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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Stoots on November 10, 2014, 09:56:15 pm

Title: Can i use hosepipe instead of microbore?
Post by: Stoots on November 10, 2014, 09:56:15 pm

Using a trolley and its slow, going van mount asap, is it poss to use normal hosepipe instead of microbore for now? getting 100 psi 7lm shurflo pump tomorrow. ta

Title: Re: Can i use hosepipe instead of microbore?
Post by: mike1986 on November 10, 2014, 10:20:57 pm

yes...but its not fine. I tried it for a few days and it was a nightmare. Kinking all the time

Title: Re: Can i use hosepipe instead of microbore?
Post by: richard groves on November 10, 2014, 10:22:30 pm

Yes it will be fine, 7 lpm sounds a bit fast though, will you be using some form of flow controller ?
I use a 5 lpm shurflow with microbore

Title: Re: Can i use hosepipe instead of microbore?
Post by: richard groves on November 10, 2014, 10:25:51 pm

Quote from: mike1986 on November 10, 2014, 10:20:57 pm

yes...but its not fine. I tried it for a few days and it was a nightmare. Kinking all the time

kinky  ;)
but more to the point it will work.
!0 year ago I'd never heard of micro or mini bore, 1/2" tricoflex heavy duty was what we used, and yes it was heavy !

Title: Re: Can i use hosepipe instead of microbore?
Post by: Stoots on November 10, 2014, 11:29:54 pm

Thats ok then, getting pump tomorrow and want to make do till end of week tlll i can order microbore


cheers