Recent content by Silver Poni

Could we use the black water pipes made for sewer lines, you think? I wasn't sure if that would be safe or not.

We are building a green house beside our house and I had thought that in the summer I could put a bathtub in there and fill with water every morning, let it set all day to get warm (probably hot) and then bathe at night. I would run a hose from the drain out into the pasture to get rid of the...

Ah, well, that makes more sense. I had wanted to make this for our place and wasn't sure which black water line to use but DH won't let me put anything on the roof of the house. It is full sun all the time. I thought it would be terrific except on cold cloudy days.

I don't understand what black water hose you all are referring to as being toxic. We use a black water pipe (hose) that comes up from our well to the pump and in 25 years we haven't suffered any problems. Animals don't die here from sickness, we seldom are ever sick and the water tastes great...

I am used to much more chatter. I had forgotten I was even on this thread! Hope everyone made it through the snow well enough. I am waiting on some more.

Thanks! I hope I can learn a few things to help us during this rough time.

Hi everyone! I am new on here and we would love to go to solar! We have a garden and some chickens on 8 acres. It is mostly open and solar would be great or even some wind turbines but everything is costly. I like putting our well water in black barrels for a day and making the family use it...