Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Morph on December 17, 2005, 08:25:34 pm
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I'd like to do a poll but I don't know all the sizes available.
However, What size/type hose do you use and why?
I'm sure I am not the only one who might learn something from this.
Pj
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I know, I know...Saturday night 8.25pm. What a question!!!
When you feel like it.....
Next week will do
Pj
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Tricoflex Iv been using it for six months and its never kinked once.
Dont like kinky hose part from fishnets. ;D
Kev
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microbore, 11.5mm od, 6mm id.
doesn't get caught up, lighter, easier to wind, and more controlled flow rate, more hose on your reel.
The list goes on. Thats why I have been using this for 3 years now.
Alex
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15mm garden hose - the mutts' nuts.
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microbore, 11.5mm od, 6mm id.
doesn't get caught up, lighter, easier to wind, and more controlled flow rate, more hose on your reel.
The list goes on. Thats why I have been using this for 3 years now.
Alex
Is it available in yellow? - better visibility to lessen trip hazard.
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Hi The Shiner,
Yes it is in yellow, we can supply it any colour to order but would only recommend it in yellow for H & S reasons.
Alex
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Just got my van back home after having van system installed last week.
I've got 50 meter 1/2" on one reel,
100 mtr microbore on the other in yellow.
Will test both over winter,if microbore is better I will order some more.
Showed my mate it today and he said hes going to switch to microbore.
Facelift who fitted my van system were impressed with the microbore,as they only put on 1/2" hose.
Nel
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The coloured hoses seem harder than the black which I have been using since 97
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6 mm bright blue from cleantech. very strong and doesnt kink. have fitted 60 mtrs onto a hoselock 20mtr reel with room to spare. been using it since april and looks good as new. very heavily used 5 days a week and sometimes saturdays but not if i can help it! ;D
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Thanks so far guys.
I presently use hozelock yellow standard garden hose, but it is a pain winding back up 2 x 50m reels! Some have said it's harder work on the pump if the bore is narrower. Is that true really?
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hozelock micro pipe
10 M's long
i dont like hoses as they drag through dog and cat crap and when you handle the hose it gets on your hands
i keep it as short as possible
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Matt have a look at a Cordreel
http://pi-inc.com I got one from a caravan supplier £12 half the hose and roll on/off , keeps your hands clean and is fast and light. In practice - it works :)
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Hi Morph,
Technically the pump will have to work harder if your bore is narrower but in reality they work just fine.
I am on my original flojet pump and it is 5 years old now, it has been pumping through microbore with a flow valve on the pole turning it on and off all the time for the last 3 years.
Alex
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Thanks Alex.
Matt,
On some jobs I agree entirely with you. Unfortunately I have one day every week where I need 120metres!! Yep thats right! That's the nearest I can get. It's the only practical way.
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Pj
120 mtrs ???
Be easier to build a trolley would it not?
;D ;D
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If you saw what I have to get round....No..
Pj 8)
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Hmmm
The mind boggles
I'm gonna be thinking about this all day tommorrow now, I got a few awkward one's but not that bad though :)
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120 metres, isn't that far we have one job which has a circumference of 500 metres!!! and you wouldn't catch me pushing a trolley round that far!!
Alex
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Its not just the distance but the ammount of work, you may get by with say a grab and go unit holding 10-20 litres or a backpack, but for more work a trolley might be needed Then again a Van mount if you have lotd of work at a distance- but then you also need to be able to control at a distance. If you only have a few windows that are far away I would go for the most economical. You dont need a Rolls Royce if a push bike will do.
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Just got my van back home after having van system installed last week.
I've got 50 meter 1/2" on one reel,
100 mtr microbore on the other in yellow.
Will test both over winter,if microbore is better I will order some more.
Showed my mate it today and he said hes going to switch to microbore.
Facelift who fitted my van system were impressed with the microbore,as they only put on 1/2" hose.
Nel
You got any pics of yer van installation M8. I had my system fitted by Facelift...see sig pic oh :o the one on the left :) :)
Mick
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Mick,
Cor the girl on the right looks way better then my van set up. Cant take my eyes of her.
My van set up is diffrent from yours.
The tank is black in colour, very similar to a Tucker tank, its 800 litre and completley square. It as a stainless steel frame, with a chrome tubealur bar at one end. 6 high tenstile steel bolts through the frame, and van floor with special brackets that fit round the chassis rails underneath the van. theirs no way that baby is going to rip through the floor if I have a crash.I have pole holders on top of the tank similar to tucker. Its the tank material heat welded to the tank itself. thick stuff and very strong.
2di tanks, 2 60 psi flowjets. battery,2 hose reels screwed to the van floor.
4 poles, 1 shureflow back pack.
RO Static system on a stainless steel frame and stand, with filters and a 13ltr DI tank attached to a huge backing plate of black material that the tank is made out of.
It looks the dogs b******s.
The price? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I dont want to upset anyone at how much I've paid. When I finally have finished it inside, I will post pics. But its the best van interior Ive seen, and that includes tucker, Ioinics, Brodex. and several diy van jobs I've seen.
Nel
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Hi Nel
Mines a 500L system (2x250 tanks), 40" RO, 2x DI's all fastened (like you have quoted)into a stainless steel frame thats bolted through the floor and around the chassis with some huge brackets. I have a 2 man set-up as well, so 2x60psi Flowjet pumps, external supply/fill/drain fittings so you can lock up while you work, 3 hose reels (removable), 2 trolleys, 1x35ft pole, 3x18ft poles, 1x12ft pole and 1x10ft pole + I got a schurflo backpack from Williamson pumps and took it down to show Daniel and Phil hence they started stocking them, I only live 5 mins away from there unit and pop in now and then for a coffee.
I can fill my tanks in about 2 hours and thats doing it properly 25% in the tank and 75% down the drain. I always pump pure water through the RO until I get 0 tds after every fill. 6 months later my tank water is still reading 0 tds even before its pumped through the DI. I am really pleased with the system and the support from them, I dont think you're going to be disappointed.
Mick,
Cor the girl on the right looks way better then my van set up. Cant take my eyes of her.
If you have to call at Facelift in the future give me a shout and I'll introduce you to her for a cuppa or summit ;)
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MERRY CRIMBO EVERY ONE
James