DIY Chute Simplifies Salt Delivery

DIY Chute Simplifies Salt Delivery An old fertilizer hopper repurposed as a mouth for a salt chute simplifies Stanley Whittle’s water softener’s monthly service “When the service technician came by we had to be at home to let him in ” says Whittle “Then we had to worry about him carrying bags of salt down our basement stairs ” Whittle eliminated the problems when he mounted a salt chute in his attached garage He took advantage of a basement window that remained after adding the garage several years earlier “I was helping my son move to a new house and the worn-out fertilizer spreader ended up in the throw pile ” says Whittle “He didn’t want it so I took it home and kept it ” Whittle had seen commercial salt chutes on the sides of houses and decided to replicate one He mounted the spreader hopper to the wall above the window with stainless steel bolts and a toilet flange between it and a 4-in pvc pipe running to the softener With the chute in place only one step remained “I had to move the water softener in the basement under the window ” says Whittle “Now all we have to do is leave the garage door open for the service technician who refills the softener through the chute No more carrying bags of salt down the steps ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Stanley Whittle 22041 Grandview Rd Elkader Iowa 52043 ph 563-245-2618; twinval@alpinecom net

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