It’s a nice house but it has NO closets and it’s a little bizarre once you live in it but I absolutely love my neighborhood and this is a fantastic location
Tyler and Nancy's Reef build...
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Wait, what? How no closets? Isn’t that how they determine a bedroom?
Every bedroom has a closet but there’s not a coat closet, hall closet, storage closet, pantry...nothing. Not even a place for vacuum, mops, brooms...so the enclosed deck is a catch all.
One option would be something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Mount-Space-Heater-Panel/dp/B07BN2TH5V/
I don't think it gets hot enough to melt the "shed". Just put one in our water closet and it puts out tons of heat. I'm sure there are smaller/cheaper ones to be had. I just can't see having that outside working well... if that RO/DI unit freezes, you'll be buying a lot of filter parts, etc. Just a thought...
But I am still jealous!! I have to haul my unit out from under the bathroom sink and screw it to the faucet every time I need to make water (of course, you have a LOT more volume to deal with than I do! : )
--Ron
I don't think it gets hot enough to melt the "shed". Just put one in our water closet and it puts out tons of heat. I'm sure there are smaller/cheaper ones to be had. I just can't see having that outside working well... if that RO/DI unit freezes, you'll be buying a lot of filter parts, etc. Just a thought...
But I am still jealous!! I have to haul my unit out from under the bathroom sink and screw it to the faucet every time I need to make water (of course, you have a LOT more volume to deal with than I do! : )
--Ron
Honestly I’m not worried about it. It doesn’t freeze here that often and certainly not without warning. If we are going to have a really cold snap there’s no reason I couldn’t keep a heater on it just like I do in the garage for paint and the screened in deck for our plants. I wouldn’t have it outside if I still lived in Chicago, I just feel like we can make it work. Watched a series of YouTube videos today done by a pro water station builder and he does them outside all the time he said. Just going to have to be vigilant with keeping it thawed if it gets cold. If freezing temps are forecast no reason I can’t roll my saltwater Brute into my house and empty my fresh water tank into some buckets for a few days. idk, just going to have to see how it goes. If it doesn’t work we’ll have to figure something else out, or move Lol
Oh ok... lol. I was so confused.
I looked this heater up and it's pretty nifty, I'll have to keep it in mind. Now if I could find and equally swift cooling unit for the summer I'd be all set!!
I sincerely wish I had a better place for it but I don't. My house isnt that large, we have 7 people living here and I do love it but it has somewhat of an odd configuration.
Based on my experience with 2 60 gallon water storage bins in my un conditioned garage - a plain old fashioned aquarium heater will keep the water warm enough for use throughout the year.
Cooling it in the heat of summer is the real pain and I gave up on it - for ATO water it doesn't matter. Mixed water for water changes is where it does matter - I've opted to transfer water to a 32 gallon brute in the house, throw a heater and small power head in the brute, add water, salt, let mix overnight and by morning it's ready to use.
Since moving to that pattern - I don't even bother heating the water in the garage any longer. A 300 watt heater in the brute overnight will bring the water up from the mid 50's to tank temperature overnight without a problem.
Cooling it in the heat of summer is the real pain and I gave up on it - for ATO water it doesn't matter. Mixed water for water changes is where it does matter - I've opted to transfer water to a 32 gallon brute in the house, throw a heater and small power head in the brute, add water, salt, let mix overnight and by morning it's ready to use.
Since moving to that pattern - I don't even bother heating the water in the garage any longer. A 300 watt heater in the brute overnight will bring the water up from the mid 50's to tank temperature overnight without a problem.
I love you Leo! Thanks!
Yah, I realized after I posted that a heater in the water vessel would probably handle everything. You’d just need to seal the hole for the power cord well, to keep out bugs. That heating panel I posted gets way too hot for the plastic shed by the way - the one in our bathroom it too hot to touch!
I’d like to know how it works out!!
I’d like to know how it works out!!
Thanks Ron! I appreciate you caring about our success
Recieved our order from BRS for inline e TDS meter and glycerin filled pressure gauge. Installed yesterday afternoon and was SHOCKED! We know our water pressure was sky high in this house but whoa! Just barely opening the hose spicket, pressure 90psi! Gauge only reads to 100.
Tap water TDS 51, RODI water 0. Yay!
Tap water TDS 51, RODI water 0. Yay!
So it is cold again, we put a small space heater into the water station shed and it works like a charm!
OK, OK - sorry for the unnecessary paranoia!
Glad it worked!!
How's the hubby's back???
Ron! Why are you sorry? It's nice to have people who give feedback because they want to see you succeed!!OK, OK - sorry for the unnecessary paranoia!
Glad it worked!!
How's the hubby's back???
His back is better but not 100%. The fracture will heal sooner than the discs. Thanks for asking!
“Sorry” because if you had listened to my nonsense and put a 400w heater in there you probably could have also baked cookies in it!!
But mostly, I just hate being wrong
Glad to hear he’s doing better... I’ve had my own back challenges!
Tyler is cementing the plumbing then it will be fill time!! FINALLY! I was beginning to wonder if we would ever get water in this tank! Leak checks, and, seeding, cycling up next! Stay tuned
Had a super busy day today! First, went over to @Steve Burton ‘a house today to pick up the beautiful zoas that I won in his auction. Left with several gifts that were added to my frag tank! I even got a gorgeous mushroom!
we got our controller boards stained and mounted next to the tank and have gotten almost everything semi organized. Have the Apex set up but am trying to figure out how to calibrate the pH probe. I got the EL so it only came with the temp and pH probes. Got my Noopsyches all programmed but not sure they are programmed correctly. We will see about that! Oh, and Steve went out of his way to scrape me some coralline algae from one of his tanks. Hopefully will see the fruits of his labors in a few weeks. I had no idea how hard that stuff is to scrape off!
Cycling the tank now, will update when we start transferring livestock!
we got our controller boards stained and mounted next to the tank and have gotten almost everything semi organized. Have the Apex set up but am trying to figure out how to calibrate the pH probe. I got the EL so it only came with the temp and pH probes. Got my Noopsyches all programmed but not sure they are programmed correctly. We will see about that! Oh, and Steve went out of his way to scrape me some coralline algae from one of his tanks. Hopefully will see the fruits of his labors in a few weeks. I had no idea how hard that stuff is to scrape off!
Cycling the tank now, will update when we start transferring livestock!
