Hosepipe ban.

[telboy]

As a Thames Water customer & under this ban, can anyone offer advise on the use of pressure washers?
I don't want to use mine but have witnessed the blatant use of one.
Is this acceptable & if so, for what uses?

[telboy]

[tim]

Talk to Thames direct?

[gtm41658]

only to clean your patio!!!!
mind you....you can also fill a swimming pool via hosepipe, imerse a pump and take the water that way!!

[flowerlady]

;D

I'm with 3 Valleys  :(  so can sympathise

[jewelflower]

Actually if you are with  three valleys you CAN use a hosepipe to water your allotment. However us TW customers are not allowed, I did e-mail them and they have not replied ( it is all on both companies websites under the Q&A section for the ban)

pressure washers are allowed to be used to wash cars ( i think)so not sure about plants.

[aquilegia]

I was looking at the TW website earlier - it said you cannot use hosepipes to wash cars, so I'd have thought the same would apply to pressure washers.

You can fill up your pond with the hosepipe too. So if I fill my pond daily from the hose, can I use the pond water (by watering can) to water my plants? (That's a rhetorical question - I'd worry too much about water my tadpoles into the veg patch!)

[jewelflower]

aguilega you can use your hosepipe to fill up your watering can, or water butt. i nfact you can use it for most inaminate objects apart from cars etc.

does a pressure washer have a resivour type thing where the water is pumped from?

[Vony]

I'm also in a hosepipe ban Area of the Thames valley, and although I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, But with the Thames running through the centre of the land which and the water level too high in London, it wouldn't take a genius to open a few canal gates and get all the water we require, or even open the canal gates from the North that has a abundance of water in the canals.

Vony,

[Garden Manager]

In my opinion the hosepipe bans are a farce. With so many 'excusions it makes a mockery of the word 'ban'. And what about commercial water users? They use far more water than the average household, why arent they covered by the ban? Why should it be the poor domestic users that have to suffer shortages?

As for Thames water and its leaks - well dont get me started!

(BTW I get my water from Wessex Water, one of the better companies and have not got a hosepipe ban).

[aquilegia]

There website says you can fill watering cans, butts etc with a short length of hose. Being as we don't have an outside tap and have to trail the hose out the bathroom window, I'm not sure if that (ie - hose length from first floor, down to the other end of the garden) is considered "short".

Also - why can golf courses still use sprinklers, when I can't water my veg. I bet they don't worry about conserving water. :rant:

[sallylockhart]

Sainsburys had a notice with advice about the hosepipe ban on their gardening display - under 'things you can do' were listed:

have a water fight
leave a leaking tap unattended for months

- a little sarcastic perhaps?  ;)