[GB Window Cleaning]

just got a w.f.p trolley system using d.i vessal only for purifaction! tap water tested around 300 ppm on my tds meter... so im thinking it could be expensive using only d.i?

i only do 1st floor with w.f.p and use trad on ground floor to cut down on resin use!

today i tested the rain water collected in water butts and its 40 ppm  ....
so to my next question....

can i use rain water to increase the life span of my resin? and will i need to filter the bits/muck out of the rain water before i d.i filter it?

many thanks in advance
george.

[Gleaming windows]

Yes! of course.

[JRDEasiReach]

just got a w.f.p trolley system using d.i vessal only for purifaction! tap water tested around 300 ppm on my tds meter... so im thinking it could be expensive using only d.i?

i only do 1st floor with w.f.p and use trad on ground floor to cut down on resin use!

today i tested the rain water collected in water butts and its 40 ppm  ....
so to my next question....

can i use rain water to increase the life span of my resin? and will i need to filter the bits/muck out of the rain water before i d.i filter it?

many thanks in advance
george.

Sounds like you will be buying at least 2 bags of resin a month if thats what the TDS is reading at, crazy money that will be a month, an expense you could do without im sure.  At £60 a pop plus vat thats rough.

[GB Window Cleaning]

sorry... so can i use my rain water? ive got 5 rain water butts ( about 200 litres each)

[GB Window Cleaning]

yes

cool. thanks.

do i put the rain water straight through the d.i resin? or do something else first?

[s.hughes]

Who does yours then?

[s.hughes]

lol, got ya

[Gleaming windows]

yes

cool. thanks.

do i put the rain water straight through the d.i resin? or do something else first?

Straight into and through DI resin

[GB Window Cleaning]

yes

cool. thanks.

do i put the rain water straight through the d.i resin? or do something else first?

Straight into and through DI resin


okay i'll do that then! do you use rain water?

[Ste M]

out of curiousity, how do you get it from the butt to the Di vessel? have you got a water butt pump? or are you uing gravity?

I have a water butt on my house but i may invest in some more as im on a water meter

[GB Window Cleaning]

out of curiousity, how do you get it from the butt to the Di vessel? have you got a water butt pump? or are you uing gravity?

I have a water butt on my house but i may invest in some more as im on a water meter

i will be using gravity!

[GB Window Cleaning]

i'll let you know how i get on! anyboady else do this with rain water?

[EZclean]

a strainer of some kind would be wise, old pair of tights would work as a filter to stop 'bits' from going through the resin.

[GB Window Cleaning]

a strainer of some kind would be wise, old pair of tights would work as a filter to stop 'bits' from going through the resin.

yeah, good idea. thankyou.

what does everyone else use to filter rain water before goin to the di vessal?

[Mike #1]

why don't you use an ro would save you time and hassel with 300ppm you will be forever checking tds and using a load of resin

[GB Window Cleaning]

why don't you use an ro would save you time and hassel with 300ppm you will be forever checking tds and using a load of resin

cant afford one yet...

i will do in the future though.

[stfc]

i had a di only trolley,complete nightmare so just invested in ro unit then going through the di vessell now alot better

[GB Window Cleaning]

i had a di only trolley,complete nightmare so just invested in ro unit then going through the di vessell now alot better

but my rain water reads 40 ppm max! d.i only still a nightmare?

thanks.

[Richard hydro]

Hi Ive been using a DI trolley for the past 2 months using only rainwater and I think it's really good, i collect the rain in 2 ibc tanks so I can collect 2000litres, but as i've only been going 2 months I'm a bit concerned about how long 2000 litres will last during a whole summer

[GB Window Cleaning]

Great to hear from you richard hydro!

                                                            sorrybut what are ibc tanks?
Im using water "butts" fed off the down-pipes from the my house gutter and garage!

How do you drain the rain water into these ibc tanks off your?
 
Many thanks, and really nice to hear from a fellow "w.f.p rainy" there we go ive just "coined a phrase"... No pub intedded!

George.