate |
| 155s | and this is a composting toilet, and it's a waterless toilet |
| 158s | so it separates the liquids from the solids and it has a really quiet 12-volt pump |
| 165s | It's great because you can't hear it and it dries out the solids really quickly and turns it into compost |
| 172s | and there's no odor whatsoever |
| 174s | Over here we have a deck in the back |
| 178s | |
| 180s | and this is storage for the gas tanks and the anchors |
| 187s | This is a grill floor and it's a great feature for the winter time |
| 192s | because the heat rises through the floor and also the dirt falls to the first level |
| 198s | so on the loft upstairs it's only about 5 feet high |
| 201s | and you don't have to crouch down and do any sweeping or cleaning |
| 203s | cus the dust just falls through the floor |
| 207s | We call this La Tanière, which means the wolfden |
| 210s | This is regular queen sized bed |
| 212s | and just some storage shelves, these are old crates |
| 216s | some extra blankets and stuff, and out here is a little door to go on the rooftop patio. Come on up! |
| 225s | So this is the rooftop patio. This wood is cedar |
| 230s | and I was thinking about extending the deck and having some railings over here |
| 233s | We have left this space originally for the solar panels to fit |
| 237s | So, we'll see... We'll see what happens with that |
