spitfire 3.2 for sale

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Ryan Smyth

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You will love this Daryl, we are going into water damage,damp control etc so it might seem a bit strange that im selling it but a portable will do well enough as we wont be doing any carpet cleaning.

Ryan
 
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Jim Neal

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:confused: :confused: Keep the spitty and fit an auto pump out, mate you'll regret BUYING a portable to go into flood damage!! Most folks start off with them, struggling, dreaming of a TM.

I went to help out on a flood job at our local Argos store. There were 4 of us and 2 ninjas. The majority of the work was stopping the machines, emptying them, and walking round with buckets!!

If you're extracting any more than a couple of waste tanks of water in one job you'll be cursing a porty :doh:
 
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Nick Allen

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I could not agree more.

A large porty does all I require but if I were thinking of flood work it would be a T/M every time.

Nick.
 
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Elfyn Rees

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I've been doing fire and flood restoration for 5 years now and I've never once wished that I had a truckmount. The space in the van has always been welcome.
 
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Jim Neal

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But are you the one carrying the buckets Elfyn??!

Seriously though, there are two types of flood job; In (over) simple terms, either a burst pipe inside or flood water coming in from outside.

Here's another example: Department store down the road from me, flooded when we had all that rain a couple of summers ago. There were only a few millimetres of water on the main shop floor but it took a team of 8 with 4 ninjas the whole night to extract... .mostly due to walking miles back and forth with buckets!!

If you only ever do minor jobs where a pipe has leaked, you might not even need to extract water at all because the customer will have borrowed their neighbour's vax or something and the plumber will have already stopped the leak... you're just dealing with drying. So yes in that case, van space is best so you can bring in dehums and airmovers, remove damaged furniture for restoration etc.

The thing is, in reality you get 20 little piddly jobs like that for every big job where you have to extract vast amounts of water. Surely it's best to be equipped for both?

Just a thought :smile:
 
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Elfyn Rees

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Any flood water is classed as unsanitary (black). In all such jobs the carpet should be lifted and replaced. So all you need to do is extract as much as is practical, to reduce weight, cut the carpet into strips, lift and dispose. I did 9 properties in Gloucester last year with anything between 9inches to 9ft of water - all the carpets were lifted and disposed of without hesitation.
I have the largest of the Fiat Ducato range and if I had a truckmount in there, I simply wouldn't be able to do the work. I could, off course, have a second van, but that too would be out of the question.
 
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Ryan Smyth

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buyeer on ebay pulled out so its back on again with a buy it now price of 3900

anyone interested give me a bell on 07592 002 354
 
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Joe Hatton

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Maybe the wrong time of year to be selling Ryan, busy time for cleaners, expensive time for most.
If you can keep hold until early spring you may have more success.
 
John Dane

John Dane

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You cleared 9 foot of water with a porty??
Where did you put it because if there's 9 foot of water in a property then
surely the whole area is still flooded.
That's a lot of water to shift as well with an average 40 litre waste tank.
If there's 9 foot of water the Fire Service will shift it for free usually.

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Elfyn Rees

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You're right John, the fire service had pumped out prior to us being called in. Things were still fairly difficult though as most of Gloucester was without water and electricity when we did the first visit. In fact most were still without water 3 weeks later.
 
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