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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Crystal-clear on November 29, 2010, 05:44:12 pm
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I called them today asking for a oil heater , i thought these things are stand alone in the van they said it needs to be pluged in to the mains and i live in a 3rd floor flat..
... im so peed of with this weather i wish it could go away its not my 1st winter as a window cleaner but i had an ice cube in the back of my van frozen pipes everything was a mess.
what is that healer for £30 that you guys place in the van that can sort it out ???
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what is that healer for £30 that you guys place in the van that can sort it out ???
Uri Geller?
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B&Q are talking about an oil filled radiator. You need a paraffin greenhouse heater ;D
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i thought you guys had some sort of heater , everything in my van is bloody frozen it might snow tonight too.. and im ment to be doing some 1st cleans tomorrow...
ive got my boots and gloves sorted just need to sort out a heater of soem sort too,
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paraffin greenhouse heater thanks ill call them again ,
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Which one out of the 2 should i get thanks!?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=paraffin+greenhouse+heater&x=18&y=4
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Uri Geller?
that made me laff ;D
Yeah i have a green house heater in the garage keeping my 4040 RO toasty! it works great altho didn't work with the van so today bought a fan heater to blast out for a hour in the morning to hopefully defrost the pump/hoses
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Id get the second one its a double it will be warmer! i have a large flat one.
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I aim to please.
God knows there's nothing else to do when it's freezing.
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what is that healer for £30 that you guys place in the van that can sort it out ???
Uri Geller?
;D
Tried him but he bent all my poles too.
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Which one out of the 2 should i get thanks!?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=paraffin+greenhouse+heater&x=18&y=4
thing to bear in mind: they'll keep the van nice and warm, but they produce a lot of water vapour so you'll get condensation inside the van.
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Judging by the review, i'm sure they'll be plenty in stock.
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Which one out of the 2 should i get thanks!?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=paraffin+greenhouse+heater&x=18&y=4
thing to bear in mind: they'll keep the van nice and warm, but they produce a lot of water vapour so you'll get condensation inside the van.
Cheers , do you know how much they cost to run and is there a risk of fire!?
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No idea of cost to run. Obviously a fire risk: burning paraffin ;D Take sensible precautions - no flammable material near or above the burner, make sure you turn it off before you drive away!!
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there has been a review on it saying its his Worst Purchase Ever
"This should be called SUPER SOOT 5.
It either keeps going out or covers your greenhouse in soot. DO NOT BUY get an electric or gas one instead as I now have.
all i care about is keeping my van warmish. would it do the trick? i dont care anymore how much its gona cost i dont like the idea of lossing days apon days of work its anoying.
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Whoever wrote that review doesn't know how to set the heater. It comes with full instructions. It will only produce soot if it burns with a yellow flame, and if it does that then don't get into the van as it also produces carbon monoxide and will kill you.
You raise or lower the wick until there is a steady blue flame.
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Whoever wrote that review doesn't know how to set the heater. It comes with full instructions. It will only produce soot if it burns with a yellow flame, and if it does that then don't get into the van as it also produces carbon monoxide and will kill you.
You raise or lower the wick until there is a steady blue flame.
Dam i didnt even know that i dont wana die over keeping my van warm its lucky you told me that.
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I dont know anything about the ones u listed from B&Q i have a smaller one. but that burns like a normal lighter flame but bigger oboviously it only produces soot and alot of smell if your burning the wick to much or the flame is to big. does have a yellow flame though?? just like any fire
the one i use is this one
http://www.garden4less.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=C586
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Drain all your hoses at night,....... wrap them all well, with anything you can.
failing that .... and i have done this regular and works,..
put your parafin heater on in the van , for one hour ,or longer ,in the morning...before you set off
in other words ,as soon as you awake.
will be fine.
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I dont know anything about the ones u listed from B&Q i have a smaller one. but that burns like a normal lighter flame but bigger oboviously it only produces soot and alot of smell if your burning the wick to much or the flame is to big.
the one i use is this one
http://www.garden4less.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=C586
only £16 do you need to buy the fuel separately from that place?
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cheers gaza thats good to know , ill wake up early and place in van 1hour before clean and you saying all the pipes should be defrosted
thanks
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Well with the one i use it was minus 6 here last night and it would still be frozen if i put it a hour before i went to work be better all night.
Mine burns a yellow flame like any fire would?? smelly a tiny bit which is expectd but no soot
You need to buy parrafin also which will be there along with the heaters i imagine.
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the flame should run blue thou right otherwise it can kill you apparently
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Thats what am saying maybe it does with the ones you linked on here! but mine doesn't. Am not sure what Ian means by blue the whole flame blue?
But mines a diffrent one to those large warm ones
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cheers gaza thats good to know , ill wake up early and place in van 1hour before clean and you saying all the pipes should be defrosted
thanks
Not with one of them paraffi heaters it won't be defrosted. I've had mine on for days in the van (before anything was frozen) and its all frozen up even with the heater on.
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did u meet u wiv ste m m8 ;D ;D
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Would a camping gas lantern work to keep things free of frozen pipes etc??
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did u meet u wiv ste m m8 ;D ;D
Yeah, looked like he had a luxury hot water shower in the back of his van !!!
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Would a camping gas lantern work to keep things free of frozen pipes etc??
no mate, no where near.
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did u meet u wiv ste m m8 ;D ;D
Yeah, looked like he had a luxury hot water shower in the back of his van !!!
he brought it cheap off my n8 lol
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cheers gaza thats good to know , ill wake up early and place in van 1hour before clean and you saying all the pipes should be defrosted
thanks
Not with one of them paraffi heaters it won't be defrosted. I've had mine on for days in the van (before anything was frozen) and its all frozen up even with the heater on.
Mike so the heater will not help me ??? gosh i had called bnq and its top of my list tomorrow... what on earth do i do?
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Hello All,
What about any of these, see link below;
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=ceramic+heater&x=18&y=13.
I'm thinking about getting the one at the bottom of the page for £35.98.
As this was the only one in stock at the branch where I live.
Regards.
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non of the heaters have worked in my van so i went for it and put a calor gas fire in the back. Everything is warm as toast, tank real everything. even the water in my tank has a slight warm feel to it.
steve
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I tried a paraffin greenhouse heater. Didn't even stop the pipes next to it freezing.
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Ive just bought a 3kw honeywell fan heater from focus diy for £71.99. this really heats your van and it blows the hot air everywere. one of my vans froze over the weekend and this defrosted it in about an hour well worth the investment imo.
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I didnt mean a little greenhouse heater , i meant a proper parafin heater .
it will boil your van , not a little candle wick heater.
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I havn't used these, but these look ok for standalone heating for the van.........
Gas
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Space-Warmer-Propane-Heater-8-400-13-700Btu-hr-Sealey-LP13
Paraffin
http://www.dry-it-out.com/KSP-270
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This is what i meant bud. ;)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUPER-SER-PORTABLE-CALOR-GAS-HEATER-MOBILE-GAS-HEATER-/140484322712?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Hearing_Cooling_Air&hash=item20b584a598
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This is the one i use to keep my RO warm but my RO is inside garage then inside a wooden box that i made, this is for cold night going to like minus 4-6 works fine keeps the box at around 5-8 c constantly in the night.
This burns with a yellow flame but i dont get any soot at all a slight smell but nofifng too bad so not sure what Ian actully ment altho those others are diffrent i think that crystal-clear linked up.
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try a inverter plug into car fAg socket plug in a electric fire and that should do the trick and wont drain ya battery either mate