DIY with function over finesse!!

[mickthemaverick]

Well I hunted high and low for the 2 x 2 But to no avail. However nestling in the corner of the loft were the disassembled parts of my old Hifi cabinet. So a little sawing, drilling and screwing and this is the result:

Strong enough to support 3 times the potential weight of a full tank!!

Another job finished!

[myglaren]

Have often considered capturing rainwater but the downcomer from my roof comes down into next door's garden. Awkward but not insurmountable but: the gutters are full of pigeon s**t, eggshells, feathers and nesting materials. The downcomer often gets clogged with it all too.

I hates pidjinns.

[Vic Evans]

Too much of a faff for me !
I like the French countryside 'bung a few barrels under the eaves & dip the water out with a bucket or watering can' method.
With 4 barrels we rarely run out of water but also have a mega powerful pump in our well with 50m of hose connected if all else fails.
Ain't life grand in the countryside where nobody cares what you do.

[mickthemaverick]

That's one hell of a bird bath on the left there Vic!

[Vic Evans]

That's one hell of a bird bath on the left there Vic!

It's an old pig boiler which was in the huge multi purpose 'kitchen' fireplace here.
I repurposed it into a planter by welding on legs & drilling drainage holes.
Lots of interesting things here when I bought the wreck as it was the local bar/shop/telephone as well as having the machines to seperate corn/ peas/beans etc which local smallholders brought here before they had their own.
The place has a great history & is well known.
I bought it for the building & land which is jointly hard to come by now when most similar properties have been broken up with land & houses sold of seperately.
The house was an empty shell by any modern standards with no bathroom & one WC & basin. I basically bought 3Ha of land with a house consisting of 4 walls & a dodgy roof.
I had to completely rebuild, replumb & rewire it to give 3 ensuite bedrooms which took a year to achieve with the help of a 'chippy' pal & advice of a few locals with the knowledge of stone built buildings.
These are after & before photos;

[mickthemaverick]

Quite a project there Vic, well done!!