First Batch of Slates Arrive
We had a delivery of the remaining timber battens, 720 metres of 38mm by 25mm sized lengths, but actually, we only got 714 metres so they short-changed us by 6…
Exterior of Filter Module Coated in Glass-Fibre and Cleaning up Other Pieces
We resumed the task of coating the filtration unit in the structural layer of glass-fibre, in doing the exterior of our large filter box. Then the rest of the day…
Glass Fibre + Resin Treatment Starts
We started today with the mammoth task of applying the protective waterproof layer and to provide the high strength structural element for our rain filter module. This is achieved by…
Second Final Day of Preparation of Filtration Unit
We started the day off with the task of rubbing all the places where we had put the filler. But we discovered that we needed more wooden triangular battens in…
Last of the Preparation Tasks On Rain Filtration Module
Today, we finished off putting wooden battens, some of them triangular shapes around in various locations, for example, the dirty water filter support rim and the support bar across the…
Many Days of Creating and Building Various Parts of the Filtration Module
This is a report to summarise the work we have been doing for the last twelve days, in creating a filtration system for all the rain water collected off the…
Slates on Section D and E Completed and Preparing the Guttering on Last Section At Last
In these two weeks, there was a big disruption and stoppage to our work. The first week had only one successful day of work and that when we got the…
Tested Rainwater Pipes, Finalising Design of Rain Filtration Module and Sliced Sheet of Plywood for Roof
Yesterday, we wanted to test the pipework that we installed (for the rainwater collection off the roof) two years ago and make sure that the position of the ends of…
Dug Hole for Filtration Module
This afternoon (after being diverted in the morning to other commitments) we started the next stage of dealing with the rain water coming off the roofs (main house and garage),…
Skylight Unveiled!
This morning, under a cloudy sky, we unveiled our spanking brand new Skylight to the world!! We went and pulled off all the final protective cling film coverings off the…