The rule of threes.

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Yorkshire Andy
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grenfell wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:48 am
jennyjj01 wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:44 am That's one thing that struck me about the Texas situation: Most homes are built with zero or p155 poor insulation. They probably spend all year using electric powered Air-con just to cool the home. Electricity and money they could have saved with just a bit of rock-wool in the walls.
I was reading about the energy consumption elsewhere. Everything has to be shut down at some point for maintenance and the winter is normally the time to do it in texas as peak load is summertime running air con. We seem to be pretty poor with regards to insulation and passive heating/cooling in this country but it seems even worse in other places.
With regards to the rule of three thing we are currently without a boiler. It packed up last weekend ( only 18 years old , nothing lasts eh?) . We have a woodburner and some portable heaters so all that is covered. One slight "hole" is that we can't heat large quanties of water. It doesn't bother me too much as i grew up in a house where it was not unknown to have a "bath" with just a sink of hot water but my wife and daughter do miss not being able to just step in the shower although my daughter has said it doesn't really matter as she hasn't got to go to school and she'll be the only one to see her greasy hair and smell her stink :D

Big hook in bathroom ceiling over bath / shower cubicle...

Solar shower filled with Kelly kettle hung on hook sorted ;)


Or one of these is on my to buy one day lost

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hozelock-Ltd-4 ... eature_div
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When i was younger we had a device that was a simple dome shaped rubber foot pump connected to a tube with a ring with holes at the end . Couple of inches of water in the bath and the ring over your head, press the dome with the foot and hey presto a shower.
As it is one thing we do is to use thermos flasks . Once the water in the kettle on the woodburner is hot it goes into flasks and the kettle refilled and so on which gives us a larger volume of hot water when we need it. Just requires more thought than turning on the hot tap. Perhaps i should have said the hole is being able to heat large quanties in a very short time.
It's perhaps ironic that the neighbours have just installed a huge hot tube in their garden and i said to my wife that i couldn't understand why anyone would want such a thing...
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:06 am
Big hook in bathroom ceiling over bath / shower cubicle...

Solar shower filled with Kelly kettle hung on hook sorted ;)


Or one of these is on my to buy one day lost

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hozelock-Ltd-4 ... eature_div
I have one of these:

https://www.basecampgear.co.uk/water-st ... vIQAvD_BwE

Acts as a drybag/vacuum bag when not in use as a shower bag and the nozzle part is compatable with smaller Ortlieb water bladders:

https://www.tauntonleisure.com/camping- ... 8EQAvD_BwE
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
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Re: The rule of threes.

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As a "positive" my wife has decreed that as we are not using the shower now is the ideal time for me to redo the grubby looking grouting. Every cloud and all that i suppose...
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Re: The rule of threes.

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grenfell wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:39 am As a "positive" my wife has decreed that as we are not using the shower now is the ideal time for me to redo the grubby looking grouting. Every cloud and all that i suppose...
Have fun :lol:

These make putting the grout back in much easier
https://www.toolstation.com/vitrex-econ ... UMQAvD_BwE


As for taking the old out the oscillator multi tools are great if you have access to one

Eg

https://www.toolstation.com/bauker-300w ... ter/p54984

With a diamond grout attachment makes short work of removal..

https://www.toolstation.com/smart-trade ... ade/p63925
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Re: The rule of threes.

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Hydration;

Asahi

Hieneken

Becks

My own urine

Someone else urine

Blood of a rabid bat

Stella
Cutting, combustion, cordage, container, cover.
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Re: The rule of threes.

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Captain Darling wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:10 pm Hydration;

Asahi

Hieneken

Becks

My own urine

Someone else urine

Blood of a rabid bat

Stella
Surely there's more options before Stella...
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Jerseyspud wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:27 pm
Captain Darling wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:10 pm Hydration;

Asahi

Hieneken

Becks

My own urine

Someone else urine

Blood of a rabid bat

Stella
Surely there's more options before Stella...
:lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, proper beer! :lol:
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Re: The rule of threes.

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jansman wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:04 pm
Jerseyspud wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:27 pm
Captain Darling wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:10 pm Hydration;

Asahi

Hieneken

Becks

My own urine

Someone else urine

Blood of a rabid bat

Stella
Surely there's more options before Stella...
:lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, proper beer! :lol:
At least fosters wasn't listed :lol:
when it comes to catastrophic events, we never know when the day before is the day before. So we prepare for tomorrow

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Re: The rule of threes.

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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:02 pm
grenfell wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:39 am As a "positive" my wife has decreed that as we are not using the shower now is the ideal time for me to redo the grubby looking grouting. Every cloud and all that i suppose...
Have fun :lol:

These make putting the grout back in much easier
https://www.toolstation.com/vitrex-econ ... UMQAvD_BwE


As for taking the old out the oscillator multi tools are great if you have access to one

Eg

https://www.toolstation.com/bauker-300w ... ter/p54984

With a diamond grout attachment makes short work of removal..

https://www.toolstation.com/smart-trade ... ade/p63925
Putting the stuff in is the easy part and i've got the float for the job. In the end i cleared the room , disposable overalls and masked up and cut it out with a thin diamond blade in the angle grinder. Makes a mess but got it over with. Replaced a couple of cracked tiles and will grout it up tomorrow.
Going slightly off topic , my wife was talking to her sister on the phone and i was listening to the conversation. The boiler is going in sometime towards the end of next week . To be fair it's no great problem to us but my SIL was saying how she'd hate to be in that position because she HAS to have a shower and wash her hair every day. Seems a bit excessive to mr.