We’ve had heavy rain and numerous hail storms for a week, transforming the croft from a hillside to a bog. It’s not quite the worst we’ve had it, yet, but that’s only because we didn’t start with snow melt. The pigs are fairly happy with all the water and mud, except when it flows into […]
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Tag Archives: Water
We thought the water was clear
23 January, 2012 
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In the past, when we turned on the kitchen tap, clear water flowed out. When we ran water into a white bath, it looked clear. When we checked our hilltop header tank, we could see the bottom because the water was clear. Except it wasn’t. It was full of gunge. Two weeks after our new […]
Read moreNo water. Again!
17 January, 2012 14 Comments
The Other Half was filling the sink to wash the dishes this evening when the water ran out. I checked the loft header tank. It was empty. The main header tank on the hill was half full—about 7,000 litres of water. I checked the flow at the stop cock where the water enters the house. […]
Read more UV filter up and running
6 January, 2012 0 Comments
Late yesterday, our local water services company, GRC Aquatech, phoned to say that due to a cancellation they could do our filtration system today: was I interested? We weren’t expecting to have the system installed before the end of January at the earliest, so I didn’t need to consider the question for more than a […]
Read more Excavating the dining room
20 October, 2011 9 Comments
The Other Half and the boys are away on holidays. They’re at Grandma and Grandad’s house, where they’re enjoying fizzy pop, sweets and trips to the cinema. If the OH is to be believed, my “holiday” is having a break from them. If so, my idea of relaxation is peculiar. I kneel, squat or sit […]
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