Stupid silly mistake

Went out an had a few to many last night. Forgot to put oil filled rad in van. Everything is frozen so late start today. Fingers crossed no problem when defrosted. 

a few too many? if you were that rassed last night then you were probably over the drink drive limit anyway lol

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I bring the ro indoors from shed for icy weather as not practical to heat it, is full of gaps/holes etc. Ive been leaving the di in there wrapped in blanket/bubble wrap, hope thats enough. As for the van, I have pump, controller, tank and reel all left in there. I put bubble wrap on pump but I doubt this does much. Anyone had pumps freeze up and become fooked?

ks789 said:

I bring the ro indoors from shed for icy weather as not practical to heat it, is full of gaps/holes etc. Ive been leaving the di in there wrapped in blanket/bubble wrap, hope thats enough. As for the van, I have pump, controller, tank and reel all left in there. I put bubble wrap on pump but I doubt this does much. Anyone had pumps freeze up and become fooked?

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Pumps are usually fine, never had a problem in 10yrs, even when the tanks been a block of ice. Hose reels are a bigger problem, if it’s a petal style reel the inner spindle is plastic, it can split and leak if it freezes. 

because ours vans are all fully water proofed out it a simple case of a bucket of warm water tipped over everything and off you go

All frozen early today too. Oil rad going in van tomorrow night.

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out today at 7, car frozen but backpack was in house, mainly trad today due to houses being right on footpath, hands hated it for first hour but apart from that all good.

Out today at 10, big commercial and out last night, no problems apart from the freezing wind. 

Everything was fine once defrosted. I get worried about the ro so usually run oil filled rad over night. 

Had to have extra drink to get over the shock. Went to theatre in Oxford. Three pints an three vodka and cokes. £40.82. Had to go pup over the road to recover. 

We lost a cat pump on our petrol carpet cleaning machine in the frost earlier this year. Was frozen and the engine started smashing the rods to pieces. Live and learn, electric blankets for the cold nights now!

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Jordiebarrett said:

We lost a cat pump on our petrol carpet cleaning machine in the frost earlier this year. Was frozen and the engine started smashing the rods to pieces. Live and learn, electric blankets for the cold nights now!

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we have night heater fitted to all our truck mounts it jut a case of swich on and forget 

I don’t bother going out anymore if there’s ice on the roads. Braking distance on van full of water is bad enough anyway in normal weather. Also you get those idiots still doing 30mph when its -3 outside, and if you slip or if your water from cleaning freezes overnight and customer ends up slipping i’m sure i’d feel bad. Work harder in summer and sit tight when its sub-zero i do. Luckily we are on the coast so rarely goes below zero. Dont know how window cleaners further inland get by at all during winter!


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never had any severe frost yet -1 nothing more

the windscreen frozen nothing else