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[dazmond]

You should be able to calculate the difference within the first week https://www.grippatank.co.uk/resin_calculator if you have a 20ltr DI vessel and use 8,000ltrs of pure a month then it will be £212.44 a month

I bet it'll be more like £120 a month which will be OK it's all tax deductible anyway

 

[Deleted member 15640]

- I have been in consistent communication with Steve O from YouTube and he has been very helpful. At the end of the day, I was misled by the local supplier despite the research because I was trying to transition cost-effectively. I was promised "60 hours" of resin use even though the water in Edmonton, Canada is 187. I couldn't even get five hours out of it. After providing photo and video evidence, I am currently dealing with Unger, trying to get my money back.

@mrpearson I love Steve-O. One of my favourite YouTube window cleaners.

You should get a good response from Unger. If their American arm is anything like Unger Europe they are very proactive and have good customer support.

 

[Part Timer]

I bet it'll be more like £120 a month which will be OK it's all tax deductible anyway

After tax allowance that means it's costing you £96 a month. So the first 3 or 4 houses you clean will be to pay for resin

 

[Iron Giant]

I reckon it's more like 6000L a month.i use around 400L a day 4 days a week.i never drain my tank fully.some days it might might be 300l and other days closer to 450L...

I use 2 x 25L DI vessels to purify my water

I'll give it 12 months then make a decision

Yeah, I wasn't sure what size vessels you have but thought they were quite big, so I just did a calculation based on an assumption.

 

[dazmond]

After tax allowance that means it's costing you £96 a month. So the first 3 or 4 houses you clean will be to pay for resin

Some of my domestic houses are £50,£60,£90 a pop....so one or two of them a month.for convenience alone it might still be worth it compared to messing about with an RO

 

[Part Timer]

Some of my domestic houses are £50,£60,£90 a pop....so one or two of them a month.for convenience alone it might still be worth it compared to messing about with an RO

Many on here can cherry pick their well priced jobs but I bet you have quite a few £20-£25 jobs so my original point stands.
All I was trying to do was highlight that whilst all legitimate expenses are tax deductible you only get 20% off the amount claimed

 

[dazmond]

Many on here can cherry pick their well priced jobs but I bet you have quite a few £20-£25 jobs so my original point stands.
All I was trying to do was highlight that whilst all legitimate expenses are tax deductible you only get 20% off the amount claimed

Ever thought about going on mastermind?subject?the bleeding obvious!

I've only been running a window cleaning business for 31 years.....

 

[Part Timer]

Ever thought about going on mastermind?subject?the bleeding obvious!

I've only been running a window cleaning business for 31 years.....

And purifying water for 12 and don't know how to, or scared of, using an R/O

 

[dazmond]

And purifying water for 12 and don't know how to, or scared of, using an R/O

I've actually never used an RO and would rather not use one due to the hassle.DI only is much more convenient

Currently it takes 25 mins to purify my water for my next days work

How long to purify 500l using an RO?

Can you get RO systems that are 'plug in and play' on wheels that only take a few hours to purify 500l water?this might be an option as there is drainage/soak away on driveway near outside tap.i guess the RO will take 127tds down to zero so no need for resin?

No water meter and water pressure good.

 

[Pjj]

I've actually never used an RO and would rather not use one due to the hassle.DI only is much more convenient

Currently it takes 25 mins to purify my water for my next days work

How long to purify 500l using an RO?

Can you get RO systems that are 'plug in and play' on wheels that only take a few hours to purify 500l water?this might be an option as there is drainage/soak away on driveway near outside tap.i guess the RO will take 127tds down to zero so no need for resin?

No water meter and water pressure good.

Using an ro isn’t a hassle yes you have to flush it , but that’s not time consuming just put it on flush do a few other things then put it on fill , we have booster pumps on our vans and produce 1000 ltr of pure in just over 2 hours it automatically switches off when the tanks full , just take the hose off the van fitting job dine , hardly time consuming or difficult. You will probably find an ro will take it down to 2-5 then di to get zero

 

[dazmond]

Using an ro isn’t a hassle yes you have to flush it , but that’s not time consuming just put it on flush do a few other things then put it on fill , we have booster pumps on our vans and produce 1000 ltr of pure in just over 2 hours it automatically switches off when the tanks full , just take the hose off the van fitting job dine , hardly time consuming or difficult. You will probably find an ro will take it down to 2-5 then di to get zero

No way will I be using resin if I get an RO in the future (005 will be fine for cleaning windows)

If I can find an RO system on wheels that just plugs into my outside tap and only takes a couple of hours to purify 500l then it could be an option.

How often do you change membranes?every 3 years or so?

 

[Pjj]

No way will I be using resin if I get an RO in the future (005 will be fine for cleaning windows)

If I can find an RO system on wheels that just plugs into my outside tap and only takes a couple of hours to purify 500l then it could be an option.

How often do you change membranes?every 3 years or so?

I replace the membranes every 6-7 years but usually we work in areas with low tds readings so they last longer ( 90 or less ) but some places it’s 380 -420
There are several firms that make trolly filtration systems that would do you

 

[Iron Giant]

It's the initial set-up of an R/O that can be a hassle just to set up and get your head around, but changing a sediment filter and a carbon filter is far far easier than changing resin from a DI Vessel, I found that a complete ball-ache

 

[dazmond]

Will this fit the bill?

 

[Iron Giant]

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Will this fit the bill?

It would but it's way over priced, when a 40/21 from Daqua is less than £500 a 40/40 is more expensive, also you already have Di vessels so no point paying for a brand new one,

Also I personally wouldn't buy any R/O products or consumables from PF and neither would others on here.

 

[dazmond]

It would but it's way over priced, when a 40/21 from Daqua is less than £500 a 40/40 is more expensive, also you already have Di vessels so no point paying for a brand new one,

Also I personally wouldn't buy any R/O products or consumables from PF and neither would others on here.

Daqua is always out of stock of the mobile RO systems unfortunately

 

[Pjj]

No way will I be using resin if I get an RO in the future (005 will be fine for cleaning windows)

If I can find an RO system on wheels that just plugs into my outside tap and only takes a couple of hours to purify 500l then it could be an option.

How often do you change membranes?every 3 years or so?

Daqua is always out of stock of the mobile RO systems unfortunately

give Doug a ring he’s very helpful and only sells quality kit and is reasonable priced

 

[Iron Giant]

Daqua is always out of stock of the mobile RO systems unfortunately

You only have to mount the whole of the R/O onto some OSB or thick plyboard and it becomes portable, you can either opt for 10" or 20" per-filters,

I opted for 10" pre-filters due to space restrictions and had loads of 10" pre-filters already as I buy them by the box, I have mine mounted on my garage wall onto old pallet boards, if I wanted it to be mobile I could have mounted the whole lot on a sheet of OSB and just propped it against my garage wall,

Doug of Daqua fitted all JG fittings I asked for to my R/O on my request so I could configure the R/O exactly as I wanted to and supplied me with some extra JG 1/2" hose, when in doubt I'll always phone Doug and have a chat with him as he is more than happy to talk things through.