Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Avo on November 29, 2014, 08:05:01 pm
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Sorry for the poor picture quality but as promised put a vid together.
I'll wait for the sharp shooting criticism to being 😄👍
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJibqyu8hBU
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Excellent result mate
Darran
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I've had the best week ever in 10 years this week cheers darran mate.
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Nice
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Good to hear :)
Long may it continue 👍
Darran
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Awesome, how long did it take you?
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well done mate,which end do you have and which camera?thanks
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Gopro White £149 looks great live feed but grainy when loading on YouTube should of gone silver or black.
Two hotels two days £675 plus shed loads of houses and the phones still ringing lol
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well done mate,which end do you have and which camera?thanks
which end of what Ben? Van???
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Sweet hope they don't keep you waiting for the dosh, send me your number as I turned away a guttering job the other day.
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well done mate,which end do you have and which camera?thanks
which end of what Ben? Van???
end of the pole
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They always take ages the council being the worst to work for rob lol.
07807169839 yea send them down if you don't ever fancy it 👍
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well done mate,which end do you have and which camera?thanks
which end of what Ben? Van???
end of the pole
ash hose with end nozzles I made fishing tubes from the fishing shop
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Hate waiting for payment but its a nice surprise when it arrives.
Will give you a call if I get anything that I don't fancy likewise if you ever need any pressure washing give me shout.
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Ok sling us ur mobile dude I'm bound to be asked soon enough
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How come you don't view in real time what you are doing?
Also cone off the area where you are working?
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07565563835 ;)
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I'd put the cones round the generator as it was on narrow path.
Tbh only just starting using the cam so all takes time to learn I guess.
You got a video you can show me smurf so I can take the tips please
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Avo
Cracking vid mate. What setup have you got? Cost?
Steve
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I was not having a go but just asking that's all as if you can view what you are doing can speed things up if areas of guttering don't need clearing or on tricky bits make sure they are all clear before moving on to do the next section. On jobs like that though you will need a shed load of batteries and hope your phone don't die on you as wifi will drain both using the gopro app for a long time. ;D
Tips:
Rather van struggle with sods/crap stuck on the end of the nozzle and having to drop the pole each time just turn the motors off and do a controlled drop instead in a safe place.
You can also get a remote from maplins that will turn the power on/off if working on your own but at that height have your mate turn it off/on under your instruction. Also he/she can also managed the vac, leads etc so you can be more productive.
To reduce neck and shoulders pain/fatigue I find a necprotech also helps on large jobs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPXXoAtJXY
I'd put the cones round the generator as it was on narrow path.
Tbh only just starting using the cam so all takes time to learn I guess.
You got a video you can show me smurf so I can take the tips please
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That's the reason I bought it to speed up the job and pin point moss along the way but and a big but the extra height of holding the poles up for a straight 5 hours was a lot for my arms plus Monday was a straight 4 hours job too 😄 I did have lots in real time but my mate didn't press record. New user mistake lol
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Avo
Cracking vid mate. What setup have you got? Cost?
Steve
gutter sucker pole set 30ft plus I bought a fishing pole on eBay which I used 2 sections at 8ft of on Monday been running nilfisk vac but soon looking to upgrade that.
Not sure total costs
£300 poles
£110 vac
£200 genie
£80 hose
£149 camera
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You earned your money then that's for sure as I know its bloody hard work. Just don't get carried away like someone I've seen a pic of his top section of his pole got stuck in a downspout for several days just dangling there as he did not have a long enough ladder to retrieve it. He also quit guttervac clearing after doing that one and sold his kit for some strange reason. ;D
So another tip for you:
On the poles you use tape the sections together so they don't come apart ::)roll
That's the reason I bought it to speed up the job and pin point moss along the way but and a big but the extra height of holding the poles up for a straight 5 hours was a lot for my arms plus Monday was a straight 4 hours job too I did have lots in real time but my mate didn't press record. New user mistake lol
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Here are the cone off area below
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Nice pic but don't leave yer guttervac pole like that as could fall on someone ;D
Here are the cone off area below
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Carbon won't hurt to much just hurt my wallet.
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I'm sure it will to both ;D
Carbon won't hurt to much just hurt my wallet.
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Sorry for the poor picture quality but as promised put a vid together.
I'll wait for the sharp shooting criticism to being 😄👍
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJibqyu8hBU
Well done, Avo, much better and sharper video, those Go pros as bees neez :)
One thing i noticed, your poles bounce two much, i believe they are not Grippa Tank Poles ?
The more bounce you get on the pole, the harder you work your Arms.
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Just out of interest how much are these grippa poles for a 30ft set?
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Just out of interest how much are these grippa poles for a 30ft set?
here are all their prices.
http://www.grippatank.co.uk/vacuum/high-level-vacuum-poles-kits-spares/carbon-poles-upto-60ft.html
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Hi Avo, great sharp looking video, also loved the sound track, out of interest how many watts is your nilfisk, could
see you did a superb job clearing the gutters out, well done.
Best regards
Lal
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Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate 👍
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So Avo how do you check those downspout bends are not blocked as is great having clear gutters but is a waste of time if the water can't flow away
Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate
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So Avo how do you check those downspout bends are not blocked as is great having clear gutters but is a waste of time if the water can't flow away
Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate
ladders
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All my work is checked for flow
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Hi Avo
How do you check the flow from the ground?
Andy
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Ladders how about you andy?
Ladders always come into play somewhere within work.
Had to hand ball a job 2 weeks ago full to the top with pine needles and no vac on the plant would of managed it.
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So you checked all those downspounts on the 3/4 storey hotel jobs by ladder then?
So Avo how do you check those downspout bends are not blocked as is great having clear gutters but is a waste of time if the water can't flow away
Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate
ladders
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No there checked and clear from 1st elbow on the hotel
I normally rod them through by hand on ladders
We used a unger teleplus pole with cranked angle on it and fused semi stiff hose in it to rod the elbow.
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Not on the 4 floors which I explained to the management but the rest was checked they were straight run down with traps in the inside seemless gutters
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Nice idea about rodding it from the top on 3 storey using a pole but how do you know elbows are clear and free flowing for sure?
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How do you guys check below the storm drains???
If there opened ended that's easy but below ground level???
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Nice idea about rodding it from the top on 3 storey using a pole but how do you know elbows are clear and free flowing for sure?
because I have 2ft hose and it goes round the elbow when pushed all the way in
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I've tried that method myself on 2 storey elbows without success as the hose don't go around the bends
Nice idea about rodding it from the top on 3 storey using a pole but how do you know elbows are clear and free flowing for sure?
because I have 2ft hose and it goes round the elbow when pushed all the way in
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Some homework for you next week then I think.
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Hi Avo were did you purchase your gutter vac from as your price for everything seems great? Cheers
Stephen
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Hi Avo were did you purchase your gutter vac from as your price for everything seems great? Cheers
Stephen
machine mart
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Hi Avo were did you purchase your gutter vac from as your price for everything seems great? Cheers
Stephen
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301382488376
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I don't tend to mess about with anything below ground myself as is a completely different job to checking and clearing guttering & downpipes. However there are several ways to check guttering downpipes are free flowing.
One that I use quite a bit after I have used a guttervac is this method.
How do you guys check below the storm drains???
If there opened ended that's easy but below ground level???
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Is that kiam triple vac ?
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If that doesn't work to check and clear any blockage if I can't take the downpipe & bends apart part then I will use a pressure washer jetter instead.
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No was a chepo triple being sold new on fleebay about 200 squid. All I did was use the base and vac motor head from it as used an old 4200 watt omnipole drum with the 100mm inlet so could use the omni hose I already had from an old 4200 omni guttervac.
I get through triple vac heads like there is no tomorrow at least one every year as the motors don't last me very long. ;D
Is that kiam triple vac ?
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Avo
Cracking vid mate. What setup have you got? Cost?
Steve
gutter sucker pole set 30ft plus I bought a fishing pole on eBay which I used 2 sections at 8ft of on Monday been running nilfisk vac but soon looking to upgrade that.
Not sure total costs
£300 poles
£110 vac
£200 genie
£80 hose
£149 camera
What's the tube inlet diameter on this vacuum mate? Would you recomend it as a good vac for standard 2 story residential. Cheers :)
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Yes it's a great little vac to keep in the van while out at work.
Inlets 51mm I think off the top of head mate.