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Pressure washer - no hose
« on: July 25, 2013, 07:28:48 am »
Basically i dont have a hose at the back of my house (rented) and i want to use a pressure washer from a water bucket/drum to wash the car.

How do i go about it?
What do i need to look for?
Do you know of any units that definitely do this?

Ive seen its possible but read mixed things online about whats capable of doing it. I want to spend around £100 on one, as there seems to be some fairly decent ones around that mark (karchers start at around £70)

Thank you in advance :)

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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2013, 08:26:58 am »
Run a piece of hose from the power washer into the water butt. You can buy a special filter to put on the end sibit doesn't suck up anything which will break it.
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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2013, 09:48:23 am »
http://www.cleanstore.co.uk

As Rich said, just run a hose with a filter into a big enough bucket/container. The water doesnt need to be forced into the washer in order to produce the pressure, the motor in the washer does that for you.
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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2013, 09:52:54 am »
Is there no cold water pipes running long the wall?
If so can your landlord not agree to allowing an external tap being fitted? All it takes is a tap, some pipe , a non return valve and a t piece (self cutting kits are crap).
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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2013, 09:56:05 am »
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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2013, 08:56:55 am »
Cheers for the help guys.

There is no water feeds this side of the house and my yard isnt really large enough to put a water but in (although i maybe able to get away with it)

I just want to know what i need to be able to use a washer from a bucket, and if like said the washer pulls water into it then any washer will do?

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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2013, 09:40:56 pm »
You would need a length of hose long enough to run around the car with a universal attachment to your pressure washer. It will work fine from a bucket. I used this set-up last year when we had the hose pipe ban  :happy2:

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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2013, 06:10:10 am »
Yay, awesome news. Excited to go shopping :party:

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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2013, 08:53:58 pm »
Ok, so i purchased the Karcher k2 for £79.99 from Halfords. It works (barely) from a bucket, so i wouldnt recomend it. I went out and bought 25metre hose and a tap adapter, really not ideal as the hose has to run through my kitchen-lounge- dinning room-yard, to get to the car, but it works fantastically and im really chuffed i got it! Cheers again guys!

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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2013, 09:00:01 pm »
Why wouldnt it work? Was it not sucking off up the water properly?

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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2013, 09:01:41 pm »
Probably an air lock, hose entry point too high. You need a proper water container with hose fitting really. Oh well, at least you decided to just run the hose. I'm lucky enough to have an outside tap.
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Re: Pressure washer - no hose
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2013, 08:16:19 am »
The pressure was really pants from the bucket, i could p**s harder! But i am chuffed with it working through a hose, so at the end of the day i win anyway :)