Post and beam Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 My in experience has landed me with an issue with water supply from Affinity water. Their date for a road closure is early November which is much later than i was led to believe when first talking to them. My Timber frame is due to be delivered 7th October, and obviously the groundworkers need welfare water prior to that. I guess i am not the first person that this has happened to so what options do i have to get water in sufficient quantity to site in the interval please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonner Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 We only had a porta-loo for welfare, no mains water needed for ground works. If they need water for washing down, ask them to bring a bowser, they will be used to working on unserviced sites. Alternatively have you got friendly neighbour with a hose pipe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Again port a loo. Ground worker provided and invoiced me until I was finished with it, hire company serviced it weekly. Site water was via a 1m3 plastic tank. Which we filled around twice. All concrete was ready mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, JohnMo said: All concrete was ready mix. Agree and hopefully this wont be an issue. The Brickies will need a lot of water though i guess. My TF company insist on running hot water for welfare though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, Bonner said: Alternatively have you got friendly neighbour with a hose pipe? Yes but i am reluctant to ask, self sufficiency and all that. I did discover that metered water is billed by the cubic metre at £1.20/ m3. So that is .12 pence per litre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 We were in a similar situation and did all of groundworks and substructure without mains. Relied on neighbours with a hosepipe, a m3 of water is really quite a lot so we just sent them a thank you card, box of biscuits and £20 once we were connected. We filled big blue barrels of water for the brickies to use and had a chemical toilet in a shed to save on portaloo hire (which adds up very quickly) Got mains sewer connection in very early, so I could empty chemical loo on-site. Only once did I have to put it in my car and take it home, not recommended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timedout Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Been in this position twice. On both occasions I did a deal with the nearest neighbour. I paid the whole of their water bill until our new supply was connected in exchange for using their supply. Sounds expensive but is far better than being delayed or having to trail water to site in a bowser. A bit of generous goes a long way in neighbour relations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twice round the block Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 IBC Tank on a trailer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 The water companies don’t want chemical toilets emptied into their system so I wouldn’t recommend doing that. I got by for months with no water on-site. It’s when you get to the wet trades you need it obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 11 hours ago, Timedout said: I paid the whole of their water bill until our new supply was connected in exchange for using their supply. Sounds expensive but is far better than being delayed or having to trail water to site in a bowser. A bit of generous goes a long way in neighbour relations. Thanks, this is the most sensible bit of advice. I will make the approach . 1 hour ago, Kelvin said: I got by for months with no water on-site. How long ago, or did you do everything yourself. As i said my TF company are insisting on running hot water under the welfare provision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 9 minutes ago, Post and beam said: How long ago, or did you do everything yourself. As i said my TF company are insisting on running hot water under the welfare provision. Buy the cheapest small touring caravan you can. It will have a toilet, a sink with running water and a water heater. You will need to fetch water to keep filling it's tank, but it will be far cheaper than hiring a portaloo and will give them somewhere dry to have a break etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 2 hours ago, Kelvin said: The water companies don’t want chemical toilets emptied into their system If you use pink toilet fluid rather than blue that’s ok to put down drains or put into septic tanks etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G and J Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 2 minutes ago, joe90 said: If you use pink toilet fluid rather than blue that’s ok to put down drains or put into septic tanks etc. Just to be awkward we use the green one (teabag style in fact) in our campervan potty. We thought that was ok with drains and septic tanks, etc. Do I need to go over to Barbie Pink Potty Juice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I thought the pink stuff was what goes in the flush water. The stuff you pre dose the holding tank with comes in green or blue, green being the less bad one. But it is years since I have bought any as it lasts so long. If you don't have drainage, you could always did a deep pit in an out of the way bit of your site and just pour it in there. Years ago that used to be standard practice on remote caravan sites, they filled it in at the end of the year and dug a new pit for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Have you thought about a compost loo? Much better than the blue stinky thing 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 My bad, your right it was green stuff (years since I had a touring caravan) and with one of my projects i emptied the chemical loo in a deep pit on site and the neighbour kindly let me use water from his outside tap on his greenhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G and J Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, ProDave said: If you don't have drainage, you could always did a deep pit in an out of the way bit of your site and just pour it in there. Years ago that used to be standard practice on remote caravan sites, they filled it in at the end of the year and dug a new pit for next year. I’ve helped at scout camps with facilities like that. Don’t think that’s allowed for such things any more. Edited August 13 by G and J Fat finger typo removal! I really must put my glasses on and rely less on the spillchocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 14 hours ago, BadgerBadger said: empty chemical loo on-site. I think it is supposed to go for specialist treatment. For obvious reasons the blue liquid kills bugs, and will at the sewage works too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 It has little to do with the colour of the stuff and everything to do with the chemicals. It’ll be marked on the packaging if they are septic tank safe. The old chemicals used formaldehyde which is much less common nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 3 hours ago, Post and beam said: Thanks, this is the most sensible bit of advice. I will make the approach . How long ago, or did you do everything yourself. As i said my TF company are insisting on running hot water under the welfare provision. A year ago. The TF erection company didn’t want anything other than a portaloo. If i had needed to provide hot water I’d have bought a cheap as chips caravan. The erection team won’t be on-site for long (assuming all they are doing is erecting the kit) so you could just hire an all in one welfare hut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike2016 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I'm using a 200L barrel with 3 x 30L jerry cans I ferry back and forth with my car to keep the barrel filled up. Portaloo with hand sanitizing gel to wash hands (v high alcohol content). This got me through foundations and all bricklaying. Funny think is I have a 4,000L rainwater tank out back but it's not hooked up yet to anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G and J Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Hmmmm, wonder if I dig a big hole and throw this in whether that would work on my ridiculously sandy subsoil….. https://www.septic-tanks-emptied.co.uk/index.php/shop/septic-tank-white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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