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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: brettshea on January 24, 2006, 11:20:32 pm

Title: hose
Post by: brettshea on January 24, 2006, 11:20:32 pm

new to this and need to buy some hose! some body told me to get triclo flex but i have read that this microbor is better. can anyone recomend one?

Title: Re: hose
Post by: neil100 on January 25, 2006, 05:26:48 am

HI,

I am only into my 4th week of wfp so some more experinced wfp may give you better advice, But I have been useing both 1/2" and 100mtr Microbore.

I love useing the m/bore compared with the 1/2", The 1/2" is heavy, Its hard to pull round all the many corners of a house, It gets snagged and caught far more.

The m/bore is very light to reel in, its far easier to pull round to the back of an house, I have never had it caught on anything yet, it is a joy to use.

It as a reduced flow rate compared to 1/2", But just good enough, thats on a 100mtr hose which I could cut down to improve flow rate or get a higher psi pump.

Nel.

Title: Re: hose
Post by: brettshea on January 25, 2006, 02:09:39 pm

thanks for the reply! where do you get the m/bore from? cant find it anywhere!

Title: Re: hose
Post by: colinyates on January 25, 2006, 03:05:52 pm

www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk

Are you using a variestream with the pump?

The reason i ask is that i am thinking of ordering microbore 2x 100mtrs and feel i would require 2 x100psi and possibly 2 variestream,all comments appreciated

Colin

Title: Re: hose
Post by: windowcleanomano on January 25, 2006, 04:02:05 pm

Hi Colin

Only 3 weeks in to it myself, 

BUT

I am using microbore with a variestream and am finding that the variestream seems to not allow the pressure I want at the end of the pole.
The pressure builds up in the small bore, so the variestream switches the pump off for a second only to sense that it needs to turn back on again.

This is exactly what it is supposed to do, BUT (for me) it doesn’t allow me to have a constant strong pressure.

As I said, it dose what it is designed to do. But the Microbore because it is a small tube causes the variestream to do its stuff and so hinders the flow.

When my set up needs to be renewed, I will probably choose a pump without it.

Probably a FloJet.

Anyway, Just my thoughts.

Title: Re: hose
Post by: Moderator David@stives on January 25, 2006, 04:16:54 pm

Windowlean0

You can open up the varistream and turn up the small blue dial a notch or 2.
Then the pressure will build a lot higher.
The setting on mine is ste at "c"   but the dial goes around to i think "H"
so there is a lot more potential in your pump and controller set up

Title: Re: hose
Post by: colinyates on January 25, 2006, 04:35:22 pm

Thanks Lads

I really need to get this write as I am starting up in South Africa, what I gather is that 2 pumps are essential for 2 operatives, but the variestream? any other input lads

Colin

Title: Re: hose
Post by: neil100 on January 25, 2006, 09:20:54 pm

NO. I do not have a variestream. The flow rate is spot on.

Nel.

Title: Re: hose
Post by: dougster on January 25, 2006, 09:38:01 pm

hi there  glad to see you have got the ball rolling in africa. Had a trolley system with a varistream which i buit myself, for five months know. And i bought tricoflex, not had no problems with it so far dougie