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TipTopCleaning 
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 Topic: Frozen waterPosted: 03/November/2023 at 2:31pm |
To keep my portable machine from turning into an ice sculpture, I usually add some RV antifreeze to the water system. It's like a winter coat for my equipment. Also, wrapping exposed pipes with insulation and parking indoors whenever possible are my go-to moves. Anyone else have some winter wizardry to share? Let's keep those carpet cleaning machines thawed and ready for action!
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John L
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Posted: 25/September/2005 at 1:02am |
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Yup. We're metric here. Since the 1980's. I know both imperial and metric systems. All my carpet pricng is done in sq ft. Funny, eh |
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cmaster...I noticed you guys in the great white north go by celcius/ liters/metric..... and not by farenheit and gallons and feet/inches... am i correct or ?????????????????? a
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 11:42pm |
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Anywhere that the temp is below -5C overnight, I would suggest a heated garage. Much simpler than worrying about whether your gonna freeze |
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:10pm |
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Just a quik fix so i wouldnt lose the job..I did have to replace the pump head cause it started to leak so it did some damage....
 135 mile route today...made it up on upsells.... to cover the gas and then some............
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cmaster
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 7:13pm |
I think you should buy a carpet cleaners heat gun. Much cheaper |
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 4:16pm |
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adwa that was my hole point. steamer said he leaves his outside all night because it's insulated. my point was my pump froze during the day going job to job. my van had time to heat up a bit from job to job too and it still froze. toronto's winters are alot colder than halifax's. i would think that over night, insulated or not, things would still freeze.
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nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet.
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:26am |
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John.............When you Lucky............Your Lucky.
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:26am |
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Good job it was a painter's heat gun???
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Just My opinion
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:23am |
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Good Morning... Hey... I had my recoil in the back of a pickup one winter..didn't run anti-freeze thru the pump... -15f wind chill -30f... went to first job..they changed their minds...drove to next job 25miles away pump semi-froze..had a painters heat gun....20minutes later it worked. |
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 7:10am |
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Now we get to the truth Greg...............it wasn't going job to job that froze your pump...........it was from leaving it in your truck from the morning until you got back at night that froze your pump.........big difference and makes sense now.
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Posted: 24/September/2005 at 6:45am |
 good one John L.
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nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet.
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Posted: 23/September/2005 at 10:18pm |
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Ice not toast......LOL !!!!
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