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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: qwert on November 17, 2006, 05:34:23 pm
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Anyone use two poles; one for ground floor and one for first floor work??
I was told that it was better to get 1m pole for all ground work and use standard 18/24 ft for above??
Agree??
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I agree with you.
I use two poles on all houses with an upstairs.
I use a glass fibre 3x3 for downstairs & a 18ft facelift for tops.
I walk round to the furthest away back window with my hose and two poles and I leave the small pole all ready for me at the bottom window. I then start with the big one for tops and work my way round the house then I go back to start and pick up small pole and work my way round to where I finished off with the big pole and hey presto! simple as that.
Matthew
Clear Vision
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I dont carry two poles to a particular job but I do have a selection of poles and I tend to pick the most apropriate pole for that job unless say I need a 30' to get to high velux windows on a bungalow then I do the high stuff and then change poles for the low stuff
I do have a selection of poles to choose from 40', 30', 18', 4' all GF poles but now looking for 60'CF
Chris
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Depends on the Job. All are different. Dont stick to one method. Simply use the method that is quickest for the Job.
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Chris, I have a 60ft ergolite for sale cheap, but ..........if you get/make a 60ft (Featherlite) fishing pole you dont need 2 poles. If you simply drop the pole horizontal remove the top sections, which easily pull off/on, so you can do the bottoms at the same time. Which saves walking round the house twice. One 60fter suits all differing height jobs without having to carry/work with the weight of all the sections.
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How much is cheap jeff?
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£490
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thats a reasonable price jeff, got any pics?
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Heres the top sections, cannot show the rest but they look like any other ergo, as my camera is dying.
(http://img54.i.us/img54/1560/p1010039ux9.th.jpg) (http://img54.i.us/my.php?image=p1010039ux9.jpg)
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Have you still got the Ionics head Jeff ? and btw know anyone thats looking for a 40'GF as new (well very nearly )
Ive got one more clean to do with my 40' before xmas then ive got untill march/april to change the 40' for a 60' with hind sight I should have bought one first off
chris
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I agree with you.
I use two poles on all houses with an upstairs.
I use a glass fibre 3x3 for downstairs & a 18ft facelift for tops.
Matt
I was going to get a carbon fibre 35 ft tele (light as any Fibre 18ft) for tops and any 3rd / 4th floors for commercial and 1m for downstairs.
Would you think this is a sensible combination?
What ideal length would you think the downstairs should be? 1m 6ft? What you you recommend for d/stairs??
Thanks
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i just pop it in and out .. as and when and use one pole..... ;D
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ok pal going to help you out here as everone on the site only thinks that the hoses of poles should be inside.This is ok if you are doing 30ft or commercial
now for domestic it is different
18ft pole with shrader male connector on brush, now have the hose outside the pole with female shrader connector on the hose
you are doing the tops of house at the backs with the 18ft pole and now you need to do the bottoms, conservatory etc
have a leather holster on your belt with 12 inch pole and brush hanging on your side from cleantech, you buy them as 3ft and cut them down
do the tops disconnect the hose from the pole and connect upto the small pole on your belt. skip all that going around the house then going around again
this is the way to use 2 poles without all the palava
can you explain what difference it makes whether the hose is inside the pole or outside
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I use 1 pole on most upatairs/downstairs properties - I can't understand why you all keep going with 6ft section poles, I had Gardiners make me a pole which consists of 4 sections at 4ft each.
16ft will reach most things and over most conservatories, only have to use 30ft pole on 3 storey places and some commercial, the pole will close down to just over 4ft long, short enough for ground floor work, it is very light too.
Marc
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not sure if this will help anyone but we prefer to have the on off valve on the pole like so