Last weekend, somebody decided to try to burn my apartment complex down. Actually, it was a smoker who missed the ash tray. Went, and fell into the bush, and by the time he got his glass of water to put it out, he needed a truckload of water. The heat blistered all of the siding. …
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Tearing down a 75 gallon tank to clean up water
My Overflow box strikes again! This thing is the bane of my carpeting! This time, it caused a flood in a different way. The drain tubes fell out of the tank. They stayed put for over a month, then fell out twice within 6 hours. I don’t get it. Trying to dry out under the …
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Pump setup for my automtic container Irrigation system
This last week, I was tasked with cleaning the spare bedroom. I kinda got distracted a bit by the fish tank and planter stand in it. I worked on my planter stand a bit more while cleaning the room some too. I had gathered all the parts I had into one stack. I have a …
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Moving my plant stand
With the changes in my life, come changes in where I can keep my furniture. I had put my plant stand in the sliding glass window, as I always kept the shades open. Now, it was deamed too annoying to fight closing and opening the blinds around the planter. It had to be moved. …
Bad storms in Elgin
It looks like I will need to finish my Kayak in a hurry! These two pictures where taken about 8 minutes apart. Water coming up fast! From a different window. That water is about 3-4 feet deep at the far end I think. A good amount of water sitting there.