The pump and the air stones only get bigger as the pond gets bigger.
Pretty simple and efficient system for a healthier pond.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Pretty simple and efficient system for a healthier pond.
Mad Mike
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Get a vented model. I originally had a dehydrating type (ventless), would take 4hrs to dry, and most of the time the laundry was still a bit damp.
Our 1960 house has a floor drain in the basement laundry (Dungeon) room. Since mom's no longer drain the weekly washer into the drain it drys out and there is the risk of sewer gas.
Since our laundry taps are actually kitchen taps with a spray bar I added a tee to the spray bar and ran a trap seal line to the drain. Any time the taps are used the trap gets a top up.
A heat exchanger can mean many things. It's not a deal if you don't have a use (or buyer) for it. Liquid to liquid? Liquid to Air?
What would the potential use case be in a house? My furnace heats the air far more efficiently than my water heater heats the water (and then you'd have a further efficiency hit for the necessary loop).
Prior to putting the electric heater in the garage, I was contemplating a hot water loop. The hot water tank has an internal HX to allow fluid to be heated without mixing with domestic hot water. Theoretically separate that is, they often fail and allow mixing. Because of the potential to end up in domestic water, you need potable water in that loop. Ugh. So options were system were one loop but you could never shut it off (without draining it) in case garage froze or a potable loop from HWT to HX and a glycol loop from HX to garage HX. By the time I had the pumps, HX, radiator expansion tanks, fan, etc, the economics didn't make sense. I just turn on the electric when I need it and it's expensive per hour but not used for many peak hours.
I have contemplated waste water heat capture. Typically this is done by looping incoming cold water around the drain pipe to pre-heat the incoming water (primarily effective during a shower where there is constant incoming cold and outgoing warm). I think trying to utilize a HX would be square peg, round hole for that application.
My house in Hamilton used to get bad smells in the finished basement. It had 2 floor drains and a shower drain (that we rarely used). I started pouring a litre of water in each once per month and the smell went away.
I've always wanted a dumbwaiter, or a shoot, for laundry, but in my current house the laundry is on the ground floor of a bungalow, so it's not needed. I've heard they are illegal, though. If so, that and lawn darts should be re-legalized.
One house we looked at had a chute. Clothes ended up in a cupboard in the laundry room. To be honest, I didn't love the idea. I expect that I would spend more time fixing it when a kid jammed a sheet in or something than I would save carrying laundry down.
I can't see any obvious reason for them to be illegal. There is probably a restriction on opening size/height as a fall hazard for children if the inspector wants to grumble. On the fire side, it's no worse than a staircase, inspector may ask for a door at one end or the other to slow things down and limit air flow.
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Fortunately the trap seal line was easy to put in as the area was unfinished. It ended the problem
Speaking of bad smells our upstairs main bathroom toilet starts to smell like sulfur every now and again. Turns out to be mold forming in the area that houses the jets. you get the telltale "black stuff" when you clean the underside of the toilet rim. I've been pouring vinegar down the overflow tube and letting it sit, this seems to solve the problem for a month or two but it comes back. My wife just blames me...
Maybe bleach would work better than vinegar?
Mad Mike
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I found that happening to out
I fixed the problem with some Dollarama bleach tabs - justr drop one in the tank every 2 weeks and it's all good. I think I paid about $25 for a carton that had 48 individual pucks. Been more than a year now and I still have 1/2 a box, and no grungy stuff accumulating in my Totos.
I found that happening to our toilets once the kids moved out - toilets just not used often enough. Our ensuite toilet is reserved for my personal pleasure, it gets used less than once a day. The powder room and basement washroom toilets are rarely used.
I fixed the problem with some Dollarama bleach tabs - justr drop one in the tank every 2 weeks and it's all good. I think I paid about $25 for a carton that had 48 individual pucks. Been more than a year now and I still have 1/2 a box, and no grungy stuff accumulating in my Totos.
Used bleach and tabs as well, what seems to work the longest is to dump some toilet bowl cleaner down the over flow, Maybe due to it be thick it lasts the longest. Only have to deal with this for another month...
Found a direct match for my table saw that’s shot. $60 for. Broken body with a functioning motor.
Mine has a good body with a broken motor.
Time to start tinkering.
Mine has a good body with a broken motor.
Time to start tinkering.
I guess the deal with the previous kijijidiot was a good deal.
There’s no shortage of Kijidiots. I’m sure some think of me as such.
Now to find that roof rack for the GTI.
Mowed the lawn for the first time this year in the backyard after I took down the work tent.
The new shed fits in well.
Now how to protect the siding over the winter….??
Thinking to build some type of frame and roof to protect it from the snow…
The new shed fits in well.
Now how to protect the siding over the winter….??
Thinking to build some type of frame and roof to protect it from the snow…
Tarp in place or move to old shed imo.
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