[rosskesava]

It dark and dingy here and raining quite heavy and plenty of rumbles of thunder with the odd lightning flash somewhere out in the gloom.

I've two jobs I could do even in the rain but the lightning and me waving a 30ft wet carbon fibre pole around in the air? I'll think I'll give it a miss.

I was just wondering, does anyone on here still work when there's thunder and lightning about?

[Dave Willis]

I've been waiting for torrential rain and thunderstorms for two hours now - can't see it happening to be honest.

[8weekly]

I'm pretty sure Daz does. 

[rosskesava]

I've been waiting for torrential rain and thunderstorms for two hours now - can't see it happening to be honest.

It's been raining stair rods here for the last 30 minutes with some heavy duty thunder claps. I'll send it your way so as I can get on and work.

[Smurf]

I got caught out up a ladder once cleaning some blocked guttering.

Big flash of lightning over my head and a deafening crash of thunder. Then if that was not bad enough it started to rain so heavily the rain was bouncing at least a foot off the tiles.  That was defo a manpants moment I can tell you but at least I did not have to flush the guttering out nor water test the joints  & downspouts as you do 

[paulben]

I got caught on a gutter job once about 10 mins work to finish huge flash of lightning just above me fastest I have ever come down ladder sat  in van just when I thought it was safe storm came back sat in van for about 30 mins

[Don Kee]

Waited all day for the rain...

Got a full day in, and had about 3 drops of rain all day...

[Dave Willis]

Went out in the end  - nothing.

Sack the idiots!

[dazmond]

its due up here (north west) tonight and tomorrow morning.sod waiting around for it ill just go out as normal tomorrow and see how the weather pans out.you know what the weather guys are like!always worst case scenario!doom and gloom!

[Don Kee]

its due up here (north west) tonight and tomorrow morning.sod waiting around for it ill just go out as normal tomorrow and see how the weather pans out.you know what the weather guys are like!always worst case scenario!doom and gloom!

Record day planned?

[Frankybadboy]

my dream job is a weather man

you can fleck up every day and still be employed 

[duncan h]

Had Hospital today so only did a few in morning. Couldn't be bothered after hospital. Had a afternoon nap. Thought I would catch up on Friday. Took dogs out and someone said its going to hammer it down on Friday. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[samson]

Had Hospital today so only did a few in morning. Couldn't be bothered after hospital. Had a afternoon nap. Thought I would catch up on Friday. Took dogs out and someone said its going to hammer it down on Friday. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Which hospital ?

[Smurf]

I got caught on a gutter job once about 10 mins work to finish huge flash of lightning just above me fastest I have ever come down ladder sat  in van just when I thought it was safe storm came back sat in van for about 30 mins

Gets the ahole twitiching  don't it 

[gary999]

No rain here yesterday....lots now ....a rain harvesting joy

[Smurf]

No rain here yesterday....lots now ....a rain harvesting joy

I use to harvest rainwater but can't be arsed now.
What set up are you using?

[gary999]

Nothing technical....simple run off from shed roof,sheet hard plastic on roof, guttering, down pipes plastic gutter guards
either side of shed, muslin cloth strapped over openings into 4x water butts.In good downpours I have
water as low as 2ppm,very little crap ever gets through, I clean roof and guttering on reg basis.

I have more barrels coming off the house from downpipes front and back, diverters with guttermates
water not as good coming off tiled roof 14ppm onwards..to be honest I don't check guttering out
on reg basis

[Smurf]

Nothing technical....simple run off from shed roof,sheet hard plastic on roof, guttering, down pipes plastic gutter guards
either side of shed, muslin cloth strapped over openings into 4x water butts.In good downpours I have
water as low as 2ppm,very little crap ever gets through, I clean roof and guttering on reg basis.

I have more barrels coming off the house from downpipes front and back, diverters with guttermates
water not as good coming off tiled roof 14ppm onwards..to be honest I don't check guttering out
on reg basis

Mine was comming off a tiled roof and into the guttering then through a sock filter so the tds was high as 45 ish so I gave up in the end. I'm not on a water meter so figured it was less farting about and cheaper just to carry on using my static ro/di.

[gary999]

Nothing technical....simple run off from shed roof,sheet hard plastic on roof, guttering, down pipes plastic gutter guards
either side of shed, muslin cloth strapped over openings into 4x water butts.In good downpours I have
water as low as 2ppm,very little crap ever gets through, I clean roof and guttering on reg basis.

I have more barrels coming off the house from downpipes front and back, diverters with guttermates
water not as good coming off tiled roof 14ppm onwards..to be honest I don't check guttering out
on reg basis

Mine was comming off a tiled roof and into the guttering then through a sock filter so the tds was high as 45 ish so I gave up in the end. I'm not on a water meter so figured it was less farting about and cheaper just to carry on using my static ro/di.

To be honest I like the farting about and going my own way

I use my tapwater (swear word I know) which on average measures around 28-35ppm most
of the time and blade glass dry when hydrophobic....but when I get some low tds off shed
it give me a change from the norm,

[Smurf]

Nothing technical....simple run off from shed roof,sheet hard plastic on roof, guttering, down pipes plastic gutter guards
either side of shed, muslin cloth strapped over openings into 4x water butts.In good downpours I have
water as low as 2ppm,very little crap ever gets through, I clean roof and guttering on reg basis.

I have more barrels coming off the house from downpipes front and back, diverters with guttermates
water not as good coming off tiled roof 14ppm onwards..to be honest I don't check guttering out
on reg basis

Mine was comming off a tiled roof and into the guttering then through a sock filter so the tds was high as 45 ish so I gave up in the end. I'm not on a water meter so figured it was less farting about and cheaper just to carry on using my static ro/di.

To be honest I like the farting about and going my own way

I use my tapwater (swear word I know) which on average measures around 28-35ppm most
of the time and blade glass dry when hydrophobic....but when I get some low tds off shed
it give me a change from the norm,

You use tap water then blade the windows dry
How come you don't just fill the van tank with tap water and use a di after the pump as would be so much easier than farting about like that surely?