Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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tomorrows the day and it looks like the ban applies to me (anglian water), but haven't received a letter to notify me.
what i'd like to know is can i use the hosepipe to fill buckets/watering cans to wash the car/water plants? or do they need to be filled using a tap from inside the house?
everyone i know seems to be of the assumption that a hosepipe is completely off limits and i have a few nosey neighbours around my way who will gladly rat you out, even if i'm using it legally.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Should move to EK mate, we've got absolutely loads of water up here.
I got a pressure washer at the weekend so I can maximise my usage.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i would but it's a shithole, full of ginger scotch people wearing kilts and drinking ''buckie''.
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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You can fill buckets and watering cans from an outside tap, it's just the hosepipe that is off limits.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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ah ok, so unplug hosepipe and i'm fine 
what annoys me is that water companies base water usage from a hosepipe on it being on constantly. but i have a gun on the end to stop it when i don't want it coming out, so use less water than if i fill buckets up.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Will have the rig the tank up on the garage roof again - filled from the outside tap
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
ah ok, so unplug hosepipe and i'm fine
what annoys me is that water companies base water usage from a hosepipe on it being on constantly. but i have a gun on the end to stop it when i don't want it coming out, so use less water than if i fill buckets up.
Same for most folk I'd have thought. I ways wonder just how much a hosepipe ban actually saves, I think it's used more to draw attention to the fact supplies are low and get people to cut back in other areas too. Watering grass probably canes quite a bit but washing a car can't be much more than running a bath. Of course they could just stop losing a quarter of their input in leaks.....
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