Quote from: KS Cleaning on Yesterday at 07:27:11 pm

I知 going to buy some perforated drainage pipe tomorrow, hopefully this will stop the sloshing. Downside is I fitted an immersion to the tank for the cold winter mornings that I値l no longer be able to use.

If you were creative you could probbaly make a wire mesh cage round the element to stop the plastic pipe touching it, not sure how you would fix it though, some sort of underwater epoxy.

I知 not very creative😆

 I知 going to buy some perforated drainage pipe tomorrow, hopefully this will stop the sloshing. Downside is I fitted an immersion to the tank for the cold winter mornings that I値l no longer be able to use.

All my scheduled work completed this week. A nice 3 day weekend now.

The 4 day week is perfect for my lifestyle.

It was -5 Monday morning when I started and quite a bit of lying snow and ice. No snow now and 6c this afternoon.

Have a good weekend chaps!

It's going to warm up considerably next week(12c)so almost time to get the shorts out!😀👍

Quote from: zesty on Yesterday at 06:34:46 am

Yep, perforated drainage pipe, took all the sloshing away in my 750l flat tank. Absolutely no issues now.

In the early days, Ionics used perforated drainage pipes in their tanks that didn't have baffles.

I'm not sure how easy it would be to fit them tightly into a flat tank, though.

Piece of cake spruce, mines got two big baffles in it, but was still sloshing badly compared with my upright tank. I just fed in the drainage pipe and pushed it round the baffles, it was pretty straightforward. I got a lot of it in there, so it really stops the sloshing .

I can honestly say, I don稚 get any movement in the van at all now, it痴 absolutely spot on.

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Quote from: colin bird on January 06, 2026, 07:55:02 pm

I致e had four pure freedom 40 inch ro van mounted systems over 17 years never had any problems ,but I think there more expensive now than they used to be due to the business take over a couple of years ago

Ive found its better for me to just get one system fitted into a new van and keep it well maintained for 10-15 years before getting a new van and system.

I only use my van for work though. If it was my only vehicle I'd be changing it more frequently most probably.

I used to change my van every four years so would sell them with system fitted,I factored in the sale price of the van  the price to ncude the system I always got a good price for van and system as the van was low mileage.
My current van is six years old in march with same system since new,this sadly will be my last van as I知 67 in a couple of years will then go very part time if health allows until I知 70 and will subsidise my income with my pension. And government pensionim not looking forward to retiring as I feel work is good for you in many ways

There's absolutely no need to retire if your health is good.

I know a guy still going strong at 81!(on ladders too)🙂

Funny you mention the guy at 81 because guy up the road from me is the same and over 50 years under his belt. He can't drive now after a slight stroke so he may retire and I will pick the rest of the customers because only he and I work the estate.

As for van, mine is a 57 reg and the AA guy I had out to get my starter motor going again told me to hang on to it as long as I can. Its a VW Crafter and most things have been changed, starter motor, battery, PS pump, alternator, brake pipe, timing belt and auxiliary, water pump, clutch and flywheel and bits and pieces. I have a Grippatank hot water system with RO system inbuilt, got them to paint on a speedliner before the system was fitted.

If you can afford a fitted system then its a no brainer for the backup. I knew nothing of window cleaning 7 years ago so I needed all the help I could get. At this moment it has all come together but only the weather is holding me back. So I have bought a few books on car maintenance to read so I can help my mate in his garage when he needs it.