Hack Attack
Member
"once!?" surely she isn't the only person who's hung up on you?
For you fresh tankless and porty goobers
- Thread starter Mikey P
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hogjowl
Idiot™
Steve Lawrence
Member
She probably had another carpet cleaner there who didn't carry his own, LOL!
I'm going to build a filtration system that filters from the recovery tank back to the fresh water tank. Sediment filter, to main filter, to two purifying filters. I already have all the filters, just looking for the right pump. This would be a back up to finish the last 5 min of a job. Generally if I wouldn't drink it, I wouldn't use it.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
g'luck with making that from waste tank carpet nectar .
any system that can do that, will take hours to process enough water for 5 minutes of cleaning
save your time, money and effort, and get you one of these;
lta
Cleanworks
Moderator
That's the advantage of hooking up a fresh water hose every time. You never run out of water before the job is done.
hogjowl
Idiot™
100 gallons
I still hook up
I still hook up
Cleanworks
Moderator
I like the idea of a fresh water tank, just don't need it where I'm at.
ruff
Member
Just use a 100 gallon freshie and by the time the tank is done, for us oldies, it's time to call it a day 
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Small town janitorial
Member
I plumbed with my own service truck 50 hrs a week for 3 years. I promise you after visiting thousands of homes and replacing thousands of supply lines that plenty of them leak if you touch them, there are dozens of combinations within a city block. Like 40 or 50. There are compression ends, iron pipe ends, and both of those in two different sizes. And then they come in different lengths and you often actually need different lengths. This is a horrible idea. Dont touch supply lines if you can avoid it.
Mikey P
Administrator
Just use a 100 gallon freshie and by the tank is done, for us oldies, it's time to call it a day
WOOO wait just a second ! After fifty its 80 gal. Age 60 , sixty gallon.
After age 65, regular trips to Pentecostal healing services with lots of prayer.
Just so you young guys don't feel left out......
After age 45, regular trips to massage therapist (not the jerk joint types, real therapists !) and chiropractor.
Also regular trips to qualified investment counselor so you are saving enough. PLEASE Don't be in this game on a full time basis at age 70.
I ALSO AGREE stay the heck away from supply lines. Don't unscrew that $500 shower head thingy. Leave the washer lines alone. In cleaning dryer vents those stupid steamer lines that run to the dryer are problematic enough. You touch anything and everything that happens for the next 3-5 years is your fault in the customer's mind.
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FB7777
Guest
31 years of bringing my own water to the job site, sure we top off on busy days at customers homes but we always connect outside
If you’re running tankless or potty on residential you’re a fooking handyman with a rug doctor
You should strive to be a professional... I hear there’s money in it
If you’re running tankless or potty on residential you’re a fooking handyman with a rug doctor
You should strive to be a professional... I hear there’s money in it
Bob Pruitt
Member
Funny. I was just looking back because I was asked to do a short presentation in Phoenix and remembered why I needed to do my supply line trick so many times.
I did start exactly like this Radar quote. I was a General Contractor in SB California. Build many homes when I was very young and mostly did home additions and remodels when I got my license.
My first machine was a Rug Doctor. I still have one in the garage...Vibra Vac. Metal flake blue and chrome...beautiful.
The reason I did this supply line hack so often was Santa Barbara back then had one source of water...Lake Cachuma. Sometimes it had a lot of water in it and sometimes it didn't. Water was expensive and people would steal water. The Commercial Building Owners would purposefully disable the outside water sources.
I did a lot of commercial jobs along with the residential ones. My first truck mount was a HydraMaster Bobcat...small truck mount. Then bigger Turbotechs.
I don't think I have ever carried my own water until recently...Saigerized Butler.
I was forced to do it so often that it was routine for me...which is why I didn't understand the resistance from everyone. But I get it now...sorry I mentioned it. Easy though...
hogjowl
Idiot™
I’ll forever hold a grudge
Idiot
Idiot
Cleanworks
Moderator
Love those old vibravacs.
ruff
Member
We love a little "controversy" here, Bob, it springs this board alive.
Imagine what will happen if one reveals they don't groom or think the Shark is a POS and Orecks are lint movers.
All hell may break loose.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Shark is a good vacuum
At least as good as anything else at that price point
At least as good as anything else at that price point
ruff
Member
See!
Brush is way too aggressive. It damages the carpet's pile, as it pulls too much of the yarn, evidenced by the excessive same as carpet color fluff that is pulled.
Pretty similar to what some Dyson models did.
Brush is way too aggressive. It damages the carpet's pile, as it pulls too much of the yarn, evidenced by the excessive same as carpet color fluff that is pulled.
Pretty similar to what some Dyson models did.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Left coast liberal ^
encapman
Member
Thanks Mike. Just ordered one. Looks like it may come in handy on commercial jobs where water sources can vary.
roro
Member
Concept is great, but just measured a couple of fairly typical bathrrom fittings, and both are well over the "one and a smidgeon" inch max height that the gadget can take.
Ah well - No matter it will help fill up our van as a "may come in handy one year tool"
roro
encapman
Member
Yep. Ordered one. Arrived today. I tried it on 2 faucets and it doesn't fit. Sending it back to Amazon.
Mikey P
Administrator
2 at your own house or shop?
Is that what you bought it for?
Most apartments and condo faucets are the cheap generics that should fit fine
Is that what you bought it for?
Most apartments and condo faucets are the cheap generics that should fit fine
encapman
Member
2 at the shop. But if it failed to work on 2 random faucets, I'm not gonna send it into the field. We've used universal dishwasher hoses for years. Never fail us.
Amazon product
Amazon product
Cleanworks
Moderator
Maybe where you live.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
eat more broccoli
those sardines might be helping your joints, but ain't doing nothing for your brain
here
four bukz
fits I/S and O/S threads
will fit 98.2777% of res
and 95.38888% of com
have a third helping of broccoli
cause 99.88887% of empties I've been in has a washer hook up.
guess what?...you don't need any adapter to hook a garden hose to it
..L.T.A.
