Make every drop count / Fence Progress

A while ago now the representative from the Essex and Suffolk Water campaign "Make Every Drop Count" visited us.  As a result various freebies were dispensed.  However our savings are minimal.  Our taps are not suitable for inserts, our cisterns are already dual flush, our shower head is already as efficient as it can be, and our water pressure is s low at times that showers are impossible.  Its the 'freebies' I really wanted to address.
A little bag of granules that absorb water was added to each cistern. One of these immediately disabled the short flush capability and had to be removed.  The other is still in place.  The short flush in that cistern had never been enabled, and did not work when tried.  A replacement rose for the end of the hose was provided.  It was poorly made and frequently detaches from the hose, it is also partly broken - a real waste of money by the campaign. However the plumber did tighten up the tape so that it no longer leaks.
Eventually a water butt was provided, and was soon installed.  It filled up in the first heavy rain the next night, and today I completed putting the down pipe bracket back.

That took a long time for two related reasons.  My power drill is battery operated, I listened to a number of people before I bought it about 4 years ago, who all said that battery drills are not under powered - it is.  It also has a keyless chuck, or to put it another way, it is impossible to keep the bit locked in the drill when it is used in hammer mode.  So drilling in brick means constantly stopping to re-lock the chuck and then stopping for the day to recharge the battery.  Only one of the two batteries now charges.  I use it very rarely, so to have a battery fail so quickly was disappointing.

The first of the fence panels is now replaced. On Saturday I used a saw that I inherited from my father to cut the fence panel from the standard 6 feet to around 4' 6", and Jo helped me slot it between the posts.  The panel is the right way round, according to my dad who insisted that the outside was the side that looked best.  This makes sense, because if the panel has to be moved I need to be able to hold the rails.