Cleaning cars during hosepipe ban

viennalad25 · 05-07-2018 08:51PM #1

im just airing a view of what ive noticed today, were supposed to be getting short on water, and the hosepipe ban coming in, but passed a few petrol stations today and cues of cars for getting washed, I suppose they pay rates but surely people should hold of on the vanity of a shiny car, keep the windscreen clean and curtail the car washing until the rain resumes,

irishgeo · 06-07-2018 02:33AM

viennalad25 wrote: »

im just airing a view of what ive noticed today, were supposed to be getting short on water, and the hosepipe ban coming in, but passed a few petrol stations today and cues of cars for getting washed, I suppose they pay rates but surely people should hold of on the vanity of a shiny car, keep the windscreen clean and curtail the car washing until the rain resumes,

Would car washes be using public drinking water?

PARlance · 06-07-2018 10:35AM

Don't think it's a problem isolated to Mayo

But with an upcoming ban, it doesn't surprise me that they're packed.

If they really want to conserve water they probably shouldn't give as much notice for people to go nuts... but they probably factor that surge into the equation.

Stoolbend · 07-07-2018 12:08AM

My local petrol station has a well for the car wash. The shop is all thats on the mains.

I wouldnt be surprised if other filling stations are the same.

mickdw · 07-07-2018 12:13AM

Water costs of running a car wash off mains would be crippling I'd say so most have other arrangements such as heavy recycling of water surely

ifElseThen · 11-07-2018 10:42AM

Worker in Toyota Long Mile out with a power hose this morning washing already clean Land Cruisers.

Does the hosepipe ban apply to businesses?

biko · 11-07-2018 10:45AM

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/business-as-usual-in-dublin-car-wash-despite-hosepipe-ban-1.3551264

ifElseThen · 11-07-2018 10:47AM

Ah yeah this wasn't a car cleaning place, was a dealership out keeping their cars clean on the forecourt.

TheRiverman · 11-07-2018 10:57AM

I live in rural Ireland and have my own private water supply,but I never use a hosepipe.I get a bucket of water,put some car shampoo in it and wash the car with a soft brush,another bucket or two max to rinse it off and a cloth to shine it.Job done,car clean and shiny.Water is one of life's most precious elements,it has to be conserved.

Alkers · 19-07-2018 09:27AM

I normally wash with my own powerhose ran from a waterbut but that's obviously empty at the moment. Given the drought and hosepipe ban, what have people been doing about keeping cars clean? I've done four trips to cork recently so cars are filthy.
Are the water-less wash places any use? Any recommendations near Dublin 12?
I'm not interested in any form of detailing, one car has a good few scratches already and the other is an old camper which I painted myself.

Thanks

Wheety · 19-07-2018 09:29AM

Use the 2 buckets method.

Riskymove · 19-07-2018 10:25AM

some car wash places recycle their water

Atlantic Dawn · 19-07-2018 10:28AM

You can use as much water as you like from buckets, you're just not allowed fill them from a hose.

frozenfrozen · 19-07-2018 10:32AM

fill your waterbut with buckets

DaveyDave · 19-07-2018 10:51AM

You can still get the car washed at a normal car wash, you can even use the DIY hoses at the garage as the ban doesn't apply to commercial hoses.

As someone with a pressure washer I think the hose ban is silly. They only reduced water pressure for one day where I am. Could they not just reduce it 24/7 and lift the ban? Hose pipes and baths would be useless, but you could still use the pressure washer as they don't need much water.

It's a bit silly I can fill buckets but can't use the same equivalent water with the pressure washer.

Charles Babbage · 19-07-2018 10:56AM

According to met.ie there might be reasonably normal rain in the next week, albeit in the form of showers, which will both we the car and perhaps provide something in the water butt.

You could also put the plug in the bath and keep the shower water, and use it to shampoo your car (via the water butt).

Wesser · 19-07-2018 11:01AM

Basin of water and a sponge in your hand?

Pops_20 · 19-07-2018 11:13AM

I thought there was no chance my car was gonna see the wash for the foreseeable future but turns out my pressure washer doesn't need a water feed to it, it can just suck it from a water butt or equivalent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOXOOR1GEu8

Fill an empty bin with water using buckets, drop one end of the hose in and the other end connected to pressure washer.

I guess this isn't technically isn't breaking the ban as the water isn't drawn directly from the mains supply?

Ubbquittious · 19-07-2018 11:48AM

I find the car isn't really getting dirty this weather. Long may it last

mossym · 19-07-2018 11:56AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I find the car isn't really getting dirty this weather. Long may it last

i'd wager you don't have a black car ..

rabbitinlights · 19-07-2018 12:39PM

I was enjoying seeing the car get filthy over the last few weeks, but then a bird did a massive shít on the bonnet this morning and now I'm torn about cleaning that one spot and ruining the perfect layer of filth....

Alun · 19-07-2018 12:39PM

mossym wrote: »

i'd wager you don't have a black car ..

... or a white one.

19-07-2018 12:44PM

rabbitinlights wrote: »

I was enjoying seeing the car get filthy over the last few weeks, but then a bird did a massive shít on the bonnet this morning and now I'm torn about cleaning that one spot and ruining the perfect layer of filth....

Clean it,there was a load of bird **** on the bonnet of my old car for about a month.
Cleaned it off and the paint underneath was ****ed

Yakuza · 19-07-2018 12:50PM

Two silver cars for the win

The paintwork on both isn't too bad (the showers we got on Sunday in Dublin helped, mind). Took my car to Wexford the day before and there's a tonne of dead insects on the grille.
I am planning on washing them at the weekend, am just going to use a bucket and sponge and a damp rag on the alloys.

Lord Nikon · 19-07-2018 12:53PM

There is a hosepipe ban, but nothing stopping you from filling buckets from a tap in the house.
Hosepipe ban on washing private cars is out, but I've a commercial vehicle, same rules apply?

TeaBagMania · 19-07-2018 12:53PM

bring your bucket and back down the boat ramp at lough corrib, you can wash your car and fish at the same time

pawdee · 19-07-2018 01:03PM

I use babywipes. It takes 8 full packets for the whole car. Then 3 rolls of paper towel to dry/polish it. Works a treat.

poopyhead · 19-07-2018 01:09PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I find the car isn't really getting dirty this weather. Long may it last

Some strange form of airborne tree resin and insects are stuck all over my car from zooming down motorways.

Wheety · 19-07-2018 01:14PM

Lord Nikon wrote: »

There is a hosepipe ban, but nothing stopping you from filling buckets from a tap in the house.
Hosepipe ban on washing private cars is out, but I've a commercial vehicle, same rules apply?

Of course

It's not what you're cleaning, it's the use of a hosepipe.

DaveyDave · 19-07-2018 02:27PM

The hose ban only applies to washing a mechanically propelled vehicle so technically I could wash my bike in front of the car...

poopyhead · 19-07-2018 02:37PM

DaveyDave wrote: »

The hose ban only applies to washing a mechanically propelled vehicle so technically I could wash my bike in front of the car...

can you plumb a tap to the end of a hose fitting ? I should ask that in the legal section

Cleaning cars during hosepipe ban

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