Wet vac

[JasetheMace]

Wickes vac with the wet/dry filter is just about unbeatable, chuck the filter is comes with it .

They are pants! I had filter and kept old filter and still the water gets in motor and then spits it out! It's ok for first 8 months and then starts spitting out every time it gets full and have to empty filter and leave outside for 10 minutes to remove water.

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Am I the only plumber that doesn't have a Wet Vac? Never really seen the benefit.....

 

[Leeb1987]

Think you must be the cleanest plumber that doesn't make mess to clean up with the wet vac lol 😀

 

[JasetheMace]

Am I the only plumber that doesn't have a Wet Vac? Never really seen the benefit...

how do you empty toilet cisterns? Remove the last bit of water from the pipes? Empty loft tanks?

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

how do you empty toilet cisterns? Remove the last bit of water from the pipes? Empty loft tanks?

Sponge to soak up the last bit in bottom and wring out in pan. Tanks in loft, just disconnect them and tip them into a bucket, might take one or two depending on tank. Not had any issues so far...

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Sponge to soak up the last bit in bottom and wring out in pan. Tanks in loft, just disconnect them and tip them into a bucket, might take one or two depending on tank. Not had any issues so far...

Same 😱 don’t own one either

 

[JasetheMace]

Sponge to soak up the last bit in bottom and wring out in pan. Tanks in loft, just disconnect them and tip them into a bucket, might take one or two depending on tank. Not had any issues so far...

Air locks on gravity system?
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I mean gravity cold systems?
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Water meters filled with water? Blocked cold feed from f and e tank?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Air locks on gravity system?
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I mean gravity cold systems?
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Water meters filled with water? Blocked cold feed from f and e tank?

Back feed or create a vacuum

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Yeah as Shaun says Backfeed, have a piece made up if no mixer to do it on. Blocked F&E in my experience usually needs repiping anyway, so just do that if its blocked bad enough. Meters with water in street just bail them out or get your hand in.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yeah as Shaun says Backfeed, have a piece made up if no mixer to do it on. Blocked F&E in my experience usually needs repiping anyway, so just do that if its blocked bad enough. Meters with water in street just bail them out or get your hand in.

Or play pin the tail on the donkey

 

[JasetheMace]

Yeah as Shaun says Backfeed, have a piece made up if no mixer to do it on. Blocked F&E in my experience usually needs repiping anyway, so just do that if its blocked bad enough. Meters with water in street just bail them out or get your hand in.

Blocked f and e is usually just at bottom! Just before it tee's into system. I usually replace but if its friday evening and customer has no heating, I will just cut and suck. The water in meter is always soooooo cold. Back feed works on hot as have mains pressure but rarely works on cold as no pressure from hot to push cold. Plus if it's a limescale blockage at least you are sucking it out rather then pushing it back in.

 

[Harvest Fields]

A mate who I work with has the Screwfix Titan one and his seems ok. Haven't tried these myself but Lidl do one and Karcher, or even Vax?

I have a titan. Really good but the catches are pants

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Best wetvac I've had by far, and I've been round a few brands over the years is Aldi's own brand WORKZONE. So good that the missus uses one to do her woman's work in the house.

Waiting on all the sexist pig comments coming in.........

 

[townfanjon]

They are pants! I had filter and kept old filter and still the water gets in motor and then spits it out! It's ok for first 8 months and then starts spitting out every time it gets full and have to empty filter and leave outside for 10 minutes to remove water.

I have had mine over 4 years and believe me its had some abuse, the only time its spat anything out is when I accidentally sucked up one of those cistern blu things .
I always empty it before its full , perhaps thats the secret ?

 

[JasetheMace]

Best wetvac I've had by far, and I've been round a few brands over the years is Aldi's own brand WORKZONE. So good that the missus uses one to do her woman's work in the house.

Waiting on all the sexist pig comments coming in..

So the 3 year warranty- how do you get a replacement if it breaks? Just pop in to customer services? or call the customer services in Germany?
Also they never seem to have anything in stock when I need it!
Finally do people have Aldi goggles on when going to aldi? It's cheap so standard can be a little worse then you would expect? Or is it genuinely the same quality? I avoid Aldi due to the lack of staff and the price! Rather pay more for local jobs to local people.
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I have had mine over 4 years and believe me its had some abuse, the only time its spat anything out is when I accidentally sucked up one of those cistern blu things .
I always empty it before its full , perhaps thats the secret ?

Yeah the cistern things are a right pain, causes bubbles and all sorts. That is kinda my point, I am looking for one that will tell me when it's full, not have to keep checking, one that takes a lot of bashing and bubbles and one that will last a few years. The wickes one needs new filters every year and doesn't tell you when it's full until it's too late.

 

[Burger]

So the 3 year warranty- how do you get a replacement if it breaks? Just pop in to customer services? or call the customer services in Germany?
Also they never seem to have anything in stock when I need it!
Finally do people have Aldi goggles on when going to aldi? It's cheap so standard can be a little worse then you would expect? Or is it genuinely the same quality? I avoid Aldi due to the lack of staff and the price! Rather pay more for local jobs to local people.

I use Aldi, but prefer Lidl for most stuff and it’s nearer to me. They employ local people, so not sure how that fits in, maybe they’re foreign in your Aldi? Think I’ve seen more foreign workers in my local Tesco.

 

[JasetheMace]

I use Aldi, but prefer Lidl for most stuff and it’s nearer to me. They employ local people, so not sure how that fits in, maybe they’re foreign in your Aldi? Think I’ve seen more foreign workers in my local Tesco.

I mean they only employ 2/3 local people per shift, vs tesco/Asda's that employ 40-50 per shift.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Regardless of what you think of the store, the Aldi wetvac is very good and at £45 when I bought it two years ago has paid for itself many times. It has a stainless steel tank and can suck up better than Michael Gove does with Boris Johnson. Not had a single issue with it. Only downside is that it's only on sale when Aldi does their special buys.
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With any wet vac, you can fit a tank connector to its base and connect a drain hose to it. That way it will never fill up and switch itself off at its float switch. Saves having to constantly empty the damn thing on big jobs. Mind only do this if you have no intention of claiming any warranty.

 

[JasetheMace]

Regardless of what you think of the store, the Aldi wetvac is very good and at £45 when I bought it two years ago has paid for itself many times. It has a stainless steel tank and can suck up better than Michael Gove does with Boris Johnson. Not had a single issue with it. Only downside is that it's only on sale when Aldi does their special buys.
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With any wet vac, you can fit a tank connector to its base and connect a drain hose to it. That way it will never fill up and switch itself off at its float switch. Saves having to constantly empty the damn thing on big jobs. Mind only do this if you have no intention of claiming any warranty.

My point is- is it really good or do you just believe it's good because you have aldi googles on? Everything is good when it's cheap!
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Regardless of what you think of the store, the Aldi wetvac is very good and at £45 when I bought it two years ago has paid for itself many times. It has a stainless steel tank and can suck up better than Michael Gove does with Boris Johnson. Not had a single issue with it. Only downside is that it's only on sale when Aldi does their special buys.
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With any wet vac, you can fit a tank connector to its base and connect a drain hose to it. That way it will never fill up and switch itself off at its float switch. Saves having to constantly empty the damn thing on big jobs. Mind only do this if you have no intention of claiming any warranty.

I did have a stainless tank one a few years ago, problem I had was they dent really easily and look rubbish when going to customers houses.

 

[Aire]

The water in meter is always soooooo cold

Honestly I do wonder what's happened to men these days 😱