Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: yorky on March 29, 2010, 09:42:59 pm
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Power-flite state you can't use their porty outside or in the rain. I'v been using my porty outside for years in winter and summer.You just can't get a porty in every house, over every doorstep.
For those with a porty how do you use yours guys.
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Outside 99% of the time.
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As per Finton.........outside 99%.
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Outside at least 50' hose. If it's hissing down and I can get close enough it sits on the van. Even with twins there's really no need to take them indoors.
Simon
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Work mine from the vehicle.
If i caint get close it comes out of the van and satys outside the house as never take it in..
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Like George michael would say... "let's go outside !"
outside 100%
Mr B
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Work mine from the vehicle.
If i caint get close it comes out of the van and satys outside the house as never take it in..
Me too :)
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I wouldnt advise that anyone leaves their portable outside in the rain unless you cover it with a plasic sheet. Even if the supplier said its ok to leave it in the rain with it running NO WAY would i do that.
Richie.
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I wouldnt advise that anyone leaves their portable outside in the rain unless you cover it with a plasic sheet. Even if the supplier said its ok to leave it in the rain with it running NO WAY would i do that.
Richie.
Most suppliers sell a protective cover for your porty.... Solutions do them!!!!
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stick it in a 2 man, problem solved ;D
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If you run it from a van in the rain,is it still safe having your 240v cables running across a garden/pavement,i'd feel a bit uneasy about it.
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All my electrical machines are used with RCD breakers at all times...
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If you run it from a van in the rain,is it still safe having your 240v cables running across a garden/pavement,i'd feel a bit uneasy about it.
The "Insulating" plastic/rubber around the cable should "Insulate" the bare wires within and protect it from water/moisture..... As long as vulnerable part off the cable (at the plug) isn't open to the elements you should be safe. Backed up with a decent RCCD unit, you're as safe as houses ;)
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Inside 100% of the time. Never been to a property in 7 years of trading where I wasn't able to get the porty in. All except upstairs flats however, I refuse to do them.
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Mine's inside most of the time but I can see the benefit (weather permitting) of leaving it outside, noise etc.. and double hosing ;)
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I've only just started using mine from the back of the van after seeing Clinton's piccys and my life is so much easier... I can't see that there's any down side to doing so and I can't believe it's taken me so long to get round to doing it that way ???
Obviously there will be times when this isn't possible, I'll worry about that when the time comes, but it'll be no major drama ;D
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If I ever used to take a porty inside it would only be stood in the doorway with the exhaust pointing outside, e.g. terraced street with door straight on to pavement.
Otherwise, I normally used to pull it right up to the door, and 50ft of hose will reach all round most houses.
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Outside the door 80% of the time, as someone said you
can reach most areas of domestic with the 50 foot.
Just a pain putting it away.
First one today hose went through open window.
John
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before the tm used to run the powerflite from the door then the airflex from the van.
pain in the ass when it rains with a porty
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Outside when necessary. If raining or looking like then cover with a heavy duty clear tarp.
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Outside 50ft hose 2mx2m tarp cover got the missus to sow 2 loops in the bottom slide 2 broom handles threw loops stops the wind lifting it.
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I've got quite a stiff one.
Tarpaulin, that is :D
I used to put it over my porty, the creases that had been permanently put into it used to make it act like a pitched roof. Perfect, as it kept rain off but didn't block air flow through the case or access to the switches.
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I've only just started using mine from the back of the van after seeing Clinton's piccys and my life is so much easier... I can't see that there's any down side to doing so and I can't believe it's taken me so long to get round to doing it that way ???
Obviously there will be times when this isn't possible, I'll worry about that when the time comes, but it'll be no major drama ;D
Is anyone clever enough to show these pics again, or maybe a link to them?
It would be good to see different set-up's
Mike
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Your a lucky lad jim got to use broom handles on mine ;D ;D