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AJ

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Producing water from a flat.
« 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

LWC

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 01:33:27 pm »
Can he get it from yours for now?

AJ

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #2 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.

LWC

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2009, 01:44:08 pm »
Suppose barrels is only way?

wfp master

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2009, 04:20:38 pm »
 he might have to buy it.

tomy jackson

Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2009, 04:24:06 pm »
stand pipe

Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #6 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.

GWCS

Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #7 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.

perfectpanesplymouth

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #8 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 ;)

cybersye

Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2009, 08:05:29 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.

AuRavelling79

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #10 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.
It's a game of three halves!

Nathanael Jones

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #11 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!! :)

Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #12 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?

perfectpanesplymouth

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2009, 04:31:22 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

AuRavelling79

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #14 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.
It's a game of three halves!

luther1

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Re: Producing water from a flat.
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2009, 05:17:56 pm »
Exactly.I'm sure a water bed holds more and they're allowed in flats!