Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Wc Solutions on October 14, 2011, 11:42:05 am
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we are using nicks clarke gutter vac and yes its a good bit of kit for the money for doing houses and only use a ladder just to check the before and after properly - its never missed a single bit so far!
problem is we have built up a little round out of just gutter cleaning and using the 5 alloy poles from gutter cleaning systems all day is a back killer!! - the poles are great for the first 3 - 4 houses but by the 6 - 7 house in one day its hard work on the arms and back.
so im looking for a good light weight gutter cleaning pole that would fit the current clarke gutter vac pipe we are using.
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You don't have much choice really if you want lighter then its carbon fibre poles but at a price, on nats forum in the gutter section there is a link to some carbon fibre ones, basically modified sl2s. Or you could just buy a couple hundred helium balloons and tie them to the top ;D ok I'm getting silly now.
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link please mate?
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On my phone so don't have the link but I think grippa tank sell them.
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On my phone so don't have the link but I think grippa tank sell them.
cheers mate, so these poles fit into the waste pipe from the clarke vac then?
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Not sure but you can get adapters to fit to it
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i looked at theese a while ago
think they were £127 each for 5 ft
sore back it is
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mini fit downpipe ;D ;D ;D works ok for me
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Fishing shop ;)
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We use aluminium TV ariel poles they are scarfed (think thats how you spell it) so they fit inside each other, they are about 5 foot long very light and work well
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http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=131247.msg1140799#msg1140799
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Ucky , where do you get these please ?
Do you have a link
Rich
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http://www.grippatank.co.uk/Lightwieght-GrippaVac-Poles.html
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We use aluminium TV ariel poles they are scarfed (think thats how you spell it) so they fit inside each other, they are about 5 foot long very light and work well
These are pretty much what we've all got. They are relatively light (about 1kg a pole) but after playing at Darth Vader with them for 8 hours they get a little tiring. Arms and back suffer most.
WC Sols you say 5 poles. Are most of your cleans at 25ft? Most house cleans for me are at 15ft which is much more manageable. I did a church inside roof clean recently which was a full day at 20-30ft and I was really glad that I'd brought my team of eight female physiotherapists with me at the end of it ;D
Having said that if you're doing 40 house gutter cleans a week then you can afford CF, and probably gold-plated at that ;) RWC has posted the link.
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a gutter cleaning round,crikey!!!! , i,m struggling to get it off the ground at the moment...