How can I legally wash under my wheel arches etc. during a hosepipe ban?
Any ideas where I can read about the law etc.? It is apparently very strange, and you are actually allowed to use a power washer for some things, but not on your car.
I've just seen a 5 litre pressure sprayer in Aldi which is designed for the garden, but may be adiquate for a car too? Any ideas whether this would be legal.
(petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Don't?
You won't need to in the summer.
Too bloody right. Washing with a power washer means you look like Mr. Muscle.
Does it attach to a hosepipe? If the answer is "yes" to that question, then no, it wouldn't be illegal.
What is this wheel arch washing of which you speak? If you must (and I doubt you will) find a carwash that recycles its water.
I've been researching this recently. Like many things, it all depends!
There are two types of drought order - ordinary and emergency. Under an ordinary drought order, only specific things are banned. This includes washing a car with a hosepipe connected to a domestic water supply. It does not specifically prohibit the use of a pressure washer, connected to the water supply by hosepipe, being used to wash a car!
In point of fact, you can still use a hosepipe to water an allotment, but not your vegetable plot at home. You can still use a hosepipe for a water-powered child's toy, but not for a garden sprinkler. In short, it is a typical British c*ck-up!
Under an emergency drought order, any action that is listed in the order can be taken, including the right to cease supplying water directly to domestic premises.
You would need to find out what type of order is in force in your area to know what you can do. However, in the interests of conserving water for essential purposes, and for the avoidance of a lynch party of your neighbours, I would suggest only carrying out the minimum of car cleaning using a bucket.
HTH
Chris
untill wessexwater get their leaks fixed, despite several calls to them over
3 months, i will continue to wash me car, water me garden, where it is of use rather than the big flow of water down the road.
Oh, I'd never put my car through a car wash.
2 buckets, and lots of watering cans full (into double figures with the fillups) :-P
(petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Why? For the name of god, WHY?
So that the car is clean!
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Grief, on the very rare occasions I clean my Audi A100 it only takes two buckets.
The message from Adrian contains these words:
To wash the pink off.
It might shrink?
No, he'd flood the engine.
Why would you need to?
True. Puddles.
petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Why does the car have to be that clean? I agree that filthy can be dangerous, but I only ever cleaned my Omega (for example) twice - once when I first got it, and once just before I sold it. Car was no worse for it.
Do you not feel you are being anti-social whilst everyone is 'trying their best'?. It appears to me you are bragging about your what you will do. Would you be the same should you get an intended notice of prosecution.
Regards
(petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Why does it need to be?
Water, for whatever reason, is - apparently - in short supply.
Is the inside of the wheelarches on your car the most important use?
Bring on water meters!
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