Recent content by patrick_g

Yes, how they will suffer! But they'll be glad one day when they look back and see how the wife's strict methods of rigorous corporal punishment taught them about real life.

Actually the regs for childminding premises are not at all onerous - the wife is a former nursery teacher so is well acquainted. The local council are so desperate for childcare around here that they actually sent someone around to try to persuade her to start a childminding business. Anyway...

I've come across this, which I think will do the trick: https://mobilesink.com/product/odyssey-400-mobile-sink/

All very sensible thoughts (with the possible exception of the wife one!) but they have all been considered already, and I don't want to bore you with the details. We would empty the water butt by pouring it into the sink. The toilet and sink will be hardly used so this is not much of a chore...

Actually we have electricity already. To connect to the water/sewage mains we'd need to rip up 25 metres of patio and flagstones, all at a cost of £10k (confirmed by trusted builder and architect). I may do that at some point, but not now. The wife isn't sure if she wants to do the...

The wife is thinking of setting up a childminding business in our converted garage at the end of the garden, miles from the water and sewage mains. The law says we need to have a sink and toilet on hand for the children to use, but apparently these don't need to be mains-connected. I'm looking...