Hosepipe ban incoming

[dennismo]

Hi all. So…with hosepipe bans expecting in various parts of the country, including Yorkshire where I am by the end of the month… (when let’s be honest, it will probably be raining!!) I had a question about using a pressure washer!

It a pressure washer is used fed from a bucket / Jerry can (rather than a hose direct from the tap) - is that a legitimate use / do people think it would be in breach of the ban?

Thoughts appreciated…van washing will still be required!!

 

[Dellmassive]

Lol...

Depends how moaning your neighbors are, them green people would consider any washing of cars or vans a gross misuse of water during a weather warning and hosepipe ban.

You my need to do it at the dead of night.

 

[Loz]

Although it might not be technically illegal, it;'s not in the "spirit" of things..

 

[Dellmassive]

To stay on the safe side.....

just don't wash it. .


We're due thunderstorms next week anyway.


So just take your cleaning kit out then and do it in the rain.

 

[Loz]

So just take your cleaning kit out then and do it in the rain.

That's my plan for next week

 

[Trouts]

 

[DaveD]

I'm usually a van washing freak but although I'm not in an area with a hosepipe ban (yet) I haven't washed it for weeks. I don't really worry what neighbours think, It's been too hot to wash it, washing hot paintwork is never a good idea and by the evening when it's in the shade I can't be bothered!
It's an anomaly that in a hosepipe ban you can't use a pressure washer or hosepipe to clean your van but you can go and pay others to use a pressure washer to wash your van!

 

[JOG]

I'm usually a van washing freak but although I'm not in an area with a hosepipe ban (yet) I haven't washed it for weeks. I don't really worry what neighbours think, It's been too hot to wash it, washing hot paintwork is never a good idea and by the evening when it's in the shade I can't be bothered!
It's an anomaly that in a hosepipe ban you can't use a pressure washer or hosepipe to clean your van but you can go and pay others to use a pressure washer to wash your van!

How can the money be laundered otherwise?!!

* I’ll get my coat, there may be a shower coming!

 

[Chippie1]

So just washed the van she was in a right state was really dusty from work but she’s gleaming now!!

 

[Chippie1]

Shit wrong thread

 

[LondonLad]

 

[slocumjoseph]

I’ve been barred from bringing the van in to our place for any reason including washing it. A jealous neighbour took too many liberties so now we have a blanket ban. Today I had to actually pay for the hand wash men at Tescos to wash it. Nice job but £15 just for the outside.

 

[DXX]

Worrying about how to wash a steel box, have a word with yourself.

 

[Neil Nicholls]

I’ve been barred from bringing the van in to our place for any reason including washing it. A jealous neighbour took too many liberties so now we have a blanket ban. Today I had to actually pay for the hand wash men at Tescos to wash it. Nice job but £15 just for the outside.

I`m amazed its £15. Round my way the car wash guys want upwards of £40 just to wash the outside, and they won`t even touch my van, as they say its too dirty !

 

[Chippie1]

Wouldn’t even let them wash my van do more damage than good

 

[VanDamMan]

Time to dig out the old ….Wash Matik

 

[t6blo]

I think I’ll use the Katcher Wash Park if it is still open for a basic wash just to keep it clean - but won’t use their brush I’ll use my own mitt.
Unless they won’t be open during a hosepipe ban.

Maybe there’s an opening for a wash park where they recycle some/all of the water?

 

[Martinf]

Maybe there’s an opening for a wash park where they recycle some/all of the water?

Water is already ‘recycled’ after being washed down the drain. For example it is said that “Water in London can be recycled up to seven times”.

 

[t6blo]

Water is already ‘recycled’ after being washed down the drain. For example it is said that “Water in London can be recycled up to seven times”.

Hmm - I think I meant directly by the wash park

I bought a submersible pump recently so the wife could water her garden plants with the water from the bath - we both have showers with the plug in and it fills up 3/4 of the bath - I then pump this out the window and into her water butts. Might see if I can do the van with it too.

 

[Salty Spuds]

Water is already ‘recycled’ after being washed down the drain. For example it is said that “Water in London can be recycled up to seven times”.

All water is recycled. I can guarantee that yours isn’t the first set of kidneys it’s been through. I recently retired after 30 years in the water treatment industry. The technology (pretty straightforward & not complex) already exists to recycle sewage to drinking water in one step, ergo an infinite supply of drinking water. The only thing preventing it is customer resistance.