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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dave f on January 26, 2017, 01:16:01 pm

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Post by: dave f on January 26, 2017, 01:16:01 pm
i must be getting soft in my old age  its freezing up here  in west Yorkshire  it would not bother me but  cant be arsed any more with  freezing conditions .mugs game
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Post by: john k on January 26, 2017, 01:41:26 pm
Me too been working in tingley the wind chill factor made it feel a lot colder thawing out in front of an open fire now
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Post by: Soupy on January 26, 2017, 01:43:28 pm
Southern softies.
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Post by: Mick Kent on January 26, 2017, 01:54:38 pm
Pole kept freezing so also sacked it off.
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Post by: p1w1 on January 26, 2017, 02:42:19 pm
Pole kept freezing so also sacked it off.
same reason i gave up, clamps still have ice round them now
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Post by: nathankaye on January 26, 2017, 03:17:18 pm
How come youve got water coming down your poles inorder for clamps or poles to freeze?

I used to have water trickling down pole but realised i had wrong angle for brush. Once i sorted the angle out, no more water coming back down the pole
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Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on January 26, 2017, 03:32:15 pm
How come youve got water coming down your poles inorder for clamps or poles to freeze?

I used to have water twickling down pole but realised i had wrong angle for brush. Once i sorted the angle out, no more water coming back down the pole

I had the  same experience a few years back. Took a while to  figure it out. All it took was one notch on the angle adapter. Hot water helps too. The top couple of sections of pole become warm enough to evaporate the few drips that do get on there.
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Post by: Smurf on January 26, 2017, 04:53:16 pm
Well by the time I went out is was a sweltering 1c.
I'm glad it did not get much warmer as I can't stand the heat  ;D
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Post by: Stoots on January 26, 2017, 05:25:00 pm
Had no work on today anyway so that was lucky as it was freezing. Whoo
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Post by: duncan h on January 26, 2017, 06:33:58 pm
West Yorkshire also. -2 all day in most places.
Saw 1 guy using pole. It will turn to ice
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Post by: chris turner on January 26, 2017, 06:36:36 pm
I worked all day in -1. Had some ice build around the gooseneck but nothing to serious enough to stop working.
Was a bit nippy but manageable.
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Post by: Tosh on January 26, 2017, 06:36:47 pm
I had a gutter clean job to do today. I haven’t laughed so hard for a long long time. No, seriously.
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Post by: Smurf on January 26, 2017, 06:53:07 pm
I had a gutter clean job to do today. I haven’t laughed so hard for a long long time. No, seriously.

Sounds interesting do tell more
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Post by: Tosh on January 26, 2017, 06:58:22 pm
Lets start with the fact its not got much above freezing round here for the last three weeks, the gutters were packed and don’t run in the fashion that gutters that empty due to gravity do.

Fortunately it was a bungalow so couldn’t see the point in even considering offloading the vac. Hot water and a hammer is what resolved it ;)
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Post by: Tosh on January 26, 2017, 06:59:13 pm
If you apply adequate hot water it makes gutter emptying almost balmy.
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Post by: dazmond on January 26, 2017, 07:02:49 pm
I managed 4 hours with the backpack then i sacked it off!cant wait to get my new van now.its no fun without hot water and a van mount! ;D
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Post by: Smurf on January 26, 2017, 07:14:10 pm
Lets start with the fact its not got much above freezing round here for the last three weeks, the gutters were packed and don’t run in the fashion that gutters that empty due to gravity do.

Fortunately it was a bungalow so couldn’t see the point in even considering offloading the vac. Hot water and a hammer is what resolved it ;)

Hot water on-demand does come in handy to defrost frozen gutters for sure. Mind I've never needed to use a hammer more like an ice pick   ;D
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Post by: Smurf on January 26, 2017, 07:15:08 pm
I managed 4 hours with the backpack then i sacked it off!cant wait to get my new van now.its no fun without hot water and a van mount! ;D

Told you so springs to mind  ;D