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Title: Freesing Hoses
Post by: maddog on November 24, 2007, 10:38:37 am

I'm quite new to the wfp and this is my first winter with it.
Got up at 7am this morning ready to go to work, only to find the water had frozen in the hose in the back of the van.
How do you guys go about preventing this happening to you.

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: windowwashers on November 24, 2007, 10:57:09 am

Quote from: maddog on November 24, 2007, 10:38:37 am

I'm quite new to the wfp and this is my first winter with it.
Got up at 7am this morning ready to go to work, only to find the water had frozen in the hose in the back of the van.
How do you guys go about preventing this happening to you.

I have insulated my van, hose not frozen inside as yet, on the outside it did, bottle of warm water sorted that out and turned on pump, did find when working if I stopped it froze at top near the brush.

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: Jon-scwindows on November 24, 2007, 11:23:27 am

i bring the hose in at night, and put my water containers in the shed.
but my hose is on a wheeled reel and is not bolted in, but if you used wing nuts and 2 bolts you could easily undoo it and take it inside.

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: burky-boy on November 24, 2007, 11:35:40 am

I Bought a oil filled heater with a timer. I set it to come on for about 3 hours before i go to work van is warm and all the hose are ice free.

Steve

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: Sir Squeaky on November 24, 2007, 12:13:25 pm

Quote from: maddog on November 24, 2007, 10:38:37 am

I'm quite new to the wfp and this is my first winter with it.
Got up at 7am this morning ready to go to work, only to find the water had frozen in the hose in the back of the van.
How do you guys go about preventing this happening to you.

Start later when it's warmed up.

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: Nathanael Jones on November 24, 2007, 01:53:03 pm

I fill a 25 litre drum with piping hot water and put it into the van last thing at night. I cover it with a blanket, otherwise it'd loose out the heat too fast.
It's not a great solution,.. but it's stopped anything freezing so far.

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: dave0123 on November 24, 2007, 02:56:57 pm

how do you heat it up? to piping hot?

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: Paul Coleman on November 24, 2007, 03:43:45 pm

Quote from: maddog on November 24, 2007, 10:38:37 am

I'm quite new to the wfp and this is my first winter with it.
Got up at 7am this morning ready to go to work, only to find the water had frozen in the hose in the back of the van.
How do you guys go about preventing this happening to you.

Yes, I had a delayed start too for the same reason.  I sometimes lift it out and put it in a shed that is protected from freeze-ups.  Another thing I have done is to wrap an old duvet around it.  It's never frozen yet while wrapped but maybe it wouldn't have anyway.

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: macmac on November 24, 2007, 05:09:22 pm

Bring the hose in at night, same with pump box. only do this when forcast is for 0 or below of course. ;)

tony

Title: Re: Freesing Hoses
Post by: maddog on November 25, 2007, 07:02:37 pm

Sounds like if might be easiest to just get a heater and bung it on an hour before i go