Hose Pipe Ban!!!!

[ianv5]

I live in Northamptonshire and we are due to have a Hose Pipe Ban starting on the 5th April. Anglian water website says that we can wash cars using buckets but no hose. (1k fine if caught using hose)

Does anybody have any ideas on how to clean their car without the use of a jet wash/snowfoam and hose?

[Horatio]

Buy a water butt and pray to the rain gods! You get a really nice finish and less spots using rain water to rinse.

[craigy123]

a dirt worker pressure washer could be an answer

http://www.gravity-slaves.co.uk/?a=422

a small review on one. Obviously no where near as good as a normal pressure washer, but better than nothing i suppose

[VC]

watering can 

[rich83]

watering can 

X2

[ianv5]

Found this!

http://www.nomad-direct.co.uk/index.php/Products/Nomad-18-V-Cordless/Nomad-18-V-Hot-Embers/p_6.html

Looks pretty good but pricey!!

[Jaywoo-GTI]

25 litre drum of deionised water, can run your pressure washer of it and wont leave any watermarks on your car, can be bought for just over a tenner.

Either that or wash your windows and drive a lot more with your can in the way?

Hose Ban Can & Can'ts

But what does a hosepipe ban really mean?
Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:

•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car
•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers
•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors
•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs
•Use a hose to put out a fire
•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job
•Use a hose for childrens’ play

But for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:

•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;
•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;
•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;
•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.
A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.

[ianv5]

25 litre drum of deionised water, can run your pressure washer of it and wont leave any watermarks on your car, can be bought for just over a tenner.

Either that or wash your windows and drive a lot more with your can in the way?

Hose Ban Can & Can'ts

But what does a hosepipe ban really mean?
Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:

•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car
•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers
•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors
•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs
•Use a hose to put out a fire
•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job
•Use a hose for childrens’ play

But for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:

•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;
•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;
•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;
•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.
A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.

So how do you run your Jet wash from a 25litre drum?

[Eccie]

watering can 

X2

Rich are you advocating the two watering can (2WCM) method to go with the 2BM

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Just put your inlet hose in the water i belive and the pressure washer should pump it through,

I will check with my detailer as he was the one who advised me on this.

[MrP]

25 litre drum of deionised water, can run your pressure washer of it and wont leave any watermarks on your car, can be bought for just over a tenner.

Either that or wash your windows and drive a lot more with your can in the way?

Hose Ban Can & Can'ts

But what does a hosepipe ban really mean?
Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:

•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car
•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers
•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors
•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs
•Use a hose to put out a fire
•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job
•Use a hose for childrens’ play

But for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:

•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;
•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;
•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;
•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.
A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.

where did you get that list from.

half the list seems to contradict itself

[vRS Carl]

25 litre drum of deionised water, can run your pressure washer of it and wont leave any watermarks on your car, can be bought for just over a tenner.

Either that or wash your windows and drive a lot more with your can in the way?

Hose Ban Can & Can'ts

But what does a hosepipe ban really mean?
Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:

•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car
•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers
•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors
•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs
•Use a hose to put out a fire
•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job
•Use a hose for childrens’ play

But for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:

•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;
•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;
•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;
•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;
•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;
•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;
•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.
A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.

So how does that work?

[stealthwolf]

The second list is a list of possible prohibitions.

Water butt or watering can methods are fine (I think one of VXRMarc's write up involved rinsing with watering cans).

Alternatively, ONR. One bucket, one sponge, one ONR.

[rdfcpete]

Will affect this area too - like you I'm in Northants Ian.

I assume this will affect the literally hundreds of 'Hand car scratchers washes" in Northants & elsewhere for the ban?

[Jaywoo-GTI]

where did you get that list from.

half the list seems to contradict itself

http://www.hozelock.com/press/hose-ban-can-can-ts.html