what to do when you run out of rain water??

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Subrosa

7.5 lb per gallon, plus the weight of the container, which is really negligible. Mine is actually in a temporary location, and I leveled it with bricks. This upcoming spring I'm going to pour a pad a few feet from where it is, and plumb it so the overflow drains into my bog.

Water is 8.3#/gal.

[DirtyCoconuts]

I was gonna say, I’ve been using ~8 in my calculations for years

Thanks guys. More inconsistent information on the internet hahahahaha

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

I was gonna say, I’ve been using ~8 in my calculations for years

Thanks guys. More inconsistent information on the internet hahahahaha

I remember it as "a pint's a pound the world around...' A pint of water does weigh about 1 pound, there are 8 of them in a gallon, bingo. (one of the few bits of rationality in a measuring system that the rest of the world abandoned long ago for good reason)

[Ray]

Yes, 1L = 1kg is SO much simpler.

This is my only bumper sticker, but alas...

[Subrosa]

I messed up. 1 cubic foot of water is 7.5 gal.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Ray, when were we smart before ???


We forgive ya Sub

[DirtyCoconuts]

Lath house by J Solo, on Flickr


fixed and over did it


i added a second gasket to the INSIDE of the barrel ( outside doesn't do much, D'oh!), a very thin bead of silicon around the receiver piece, Teflon tape on all threaded connections AND a spray of flex seal around the exterior.

not a drip

now i just need some rain....

[Leafmite]

We just had rain here and I was able to collect enough water to water all my plants well! When there is no rain, I fill up jugs at an RO machine as we have a water softener.

I hope you get rain soon!

[DirtyCoconuts]

I broke down and bought four gallons of distilled water and everyone is hydrated up at the DIrtyCoconuts shack

Not buying water as a habit so I need some darn precipitation

[Subrosa]

Now might not be the time to mention that at this time of the year, due to almost nightly fog here and a steel roof I collect water even when it doesn't rain. But I will anyway!