Rainwater harvesting
At home, I’ve gone all conservation minded, which is hardly unique these days. It started after having a new roof on the house, and then the insulation of the roof and walls to reduce heating bills. Because the roof re-furb including all new rainwater goods, I incorporated the option to collect the rain water, and I’ve just got round to completing the system.
Because we use so much water during the cutting and carving of our stone fireplaces, I think we’ll be utilising a similar system at work too. In my home system, I’ve had to incorporate a lot of filtration to keep the water as clean as possible, but that won’t be so important for the stone fireplace water, as it’s only needed to make the stone working easier, and it’s doesn’t matter if there’s a bit of dust and dirt in it.
With the long spell of dry weather we’ve been having, the garden really does need a lot of water, and so having a rainwater collecting system makes a lot of sense. It’s not like you’re wasting the water, as you’re only pouring it on the ground and that’s where all water ends up one way or another if you think about it!
When we finished carving our stone items, we do like to wash them down, so you can imagine a stone fireplace takes quite a bit of water. Imagine how much it takes to wash down a stone staircase or a bit stone door surround. Mains water is no longer cheap, so I think I’ll get designing our work system without any further delay.