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Has the hosepipe ban finished in Kildare?

  • 06-09-2018 5:06pm
    #1
    Movie Maestro
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    Hi all,

    I desperately want to powerwash my car! Is the ban still active?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    RobbieTheRobber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,842 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    Movie Maestro wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I desperately want to powerwash my car! Is the ban still active?

    Cheers

    yeah hosepipe ban still active in Kildare.
    Still in place until sept 30th
    https://www.water.ie/news/water-conservation-order-/


  • #3
    Movie Maestro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 761 ✭✭✭Movie Maestro


    RobbieTheRobber wrote: »
    yeah hosepipe ban still active in Kildare.
    Still in place until sept 30th
    https://www.water.ie/news/water-conservation-order-/

    Thanks for confirming that :(


  • #4
    Riskymove
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    Movie Maestro wrote: »
    Thanks for confirming that :(

    just go to a car wash


  • #5
    Movie Maestro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 761 ✭✭✭Movie Maestro


    Riskymove wrote: »
    just go to a car wash

    Not an option as I always powerwash my own car, never use a car wash as they ruin the paintwork ;)


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Movie Maestro wrote: »
    Not an option as I always powerwash my own car, never use a car wash as they ruin the paintwork ;)

    Im the same but going to wash the car later anyways.
    Its been weeks (months?) .


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  • #7
    D3V!L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    We waited two months to wash our car. Its metallic white and the outside was a completely different colour to the inside door sills.

    All the water was taken by bucket from the tap that we normally use. I'd swear there was more of the water on the ground than there normally is. Its a lot more wasteful than a direct hose.


  • #8
    CSSE09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭CSSE09


    Movie Maestro wrote: »
    Not an option as I always powerwash my own car, never use a car wash as they ruin the paintwork ;)

    Some pressure washers can run with their hose connection thrown in a bucket, might want to see if yours can work like that.


  • #9
    Lastblackdog
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Lastblackdog


    The irony is that you can pay someone to power wash your car for you. You just can't do it yourself!

    Maybe you could team up with a neighbour and do each others car for €10.00 each. ;-)


  • #10
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,310 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Lastblackdog wrote: »
    The irony is that you can pay someone to power wash your car for you. You just can't do it yourself!

    Maybe you could team up with a neighbour and do each others car for €10.00 each. ;-)

    Any car wash built recently uses filtered rain water, not treated drinking water. And the hosepipe ban doesn't apply to business customers. Charging a neighbour doesn't make you a business


  • #11
    Lastblackdog
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Lastblackdog


    L1011 wrote: »
    Any car wash built recently uses filtered rain water, not treated drinking water. And the hosepipe ban doesn't apply to business customers. Charging a neighbour doesn't make you a business

    I know, it just seems ironic that we can pay others to power wash our drives or cars but can't do it ourselves.

    BTW, I agree that we need a hose pipe ban at the moment.

    If only we had introduced a system of water rates whereby we could have invested in our infrastructure....


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