Thread: Rustic Living?

Originally Posted by icedog

I won! The water she is running now and I am going to bed. Let's see what happens as the temp plummets out there.

If I have to live in the 18th century I should only have to pay 18th century rent.

I would agree, but only if you are willing to forgo all 19th -->21st century amenities!

i live in a 1820-30 era farmhouse and also use wood for most heating... but i have a wood furnace in the basement... really warms up the old stonework and helps keep everything flowing.

Originally Posted by valve2009

A ball valve is a valve that opens by turning a handle attached to a ball inside the valve. The ball has a hole, or port, through the middle so that when the port is in line with both ends of the ball valve flow will occur.

Okay, next caller.

Originally Posted by ndw76

Frozen pipes? Another reason I'm happy to live in Bangkok.

Yeah, but those long walks to and from the watering hole must really wear you down, though!

As a kid I lived in Ethiopia for a couple of years, one of my chores was to walk 1/2 km to the well and bring water, every day.

But our pipes NEVER froze