Fibre-glassing the Filter Day 2
We continued to apply the Resin and Fibreglass layers to the Filter Parts. We completed all of the insides with their two layers as well as the two layers on…
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…
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),…
Automatic Pump to Extract Rainwater from House
This morning, whilst it rained, we made an automatic pump to extract and remove the rainwater from inside our house footprint. The concrete is open to the sky so we are…
Last Stretch of Pipework Completed
We finished off the installation of the pipes (running around the whole perimeter of the house) that [will] collect the rain water off the roof. The last stretch is along…
Day 2 of Installing the Pipework for Rainwater off Roof
This afternoon, we continued with installing of the pipework running around the perimeter of the house, connecting to the downpipes from the roof and the guttering. We went along the…
Installing Pipework for Rainwater off the Roof and Guttering
Today, while we are waiting for the arrival of the ready mixed concrete on Monday, we carried on with the preparation and installation of the pipework running around the perimeter…