Our longest stint with no juice was (if I remember correctly) about 3 days (we've had a couple in that time range over the years). We have a small pond and were able to fill buckets to flush the commode and take care of kitchen/human clean up. Kitchen range is propane, so we could manually light the burners and boil collected water as required before transferring to the Fireview (no oven, though). Aladdin oil lamps in good working order and plenty of lamp oil provided steady and easy lighting. We kept a large stockpot of pond water warm on the Fireview (after it was boiled on the range top). It was cold enough to keep food from spoiling. But I missed a shower, too!
We have to replace the boiler this spring and I will insist that the system be filled with "anti-freeze"! After '98 and the near catastrophe in Mum's home (now my brother's and mine) I will never again have a forced "hot water" system filled with anything but "anti-freeze". You can easily drain domestic water, but why mess with the heating system if you don't have to?!
We have to replace the boiler this spring and I will insist that the system be filled with "anti-freeze"! After '98 and the near catastrophe in Mum's home (now my brother's and mine) I will never again have a forced "hot water" system filled with anything but "anti-freeze". You can easily drain domestic water, but why mess with the heating system if you don't have to?!