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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AJ on July 03, 2009, 01:31:48 pm

Title: Producing water from a flat.
Post by: AJ on July 03, 2009, 01:31:48 pm: Got a subby who is starting out WFP but he lives in a flat, second floor. His parking space is about 50m from the main entrance and his kitchen window is to the rear of the block.
Any of you in this situation and how do you produce your water and get it to your tank?
Cheers

Alan
Title: Re: Producing water from a flat.
Post by: LWC on July 03, 2009, 01:33:27 pm: Can he get it from yours for now?
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Post by: AJ on July 03, 2009, 01:37:12 pm: Did think about that but he lives in London and I'm in Essex. Not really practical.
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Post by: LWC on July 03, 2009, 01:44:08 pm: Suppose barrels is only way?
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Post by: wfp master on July 03, 2009, 04:20:38 pm: he might have to buy it.
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Post by: tomy jackson on July 03, 2009, 04:24:06 pm: stand pipe
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Post by: leapstallbuildings on July 03, 2009, 07:42:13 pm: I am in a similar situation and explored a number of possibilities (including DI in the van from hard water). I got lucky. A customer's relative has a place in the sticks that is appropriate for storing an IBC and RO set up. I "pay" for it with some free window cleaning. I don't think you will find a practical solution making pure water in the flat. I even considered handling 25l barrels down the steps but the weight would soon mess my back and shoulders up.
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Post by: GWCS on July 03, 2009, 07:50:43 pm: ro in the bath maybe with di, hose out the window to ground floor and to the van.. should look well funny!

Or a lock up with water supply.
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Post by: perfectpanesplymouth on July 04, 2009, 12:10:09 am: i'm in a first floor flat and run the hose out of the utility room window across the garden and into the van ;)
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Post by: cybersye on July 04, 2009, 08:05:29 am: Quote from: pandf2 on July 04, 2009, 12:10:09 am
i'm in a first floor flat and run the hose out of the utility room window across the garden and into the van ;)
same
4040 ro in cupboard above hallway window, waste straight out wall and into drain, pure goes under floorboards to my front window, ziptied to downpipe to ground floor, connect up a 50 meter reel of 1/2/" hose and feed it out to van.
If I were fortunate enough to have mates and family not on water meters I would have had the ro and di on the van and just filled up at there houses.
Either way I think the most important factor for me was the speed and the quality of the water i could produce and so would recommend getting a 4040 such as the hf5 from gaps.
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 04, 2009, 04:46:44 pm: I know a guy who produced water to a 600IBC in his upper floor flat. He ran a large bore hose down a false drain pipe and would drive his van up early in the morning, connect a hose to the tap at the bottom of the drain pipe and fill up his van (400L) by the weight of gravity.
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Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 04, 2009, 05:31:14 pm: 600kg of water in an upstairs flat might strain the floorboards, especially if the building was built when construction regs weren't so tight!! :)
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Post by: Oakley Windows on July 04, 2009, 06:21:51 pm: Producing water from a flat.

Flat what?

Flat R.O?

Is this a new space-saving device for window-cleaners?
Title: Re: Producing water from a flat.
Post by: perfectpanesplymouth on July 06, 2009, 04:31:22 pm: Quote from: Nathanael Jones on July 04, 2009, 05:31:14 pm
600kg of water in an upstairs flat might strain the floorboards, especially if the building was built when construction regs weren't so tight!! :)

i was just thinking the same thing
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 06, 2009, 04:42:56 pm: You might think that - but that's the equivalent of six large guys spread across four or five joists if positioned correctly - so not too heavy really.
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Post by: luther1 on July 06, 2009, 05:17:56 pm: Exactly.I'm sure a water bed holds more and they're allowed in flats!