Thread: Oops

Yeah, it pays to work on the contingencies... I have just picked up a 10" size water filter housing that has the rubber fitting that pushes over a standard tap size outlet, or a bench sink faucet or mixer outlet. Cleaned it up, got a 2 micron carbon block filter for it and it went into a click clack container for the "just in case" or even if we are travelling somewhere where the water is heavily chlorinated or has the nasty chemical taste that the kids don't do (our water is virtually tasteless and UV sterilised so 'gold standard' although some people seem to think that it's better with the microbes etc left in it alive - they are still in there just deactivated...).

Main problem I do have is that it's been so bloody wet around here that any wood left outside rots quickly and almost starts before it's dry enough to burn in terms of retained sap. It's a pain in the arse as anything we want as fuel wood effectively must be under cover unless it's a hard or fruiting type wood. Bollocks as we have about 3 or 4 years worth and with the improvements in thermal management to the house we have cut the amount we burn down to about 2 or so full IBC's. Really it is a super efficient way to heat a house, way more efficient than electricity or gas in terms of energy consumed it's just not as clean as electricity.