So is pressure washing by a company illegal during a hosepipe ban?

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I wanted to get my 'patio' done - actually the concrete strip around the house, embedded with half a century of grime but conceded to a local firm who provides this service that the hosepipe ban comes into force so it might not be on. Fella assured me that it's exempt as they're a company.
Is this true? It seems to make little sense that it's illegal for an individual to clean their own patio with their own pressure washer but not for a company to do this though I suppose life - or money in this case - must go on. Reminds me a bit of lockdown rules.
One website advice says that cleaning a patio is okay for a company but not walls or windows. Not sure why there is this distinction.
I am leaving off on this job for a bit anyway but does it mean that if a company says, hey, yeah, I'll do the job, it's legal, said customer could later be hit with a £1000 fine?!

Companies can use pressure washers as otherwise they risk going out of business.

Commercial use of hosepipes is okay apparently.

There's a drought. Why do you want this work carried out now, can't you wait? It's not exactly necessary, is it?

Commercial businesses are allowed to continue but if further drought restrictions are needed they would then have to close. Given that it's people's livelihoods I can see why they aren't included in the first tier of water saving measures.

You could try going at your concrete with a bucket of water and a stiff broom?

Obviously livelihoods are protected where possible.

Your patio doesn't need cleaning now.

Patio Magic (cleaning product) really works.

What a strange post. Just hold on until next spring.

One website advice says that cleaning a patio is okay for a company but not walls or windows. Not sure why there is this distinction. Window cleaners can still work AFAIK. But patios get walked on so can be a slip hazard if mossy so in e.g. hospitals they are higher priority than windows.

Why are you getting so worked up , would you rather.the went out of business? , if he assured you it was fine then it's fine.
Do you need your patio done right now ?
Why did you look it up if.youre that bothered about legalisties and the hosepipe ban ?

Crikey. Some of the responses.

OP said she was holding off. She is not getting it done just now.

OP doesn’t sound ‘worked up’.

She was asking a question!

I have wondered the same about car washing places OP. We didn’t have a hose pipe ban but I did wonder of the car wash places would have to close.

There does seem to have been a failure of basic reading comprehension going by some (most!) of the replies.

it was clearly just an idle question - I'd wondered too as I've seen companies jet washing driveways.