The Household Field Manual · 120 skills · 130 illustrations

Know what to do before the lights go out.

“When the supply stops, there is no time left to learn.”

The Household Field Manual: cover of the print-ready A4 edition
  • Make doubtful water drinkableWith what is in your kitchen
  • A week on one power bankOne setting changes it
  • Warm at five degreesNo radiator needed
  • Hot dinner, dead hobSafely, on a balcony
  • The 48-hour freezerOne rule saves the food
  • Calm kids in the darkThe den trick
  • Treat it or call 112?Know in ten seconds
  • Find family, no signalA card in every wallet
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120 illustrated skills✦ 130 painted illustrations✦ 12 chapters✦ 136 pages
The problem

A few days of food in the cupboard. A pump behind every tap. A grid behind the heating. If it all stopped tonight, what could your home do on its own?

We never had to think about it, because it always came back within the hour. Governments across Europe now ask every household to be ready to cope alone for at least 72 hours. They do not give that advice for nothing. When the supply stops, there is no time left to learn: there is you, your family, and whatever you already know how to do.

What goes first
Minute 1Lights, lifts, card readers and traffic lights go dark.
Hour 4The fridge stops keeping food safe. Mobile masts start draining their backup batteries.
Day 1Taps slow or stop where pumps feed the building. Shops that cannot take cards stay shut.
Day 3Fresh food and stored water are gone. The flat is as cold as the street.
A man with a headtorch at the fridge during a power cut01 / Power

We plugged everything into one socket

Light, the fridge, the router, the heating and the phone that holds every number you know. One cable feeds it all.

What that dependency costs: you lose light, cold storage and contact with your family in the same minute, and find out the torch has no batteries.

How you take it back · Chapter 3 Ten skills for lighting the house safely, keeping phones alive for a week and charging without the grid.
Hands filling clean water containers at a kitchen sink02 / Water

We left the water to a pump

A tap is the last link in a chain of pumps and treatment plants, and almost all of them run on electricity.

What that dependency costs: a family of four needs about 12 litres a day just to drink and cook, and bottled water is the first thing to leave the shelves.

How you take it back · Chapter 2 Ten skills for storing the right amount, making doubtful water safe to drink, and washing with almost none.
A family keeping warm in a tent pitched in the living room03 / Heat

We handed the warmth to a thermostat

Gas boilers and heat pumps both need electricity. When the power goes, the heating goes with it.

What that dependency costs: an unheated flat gets colder by the hour, and the wrong fix, a barbecue or gas hob used for warmth, poisons people every year.

How you take it back · Chapter 4 Ten skills for building one warm room, stopping the heat leaking out, sleeping warm at five degrees and staying safe from carbon monoxide.
No workshop. No spare room.

Built for flats, not bunkers.

You do not need a cellar full of supplies, a shed full of tools or a house in the country. If your home has a kitchen, a cupboard and a tap, you already have everything this manual asks for.

Get the skills
A normal kitchen is enoughEvery skill starts from what a flat already has: a tap, a hob, a table and a cupboard.
Tools you already ownA knife, scissors, tape, a bucket and a torch cover most of it. No drill and no workbench.
One supermarket tripThe first shopping list is ordinary items from any supermarket or DIY shop, under €100 in total.
Fits in one cupboardEverything the manual asks you to keep stores on one shelf or under a bed.
Fine if you rentNothing is drilled, wired or installed. It all packs into a box when you move.
Written for EuropeLitres, grams and Celsius, products as they are sold here, and 112 as the emergency number.
Sneak peek

Look inside the manual

Four real pages. Every skill is laid out the same way: why it matters, what you need, the steps, and the one mistake to avoid.

Skill 13: Find the hidden water in your home Skill 34: Build an indoor tent or den Skill 23: Make one phone last a week Skill 46: Get 48 hours from the freezer
Water · Skill 13  ·  Heat · Skill 34
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What is in the manual

12 chapters. 10 skills each.

Chapter 01The first hourWhat to check, switch off and fill before anything else.
Chapter 02WaterStoring, treating and rationing. Washing and flushing with almost none.
Chapter 03Light and powerSafe lighting, power banks, small solar, keeping phones alive.
Chapter 04HeatThe warm room, insulation tricks, sleeping warm, carbon monoxide safety.
Chapter 05Food on the shelfA two-week cupboard that costs little and that your family will actually eat.
Chapter 06Cooking without the hobSafe stoves, fuel maths, no-cook meals, one-pot recipes.
Chapter 07Hygiene and wasteToilets, rubbish and staying healthy when the plumbing is out.
Chapter 08First aid basicsA home kit that makes sense and the ten things worth practising.
Chapter 09InformationRadio, offline maps, what to trust and how to reach each other.
Chapter 10Home and repairsLeaks, broken windows, stuck locks and a small toolkit.
Chapter 11Children, elders and petsMedication, routines, comfort and special needs.
Chapter 12Leaving and neighboursThe grab bag, where to meet, and how a stairwell looks after itself.
Four printable bonuses included

Don't just read it. Put your household on paper.

The manual teaches the skills. These four printables turn them into your own plan, filled in with a pen in one evening.

Bonus #1Printed 72-Hour Household Plan pages
Fill in once72-Hour Household PlanWho does what in the first three days, where the water, gas and fuse box shut off, and what to check in the first hour.
€19.90Free
Bonus #2Printed Food and Water Tracker pages
Update monthlyFood & Water TrackerWhat your household needs per day, what is in the cupboard, when it expires and what to buy next.
€19.90Free
Bonus #3Printed Winter Blackout Checklists pages
Pin to the fridgeWinter Blackout ChecklistsOne page per situation, in large type for torchlight: first hour, warm room, fridge and freezer, carbon monoxide.
€14.90Free
Bonus #4Printed Family Contact and Meeting Cards pages
Cut out and carryFamily Contact & Meeting CardsWallet cards for every family member: phone numbers, two meeting points and medication notes, for when phones are dead.
€24.90Free
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Plus 4 printable bonusesThe Household Field Manual

The Household Field Manual

  • 120 illustrated skills in 12 chapters
  • 130 painted illustrations, one for every skill
  • Print-ready A4 PDF, yours to keep
Plus 4 printable bonusesFree
  • 72-Hour Household Plan €19.90
  • Food & Water Tracker €19.90
  • Winter Blackout Checklists €14.90
  • Family Contact & Meeting Cards €24.90
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Questions

Do I need special tools to start?

No. The skills use things most homes already have, plus a short shopping list of ordinary items from any supermarket or DIY shop.

How do I get the manual?

By email, a few minutes after checkout. You receive a download link for the manual and the four printables, and the files are yours to keep.

They are ordinary PDFs, not a printed book. Read them on any device and print the pages you want.

I live in a flat. Is it still useful?

Yes, that is who it is written for. Every chapter works without a garden, a garage or a car.

Is it specific to my country?

The skills apply across Europe and use metric units. Local rules and official advice differ by country, so the manual tells you what to look up for yours.

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Be the home that knows what to do.

One evening to read the first chapter. One shopping trip for the first list. After that, a power cut is an inconvenience and not an emergency.

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