Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike @ Facelift on January 25, 2013, 01:03:35 pm
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Saw this thread on another site and thought it was a good one......
What was your best buy of last year?
Why did it help? Did it make you more comfortable, save time, save water, get more work etc
Be interesting to hear all your stories....
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Last year - upgrading to an 4040 R/O from a 450 GPD. Now we have enough water.
Over the last 8 years of doing WFP we have had a number of these best decisions; some we agonised over and some we struggled to justify the expense of. But once made became part off the learning curve.
Changing from Unger Teleplus poles to carbon fiber telescopic poles was a major step forward. They were more expensive in those days and we needed to justify the cost.
Purchasing my first Aqua-dapter 2 1/2 years ago was another.
Not all decisions were good ones in hindsight. I bought an SLX 40 to target some higher work, but for one reason and another (mainly health) never focused on that side.
It gets used on a couple of jobs over the year we now have, but hasn't paid for its cost TBH. But if you don't speculate, you will never push forward.
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The flipfast. Incredible bit of kit; probably underrated on this forum, but possibly because it does exactly what it's meant to do and is very robust.
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The 1,000 odd pints of Stella that I have used to self medicate over the past 12 months.
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The 1,000 odd pints of Stella that I have used to self medicate over the past 12 months.
That's only a couple of pints a day.
Ruddy lightweight.
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My Gardiners Xtreme poles, my Gardiners swivel resi-neck - brilliant bit of kit and cheap too. Gardiners Xtreme mixed medium bristle brush. Gardiners low pressure fan jets (so cheap too). Quite like my Gardiners Baseball cap too. I think there's a theme here :)
Anyway, they all contribute to making my day easier and more pleasant.
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The 1,000 odd pints of Stella that I have used to self medicate over the past 12 months.
That's only a couple of pints a day.
Ruddy lightweight.
It would be if I drank between Sunday and Thursday...
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Bigger van so I could go "two man" without a trailer.
Extreme Pole.
Red Gardiner's cill brush.
Hose guides
Flojet pumps.
Immersion
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Gardiners poles
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a £3.99 foldaway step from aldi thats kept my back pack off the snow
when working and xbox live for when i couldnt work it eased the boredom :)
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Boring but true. CLX 27 from xtel.
The very best thing though I got for nothing. A Merlin from Cliff Perkins. Practically water on demand now from a 200 GPD sloooooow thing. It needs new membranes, but I run it through pre filter set then post RO double DI.
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£9.50 small tap from Gardiners
Cobbled it to my pole
Saves loads of water!
Slx-22 and sl2
No more RSI 8)
Hot wash! Work faster, get home earlier
Mite move up to extreme this year
So won't even be tired when I get home ;)
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Some good stuff there.... Hot water and flow control, how much of a positive effect does this have on your working day?
And how many think they are both no advantage?
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i would imagine hot water can be a advantage..but not this time
of year good for keeping your hands warm doesnt clear the rds and paths that stop you working safely..i would of thought
first cleans would be quicker and summertime when all sorts are
baked on the glass and frame would move easier.
flow control has got to be an advantage even a simple
return which cuts my water usage down by two thirds makes my day easier
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A collapsible toilet for the back of the van so that the transit can live up to its name.
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69p Angry Birds Space.
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69p Angry Birds Space.
Angry birds Rio is miles better...
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Unger ninja squeegee.
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2 x 500 watt immersion heaters for around a tenner
hot water - lovely on a cold day !
Darran
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Yep, hot water - don't need it but it's sooooooo nice to work with.
Carbon poles - don't need them but soooo nice to work with.
Same with WFP really - don't need it but sod working off ladders!
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2 x 500 watt immersion heaters for around a tenner
hot water - lovely on a cold day !
Darran
How do they work mate?
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I think you have to push the switches down.
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I think you have to push the switches down.
8)
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Top 3
1. Buffalo smock ( ESP last week)
2. Carbon pole
3.transit. ( will be replaced this year with landrover)
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I've got a Buffalo coat.
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Your never cold then
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Is yours waterproof? They've been about for years bit expensive and very hard to pick up second hand on Ebay almost too warm for working in.
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Top 3
1. Buffalo smock ( ESP last week)
2. Carbon pole
3.transit. ( will be replaced this year with landrover)
Buffalo special 6 shirt. Fantastic warm kit
£125. new but I watched one sell on ebay that was 12years old for £54.