No I don’t. Tanks are empty
Having a couple of old fashioned rubber stoppers in the junk drawer comes in handy more often than ya think. I get peeved in the fall when canning, because my SS kitchen sinks like to slow leak too. Cheap fix. If the bathtub leaks, you'll probably have to remove the original leaky stopper first.I filled my tub but the drain couldn't hold it. Lost all the water by the next morning. Pulling out the bladder today.
Hm, I have a ton of water stored and fairly easy access to water all year long - but never once thought about using all the carboys around I've found around here. Sigh, guess I have a chore tomorrow - It's either that or start learning how to brew porters and stouts Interesting that you guys don't have water stations in towns like we have up here. Maybe because so many have dry cabins I guess - but one can get a lot of potable water in about every little village - or of course dip your own to treat.
Meanwhile, you're in my prayers. I know you know how to deal but it's a lot easier not having to!
Those would work. I use empty Gatorade jugs, empty Ocean Cranberry Jugs, and empty Bourbon 1/2 gal jugs. All heavy duty plastic. The Ocean Spay even have built in handles. Don't use empty milk jugs, very weak plastic. cola 2ltr jugs work also.We all could use more containers to provide extra capacity for storing water. I like keeping empties of these hard plastic bad boys:
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Of course, the trick will be to know when to fill them up from the tap. My emergency extra water is stored in larger, less portable containers.
How much extra capacity will we need? Our brothers and sisters in Texas will be able to shed some light on that question. Continued prayers for all of you.
That is what we are doing, snow in the bathtub
No water since early Monday!
ETA. just got a boil water notice which I thought was ironic since there is no water to boil
Now that’s cleverTo store water for handwashing, dishwashing and for flushing, I save those big laundry detergent jugs with the press spigot. Set one by the sink as soon as the power goes out...much easier to wash hands, rinse dishes, etc. with the spigot. Also great to take for washing up when camping. They are made of tough plastic and hold about 2.5 gallons.
I, who have nothing...I have no room in this house for what I want to get, so I’m stuck..
They make brass ones with an extended nipple for replacement on those.One thing to remember when opening the valve at the bottom of the water heater is that you may not get be able to shut it off completely later. Those valves are cheaply made, and usually plastic. If you haven't been opening it on a least a yearly schedule sediment made get in the valve. I have seen this happen many times. Best thing to do when you replace a water heater is to install a new metal ball valve, less of a chance for problems. Water heaters should always be flushed yearly, but when you move into a new place you never know if it was ever flushed.
To store water for handwashing, dishwashing and for flushing, I save those big laundry detergent jugs with the press spigot.
That is a very good idea. Also, with the residual soap in there, great for washing hands with soap in the liquid. Like you said, very sturdy jug, and the push button spout, great convenience !!!!To store water for handwashing, dishwashing and for flushing, I save those big laundry detergent jugs with the press spigot. Set one by the sink as soon as the power goes out...much easier to wash hands, rinse dishes, etc. with the spigot. Also great to take for washing up when camping. They are made of tough plastic and hold about 2.5 gallons.
and no mail delivery this week at all.
what happened to Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
oh, that was when people cared.
We haven't had water in So San Antonio since sunday. No electricity till early thurs morning.
oh yea, water boiling orders. no water, no electricity, huh, what.
So sorry to hear all this,..I miss my house in Wisconsin. 450 gallons of water. Whole-house genset. 500 gallons of propane in an owned tank. Here I have nothing.
And we would set them under cars and tractor engines if temps were below 0 and things would not start. I would say. this alone worked to get things started about 70% of the time. Crazy as it sounds. Lucky I guess.
We'd plug in auto trouble lights to long outdoor extension cords and put those near the engine blocks for cars that sat outside. I still do that when it gets colder than -5 because I have an unheated, uninsulated garage.
That's where I use my few incandescent, rough service bulbs. They throw off a lot more heat than LEDs.
Wow. That is so kool you got your own hand pumped well. Good for you. I got a cheap hand pump on my well too. Had man do it like 3 or so yrs ago. I didn't pump it last summer and not now for sure. I have to prime and pump this summer or before. I read the leather can dry out. I need to buy one. Got pump for a hundred bucks.I have a farm which used to run off a well forever - but when rural water showed up - the well was never used. I decided to reopen the well and install an old school non electric hand pump on it - which did not cost very much money at all. it cost a little extra to get it pained red lol. I went and checked it out after days of temperatures below 10 degree. Damndest thing. It WORKED! Not exactly sure how deep the well is...and I did not think it would work in this weather. Power at the farm house never went out (it does have two full size fireplaces and is a fairly small house - 1000 sq.ft. on main level) with a full basement. Good to know..for future reference.... the water pressure is very poor at the old school hand pump thing - but...at least it is something.
I don't think LEDS throw off any heat at all. I don't like them., and they are supposed to destroy the melatonin in our body which makes it hard to sleep and they give off a silent buzz that is bad for our brain.We'd plug in auto trouble lights to long outdoor extension cords and put those near the engine blocks for cars that sat outside. I still do that when it gets colder than -5 because I have an unheated, uninsulated garage.
That's where I use my few incandescent, rough service bulbs. They throw off a lot more heat than LEDs.
Do you have access to square bales? In the winter when I had my little house I used straw bales around the foundation.Short version: our family has been co-housing with multiple households and multiple generations for all of our collective history. We hold houses in many locations, inner city, small town, isolated, whatever. The houses had different issues during this storm. The people had differing skills. We had some some interesting group chats.
We all kept power and water most of the time, but pipes froze under the houses at minus 10 and below. In some cases we were able to thaw the lines quickly by putting dryer vent hoses under the house and running the dryers intermittently.
At the farm, unruly rescue dogs ripped the foundation vent insulation out on the north side, and the pipes froze in minutes. After covering the foundation vent holes up, I put a large pot of boiling water under the house, covered the entry, and thawed the pipes in about ten minutes. The dryer was too far away to use it.
For the future, I've already bought two 25-foot dryer hoses and connectors so I can use the dryer idea at the farm. At two other houses, we're going to install 25-foot dryer hoses under the house pointed exactly where we need them, with a through-the-wall connector near the dryer. Next time we'll just connect the normal dryer hose to the wall port when needed.
Using the dryer depends on having power. For cases without power, we can still use the dryer hoses as planned, only with warm air forced from the house into the dryer hose with a battery-powered fan in a box. Or use a pot of boiling water. Whatever works. In the old days, my elders put pans of hot coals under the house, but I had no help coming if I set the house on fire.
I saw a non-electric shop heater that runs on propane, shaped like a cannon. The people pointed it through their foundation vent hole. That looks like a fire hazard, but it worked,, and we're looking into it.
Hope this helps.
We did too. I forgot all about that!We'd plug in auto trouble lights to long outdoor extension cords and put those near the engine blocks for cars that sat outside. I still do that when it gets colder than -5 because I have an unheated, uninsulated garage.
That's where I use my few incandescent, rough service bulbs. They throw off a lot more heat than LEDs.
We always take those on camping trips!That is a very good idea. Also, with the residual soap in there, great for washing hands with soap in the liquid. Like you said, very sturdy jug, and the push button spout, great convenience !!!!
No I don’t. Tanks are empty
i'm watching this thinking, "how have i never heard this before?!"
i closed my eyes as i basked in it's resplendence, then.... "i can only watch you eat, my face pressed up against the window pane"
(record player needle screeches across)
WTH?! this is the stalker's national anthem!!
i told fezzik this, and he said, "oh no, baby! you want to see the stalker's national anthem....i got you.....here....go look at this!"
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aWhn0Hc8ps
as i sat and watched, my first reaction was absolute stunned shock. it was like a slow train wreck.
he was throwing off some SERIOUS "put the "lotion in the basket!" vibes!
sincerely
i watched, my eyes getting bigger and bigger........
what
am
i
watching......
dude climbed in her window!!
i jerked my head up and looked up at fezzik
"what's he gonna do with the rug?!.................."
as fezzik is laughing his butt off, he says, "i told ya...." LOL
then we read the comments
i was clearly not the only one to have those thoughts....
Do you have access to square bales? In the winter when I had my little house I used straw bales around the foundation.
Off topic. But..weather related. .I doubt anyone is crazy enough to do it. grew up on farm in country. We stored up a lot of extra charcoal briquettes. We set them in oven cookie type trays to warm up frozen stuff. but...we mostly used them on Hog and cattle waterers and lines. The internal heat things worked sometimes. But not always. Much more dangerous. Most everything was parked outside. And we would set them under cars and tractor engines if temps were below 0 and things would not start.
They make brass ones with an extended nipple for replacement on those.
Or you can screw on one of those brass garden hose valves on what's there already.