Water storage...looks good!

To answer the question about how to fill them after the power/water is off. Use a large storage tote for the container instead of the bathtub. Run a garden hose from your hot water heater drain nozzle into the waterbob. Open the hot water heater drain valve and it should be able to drain 1/2 to 2/3 of the hot water storage into the container before gravity equalizes. You can then use jugs or pitchers to collect the rest of the water from the hot water tank. If your hot water tank is raised or can be raised this helps to drain the total amount.

 

Here is our review of the Water Bob: The Easiest 100 Gallons of Emergency Water Storage

 

i wouldnt try it i think the fuel would eat rigt threw it ...
Just my opinion ...
I would ask btpost ...{of course i wrote this with out reading the rest of the post some some one probably already did ...}

 

I knew i should have kept reading ..

 

Also bleach will kill or remove any "toxic" items in all but "fuel & oil " containers made out of Plastic and if you are really worried about chemicals pay more money and buy a used Keg which is glass lined.

 

As I look at all those green Question Mark avatars I start to go crosseyed and get confused. Being an aged Social Security recipient I am often forgiven or otherwise allowed to be confused. How is that for a trip off on a tangent course?
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Well back to Avatars. It would really be nice for us olde pharts if some of you, a majority I would hope, would pick an Avatar from the stock ones provided, or ask someone at the shoutbox on how to import any picture you chose for an Avatar.
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Please please please pick an Avatar. Thanks at least for reading this.

 

@tac
If I could manage to get an avitar {and change it once }anyone can do it ... this is crap and we need results ....

 

Anybody know if these things work OUTSIDE of a bathtub? If so, what kind of containment? I'm kind of thinking of a 6' snap pool and 2 of them. I live in earthquake country, and I already have one on the way, but alternatives are always nice.

 

they need to be supported .... the flexibility of the bob conforms to the tub wall shape ..... you could use an old tub or an animal water trough ..... if constructed correctly a wooden "coffin" would suffice .... you just need to remember the weight .... we are talking just shy of 800 lbs not counting the overall container ....

 

If I fill that sucker with water, I ain't lugging it around, y'know? I'd put it on the ground and fill it from there. Thanks for the coffin idea. I think I have an old prop in the garage ...

 

One could also just dig a hole in the ground for the containment of the container....

 

Great idea. All I need are the dimensions of an average bathtub, and I'm set. Not a problem. Now, what to do with the hole in the meantime ... but I have a few ideas.

 

great, you have a spare coffin, and you are burying it in the yard....i'm sure that wouldn't raise any eyes....

 

Not coming from me. My neighbor behind me knows I'm nuts. My neighbor on my left is an old woman who can't see through the fence, and my neighbors on my right are all pot-smoking boozers that work in the entertainment industry. Yeah, the cops are TOTALLY going to believe them, after they bust them for the pot.

 

Around here, unwanted bathtubs are all over the place. I picked up two claw foot ones (without the claws) for the price of getting them off the lot, and I see a lot of the regular style ones on Craigslist that are being dumped after a remodel. If one were so inclined, one could collect a few of the heavier, cast iron enameled ones, put a bag in each, and stack them 2 or three high in the garage against the wall.

 

Better get a couple friends to help you pack and stack those cast iron tubs, depending on the length and depth they can be 300-400 lbs. Depending on the manufacturer a new 6ft. Double Slipper clawfoot tub is over 350 lbs.

 

plus the weight of water(after installation)

 

I have never seen this or heard of the WaterBob. I love this idea. I often thought about the cleanliness of water from the tub due to soap and cleaning chemicals that we use in there. This makes it drinkable.

Also available on Amazon

 

I'll have to see if I can find a source here locally. I've been spec'ing out large storage options, but tanks I've located seem to be close to $1/gallon without shipping.