Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: johnny bravo on July 07, 2012, 07:12:25 pm
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im fed up of spending money on wrong items, got 2 clx poles both have plastic y conection, ordered a 6mm pushfit to join 6mm pole tubing as its hard to pull tubing off plastis y conector to change brush. 6mm pushfit arrived too small i have 8mm yellow tubing, doogh. ordered 8mm y conections from extend2clean brill i thought , fitted 8mm pole tube in fitted. tubing too big to fit onto superlite brush head must be for 6mm tube. have to think how to fit 8mm tubing from pole on to brush head which is 6mm any ideas, may have to buy 2 8mm single pushfit connectors and just cut 8mm yellow tubing near brush head and just connect back togeather again when changing brushes. daft little things like this p..s me off. need to change brush as water seems to leave mucky water on ledges and upvc, water is 000 reading. ::)
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Been there, done it and got the postcard on numerous occasions.
I've a box full of connectors and loads of tubing and hose of various sizes and lengths all due to buying the wrong size and I've also sometimes felt like tearing my hair out because I've got every size except the one I need or I end up one connector short or something like that.
Worse than that is when I've worked out I can do things a different way with different size hose to find out I'm still one connector short.
I really pleased you posted that because I thought it was just me.
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im fed up of spending money on wrong items, got 2 clx poles both have plastic y conection, ordered a 6mm pushfit to join 6mm pole tubing as its hard to pull tubing off plastis y conector to change brush. 6mm pushfit arrived too small i have 8mm yellow tubing, doogh. ordered 8mm y conections from extend2clean brill i thought , fitted 8mm pole tube in fitted. tubing too big to fit onto superlite brush head must be for 6mm tube. have to think how to fit 8mm tubing from pole on to brush head which is 6mm any ideas, may have to buy 2 8mm single pushfit connectors and just cut 8mm yellow tubing near brush head and just connect back togeather again when changing brushes. daft little things like this p..s me off. need to change brush as water seems to leave mucky water on ledges and upvc, water is 000 reading. ::)
Only simple way to do this is to buy a John Guest 8mm straight connector as below:
(http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/JG_8mm_8mm_125.gif)
Then cut the pole hose just below the Tee connector (leaving the jet hose and a short piece of pole hose all connected to the T connector) and insert the 8mm connector.
If you are using our latest Quick Release heads on the CL-X poles then you do not need to do this as you can disconnect from the John Guest connector inside the top of the pole and simply pull the short length of pole hose out through the Resi-neck and then screw off the brush without needing to disconnect the T connector at all.
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this is what i got first but the push fit was only 6mm, if i got the 8mm first i wouldnt have purchased the 5 y pushfit conectors from ebay extend2wash which fit the 8mm pole hose but not the 6mm clear tubing conecting brush head to plastic t piece, i will just get a 8mm jguest push fit and cut hose just below the plastic t piece. i now have 5 y pushfit conectors and a 6mm push fit i will add them to my bag of non needed equipment, its hard to find a local retail outlet now to go and check items out. life goes on. any more rain i will seriously think about selling up, cant have a good nite out incase i spend too much money, when the weather is good you know you will be making ££££££s this weather not so good. ::) :'(
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Hi Johnny,
We do the part you were asking for: http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=154662.msg1280690#msg1280690
If in doubt you can always call to check.
Paul
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yes i need a 8mm reducing to 6mm all sorted, just use 8mm single pushfit, just cut pole hose and join up. thanks 4 replies. get there in the end with more stuff i dont need. all a learning curve.
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yes i need a 8mm reducing to 6mm all sorted, just use 8mm single pushfit, just cut pole hose and join up. thanks 4 replies. get there in the end with more stuff i dont need. all a learning curve.
lol I have boxes full of bits I don't need, if only suppliers made universal parts it would help a great deal, they are like mobile chargers, I must have every one available