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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: danno on March 20, 2014, 09:33:29 pm

Title: tap/on off switch
Post by: danno on March 20, 2014, 09:33:29 pm

can anyone recomend the best tap/on off switch for my facelift pole?? cheers ;D

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: bobplum on March 20, 2014, 09:47:40 pm

Aqua tap

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: Positivity on March 21, 2014, 08:01:45 am

Hi danno
These are good taps but the retaining clips can get pulled out really easily.
https://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/push-fit-quick-fit-pole-control-valve.html
Use one of these in each end you can secure them in with insulating tape makes them a bit more robust.
https://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/John-Guest-8mm-stem-to-6mm-Barb-PM250806E.html

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: danno on March 21, 2014, 08:20:58 pm

cheers for the link mate i like the look of that, do you use this yourself? how do you find it?

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: koopmaster on March 21, 2014, 11:02:00 pm

been using this method for a year or so,  I just tighten the screw once a week,  also my tap bit has broken in half but not bothered as it actually works better.

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: windowswashed on March 21, 2014, 11:06:27 pm

Like the pole hose taps so that you can vary the flow of water better than an aquatap. Sufficient for scrubbing quickly without splashing and more for a rinse so water cascades smoothly without splashing near the bottom of the glass

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: Mike #1 on March 22, 2014, 06:23:02 am

I use the EZ Snap range Gardiners sell but have done away with the recutus 21 fittings and the plastic tap lever has been replaced with an aluminium one as they break within weeks .

If i could post pics on here i would been trying for about 5 years i think and it never works . Mike

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: robert mitchell on March 22, 2014, 10:05:53 am

i use the push fit tap from gardiners .

I'm back to rectus 26 connectors , tried ezsnap and they lasted a month before leaking .

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: Clever Forum Name on March 22, 2014, 10:16:18 am

I use jumbo protector balls and Ez-snap, i use the 8mm pole tap for £9.50. Still going strong a year on.

No leaks ever.

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: jimmy boots on March 22, 2014, 10:18:37 am

I use Aquatap. Great once you get used to it.
 Before that I used ' this' with plastic piping padded out to grip on the pole.  This can be adjusted  up and down the pole and be removed instantly.

(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b553/jimmybootsx/single/IMG00428-20131206-1214_zps0bbda741.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/jimmybootsx/media/single/IMG00428-20131206-1214_zps0bbda741.jpg.html)

Title: Re: tap/on off switch
Post by: Mike #1 on March 23, 2014, 09:49:00 am

I would end up with a hernia moving that around . Mike