Yorkshire Driveway Cleaning

Another great thread

Thanks for your response and here's me thinking the Banjo polypropylene products were good? The leaks I'm currently getting are coming from the thread part of the barbs and not the other end where the barb and the hose meet. What clear hose would you recommend instead of the one I have? This is all a learning curve for me as info it the UK is hard to come by and I wanted to get a basic system up and running, tested then roll it out to paying customers, once I know it works and there is a market for it which I don't doubt there will be I can invest in a better setup with air pump compressor etc. Thanks again Jonathan

Also are my battery wires to thin to get the best out of the pump? Thanks Jonathan

Hello folks, it's been a while since I was last on due to being extremely busy with my paving cleaning business since Feb this year. I'm finally beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel with build my first ever soft wash roof cleaning system (see attached photo, minus the marine battery and hose/sprayer) I've been running a couple of tests using only tap water but getting leaks from the banjo ball valves where the banjo barbs screw into them. I've tightened them up as much as I dare without damaging them but still getting small leaks. Would I be best to use PTFE tape on the threads or would lock tight work on poly propylene? Thanks in advance Jonathan

Been using FB paid advertising for the past month for my pressure cleaning company and getting a fair bit of interested and carried out a few quotes with more coming in everyday. I've had a few time wasters but I guess that's all part of it. I'll keep you posted and let you know how it continues. Jonathan

Chris I've built a replicate system to the Powerwash.com soft washing in a box system which is in an aluminium box I didn't want the pump to get too hot. I'm all new to this thing so was copying the Powerwash guys setup as I thought it looked like a good setup. I've read a fair amount on here and what keeps coming up is looking after the pump so it doesn't fail. If I'm doing the wrong thing in adding a cooling fan then please tell me. Thanks

Just about got everything to build my first soft wash roof cleaning system just need to buy a 12v cooling fan, I'm guessing I just need a fair bog standard one to put in the aluminium case I have (the same setup as the Powerwash.com soft wash in a box system) or would I need a more heavy duty one? Thanks again for all your help and assistance Jonathan

Many thanks again Gary. Much appreciated Jonathan

Hi Gary my master water nozzle has just been delivered, what a quality piece of kit it looks, very well made. How do you connect the nozzle to the Banjo two way valve? I've had a quick look and I can see a couple of polypropylene fittings that might do the job but wanted to check with you first to see what you use and recommend. If you could let me know asap I'd really appreciated that. If you can back it up with any links where I can source it that would be great Also with regards to the Banjo two way valve what do you use to connect the PVC hose to the other end of the valve? Thanks in advance Jonathan

Many thanks yeah my wife says I over analysis things, I guess it's true lol Jonathan

Yeah you did post it Dave, and thanks for that, I'm just after a battery, make model and AH that will do the job, which battery make and model are you using please? Thanks Jonathan

So I've spoke to a few different companies who sell deep cycle batteries here in the UK and all weren't much good and kept asking me which battery I wanted. I said I was wanting their advice but they didn't really get the whole roof cleaning thing and just asked what battery I wanted. So as it stands I know a little bit more through my own research, I now know that gel sealed batteries are expensive over wet sealed batteries. The battery brands I can see over here are Numax, Lucas, Trojan (expensive), and Varta. I've tried to find out what my 12v pump amperage rate is and in the brochure it says 13.5 amps@10psi (the pump has a max of 80psi). One of the guys I spoke to said that I'd be better off buying a few wet sealed batteries for the same price as a gel sealed battery, views on that one? If anyone can offer further advice on this I'd be most grateful. My pump is as follows: Flojet R7000 Pentaflex 7.0 Model R7300142 12v 7gpm.

Much appreciated Dave. Thanks Jonathan

Many thanks Dave.

Dave, do you have any photos of your setup you could post up here please? Thanks in advance Jonathan