Water
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BristolDave
Re: Water
You can get either food grade buckets/barrels or food grade plastic bags to line non-food grade buckets with. Try looking on Amazon or ebay as the manufacturers tend to sell them by the pallet load. If you are near a manufacturer it may be worth giving them a ring and seeing if they will sell you a quantity. Alternately you could buy the water storage systems available in camping and caravanning shops.
Tap water will keep for several months if stored in the dark and 'other' water can be treated with a couple of drops of bleach per litre.
What sort of storage facility do you have? Is this indoors or out?
BD
Tap water will keep for several months if stored in the dark and 'other' water can be treated with a couple of drops of bleach per litre.
What sort of storage facility do you have? Is this indoors or out?
BD
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BristolDave
Re: Water
I forgot to mention the WaterBob. This is a giant plastic bag that fits in the bath and can be filled up as the situation demands. They are not common in the UK but we managed to get one on ebay for about £50.
This is a link to the US WaterBob website
BD
This is a link to the US WaterBob website
BD
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if you have the space you could setup a few http://www.housingenergyadvisor.com/blo ... -butts.jpg
and then use a purifier like the large jerry can from http://www.lifesaversystems.com/lifesav ... r-jerrycan
and then use a purifier like the large jerry can from http://www.lifesaversystems.com/lifesav ... r-jerrycan
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if you have the space , have you given any thought to a 1000 litre IBC . you can get new or cleaned food grade ones in black from ebay .
YES i walked away mid sentence , you were boring me to death and my survival instincts kick in .
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermedia ... _container - I had to look that up 
Not something I had considered, so thanks for the suggestion. That is probably what I need to look at, for water storage, once the rain butt is empty.
Not something I had considered, so thanks for the suggestion. That is probably what I need to look at, for water storage, once the rain butt is empty.
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Have a look at this:TonyAge wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermedia ... _container - I had to look that up
Not something I had considered, so thanks for the suggestion. That is probably what I need to look at, for water storage, once the rain butt is empty.
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Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
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jono.mathew
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Hello mate, we have an outdoor garage with a fair amount of room. There are two rooms spare for storage in the house. I have allocated under the stairs for tinned food storage. If I bottle tap water, how long will that last on average?BristolDave wrote:You can get either food grade buckets/barrels or food grade plastic bags to line non-food grade buckets with. Try looking on Amazon or ebay as the manufacturers tend to sell them by the pallet load. If you are near a manufacturer it may be worth giving them a ring and seeing if they will sell you a quantity. Alternately you could buy the water storage systems available in camping and caravanning shops.
Tap water will keep for several months if stored in the dark and 'other' water can be treated with a couple of drops of bleach per litre.
What sort of storage facility do you have? Is this indoors or out?
BD
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jono.mathew
Re: Water
To be honest I am looking for something pre-prepared. If the situation arose I would probably fill the bath full of water and rely upon that as a last resort. jBristolDave wrote:I forgot to mention the WaterBob. This is a giant plastic bag that fits in the bath and can be filled up as the situation demands. They are not common in the UK but we managed to get one on ebay for about £50.
This is a link to the US WaterBob website
BD