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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on April 20, 2016, 06:33:47 pm
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ive still not turned my gas off yet and i doubt i will. ;D
it was warm this afternoon and my water was on min but the water was quite hot!
snail trails and birdmuck defo easier to clean off esp with my "splash and dash" style of cleaning with a high flow.
windows also virtually dry in 2 mins! ;D
anyone else using hot during the spring/summer months?i just dont like using cold water anymore.it seems to slow me down.
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i ordered my gas heater last night hope to be hot buy next week cant wate ill be hot all year to as we get lots of sea gull cxxrap in my area lots of blady snail and slug trails to hope they just melt off with hot system ;D
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Not switched mine on at all since last winter. To be honest I can't be arsed with it - the constant insurance niggle, supposedly turning the gas off between every job, changing gas bottles and the expense.
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Yup. Love it.
My immersion tank keeps the water at about 45 degrees all day.
It's so easy for me without he need of lpg or diesel heater.
Just plug the van in at night and it's all ready in the morning.
Cost me about £3 a day in electric (I think) but I easily make that back in speed and less water usage too.
I may stop using it in a month or so, but really loving it at the minute. Can't see me stopping.
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Daz, whats hot like on insect poo and pollen mate?
That stuff is as tough as old boots to scrub off with cold
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Daz, whats hot like on insect poo and pollen mate?
That stuff is as tough as old boots to scrub off with cold
easier mate for sure.i have lots of work near very large trees/shrubs and farmers fields and hot water on the longer frequency cleans and larger properties defo helps.the windows will be getting a lot of pollen and insect poo on them over the next 4 months or so as well as spiders eggs/nests.
its costs me around £3-50-£4-00 in gas to use hot all day.
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I use hot everyday, and have done for the last 8 years or so.
As ive said on this forum numerous times, imo using hot during the winter is just for ease of use, shpple hoses and not freezing jets.
Using hot for the rest of the year, aids cleaning, more pollen spots, spiders poo, snail trails etc.
I dont have the water boiling hot ( unless im cleaning conny roofs/fascias etc, just nice and warm.
It costs me around 1% of my weekly takings, this is using autogas from the garage at 59p per litre.
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I use hot everyday, and have done for the last 8 years or so.
As ive said on this forum numerous times, imo using hot during the winter is just for ease of use, shpple hoses and not freezing jets.
Using hot for the rest of the year, aids cleaning, more pollen spots, spiders poo, snail trails etc.
I dont have the water boiling hot ( unless im cleaning conny roofs/fascias etc, just nice and warm.
It costs me around 1% of my weekly takings, this is using autogas from the garage at 59p per litre.
I take it you have a seperate lpg tank? Or a refillable bottle?
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Yea, i have a refillable cylinder
http://www.gasit.co.uk/leisure-gas-refillable-products/2-4-hole-underneath-vapour-tanks/230-x-38-ltr-gas-it-horizontal-vapour-tank-p503-p504.html
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how many of you have had your gas set ups inspected by a gas safe engineer?
screw it to the plywood, leave a door open for ventilation? oh that'll be alright
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how many of you have had your gas set ups inspected by a gas safe engineer?
screw it to the plywood, leave a door open for ventilation? oh that'll be alright
yawn.......dont start............its fine! ;D
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maybe to a inept indiviual like yourself dazmond but putting other people at risk with a bodged up unsafe gas installation you just should not do
why dont you give a call to a gas safe engineer and ask for a check up and a professional opinion not just a "I know I will ask the forum experts on clean it up"
you could even pop to the pub for a liquid lunch whilst your installation is being checked "and labelled as a unsafe death trap"
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how many of you have had your gas set ups inspected by a gas safe engineer?
screw it to the plywood, leave a door open for ventilation? oh that'll be alright
When I had an L5 or whatever they were I had mine looked at by a corgi engineer. He spat his dummy out. I decided not to bother once I changed vehicles.
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If you employ workers then maybe is not the best option. However I do know of one supplier that installs gas heaters that are so say legal. Also I do know for a fact concept20 or whatever they are called their heaters were lpg not diesel.
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They don't call jom Dodgy Dazmomd for mothing! You shold see his tank set up :o
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Jonny87
got any pictures of your immersion set up please
thanks Richard
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I mainly do minging add-hoc exterior deep cleans so hot water all year round for me.
Works well on regular cleans too as like you say dazmond makes cleaning glass easier including plastic frames & sills so is defo a no brainer if you ask me.
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They don't call jom Dodgy Dazmomd for mothing! You shold see his tank set up :o
there is nothing wrong with my tank and frame set up or my gas heater.im just using common sense.in fact i now have the perfect set up that will last me a few years without spending thousands of pounds.i reckon ive saved myself 4k-5k overall.
more money for the important things in life like holidays,clothes and home improvements. :)
when your a sole trader you save money where you can.spending loads of money on pro systems/hot boxes when a simple solid DIY set up does the same job is called being sensible IMO.especially when you do very little mileage a year(under 3000miles)driving an 11 year old van.(05).just used for work. ;)
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here we go again the H.S band wagon is off ::)roll ;D
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here we go again the H.S band wagon is off ::)roll ;D
more like complying with the law,
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Jonny87
got any pictures of your immersion set up please
thanks Richard
Here's the only pics I've got from when I first got it.
The tanks basically insulated and wrapped in another tank, so it hardly loses any heat.
Then it has an immersion thread fitted into the side so I can take the immersion out if needed and put a blanking plate on.
Then I've just wired up a caravan type plug on the side of the tank, and connect that to artic cable leading to my garage.
I run a 2kw immersion so it runs fine on normal sockets in my garage. (Although I have got a seperate dedicated socket for it.
Ideally I'm going to upgrade to 3kw and get a sparky in to set it up for me. Needs to be on a seperate ring of 16amp back to the fuse box.
It's hassle free easy hot water.
Water drops about 1 degree c through out the days.
Even with a 3kw heater it will only cost me £3.50 a day to have hot water (about 50 degrees) all day.
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Half of the so-called H /S laws don`t really exist . But by waking up insurance companies to the fact make it another expense we need to fork out for. Most of the H/s laws are invented on this forum. Every time, year after year a new flush of cleaner come along I read more and more so- called H/S laws appear invented by the older fellas to make this very basic service seem involved and make us think we are some sort of buffs on the subject.
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Thanks for pictures ,Looks a great set up
Going to convert mine to hot :)