What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

[Yorkshire Andy]

Speaking of hot water. The digital timer has wrapped it on the immersion heater. Got the plumber coming out to replace that and the element . Fortunately,our shower is self heating ,so the hot water tank is for bath and kitchen sink. So none for washing up ,and washing food plates and cookery dishes and pans is MOST important hygiene - wise. The kettle does the job . However,in the morning as I make tea, each kettle is full to the top. So I get my cuppa and the rest goes into a 1.5 litre steel vacuum flask. I have three of these. They stay hot for 24 hours too. Takes the hassle out of a broken hot water system.

There's always something isn't there hope the element comes out ok... My parents still have the old back boiler with electric immersion set up one morning we woke up to a hellishly loud bang dad thought something had hit the house... Transpired that the element had failed and due to no RCD the element had split and was tracking to earth (the copper tank) boiling the water in its path... To the point the pressure built up to the point it blew up the expansion pipe into the header tank... As the plumber explained it takes a heck of a lot of pressure to lift a 8' head of water up a 22mm copper pipe ..

Least the timer is a simple fix and shtf you could bridge it easy enough or replace temporary with a mains switch

If I am honest, I’d do it myself, but I cannot be bothered. I’ll go fishing instead!

sounds like a plan you paying the plumber in perch?

[jansman]

There's always something isn't there hope the element comes out ok... My parents still have the old back boiler with electric immersion set up one morning we woke up to a hellishly loud bang dad thought something had hit the house... Transpired that the element had failed and due to no RCD the element had split and was tracking to earth (the copper tank) boiling the water in its path... To the point the pressure built up to the point it blew up the expansion pipe into the header tank... As the plumber explained it takes a heck of a lot of pressure to lift a 8' head of water up a 22mm copper pipe ..

Least the timer is a simple fix and shtf you could bridge it easy enough or replace temporary with a mains switch

If I am honest, I’d do it myself, but I cannot be bothered. I’ll go fishing instead!

sounds like a plan you paying the plumber in perch?

Strictly cash!

[Yorkshire Andy]

If I am honest, I’d do it myself, but I cannot be bothered. I’ll go fishing instead!

sounds like a plan you paying the plumber in perch?

Strictly cash!

And he can do all the running round getting the correct element and switch what takes him an hour would probably take me or you 3 hours once shopped round / found the immersion spanner at the back of the shed covered in cobwebs faffed adapting the garden hose to drain down the system ect ect

[jansman]

sounds like a plan you paying the plumber in perch?

Strictly cash!

And he can do all the running round getting the correct element and switch what takes him an hour would probably take me or you 3 hours once shopped round / found the immersion spanner at the back of the shed covered in cobwebs faffed adapting the garden hose to drain down the system ect ect

Exactly. Three hours is a session of local fishing, and that’s valuable time these days.

[Frnc]

Quick tip on bug-in/out and travel hygeine preps. Box of 500 coin towels. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077H71TH5/
Probably dearer than wet wipes, but they store forever, take up less room, and when you use them, they are bigger and stronger than wet wipes. They are made of cotton. These ones are more eco-friendly than ones wrapped individually in plastic, a totally pointless idea. You could probably use these more than once. Of course you can just buy a flannel. But if you are washing certain areas, you might want something disposable. You could wet one, let it dry, and use it as a cloth. I might dry my toes that way if it was cold. I normally use a hair dryer (I don't use a towel, as I get a bit of athelete's foot now and then, and I don't want that on my towels). Obviously don't flush these!

I also have flannels (for prep, I don't use them normally) and a biggish pack of microfibre cloths. I seem to have pinched quite a few of the cloths.

I also bought a couple of washing up bowls. I would use them for washing clothes, if there was no power.

Disposable nitrile gloves would have all sorts of uses in a bug-in/out, where hand washing was less easy. I always have a box or two.

I have a constant battle with incipient eczema on my hands, which too much washing exacerbates. Using gloves can save hand washing. Sometimes I wore gloves in the pandemic for this reason. By the way, for anyone who has it, some emolients are classified as turning you into a fire risk, including possibly clothing and bedding if you get it on them.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Gloves can also cause issues with hands the sweat gets trapped used to work in the food industry and ICD was a big issue both the constant have washing then 8 hours a day in nitrile gloves.

Have you tried O'Keefes working hand cream?

That and the pom steroid cream from the drs usually does the trick for me . Deprobase seems to do nothing

[Frnc]

Gloves can also cause issues with hands the sweat gets trapped used to work in the food industry and ICD was a big issue both the constant have washing then 8 hours a day in nitrile gloves.

Have you tried O'Keefes working hand cream?

That and the pom steroid cream from the drs usually does the trick for me . Deprobase seems to do nothing

I used to wear them all day. It was better than contact with cement for hours. Originally I wore them working in a metallurgy lab. I think the eczema started with getting acetone on my hands quite often. Well, could be a few times a day. Asking for it, in hindsight. Also meths, dilute nitric acid etc. I only wear them for a few minutes now. Usually to save me washing my hands. Eg I might put them on to put the bins out. Sometimes I was them with soap while they are on my hands, so I can re-use them.
I use Zero cream (25% parafin, hence the fire risk) and occasionally Betnovate (steroid). I prefer E45 but the doc or pharmacist sends me Zero even if I ask for E45.

[Nurseandy]

Result - we've started on the fallen trees in the farmers second field and they are all beautifully seasoned, "only" pine but still free, dry wood . Farmer is even going to bring it up to the house with his tractor. May have to give him a bottle at Xmas.

[diamond lil]

Brilliant Andy!

[Yorkshire Andy]

That's the shed painted (well sprayed) ready for winter

https://www.diy.com/departments/ronseal ... lsrc=aw.ds

Try and do it at least every other year got one wall done last year and the weather put a stop to it ..

Got a cheap pump up sprayer in b&m with a brass nossil and it took me about 20 minutes to do the whole shed ..

Masked up and a old NBC suit not to protect against the paint rather the conifers down one side which usually leave me itching like mad and blotchy no such issue tonight forced my way past and got busy spraying

Did it tonight as it's going to be a hot day tomorrow and no one wants to be a Noddy suit in the sun and the cooler conditions give the "paint" more chance to soak in

The garden now stinks but I await the next rain to marvel in the rain beading and running off

Didn't have enough to do the barge boards on the roof but im not overly bothered they are Larch


Next year or 2 it's going to want re roofing but it's solid and water proof for now it's got one patch where I found a hole in the spring when it comes to it I'll overboard the original roof with OSB or ply making it even stronger than it is currently