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Title: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: sveed1.8T on 25 June 2012, 22:53
First time I've personally washed my car since the hose pipe ban has been lifted! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Feel so much better doing myself, as you don't miss bits! Anyway, here's a pic :cool:
(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af201/sveed5/9100980a.jpg)

Will probably be the last time the rear end will look like that, as I'll be getting my parts back from the Bodyshop soon!! :smiley:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: R32UK on 25 June 2012, 22:58
you know the reason the hopepipe ban was lifted right??  :laugh:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: sveed1.8T on 25 June 2012, 23:08
you know the reason the hopepipe ban was lifted right??  :laugh:
Cus my car was getting dirty!? :laugh: :grin:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Mitching on 25 June 2012, 23:19
I had no idea the ban had been lifted!
I haven't washed my car since September  :undecided: :embarassed:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: kempie on 25 June 2012, 23:23
fooking hosepipe ban didnt stop the bloody polish carwash in the old forecourt at the end of my street so i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?
Rant over
Nice to see someone else who spends the whole sunday evening washin car too :)
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Guy on 25 June 2012, 23:25
I had no idea the ban had been lifted!
I haven't washed my car since September  :undecided: :embarassed:

it depends which area you are in and which water company provides your supply.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18437601 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18437601)

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Anglian, Southern and Thames water companies lifted their bans from midnight on Wednesday after recent heavy rain which significantly improved the river levels and reservoir stocks from where they take their water.

South East Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water and Veolia Water Southeast have also confirmed that their hosepipe bans will remain in place due to low levels of groundwater.
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Guy on 25 June 2012, 23:30
fooking hosepipe ban didnt stop the bloody polish carwash in the old forecourt at the end of my street so i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?
Rant over
Nice to see someone else who spends the whole sunday evening washin car too :)

well you see the Polish chaps, and me... we rely on this thing called valeting and detailing as our major source of income... so if we can't wash cars because we can't use any water then we end up homeless and hungry and then.. well, we die  :sad:

Valeting companies, such as myself, were exempt during the ban. I could, legally, come to your house and use your hose and water for washing your car... but you couldn't  :tongue:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Mitching on 25 June 2012, 23:32
I had no idea the ban had been lifted!
I haven't washed my car since September  :undecided: :embarassed:

it depends which area you are in and which water company provides your supply.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18437601 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18437601)

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Anglian, Southern and Thames water companies lifted their bans from midnight on Wednesday after recent heavy rain which significantly improved the river levels and reservoir stocks from where they take their water.

South East Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water and Veolia Water Southeast have also confirmed that their hosepipe bans will remain in place due to low levels of groundwater.
Aye, I cross checked a couple of sites just to make sure. Anglian water for me!
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Guy on 25 June 2012, 23:36
You can double check with the Environment Agency map too

http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?topic=drought&layerGroups=default&lang=_e&ep=map&scale=2&x=443932.29166666674&y=139093.75000000096 (http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?topic=drought&layerGroups=default&lang=_e&ep=map&scale=2&x=443932.29166666674&y=139093.75000000096)
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: sveed1.8T on 26 June 2012, 00:00
fooking hosepipe ban didnt stop the bloody polish carwash in the old forecourt at the end of my street so i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?
Rant over
Nice to see someone else who spends the whole sunday evening washin car too :)
I feel like I'm already retired, n I've got nothing better to do! :grin: :lipsrsealed: It is nice n shiny though! :smiley:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: dTEA on 26 June 2012, 00:01
What ban??!? :laugh:
Ooop north FTW
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: barrym381 on 26 June 2012, 00:21
What ban??!? :laugh:
Ooop north FTW
we dont get them  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 26 June 2012, 06:49
What ban??!? :laugh:
Ooop north FTW

only so you can wash down your outside toilets  :laugh:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: scarr89 on 26 June 2012, 07:08
What ban??!? :laugh:
Ooop north FTW

only so you can wash down your outside toilets  :laugh:

 :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: dTEA on 26 June 2012, 08:27
Nope. For watering down your southern excuse for beer :grin:

Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Kerrse on 26 June 2012, 08:30
Was lucky enough not to have the hosepipe ban, thanks Southern water  :cool:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: R32UK on 26 June 2012, 09:06
fooking hosepipe ban didnt stop the bloody polish carwash in the old forecourt at the end of my street so i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?
Rant over
Nice to see someone else who spends the whole sunday evening washin car too :)

well you see the Polish chaps, and me... we rely on this thing called valeting and detailing as our major source of income... so if we can't wash cars because we can't use any water then we end up homeless and hungry and then.. well, we die  :sad:

Valeting companies, such as myself, were exempt during the ban. I could, legally, come to your house and use your hose and water for washing your car... but you couldn't  :tongue:


I wasnt aware of this... is the a something which helps to verify you are a valeter guy?
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Guy on 26 June 2012, 09:53
fooking hosepipe ban didnt stop the bloody polish carwash in the old forecourt at the end of my street so i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?
Rant over
Nice to see someone else who spends the whole sunday evening washin car too :)

well you see the Polish chaps, and me... we rely on this thing called valeting and detailing as our major source of income... so if we can't wash cars because we can't use any water then we end up homeless and hungry and then.. well, we die  :sad:

Valeting companies, such as myself, were exempt during the ban. I could, legally, come to your house and use your hose and water for washing your car... but you couldn't  :tongue:


I wasnt aware of this... is the a something which helps to verify you are a valeter guy?

all sorts of things... my accounts, business cards, van with water tank, pressure washer and stacked full of valeting kit.. you know... that kind of thing  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Mitching on 26 June 2012, 09:55
....huge supply of sponges :wink:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: R32UK on 26 June 2012, 10:37
fooking hosepipe ban didnt stop the bloody polish carwash in the old forecourt at the end of my street so i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?
Rant over
Nice to see someone else who spends the whole sunday evening washin car too :)

well you see the Polish chaps, and me... we rely on this thing called valeting and detailing as our major source of income... so if we can't wash cars because we can't use any water then we end up homeless and hungry and then.. well, we die  :sad:

Valeting companies, such as myself, were exempt during the ban. I could, legally, come to your house and use your hose and water for washing your car... but you couldn't  :tongue:


I wasnt aware of this... is the a something which helps to verify you are a valeter guy?

all sorts of things... my accounts, business cards, van with water tank, pressure washer and stacked full of valeting kit.. you know... that kind of thing  :smiley:

So mainly stuff that would have to be requested from yourself.. i.e. not something you register with the council then it seems.
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Jimble on 26 June 2012, 11:02
....huge supply of sponges :wink:

Uh oh! No you di ent!?.... :laugh:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 26 June 2012, 12:51
i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?

Give you a £1k fine...
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: jnufcuk on 26 June 2012, 14:38
you not heard of a bucket and sponge  :grin:

dont just have to use hose pipe  :rolleyes: :wink:

really want it to be lifted around me, want to use my foam thing again, only used it once before the ban came in  :angry:
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Guy on 26 June 2012, 14:45
So mainly stuff that would have to be requested from yourself.. i.e. not something you register with the council then it seems.

No.. see the exceptions on this page..

http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/03/27/southern-water-hosepipe-ban-restrictions-2012/ (http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/03/27/southern-water-hosepipe-ban-restrictions-2012/)
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 26 June 2012, 14:50
i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?

Give you a £1k fine...

Get a reasonable solicitor to argue this point and I think they'd have a difficult time prosecuting.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/280672/hosepipe_ban_doesnt_add_up.html#Scene_1
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Guy on 26 June 2012, 14:55
i wouldnt let it stop you guys, what they gonna do?

Give you a £1k fine...

well, yes, they could, however...

http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/04/06/the-great-hosepipe-ban-swindle/ (http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/04/06/the-great-hosepipe-ban-swindle/)
Title: Re: Bye bye hosepipe ban!!
Post by: Mitching on 26 June 2012, 17:15
....huge supply of sponges :wink:

Uh oh! No you di ent!?.... :laugh:
:grin: :grin: :grin: :wink: