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Title: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 04, 2012, 09:45:51 pm
does any one know if the indoor wfp works at 70 foot, and if it does, could it be used to cl;ean internal of a atrium, or would a dragon fly or simillar work?
thanks
george
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on May 04, 2012, 10:13:12 pm
At that height your not going to be able to see what kind of a job you have done.

i honestly think your not going to get anywhere with this one.... is there no other option ?
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: P @ F on May 04, 2012, 10:58:16 pm
As above , total waste of your time and their money , will be bad results , even getting the pad on glass will be a chore , only way to go is access for first clean , then maybe dragon if to be fairly frequent job .

Rich
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 05, 2012, 05:05:06 pm
thanks guys, access would have to be a spider lift but only a single door to get through, i know they do fit through single doors but wasnt sure of what height the machine that fits through would reach or not, also not very wide area to set up machine, another option would be to maybe scaffold it, guessing that would be around £500.00 - £1000.00 to set up and take down
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on May 05, 2012, 05:13:28 pm
How about a decent wfp not modular due to needed twist action with a dragonfly pad on a universal joint.  Depending how dirty it is you might get through a fair amount of cloths to get it clean, but then again if nobody is the other side of the glass how clean does it need to be.

Simon.
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 05, 2012, 05:28:15 pm
How about a decent wfp not modular due to needed twist action with a dragonfly pad on a universal joint.  Depending how dirty it is you might get through a fair amount of cloths to get it clean, but then again if nobody is the other side of the glass how clean does it need to be.

Simon.

some windows are for an a couple of appartments and the rest is a roof, part of the roof is close to a walkway so unfortnunatly most of it will be seen,
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on May 05, 2012, 06:05:17 pm
Couldnt you clean from the walkway if its close enough to notice the glass is dirty ?
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 05, 2012, 06:08:18 pm
Couldnt you clean from the walkway if its close enough to notice the glass is dirty ?

unfortunatly youd only get 2-3 roof panels from there,

Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on May 05, 2012, 06:24:13 pm
Sounds to me like its a spiderlift / scaffold job. Could get a discount on scaffold if its a regular job rather than a one off
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 05, 2012, 06:34:33 pm
Sounds to me like its a spiderlift / scaffold job. Could get a discount on scaffold if its a regular job rather than a one off

sounds good cheers, it wont very regular, but it will likely be once per annum, roughly how much do you think it would cost for 70foot height and about 20 foot across, its in nottingham,
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: Richard Shepherd on May 05, 2012, 07:43:21 pm
Just priced a spider lift for an internal clean on one of my cleans.

They quoted me £700 for a saturday, full day including operator, the access is similair, single door and a short corridor then tight area inside. Customer was happy with price so on it next weekend.
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 05, 2012, 07:51:23 pm
Just priced a spider lift for an internal clean on one of my cleans.

They quoted me £700 for a saturday, full day including operator, the access is similair, single door and a short corridor then tight area inside. Customer was happy with price so on it next weekend.

thanks richard, will have to have a look at this on tuesday, i was quoted around £700 + operator for spider lift at £250 per day, although that was for a bit bigger machine,
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on May 05, 2012, 08:10:11 pm
Not a clue on scaffold, but your probably best going for the spider lift as im sure scaffold at that height would cost a small fortune
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: Dean Taberner on May 05, 2012, 09:56:42 pm
Are there any abseil points in there george? I'd think that would be the way to do it.
Title: Re: indoor waterfed height
Post by: George P on May 06, 2012, 06:42:08 pm
Are there any abseil points in there george? I'd think that would be the way to do it.

no mate, especially as youd need to go across width as well as lenth,  looking like a spider to get access,