Wetting an indoor school surface

[ILuvCowparsely]

We had our indoor school resurfaced a few years ago and try as we might as we are metered with water, we cannot get a good soaking as the sprinkler you can only leave a certain time as people use the school or horses coming in and out over it the hose may puncture it.

Now I heard of one person hiring a fire engine to soak it, (we have one on livery here but it is decommissioned. Is there such a thing where you can get a tanker with water and could spray many gallons over the school as it is deep in places and the little water I do seems to make no difference. Thanx

 

[foxy1]

We used to have a sprinkler system in the roof, set on a timer to run at night

 

[ycbm]

Look up zinc chloride flake. It is used to hold water in indoor riding school surfaces and it may help.

 

[Potter84]

I've seen water bowsers pulled by a tractor or quad used to water schools. Where you would find one is another matter

 

[EventingMum]

We fill tanks like these beside the school:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBC-Water...494899?hash=item4acb4e6eb3:g:cUkAAMXQatBSb8R3

and then use a trash pump with a long hose to water the school which takes about 10 mins to empty a tank. On average our school will take 2 or 3 tanks to thoroughly water. We also have a bowser with an extending boom which can be pulled behind the quad for light watering.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

great suggestions thank you

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

our hose is literally outside the jockey door ( 5ft ) so distance is no the problem its getting enough water without spending hours and hours with the hose

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Look up zinc chloride flake. It is used to hold water in indoor riding school surfaces and it may help.

Great - do you know if it works - any problem with the legs like irritation- etc or anyone you know found it good??


thanx

 

[ycbm]

http://stoparenadust.com/dust-control-made-easy-with-mag-flakes-magnesium/


I feed it

But when I was looking up buying it in bulk, I came across its use to keep surfaces moist because it likes to hold water. I handle it with no gloves, I can't imagine that it would hurt their legs, but you can buy a kilo off ebay and test it before going for bulk.

I found the above on magnesium, too. I can't find the zinc stuff now, maybe I meant magnesium all along, I feed so many blessed chemicals I get confused!

 

[Dubsie]

Could you collect rainwater from the roof, into a large water butt to use to water the school from a bowser with sprayer attachment - we've one mounted on our garden tractor to spray the weeds (a home made affair of a drum mounted on a bracket, which connects to a sprayer attachment that's towed)

 

[michelledud]

How often do you need to wet it?

If it's infrequent I'm sure if you gave advance warning to liveries and put up a notice saying the school will be unavailable on a certain date/time, that would be acceptable?

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

major wetting it needs as it has never been soaked through so very deep it is lovely sand/pvc