I was talking to someone about the hosepipe ban the other day who told me that their dad had secretly been filling his watering can with one in the back of the garage so that he could wash his car and avoid tramping through the house.
I explained that this would be allowed as there's no water wastage, the hose was just used as an extension of the tap but they preferred to keep hiding in the garage.
Anyway it got me thinking. The ban doesn't apply to businesses so how hard would it be for me to set up a business in my name, washing cars? Is there any money involved or can I just paint a sign for the garden then charge something like £600 a car to keep people away and then use my hosepipe to wash my car and perhaps all two of my mates cars too

How about not washing your car for a bit (it'll probably survive!) and saving some water!

Washing cars? Bit of an alien concept to me. After a couple of months they stop looking any dirtier

How about a rebate on my bills for the constant interruptions and dirty water, or on you guys' bills when you aren't allowed to use what you're paying for?

I pay 300 quid a year to use my water so makes no odds to me. if they give me a rebate then ill stop using it.

Cruelty to plants and all that if they dont get water,.

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How about not washing your car for a bit (it'll probably survive!) and saving some water!

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How about not washing your car for a bit (it'll probably survive!) and saving some water!

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Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Speedy. Would you be willing to post? I can't afford the petrol to get down there as they've put the price up on that too

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What do you guys do with your water, or is it just a case of the water companies being horrendously incompetent in their management.

I can't ever remember there being a ban up here.

ironic isn't it.

done here in the sunny south we have had no rain for over a month (apart from 1 day last week) yet I am yet to hear of a hose pipe ban whereas you northen monkeys get nothing but rain and have a ban.

seem fair to me.

I can post you a couple of litres but to save on postage costs it would be dehydrated water.

We have lots of rain but it's apprently the wrong type !

If you are posting water then its probably best to freeze it first. We all know Ice floats on water, so when you take it to the post office the scales should show less weight so the postage price will be cheaper. Then when its at the destination just re-melt it.

The issue is storage more than rainfall.
In the north it's all in reservoirs, quick to fill, quick to empty. In the south it's stored in porous rocks, takes forever to 'fill' but lasts longer.

Upshot is in the North when it's dry water restrictions start earlier and stop quickly after some rain. In the South restrictions take longer to kick in but when they do they're around for a lot longer.

As for cars, mine get a wash every six months if they need it AND I can be bothered

why can't you just dilute the water, 50/50.
It will go twice as far.
Denis.

No hosepipe ban in south Suffolk - officially the driest part of the UK. Reservoir levels also reasonably high.

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Originally posted by balidey
If you are posting water then its probably best to freeze it first. We all know Ice floats on water, so when you take it to the post office the scales should show less weight so the postage price will be cheaper. Then when its at the destination just re-melt it.

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If you are posting water then its probably best to freeze it first. We all know Ice floats on water, so when you take it to the post office the scales should show less weight so the postage price will be cheaper. Then when its at the destination just re-melt it.

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that may sound good in theory but the amount of insultion you would need to stop the ice from melting plus increase in package size mean it would being more expensive.

an alternative would be to boil the water it so it is steam - steam is even lighter as that what clouds are made of - then store it under pressure in a gas cylinder as liquified water vapour (like what is done with LPG)

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Wash a car, what the hell is that ???

"...2. It's done nowt but lash down with rain this Summer..."

I think thats just your personal little cloud that follows you around, Mr Grumpy!

Before this last a week of poor weather, we had a poor week at the begining of May and thats about it since the begining of APRIL. Of course there's been the odd wet day but this has been the dryest spring/summer for years.

adrian

I'm doing my bit to save water - I have been putting 1 less ice cube in my JD and coke

And I wash my car at least once a year (whether it needs it or not ) - it's allready been done this year , so a hose ban wont effect me................

Hose pipe ban! Pah, I only get a drizzle from the tap anyway. Not enough to power a simple sprinkler.

An wealthy Ex of mine had a very large pond/very small lake in her huge back yard. It wasn't there one day so her dad said, then over the period of a week it appeared and has been there twenty years now. He thinks its a leaky pipe feeding it. A twenty year leak!

Let's just hope it's not a burst foul-water sewer!

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I think thats just your personal little cloud that follows you around, Mr Grumpy!

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Originally posted by balidey
If you are posting water then its probably best to freeze it first. We all know Ice floats on water, so when you take it to the post office the scales should show less weight so the postage price will be cheaper. Then when its at the destination just re-melt it.

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that may sound good in theory but the amount of insultion you would need to stop the ice from melting plus increase in package size mean it would being more expensive.

an alternative would be to boil the water it so it is steam - steam is even lighter as that what clouds are made of - then store it under pressure in a gas cylinder as liquified water vapour (like what is done with LPG)

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I like the way it's starting to FLOOD round here but there's still a ban.

As far as I'm concerned they're sacked

Yep. Seventh day on the trot it's been raining here. There's small rivers running down the street and I've just had to stick my arm down the grid to unblock it because it's flowing over!

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Yep. Seventh day on the trot it's been raining here. There's small rivers running down the street and I've just had to stick my arm down the grid to unblock it because it's flowing over!

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