onslaught545

I live near a huge highway construction project, and about once a month they break the water main, meaning we get a boil water notice for ~48h.

I have a Culligan water filter that runs to a spout on my sink, and one that's on our ice maker, but we use the level 1 canisters to remove the taste from the water. These canisters are good for about 6 months of regular use (ice maker is about a year).

During the boil water notice, the level 1 filters aren't sufficient to filter out bacteria and such, so I'd need a level 3 filter for that. But, those are expensive and only good for about 2 months, so I don't want to exclusively use them.

I'd like to have one in storage that I can throw on when we have a main break, but I'm not sure the best way to store it. It's not super easy to drain the water out of the canisters.

Edit: While I appreciate the thought, I'm not interested in alternatives to my setup. I like my countertop water dispenser, and I'm looking for a way to keep my current QoL during an outage with the least amount of trouble.

My house has an out building that I've converted into a home gym. I'm working on getting as much up off the floor as possible, so today I installed this wall mounted weight rack.

Installation was surprisingly easy, apart from driving massive lag bolts into 3.5mm pilot holes. I'm glad I didn't listen to the directions that said to install the top 170cm (5'7") from the ground and instead did 183cm (6'), because the Olympic bar is just slightly off the ground.

The right most bolt didn't quite line up with the stud, but it's secure enough for now until I remove the top piece and throw in a large drywall toggle bolt.

Next up will be steel pegboards to hang things like resistance bands and handles from.