Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 1851 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:42 am Post subject: Tip - Bucket fills
If you're like me, and have one of those stupid Spa-bath contraptions, that don't have a flat surface under the tap, then you have trouble filling your bucket.
Leaning over the Bath, trying to hold the Bucket to the stream of water, is a fair effort as well.
Rather than go out and buy a piece of hose, what Ive done here, is simply detach the thick end of my Gravel-Vac. Slide it up onto the tap, resting the other end into the bucket. It doesn't fall off, as the gentle lean of the Bucket, holds it in place by friction.
Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 1896 Location: dewsbury west yorkshire
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:21 am Post subject:
I must have been lazy i bought a bit of hose pipe to fill my buckets, mind you i also fill up my buckets at the sink, but that could have somthing to do with the fact the bath is upstairs, and my tanks are downstairs
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Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 1896 Location: dewsbury west yorkshire
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:48 am Post subject:
Kana3 wrote:
You reckon you were lazy ? Hey, I didn't even leave the house !
Niether did i, i sent the wife
Kana3 wrote:
I sort of wish I was back in the country, in the 'homestead'.
Why when did you move ?
Kana3 wrote:
With the house on 'stilts', you can run a water pipe (and drain) anywhere you like, right up next to the tank(s).
Now that would make life so much easier, durring water changes, mind you when i remove water from my tanks i just put the tubing in the tank, open the back door, lift the drain cover, and start siphioning the water out, it dont take too long
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Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 1851 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:36 am Post subject:
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Why when did you move ?
The usual time, when the parents kick you out. When I went off to Uni, about '83. Never really made my way back.
The place we're in here, is on concrete, so that limits things a bit. Although I have toyed with the idea of running a hose, for each way (siphon / refill).
I'd like a fool-proof way to attach the tank end of the hose. I guess a plastic U-piece would probably do the job both ways, if it dips in far enough, and ring-clamp a fish guard.
Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 1851 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:45 am Post subject:
We don't actually use the spa-bath. Jeez, they waste some water. I think the kids had a go in it once. The shower attachment is there, and the bath's big enough to not need a splash screen. I like that aspect.
I would drop the detachable Shower-head into the bucket, but at any useful pressure, the damn thing snakes all over the bathroom !
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only a shower unit although its quite a powerfull one and i have used it to fill buckets 
Well spotted mate 
