Spyke

Posts

preppers·Preppers/survivalbycolourlessidea

How often should I refresh my drinking water storage?

Sorry if this is a noob question. I have some 5-liter plastic bottles of drinking water. I normally just drink from the tap so I haven’t used any of that in about a year.

I know they’re probably still good to go for quite a while but I’m wondering - what do you all typically do? Do you use and replace the water so the stored one doesn’t taste stale?

Also, are there any good alternatives to storing drinking water in plastic? I’m trying to reduce my usage of plastic containers for long term food and liquid storage.

View original on sopuli.xyz

I want to make these stackable shelves but using pine - bad idea?

I’m thinking of making something similar to these stackable shelves. But I want to do it using hand tools only so it seems plywood is out of the question (searching online said it would damage my Japanese hand saw). So I’m looking at solid wood instead and getting pine hobby boards that I won’t have to plane seems to be the easiest and cheapest alternative. The shelves will mostly hold records and books and the largest will probably be 30x30x75cm but stacked on other shelves. Am I in for a bad time?

View original on sopuli.xyz

Floating shelf mounting advice

I’m planning to make some floating shelves 150 cm wide and 30 cm deep.

I want to mount them on a wall that has a plasterboard of thickness 13mm behind which is a plywood backing of 15mm according to the details provided by the contractor (see the attached image). This construction was apparently intended for hanging TVs and they recommend using wood screws that are not longer than 30mm.

One of the shelves will have my record collection which could weigh between 25-50kg. What are some options for hardware I can use to mount the floating shelves?

View original on sopuli.xyz

You reached the end