[simon w]

Now your settled with your Mrs and your not retiring until you're 80, why don't you take out a business loan and have a purpose built garage/work unit built with electricity, water and drainage. Somewhere to store all your business crap and no fear of RO freezing each winter......

[Simon Trapani]

Business loan? Really lol

He only wants to stop his RO from freezing!

[simon w]

Business loan? Really lol

He only wants to stop his RO from freezing!

Wooden box, roof felt and a tube heater it is then 😂

[dazmond]

Now your settled with your Mrs and your not retiring until you're 80, why don't you take out a business loan and have a purpose built garage/work unit built with electricity, water and drainage. Somewhere to store all your business crap and no fear of RO freezing each winter......

Why would I do that? I only work 20 hours a week so i am indeed a 'part timer'...😄

Missus has measured and ordered the insulation board from B&Q. It'll be here sometime next week. We have a large driveway with outside tap and drain,garage and most importantly no water meter!🙂👍

[dazmond]

I would have just built a wooden box to house the R.O and insulated that no need to do the entire shed. Mine lives outside no insulation but I run mine overnight so it's rare it gets the chance to freeze.

Exactly. Go to IKEA and get a flat pack cupboard or a rabbit hutch. Put shed felt on the top and seal any cracks. Run mains power  to it and a tubular heater on a thermostat.

Set to click in at 3 or 5 degrees. Job jobbed.

I don't think you realise how big my RO is! A rabbit hutch wouldn't do the job!😆

[dazmond]

This is my RO and little metal shed. Its not a major undertaking to insulate it. Just enough room for RO and oil filled radiator!🙂

[dazmond]

This is my metal shed

[AuRavelling79]

I would have just built a wooden box to house the R.O and insulated that no need to do the entire shed. Mine lives outside no insulation but I run mine overnight so it's rare it gets the chance to freeze.

Exactly. Go to IKEA and get a flat pack cupboard or a rabbit hutch. Put shed felt on the top and seal any cracks. Run mains power  to it and a tubular heater on a thermostat.

Set to click in at 3 or 5 degrees. Job jobbed.

I don't think you realise how big my RO is! A rabbit hutch wouldn't do the job!😆

It would. Just put the RO on its side. But that shed is fine. Put some wood on the floor and some thin insulation and an oil filled radiator in.

Make sure there are no draughty spots.

[Bungle]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

Now your settled with your Mrs and your not retiring until you're 80, why don't you take out a business loan and have a purpose built garage/work unit built with electricity, water and drainage. Somewhere to store all your business crap and no fear of RO freezing each winter......

Why would I do that? I only work 20 hours a week so i am indeed a 'part timer'...😄

Missus has measured and ordered the insulation board from B&Q. It'll be here sometime next week. We have a large driveway with outside tap and drain,garage and most importantly no water meter!🙂👍

Well done, I would just stick it on with 12 x White Everbuild Stixall MS Polymer Grab Sealant Adhesive - 290ml, £45 from Amazon. You can jamm them in but eventually they come loose. Money well spent.

[AuRavelling79]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

Good grief. Don't you read?

Cups hands and shouts ... "WITH A HEATER".

 

[Bungle]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

Good grief. Don't you read?

Cups hands and shouts ... "WITH A HEATER".

 

No need to SHOUT 😂 I think it will freeze WITH a heater.

[AuRavelling79]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

Good grief. Don't you read?

Cups hands and shouts ... "WITH A HEATER".

 

No need to SHOUT 😂 I think it will freeze WITH a heater.

Then you have no grasp of the laws of physics.

A small shed made of metal with a 1000w oil filled radiator on a thermostat will be well above freezing.

[deeege]

It’s a bit mad how protective you’ve been of your RO and pre filters the  last month or so Daz and yet you’re prepared to wing it when it comes to frost protection. You know what needs to happen, it needs to be inside and you should make getting it inside a priority. Mrs junk is too important in the garage lol sort it out.

[AuRavelling79]

It's much better for an RO to be in a small heated space than in a large unheated garage.

Don't heat the whole garage. Just the box, cupboard, tin hut that it sits in.

How do you think people who have their RO on board their vans cope? Oil filled radiator is fine.

 

[dazmond]

It’s a bit mad how protective you’ve been of your RO and pre filters the  last month or so Daz and yet you’re prepared to wing it when it comes to frost protection. You know what needs to happen, it needs to be inside and you should make getting it inside a priority. Mrs junk is too important in the garage lol sort it out.

I'm just posting to see what other window cleaners   do with their RO systems in winter.

I'm not 'winging it' at all!😄

I've been to Lanzarote for 10 days and now im back it's time to think about the winter months before it gets below freezing. Insulation is getting delivered tomorrow so it's going to get fitted next weekend which is well in advance of colder nights. I'll also drill a small hole in the shed for the extension  lead for heater. Jobs a good un!🙂👍

[dazmond]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

Good grief. Don't you read?

Cups hands and shouts ... "WITH A HEATER".

 

No need to SHOUT 😂 I think it will freeze WITH a heater.

Then you have no grasp of the laws of physics.

A small shed made of metal with a 1000w oil filled radiator on a thermostat will be well above freezing.

It's actually a small 1500w oil filled radiator (brand new) I bought 2 of em. One for the RO shed and one for the back of the van. Should do the job nicely. The air temperature only needs to be a few degrees above freezing.

[Bungle]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

Good grief. Don't you read?

Cups hands and shouts ... "WITH A HEATER".

 

No need to SHOUT 😂 I think it will freeze WITH a heater.

Then you have no grasp of the laws of physics.

A small shed made of metal with a 1000w oil filled radiator on a thermostat will be well above freezing.

Ok. @Dazmond. I hope it works for you but don't come on here crying if it freezes. Remember Auvravling lives in the cosy south.

[AuRavelling79]

This is my metal shed

I bet it freezes in there even with insulation. I'd be losing sleep.

Good grief. Don't you read?

Cups hands and shouts ... "WITH A HEATER".

 

No need to SHOUT 😂 I think it will freeze WITH a heater.

Then you have no grasp of the laws of physics.

A small shed made of metal with a 1000w oil filled radiator on a thermostat will be well above freezing.

Ok. @Dazmond. I hope it works for you but don't come on here crying if it freezes. Remember Auvravling lives in the cosy south.

 

[dazmond]

All done for winter now!😀👍