51 replies to this topic

[olds_kool_lews]

they put a hose pipe ban every year, but they dont have a pressure washer ban,so you can keep your cars clean ;) just dont attempt to water your plants with them! lol

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

My mum has too much stuff in the kitchen so she won't let me 'drag' the hosepipe through the kitchen window and out of the door so I have to use a watering can anyway.. but it's nice to know nobody else can use theirs now either

[reallybig]

what the hell dircet gov recommends:

"make use of "greywater" (such as bathwater or washing-up water) for jobs like washing the car and watering the garden"


washing the car.......

Edited by reallybig, 13 March 2012 - 09:00 AM.

[samsfern]

Soooo drought in the uk, meaning no hoses, im currently sitting on a balcony in egypt, watching some gardners watering the gardens with hose pipes.... Rainfall here is signifiantly less than the uk, 5mm a year i think it is... And the uk needs to put a hose pipe ban in :s

Edited by samsfern, 13 March 2012 - 09:07 AM.

[Mini Cheddars]

I always have to use a bucket and sponge. Works for me.

[reallybig]

i don't even own a hose pipe

[gazza_sidewalk]

even with a hose pipe ban i still tend to use it, I pay, I use!!

[Juju]

Last time we had an 'osepipe ban I bought one of these.


I haven't use the 'ose since for washing the cars. You can also carry it wiv you for 'emergency' de-crudding.
(V useful when wanting to transport mountain bikes back from a sticky ride).

[gazza_sidewalk]

might have to have a look into one of them

[Bungle]

i don't even own a hose pipe

we own a hose pipe but don't have a tap inside or outside to fit it to

[AVV IT]

OK here's the do's & don'ts: http://www.dailymail...-dos-donts.html

apparently you can use a hose to:

wash your caravan, trailer or motorcycle, but not your car!!
water the vegetables in your allotment, but not in your garden!!

Edited by AVV IT, 13 March 2012 - 05:46 PM.

[MaxAndPaddy]

OK here's the do's & don'ts: http://www.dailymail...-dos-donts.html

apparently you can use a hose to:

wash your caravan, trailer or motorcycle, but not your car!!
water the vegetables in your allotment, but not in your garden!!

Sooooo if I park the mini on top of the veg patch.....I'm sorted

[Bungle]

with a bike on the roof

[MaxAndPaddy]

Or on top of a caravan

[mini93]

Im in no disagreement that waterfall has been less, My house overlooks a river and on the other side, a flood plain. few years back, in the winter it used to flood regualy... and it hasnt at all for the last few years. Not to mention the amount of area in this country which is actualy covered over... used to be that it would simply soak straight into the ground but its simply not able to so straight into the drains it goes, which is why where i live, in leam' theres been road works for the past year, replacing all the outdated drains which cant cope with the increased water flowing through the drains... its just not going to where it needs to be, in the reserviours.

still... whats wrong with a bucket anyway?