[Dan Walker]

Hi All

I have always brought my machine hoses and wands in the house overnight on the colder winter months when minus temps are forecast. This was fine until I bought a larger machine with more hoses now it's becoming a pain.

Do you do the same or do you leave yours in the vehicle overnight?
Advice appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[wynne jones]

Put a small heater in the van. If you are on the road and can't run a flex then yes it will be a pain bringing it in. You could insulate the van well and you would be ok down to -2. Or you could run in some anti freeze at night and out in the morning. But don't forget otherwise you will have a blue carpet.

[mark turton]

Hi Mate
Im a window cleaner that has a van mounted pure water system and ensuring it dont freeze is important to me too. As filters casings can rupture and pipes and valves freeze etc.

I use a greenhouse heater that i bought from some diy shed for about 20/30quid, it has a frost setting so it isnt going all night only to keep an ambient temp. Go in back of van in morning its toasty (i dont know what it cost me on the electric tho)
Other guys have used oil radiators/electric but same say that aint all that effective.

im not sure about wrapping van up tho coz some guys claim that air flow helps to reduce risk of freezing (hence car ports are surprisingly good for this) - when some guys have wrapped van up they have still had freezing coz once cold sets in holds the temperature.

hope this helps -
p.s the electric cord of heater managers to squeeze through back doors of van whilst its locked.
mark

[Jim_77]

Winter protection?

Fur-lined condom

[John Kelly]

Was told yours were "fur" lined because they'd been in your pocket that long

[Jim_77]

I just typed a reply to that John, but in retrospect I'll keep it off the forum

[Neil Williams]

Electric thermastatically controlled fan heater. When it gets colder old quilts to reduce the volume of air to be heated. When it reaches really cold I cover the van over with tied down tarpaulins each night to create another layer of protection.

[derek west]

winter protection?

wooly condom

[Richard Meads]

My van is insulated, I put a oil filled radiator in the back, but the porty, is indoors mostly because it only in goes in the van if I get one of those job where I can't use the TM. I used to bring it in every night, and it's up a flight of stairs to my front door.

[Jim_77]

Derek, scroll up

[derek west]

posh southern version.