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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jamie stevenson on April 04, 2010, 10:18:06 pm

Title: using water hydrents
Post by: jamie stevenson on April 04, 2010, 10:18:06 pm: does anyone no about useing them south east water website doesnt say anything about them, wonderd what they cost to use? problem i have used my trailer a couple of times and i was cleaning a roof off and my water tank was empty in just over an hour luckely they had a water supply just thinking if i had to travel then got low on water i could use hydrents anyone with any ideas!!!!!

jamie
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on April 04, 2010, 10:37:24 pm: have a look here http://twlbuat.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xbcr/corp/201011-sundry-charges-leaflet.pdf it will give you an idea.
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on April 04, 2010, 10:39:00 pm: unless im reading that wrong, its blooming expensive :o
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: Andy Foster on April 04, 2010, 10:48:20 pm: Quote from: jamie stevenson on April 04, 2010, 10:18:06 pm
does anyone no about useing them south east water website doesnt say anything about them, wonderd what they cost to use? problem i have used my trailer a couple of times and i was cleaning a roof off and my water tank was empty in just over an hour luckely they had a water supply just thinking if i had to travel then got low on water i could use hydrents anyone with any ideas!!!!!

jamie

Have you called them?
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: BDCS on April 04, 2010, 11:04:45 pm: I'm in Dover in between southern water, Folkestone and Dover and South Eastern Water and I enquired once and nobody seemed to know if it was the water company's or the fire brigade. Anyway it was about £500pa for each area plus the water cost which was buttons. I never bothered as every customer has a garden tap, washing machine or a nextdoor neighbour
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: jamie stevenson on April 05, 2010, 11:58:23 am: thanks for the advice il give them a call tommorow see what they say

jamie
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: scrubadub on April 05, 2010, 10:34:44 pm: the water board are in sole control of the hydrants as they are all linked to the water systems out houses recieve, as a fire fighter i know this because from time to time if they are using a hydrant on a fire for a long amount of time the water board engineers come out to the incident to see why were using so much. they know this as they have sensors in the pumping houses.

so i would be careful using hydrants for your water filling as they DO know which are being used. and also you will need a stand pipe, key and bar and hose. hope this helps :)
Title: Re: using water hydrents
Post by: jamie stevenson on April 06, 2010, 01:11:37 pm: rang south east water today and had a result they said u can rent a stack pipe of them which measures the amount of water u use this costs £23 per mth then u are charged £1 per 1000ltrs, result my tank would be full for 75p