Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: bobby on June 18, 2006, 07:05:41 pm
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hi all i have been asked to price a large apartment block up but a lot of the front windows have those fancy metal railings around them covering the bottom half of the window well doors actully just wondered if gaz's swivel brush is any good to to clean this & has anyone tried it or is it back to the ladder
cheers bobby ???
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Hi Bobby , i took pains over this too , just took on a load of residential homes with the same railings , i spent ages looking for a thin brush to cope with the job , i even cut it down to suit , i went to do the job last week and thought i would just try the 10" Vikan through the bars , it went through no probs , just try your usual brush first is my advice !
Rich P @ F
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Hi bobby,although i don`t do any jobs with railings the brush is a lot slimmer than the vikan and with the tilt action on the swivel neck it will be a lot easier than trying to squeeze another brush through but like Rich says try your vikan first and if no joy give me an email for the swivel brush,Gaz ;)
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THANKS GUYS
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Gaz , YOU HAVE MAIL
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If you need to go thro railings you need the 1st axis joint of a vertical brush to be horizontal and the secondary joint to be vertically orientated. As opposed to what you need on a day to day basis which is opposite of above.
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Gaz
ref swivel brush
can you measure the internal dimension of where the brush fits on to the pole please, I'd like to know if its gonna fit on Gardiner's Ali goose-neck
also can you give me a price for the brush only without jets , just the swivel piece
please
Chris
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guys was wondering about a brush for railings, could gaz brush with the swivel head not be used and fit a screw at the end and when you place it thru the bars a piece of string onto the screw could be pulled to get the brush up straight to clean the windows- only a thought
jinky
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I have got some apartments that i was considering canvasing, but they have the perspex type shield that goes half way up the french doors, how do you tackle these , or is it a case of cleaning from the inside.
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Gaz could you email me prices an pics of your brushes ta
mwoodliff@blueyonder.co.uk
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Gaz would it be poss to have a price list sent and descriptions.
sys_eng@yahoo.com
Thanks
Dave.
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I think I may have 2 answers to the balcony railings problems.
Will try to post photos this weekend under new topic "Water Squeegee" if I can remember how to get the pics from my camera to my pc etc. ???
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Hi All,
Vikan do a very compact swivel brush it is 8" wide and has a locking swivel mechanism. It fits onto a residential screw thread so is easy to interchange.
(http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/vikan_swivel_copyrightGPS_do_not_use.jpg)
We can supply this in standard Jetted form or unjetted. Look on our site under WFP Poles/Brushes or under the New Products section.
Alex Gardiner
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Hi Jeff look forward to your post, didn't think anyone was going to answer, potentialy i could pick up a lot of work if these screen rails can be overcome, as all the 2>3 storey buildings in my area seem to have them. Drew.
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Hello Drew, one goes through the railings and one goes up and over.
If I assume a railing height of say 3ft/1metre ish what is the width on the other side of the average railings you have, between the glasss surface and the railing ?
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Alex,
Does the new brush just rotate up and down or can it go sideways as well,
have you tested it out yourself yet.
Cheers
Doug
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Hi D A,
I haven't tried it myself as I have found that all of the balcony rails I do I can just squeeze my standard brush through.
It has a 360 degree swivel on the neck and a locking collar which locks into each 90 degree setting.
Alex