[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

peeps do any of you process your water in a shed rather than a garage. Reason I ask is that "She who spends my money" has decided that MY nice warm garage would make an excellent Kitchen so my water processing set up is likely to be evicted..

Im thinking about building getting a buried water  and electric supply to a purpose built IBC size Size  Shed. Insulating the hell out of it with 4 inch foam cavity Insulation and using Electric Tube heaters . To keep the nasty frost away..

Anyone done similar, or even just used a garden shed?

What's the collective view.

[Joe Shanahan]

Man up mate that's the most important part to your business!  Tell her you won't have no money for her to spend if that goes!

Women!

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

If I man up too much she will p of and take half of my hard earned with her in a settlement .. Cheaper to give her the garage.. lol

[Sean Kelly]

Don't declare your earnings then haha

[PoleKing]

My BIL has his in a shed.
50mm polystyrene insulation all round.
Not had any issue with it.
Don't think it's heated in there and it hit -15 here in the sticks last year.

[tlwcs]

If I man up too much she will p of and take half of my hard earned with her in a settlement .. Cheaper to give her the garage.. lol

Even cheaper to give her the shed 

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

If I man up too much she will p of and take half of my hard earned with her in a settlement .. Cheaper to give her the garage.. lol

Even cheaper to give her the shed 

now there is an idea… lol

[8weekly]

Yes, I use a shed. I cover the Merlin with an old duvet and make sure to fill the van after work so that the water isn't frozen. No real problems. No insulation at all.

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

Yes, I use a shed. I cover the Merlin with an old duvet and make sure to fill the van after work so that the water isn't frozen. No real problems. No insulation at all.

even in ye olde -20C kind of frost?

[formb]

You can fit the production unit inside the house, they are not that big. Leave your tank outside. It has to be pretty damn cold to freeze 1000+L of water. So cold in fact that if you have a 1 tonne block of ice in your back garden you are not likely to go out cleaning windows anyway.

My tank is outside, the only time it has ever frozen was on the 8th of January 2010 when it dropped below -20 here.

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

You can fit the production unit inside the house, they are not that big. Leave your tank outside. It has to be pretty damn cold to freeze 1000+L of water. So cold in fact that if you have a 1 tonne block of ice in your back garden you are not likely to go out cleaning windows anyway.

My tank is outside, the only time it has ever frozen was on the 8th of January 2010 when it dropped below -20 here.

don't you have problems with the outlet for the pump / hose to the van. Or is that one of the occasions when if its that cold Im staying by the fire and eating my stoves… lol

[formb]

don't you have problems with the outlet for the pump / hose to the van. Or is that one of the occasions when if its that cold Im staying by the fire and eating my stovies… lol

I do have a wee box round the outlet, pump and hose but it does not have to be very big.

[PoleKing]

You can fit the production unit inside the house, they are not that big. Leave your tank outside. It has to be pretty damn cold to freeze 1000+L of water. So cold in fact that if you have a 1 tonne block of ice in your back garden you are not likely to go out cleaning windows anyway.

My tank is outside, the only time it has ever frozen was on the 8th of January 2010 when it dropped below -20 here.

Did you clean in that cold?
My coldest ever was -14 2 years ago.
Warmest was +36 this year.
50 degree range-I was quite proud of myself

[8weekly]

You can fit the production unit inside the house, they are not that big. Leave your tank outside. It has to be pretty damn cold to freeze 1000+L of water. So cold in fact that if you have a 1 tonne block of ice in your back garden you are not likely to go out cleaning windows anyway.

My tank is outside, the only time it has ever frozen was on the 8th of January 2010 when it dropped below -20 here.

don't you have problems with the outlet for the pump / hose to the van. Or is that one of the occasions when if its that cold Im staying by the fire and eating my stoves… lol

With the hose to the van, I keep the hose in the shed but more importantly, I fill up the van after work when the temperature is above freezing.

[formb]

Did you clean in that cold?
My coldest ever was -14 2 years ago.
Warmest was +36 this year.
50 degree range-I was quite proud of myself

No. At -21 you can feel it in your lungs. I could actually see moisture freezing in the air, trippy.

Coldest we've worked was -17 that winter. We were doing schools during the Christmas holidays, the FM company insisted that we do the windows regardless of the weather. 

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

good useful guidance there folks.. Given me a couple of ideas..

[PoleKing]

Did you clean in that cold?
My coldest ever was -14 2 years ago.
Warmest was +36 this year.
50 degree range-I was quite proud of myself

No. At -21 you can feel it in your lungs. I could actually see moisture freezing in the air, trippy.

Coldest we've worked was -17 that winter. We were doing schools during the Christmas holidays, the FM company insisted that we do the windows regardless of the weather. 

-21 is hardcore!
You're about 500 miles closer to the North Pole than me so I don't think I'll beat it.
Fair play to you.

Now if the custys say 'you're brave/dedicated/stupid/havin a laugh I can say I 'know' someone who cleaned to -21. This (whatever temperature it is) is positively balmy!

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

anyone else storing water outside?

[PoleKing]

anyone else storing water outside?

http://reservoirs.co.uk/

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

anyone else storing water outside?

http://reservoirs.co.uk/

ooh OOoh just wet myself having been overwhelmed  with humour… lol