I used to have two 25 gallon plastic barrels with a petcock on them and we filled them only three quarters of the way. I say used to as some so and so made better use of them someplace else. I have knowledge where there is some 50 or 55 galon plastic drems but I need to find out was in them before.. actually we also used to have a quater beer keg which a friend help me set up as a emergency hot water boiler. where the bung was to fill the beer keg with beer we put a regular threaded pipe and where one would tap the beer we put a four inch length , again threaded pipe and a water faucet. this would set on a small rack over a campfire. but I donated that to a nearby Scout troop. that was the cats meaow for heating water. Lee
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:04:10AM -0600, Wayne W Hinckley wrote: > I have three hard plastic water barrels for an emergency supply of H2O > sitting in the furnace room in the basement. It is long past time to > exchange the contents for fresh water. > > My wife wishes they were not in the furnace room because at least one of them > restricts access to shelving there. The only other places they could go are > in the garage or the shed. We live in Utah near Salt Lake City and the water > will freeze during the winter in any unheated location. In fact, our fall > and spring seasons have many freezing night and warm days giving us a > repeated freeze and thaw cycle for days at a time. > > Do any of you have experience with these barrels, and will freezing them make > them break? If not a problem, how much head room should there be to allow > the water to expand as it freezes? > > Thanks for any feedback. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Carelessly planned projects take three times longer to complete than expected. Carefully planned projects take four times longer to complete than expected, mostly because the planners expect their planning to reduce the time it takes. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
