Lowtech Graph lists low-tech options for every need of a home. Here you can compare them, find tutorials to build them, and link them together into a circular system. Why low-tech?
Passive
Note: Cost, carbon and footprint are broad judgements against comparable building approaches, not measured figures.
Ground depth below the local frost line available for burial
Water pipes laid deep enough underground, or wrapped in insulation, that the ground frost never reaches them. The soil around them stays above freezing even in hard winters. Pipes do not freeze or burst, so water keeps flowing through a cold snap.
This is contracted work rather than a self-build.
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The only option catalogued for this need so far, so there is nothing to compare it against.
We don’t list sizing or quantities, as the yield of each technique depends on the quality of its build. The catalogue compares options but doesn’t dimension them. Regulatory notes are indicative, with a French example, and need to be confirmed locally.