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How To Make Pure Water For Window Cleaning. DI or RO Filtration For Spotless Pure Water?
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
- This video is about Wether You Should Use Di or RO Filtration For Pure Water Window Cleaning?
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This is the ONE video that explains all the pitfalls of working in hard water areas and how to start on the high ticket work. Youre a genius mate seriously thank you
I’m glad you found it useful. There is loads more trade chat on the AM Exterior Cleaning Podcast.🎙😃👍🏼
As a window cleaner living in New Zealand I use pure wash system similar to Zero systems portable devices 2 resin canisters and carbon filter first inlet then into first resin before going inside 2 resin canister you only change one canister at the time that one becomes nr 2 and number 2 becomes number 1 change resin around every 2000-2500 liters of pure water great system more space inside the van as I also do spider proofing services and carpet cleaning services thank you for great video
Where do you get your consumables (carbon filter ect..) from? cheers
we use clear view water, always at 0.00, 100 quid a month unlimited supply and just down the road from me, works out well for us. great vid though mate as been looking to set this up myself at some point, always nice to get pointers on things 👍
Sounds great. Thanks. I’m glad you find the channel useful.😃👍🏼
Purifying water properly is key to success !! 👌
Great video Ash.
Indeed. Thanks!😃👍🏼
Best video for starters. Or even a few old guys.. thanks for info
Great! I’m glad you found it useful. Thanks for your comments.😃👍🏼
I use water collected in my tumble dryer for single home use.... actually pretty good results :)
Amazing idea.🤩👍🏼
Here's the Brisbane, Australia, situation. I only use pure water about 2 days a week with the rest of my work being trad. TDS reading is an average of 235ppm out of the tap. I use a 12.5litre DI tank with a 10inch carbon pre-filter.
For the work I do, and the type of jobs, a DI tank is the most efficient for me. I get my TDS down to 0 to 3ppm. The system is portable which in many Aussie homes is essential.
Thanks for the video, Ash.
That’s great. Thanks 😃👍🏼
I'm currently just a trad window cleaner down here in vic. I see we have demineralised water in coles etc. Is this still too hard water and not recommended?
@@thegadgetemporiumaustralia8509 For the best effect of pure water cleaning, investing in a small di tank is best. Maybe an 8 litre tank from Window Cleaning World. The water in Melbourne is much better than in Brisbane. You won't churn through the di resin as fast down there.
@@McRaesWindowCleaning just a DI tank or anything else? I'm still confused about what hardware I need. I can see I can buy the cheapest water fed setup at around $800. Might go for that 🤔
A helpful video for many Ashley. I would have loved this advice when starting out.....
Me too! It can be quite confusing trying to get to grips with this stuff at first.😃👍🏼
Enjoyed watching this video, very well explained, i just picked up similar system with a pump included
Great. I’m glad you found it useful.👍🏼
your video is very informative and useful for me thank you for doing this
I’m glad you found it useful.👍🏼
How do you connect chemicals and switch between pure water and chemical ?
Thanks for the info very informative for someone like myself starting out 👍
That’s great! Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you find it useful.😃👍🏼
Brilliant video again Ashley. My unger hydropower filter has just packed up so I'm thinking of one of those streamline ro filters as my tds /ppm is about 250 here in West Sussex 😔!!
Thanks! Sounds like a little RO filter from Streamline could be just the thing for you!😃👍🏼
Can you use hard water cleaning windows with a scrubber and squeege
Yeah, regular tap water is fine for making a traditional soapy solution. This video should help czcams.com/video/I_At-oFdhBU/video.html
I’m fairly new to Water fed pole.out the tap it was 210ppm. Set up 300gpd ro.made a thousand litres at 000 reading. Then all of a sudden crept up to 004.though to myself another 1000 litres I’m going to have to change filters ect at roughly 100 pound.i sold it and now buy from spotless water West Brom. That charges 3.6 pence per litre.suits me better and not constantly paranoid about TDS creeping up where it becomes no good for cleaning.different for everyone I spose.and surely for all the big boys can’t the fact you’ve paid for water be wrote off against tax ?
also.. tax deductible
That’s unusual. I wonder if the first set of filters could be dodgy if they had been sat around for a long time before being sold to you? The set of 3pre filters for the setup I have here are only about £27 and should only need changing every 3months. The RO membrane filters should not need changing more than once a year, or even longer.😃👍🏼
A.E.Mackintosh Cleaning Services it was driving me crazy.the filters and setup were all brand new.unless it was down to water pressure I’m not sure.i just like to fetch it now.i only do 2 wednesdays a month and any conservatory clean when they come. I work full time for the council and this is something I do for family and friends.if I ever got made redundant I’d do window cleaning full time though
T Gun Sounds good!😃👍🏼
You said about the filters on the RO filter sytem only lasting 3 mouths
But what if you only need to use it 4 times in a year ? I'm a landlord I own number of propertys just looking in to doing the windows an sofits faciers my self but I'm not sure if I'd need to use it as much maybe 4 times ayear filling up plastic containers maybe 4 times per year will the filters detirate if you use them then put them away for 3 mouths ? Obviously water has run through them
Once the filters start to be used they will deteriorate over time, so it’s difficult to say exactly how long they will last if you store them away for a while.🤷🏻♂️
Top Vid Ash!
Craig Popham Thanks!😃👍🏼
Good video. Using van mounted system. Using one di vessel, would you recommend using x2 di vessels for resin to last longer and keeping the pure water to 0 for much longer. 👍
Ben Cavanagh I’m not sure it will really make much difference? But someone did comment on this video saying that they put the water through 3 DI vessels and they reckon it gives much better results.😃👍🏼
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Cheers Ashely. Wow 3 di bottles! I may try two and see what happens. 😃
Also, any advise! Annoying customers who agree to a price then say “ feel the price was expensive for how long you took to do, why is that?” I wanted to say I don’t need to explain, paying for experience, knowledge and equipment I use!!! Think going to stop cleaning ones like these from now on ........ 🤨
I’ve had customers watching me like a hawk on the first couple of visits. I think it can be worthwhile just spending a little extra time on the first clean or two making sure everything is just right. A good first impression can build confidence with the customer. But then if the job is out on it’s own, I might just decide to leave it.😃👍🏼
Ben Cavanagh Ive gone to using 2 vessels mate.. and yes the resin lasts a lot longer.. 👍🏽🧼
Hi wonder if you can help
Looking to get into this as a side to help keep going
a ro system i can pick up for about £75 quid which is the black tank and the 3 bottle filter
or do i go for the unger at £400 and just use plain water
Probably the RO setup will be best. The Unger filter is a bit over priced for what it is really.
Top vid this is Ashley 👍
Thanks!😃👍🏼
Thank you it is very helpful
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@@aemackintosh that makes sense
The company 'Spotless Water' sell water with a guaranteed TDS reading of zero. It costs £8-9 to fill a 250L tank.
Thanks.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh they have an app as well
I have a dehumidifier, I take it that water collected work work.
So is the filter plus not good then can we use it for window cleaning or not because in the start of the video you was saying it was good but at the end you said it doesn’t purify water enough
It depends how hard your water is from the tap. The RO on its own won’t be enough to take it all the way to 0ppm, you need to put it through the resin as well.👍🏼
How much resin would you say I will use in a hard water area, lets say for a 500L tank a day, on average? Great Video. you are the best!
It depends really, but you might end up having to change it once a week, or maybe every few days?😬👎🏼
Great video 👍🏼
Thanks.😃👍🏼
A.E.Mackintosh Cleaning Services with the unger hydro do you leave the resin bag on the machine until replacement?
can you just leave pur water in a tank and it wont go bad over time?
In theory it should be fine. But in reality, some impurities can get in. I know some tanks kept outside can develop green algae. So it’s best not to store it for too long.😉👍🏼
This might be a dumb question, but here it goes. An entry level water fed pole system is $2-$ 3k. A 4-stage RODI aquarium filter is about $200. Why couldn't I just use some fittings to plug a garden hose in the inlet of an aquarium filter and attached my WFH to the outlet? Wouldn't that essentially be the same thing at about 1/10 the price?
I don’t know about aquariums but I suspect it would produce pure water at a much slower rate. Check the GPD figure for the system you plan to use.👍🏼
Great video again im just starting out and my tds from the tap is 54 ppm im useing a two 11 litre di vessels,no idea how lo g the resin will last yet
That’s great. Thanks. I wish my water was as soft as that!😃👍🏼
You need to show how you set up the tank in the garden
Good idea. I will get round to it one day.😃👍🏼
Hi mate,just setting up a van to do part time cleaning,currently our water is around 90pmm at home. I filled the 6litre resin bottle with new tulison resin,and it made no difference to the ppm🤔🤔. Put it through an old 2litre hydro pro (with new resin) and it brought it down to zero….any idea why the bigger bottle is not reducing ppm?? Loving the videos and learning alot.still have so much to learn.
Cheers
Jay
When you are measuring the PPM it will take quite a few litres to get an accurate reading from your TDS meter. When I change my resin or filters I can be working for more than half a day before I start to see the PPM drop. I know I’m using pure water because I just changed the filters, but it takes a while for the TDS meter to catch up.
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@@aemackintosh your a star,thanks for reply👍🏻
Link is just coming up as error 404?
All the best with your business plans!👍🏼
Sorry, I’ve edited it now, so it should work. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help.👍🏼
How fast can a DI filter produce water if I just want to fill up some canisters? The Unger DI filter is supposed to be used with tap pressure but I'm assuming that's only if you directly connect the waterfed pole to it with a thin hose. What if I put a wider hose on the output? is there any limit to how much pressure I can use? Does the resin still filter effectively if water goes through it very fast?
It is reliant on your tap pressure. But there is also a restriction on the outlet valve to prevent water coming through too quickly. You might be able to make pure water more quickly if you remove it, but I haven’t tried it. The water needs to be in with the resin for a while so it ends up pure, so if it goes through more quickly it might not be as pure? But I’m not sure.
Looking to buy a pure water system for window cleaning, not looking to setup a business so just for the house and family windows. However we have very hard water around 300ppm.
Will the DI only system work or really need to bite the bullet and buy a RO system?
The DI will work, but you will find that you will need to change the resin quite often, so it will be expensive. RO will be more expensive to buy at the start but you will be changing the filters less often, so it will be cheaper in the long run.👍🏼
I notice you using a garden hose from the tap going into 1/4” hose. Can you just connect up a 1/4” hose from the tap instead of standard garden hose or does it need that extra bit of pressure??
Cheers.
Am I able to run a hose through the ro system then through a di tank and have it come up a wfp?
No, the flow would be too slow from the systems I’m showing in this video. But there are systems available that make it possible. That sort of thing is more commonly used in the U.S.A.
@@aemackintosh do you have any ro system that would push out water fast enough?
@@skittlzfn I don’t sell them.
just literally got my waterfed kit today ! i read my tds wrong thinking i had soft water but have hard water , would the black cylinder still purify my water to 0 ppm for now and then later when i have more funds get the bigger 3 filter system ?
Yes it should still purify your water, but what you will find is that you will need to change the resin quite often, maybe even every few days. So it might actually be much better for your funds to get the RO setup.😉👍🏼
@@aemackintosh thanks I can’t believe I read my tds wrong 😮😮😂
Do you send it through the filters then into the DI then into the tank or fliters, DI then brush?
It differs depending on personal preference really. I prefer to store it in my tank after the RO at around 12-15ppm, then it goes through the resin on board as I’m working. Then it’s nice and freshly purified as you go.👍🏼
@@aemackintosh thank you, im just starting out so im very hapy to receive advice from the pros. Appreciate it alot!!!
HELP !!!
what's an equivalent way of producing a bottle of something similar so I can do the INSIDE of my windows??
Just moved house and lounge & kitchen have huge south facing windows.
We've got a guy coming tomorrow to do a pure water window clean outside - but they don't do inside.
I've used microfiber cloths with window spray- but the sunlight picks up loads of smears and streaks. I'm so frustrated I could smash the windows.
It’s not easy to get pure water in small quantities. Window sprays are not very good. Try a soap like fairy in warm water, two microfibre cloths, one wet ring out in the soapy water, and one dry to polish up afterwards.😃👍🏼 czcams.com/video/wlVbsQH6ttY/video.html
I want to get the back pack waterfed system but i don't know if i want to carrying all that equipment around .
I was wondering if just adding glass cleaner to water , I've been seeing windows cleaners lately using the wfp system and their water looks slightly soapy.
I just want to clean my own windows on a semi detached house been looking at gardener products can you advise
There is loads of advice on my channel if you check out the playlists. Traditional tools would be the cheapest wat to go. This video will help if you want to go for water fed pole kit: czcams.com/video/lrbQb5Ib4vc/video.html
Hi Ash. Can you tell me what the green brush is that you use for fascias, I could do with something with longer bristles like that. Thanks
It’s the Unger nLite square brush.😃👍🏼
Hi Ashley, is it better to run the water through the RO System into barrels at home and then have the Di vessel after the pump in the van or get the water to zero before going into the barrels? thanks for your videos.
Different window cleaners have their own preferences, but if you run it through the di from the van it can give you the extra confidence that you are using pure water on the windows and it’s not somehow become contaminated by accident whilst storing it. Not that it would, but you never know. Also it can be handy to have the di with you in case you need to purify some tap water in an emergency.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh makes sense. Also a very good point about having a back up....thanks so much
Hi ash I have a question on my di vessel . It doesn't say in or out on it does it make a difference what side I put my water in
Yes it does make a difference. Hopefully it should be fairly obvious which way the water goes in from the type of hose connectors on each side?👍🏼
I am off to buy a TDS meter, so I can decide what is the best option for me. But does any one know if I only want to make very small amounts of window cleaning quality water, will the filters degrade whilst not in use. Or will they only degrade in use. I ask thins because i may only make 100 to 200 litres every 3 months or so. (I may start offering a window clean after I pressure wash for example, and then I would use much more water for windows. Because I clean shopping centres and other big areas where windows are next to what i am cleaning I can see that it could be worth the investment. But i have no plans to become a window cleaner)
The filters will start to deteriorate once exposed the air and imperfections.
Quick question,My water is similar to hardness around 380 ppm, I have van mounted facelift system with RO 4040 filtration. My water I produce in the tank is around 80-90 ppm, then resin making it 0ppm
Would you say 80-90ppm is to high. ? I don’t remember changing resin as much. I’m coming up to my first year of business, so maybe just as I’m busier now it’s going quicker
What does your van mounted system produce before the resin?
Thanks
It does seem a little high. I’m not sure exactly, but I think your filters should at least bring it down to around 30 at least. My van system has a little tap so I can actually adjust this, and I usually get it down to less than 15 to reduce wear on the resin. Maybe your filters need changing? You could give the people at WCW a call to see what’s going on?😃👍🏼
A.E.Mackintosh Cleaning Services thanks for the reply, defiantly sounds likes it’s too high. I’ll look into it
Thanks
@@Stev3Martin you need a booster pump to get the most out of your ro. My 40 40 gets my tap water at 450 down to 004 with a booster pump. My water now is on 022 and i have had it 15 months. When you buy a ro system all in one in the van and you connect your tap to it. Your water pressure will only be about 40 psi. You need a booster pump.
Luca thanks, yes I bought booster pump and the pressure seems noticeable better. My RO went right down to 70 but still high. So I’m looking to get new membrane now I know the Pressure was the issue.
I’ve knackered my current membrane.
Any recommendations on membranes filters?
Thanks
Video is really helpful again,Thanks! TDS from my tap is about 150 so will need an RO system. The one you use in the video is a 600 GPD? I need to be able to make around 250-300 litres per day,would you recommend a different RO than this? Still trying to put my starter kit together,will be some time before I have enough customers to need to produce more than that. Thanks again.
GPD is gallons per day of pure water produced. So check this figure on the system you purchase to make sure it suits your needs.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh thanks,I think I’ll go for the 300GPD 👍🏻
Now How about making a video producing some pure water 😂
I’ve managed to set up my RO filtration system but I’m struggling to figure out how to attach my 1/4 inch tubing to my DI vessel,I think it’s a half inch connector,sorry to waste peoples time but can anyone suggest what fitting Id need?
You could check out the Gardiner website, they have a great selection of hose fittings and adapters, I’m sure you will find what you need there.😃👍🏼
as usual a great video , thanks! just one thing, what brushes are those in the background mate ? cheers
Paul McCarthy Gardiner brushes.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh thanks 👍
Use spotless water they have stations all the country , water is 0 PPB …. I have double DI system as well which I use now n again if it saves me time having to go to a station / happy days
Sounds great.😃👍🏼
Hi, how do I get my water from the RO system that isn’t down to 0 TDS into a DI system to finish it off and then into my gardiner backpack?
You can connect up a resin filter immediately after your RO filter system to bring the water down to 0ppm. If you fill up a series of barrels, you would then be able to take those with you to refill your backpack.😃👍🏼
I got in same issues when i used customers Tap i don't know what it's in their water I'm thinking to set-up in my van one day a good system did you have in the past this issues before getting the system on your Van what do you did doing the traditional one any tips
If it is very hard water you will be better to use RO method of filtering the water. It is quite slow though, so you need to filter it overnight or the day before and store the water in a tank or containers.😃👍🏼
So usesing this method hachuly aradicates spotting is that correct
Pure water shouldn’t leave spots.
Hi Ashley, do you pre treat your hard water by going through water softening resin first, before the pure filters, RO and DI?
No.👍🏼
I'm guessing rain water might also be an alternative? (as long as you are able to collect enough)
Yes, indeed. Rainwater usually has a very low ppm reading.😃👍🏼
hello Ashley. my name is Yoav. I recently started cleaning windows with clean water. I live in the middle east and in our area it is popular to use a microfiber ped than a brush. would like to hear your opinion.
Maybe that is so less water is wasted? It is best not to touch the glass with a cloth/pad to get the best results. But it could depend on the situation.
@@aemackintosh Basically, a brush is used to clean solar panels.
Do you clean the brush after the working day? Also how do you clean them?
Not every day, but every so often I will leave them to soak in a bucket of hot water to get all the cobwebby funk out of the bristles, and hot water helps to straighten out the bristles as well.😃👍🏼
Can you refilter your waste water after it has been through the RO system so it doesn’t have to go down the drain, like fill up another tank then re run it through the filters again
Thank you
It would be very bad for your filters.😬👎🏼
@@aemackintosh thank you
HI Ash, I'm looking at wfp now that my pressure washing is slowing down. I've already got the same back pack also a facelift pump box like you've featured before which I suppose could be used as a van set up?. Either way, do you think just using the back pack would be ok for now for say up to 50 domestic customers?. Until I know what demand is like in my area, I'd rather use what bits I've already got. Cheers
Yeah sure. You might want to get a sack barrow for the backpack so you can wheel it around easily. It’s a bit of a faff to fill barrels and have to keep refilling the backpack, but it’s perfectly doable for starting out.👍🏼
@@aemackintosh Cheers mate. I'll certainly get the barrow and see how things pan out before getting a van set up. Many thanks.
Thanks for video, Can you send a link for the fittings you have connected to you 1/4 Ro hose to add push fit fitting on . i have looked but cannot find them
Gardiner I think mate
Another great video .....:-)
Thanks!😃👍🏼
Hi Ashley, I have a question on the DI Vessel set up, well a couple of questions really. The DI Vessel you have in the video, where can I get one, or similar? Is the resin easy to purchase? If I have the right water pressure, can I hook the DI Vessel direct to a water fed pole? I only want to do my own windows. Thanks in advance
Yes, the Unger hydro power unit is the most user friendly: www.soapnational.co.uk/product-category/pure-water/di-resin-tanks/pressure-vessels-resin-tanls/
@@aemackintosh Thanks, I enjoy all your videos, really well put together and informative
how to connect the vessel if the customer has no garden tap guys?
You could get an adapter to fit to an internal tap, if the customer is in.😉👍🏼
@@aemackintosh could you please out a link. I used to have an adaptor to put my garden hose to the sink’s tap but that was sh*t
How much water do you usually use per day just window cleaning?
Around 300litres I suppose, maybe a bit more, nearly 400litres if you do a long day.😃👍🏼
Hi,, how much is your water bill,, how many liters do you use a year
I haven’t actually calculated that yet. I had a leak in my loft which effected my water bills and ruined my calculations of pure water usage.😬👎🏼
So using the ro system with a backpack is no good?? As the ppm will be 15/20 and no good for window cleaning?? You can't filter through a di system if filling up multiple containers for a backpack?
Yeah, so it depends on the TDS reading of your tap water. You can use the DI resin filter after the RO to bring it all the way down to 0ppm.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh cheers for info, quick question - how do you feed the ro water through di filter if the system isn't in your van? Hose connect hose to ro system then pump it through di filter? Maybe hose pressure alone will go through both systems? I may just be being a bit simple about all this!! Thanks 👍
Tap pressure should be enough, but if your tap pressure isn’t very good you may need a pre pump. You should be able to get a little resin DI filter to go with those little free standing RO setups, or lots of people have the DI filter in the van and purify the last bit as they are using it.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh brilliant thanks for the info 👍 always good to ask the pros.
Hi Ash, rather than putting the waste water down the drain, would it be possible to fill up a static tank, get a booster pump and reuse it for the next batch?
It’s dirty waste water, so if you put it back through you will just shorten the life of the filters.😬👎🏼
@@aemackintosh Hi Ash, great video and great question from Andy. Adding onto it, would it be possible to then fill up a separate barrel for pressure washing driveways and roofs as that doesn't need 'pure' water?
Hi if I get 300ppm from my mains will I need a 300gpd and a DI vessel will that be enough to get me down to 0ppm
Sure, that should work. But 300 Gallons Per Day will just take a little longer than a 600 Gallon Per Day setup.😃👍🏼
Thanks would i need a Di vessel aswell?
Yes.😃👍🏼
I’m torn. My water is 70-75 PPM and I can’t decide which system to invest in. I don’t want excessive resin costs
Mine's between 80/95 and I use the double di system and a bag of resin earns me roughly £5500.
google search Resin Calculator, my water is 48, i used the calculator yesterday and was very pleased with the running costs results. You can calculate how much water you predict to be running through it a week by the size on the Di vessel by the price of the resin ... it's a very neat tool !
That’s a great idea to help calculate.😃👍🏼
What is water like in Brighton?
No idea.
Why doees water need purified. Does normal water not clean windows as well?
Normal water will dry and leave mineral deposits on the glass.
Hey there ash. I've been using the Unger hydropower ultra since I started up in August. But thinking of setting up a system at home for pure water with a tank and that wee ro system. Is it handy enough 2 connect a di vessel after the ro system. And can I use the hydropower ultra that I already have?
Yes, it should be quite easy and yes you should be able to use the Unger DI that you already have.😃👍🏼
Thanks mate. keep up the good work. Your channel helps boys like me who are only starting up and are a wee big green lol
Thanks. I wish you all the best with your plans. I’m glad you find the channel useful.😃👍🏼
Hi Ash I'm using the ro system from the tap to my tank as the water is hard as nails, I then run it through the unger vessel and it is coming in at zero. The ro system is bringing the tds down to 30, is there anything else i can do, thanks in advance.
Kenny
Coneykenny an using the same set up as you and mines roughly 30ppm coming from the ro unit, just carnt seem to get it lower so using alot of resin
Hi Ash, I've bought the Vyair RO 300GPD-f-DI. I am brand spanking new to window cleaning so at the minute I'm just gathering my materials before I sell myself, loved watching all your videos absolutely brilliant! I've tried putting it together with the info wcw gave me but I fell on the first fence. can you give me any pointers to setting up, Is it the same as you have there or are all the connections different? or if anybody has the same system they could you send me a little video on setup and conections. :)
Kevin Murphy That should literally be it, as I’ve shown. Your system may differ slightly, and you will need the right hose connections, but basically you should have water in, and two hoses out, one of which will be your pure water.😃👍🏼
Would this work with a pressure washer with out starving the pump of 2.5 gpm this is my next project
No I don’t think it’s meant to be used with a pressure washer at all.
Bummer seemed promising
Hi Ashley,
Question; What amount of tap pressure is roughly needed for the RO system to be effective?.
70psi from the tap
My tap is about 60psi which works ok. My friend Paul has poor tap pressure, about 30psi. You can use it, but it takes longer and you won’t be getting the best performance out of the filters. He has just fit a pre pump so that his system now works more efficiently. I will have to do a video to show his setup.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh A video of this would be a great Idea.
Can you recycle the resin?
Not really. I don’t think so.
Hi, we had our 4 month old windows cleaned for the first time with a Pure Water system as well as the fascias and soffits, the next day our house was swarmed with fairly large house flies. No matter how many of them I vacuum up (which has a one way flap so they wouldn't be able to escape from it) or kill, every few hours we find a couple more flies. Weird thing is, they're always attracted to the windows more than I've normally seen, they're fairly slow flyers as well so not too hard to catch.
My question is, is there anything in the pure water system that would cause flies to be attracted to windows that have been washed with it? In the 15yrs of living here, we've never seen anything like this. The only place they can come in from is the chimney but that has one of those chimney sheep things to block it up, there's no bad smells/rotting food in or outside the property.
This has been going on for about 5 days now and I've had to resort to using some lemongrass oil in a diffuser running all day which so far seems to have reduced the amount of flies. I assume this is all coincidence, but just thought I would ask in case.
Sorry but I have no idea why that would happen. I’ve never heard of pure water attracting flies before.🤷🏻♂️
Hello mate, I live in a hard water area so will an Unger DI system be sufficiently purify the water?
Take a TDS reading from your tap to find out how hard your water is. The DI vessel will probably work fine, but the resin might not last very long, meaning that it will be quite expensive to keep changing it. So the RO method will probably be better for you.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh thanks mate ! Great channel
Thanks! I hope you find it useful.😃👍🏼
Hi, Loved the video. Could you advise on the additional costs of using a DI filter for a single domestic house window clean. So windows might be done every two weeks, maybe just once a month. Does using a DI filter infrequently have an effect on its longevity? I appreciate that I am in a hard water area and would be better to use RO and DI. But for an infrequent clean as far as I can cost, payback on a system would be under two years. However the instructions for DI filters talk about needing to be flushed with water if not used regulary. So I was wondering if there are any other pitfalls that would affect my costings of using a DI filter and pole system to just clean my own windows?
Once the DI resin has been exposed to air or moisture it will start to deteriorate, no matter how much you use it. It may work out cheaper for you to buy barrels and fill them up at a local Spotless water filling station?👍🏼
When your doing this at home, how much is your water bill? Are you on a water meter
I have a sub meter on my outside tap and this keeps track of how much water I am using for work. I tell the water company the reading each time I get a bill and they deduct the cost. So my water for work costs nothing!😃👍🏼
How does it cost nothing?
Well, I still have to pay for my filters etc. Which need changing every so often, but what I mean is that I don’t end up paying anything extra to the water company, other than my normal domestic usage.😃👍🏼
Are you not on a water meter for your domestic usage to start with? I am and at the moment my water is only £18 per month but if I was to start window cleaning it would go up considerably
I will make a video to explain.😃👍🏼
Hey mate, I have a RO system in my garden filling barrels, however I’m finding it’s taking nearly 4 hours to fill a 25L barrel, any tips?
It may depend on the pressure going in through the filters. If your tap pressure is low you may need a booster pump.
@@aemackintosh I have ordered a booster pump, had one on standby as had a feeling that’s what it would be, thanks for your help
Literally sat here reading a blog post about this, and then your video arrives... Have you thought of using something like "Spotless Water" when they open in Northampton? 5p a litre ... Wonder how that compares to costs of filters (and water depending if on a meter) ?
How much per litre does it cost Ashley using this system?
@@grantscleaningservices7742 This would be really interesting to know, would certainly be helpful knowing how much water you'd need to be using/producing to make either option cost effective
@@Rob21421 £1.25 for 25 litres!!! That's alot to pay. I'm in a hard water area too. I've got a basic RO system that gets my water down to about 30ppm. Then I run it through my resin and DI (unger again) I've not kept record of how many litres I have produced per bag of resin etc. But it's certainly no where near that rate. It was expensive before I had my pre filter though........ You can get RO 200GPD (Gallons per day) systems for about £60 on Ebay.
I’m still trying to work out exactly how much it costs per litre from my water bills. Since I started using my van system we had a water leak in our loft, so than ruined my calculations.😬👍🏼
A.E.Mackintosh Cleaning Services that answer doesn’t help much! In your video you could say how much the filters cost each, the price of resin etc? But thanks for the video Ashley.
oh yeah, not to mention RO systems ratio of purified water to waste is 1:3, meaning to get 1 littre of purified water you have to waste 3 litter of tap water, bingo, very economical green way no doubts ((
Cleaning windows is not rocket science you don need zero EC level purified water like in pharama industry for instance. DI filter does the job in conjunction with say carbon filter. Besides, you'd kill hours of your time to get a drum of 20ltr of purified water using that RO system
Can you please do a video on the reason why some Di water can kill plants. It connects to this video a bit. With ro and di and the ppm of the water that goes through them. As ro is more a calmer filter and di is more of an aggressive polar magnetic the water molicules are more agitated when striped by the Di so want to fill their polar ends so the less ppm that goes through the Di the less ppm of water is agitated