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Title: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: edd on February 07, 2007, 07:34:53 pm
NO probs today with the good old Thermopure looks like I cleaned up today
with all you guys frozed up enjoy another day off tomorrow with the snow ::)
started at 8am finished at 430pm good day sorry guys but the hot water is good sometimes ;D
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: EasyClean on February 07, 2007, 07:42:14 pm
Me neither! I love the cold weather, the colder the better!!!!
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: George P on February 07, 2007, 07:43:15 pm
do you think it does a better job than cold water (when not freezing) and is the system reliable? thanks george
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: EasyClean on February 07, 2007, 07:45:53 pm
do you think it does a better job than cold water (when not freezing) and is the system reliable? thanks george

Yes & Yes!!!!!!
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: George P on February 07, 2007, 07:50:37 pm
i take it you like it :), maybe have to start saving some dosh :)
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: EasyClean on February 07, 2007, 07:57:41 pm
I'll be out cleaning windows tomorrow whilst most of the country is covered in snow unless it's chucking it down with rain.  I'm on a roll at the moment, picking up loads of new work. I love this cold weather because all the other window cleaners stay home indoors keeping warm.
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: AuRavelling79 on February 07, 2007, 08:10:57 pm
I've got the new Ikronik LavaFlow(tm) Superskorcher.

(Normally I'd be out working today but for some reason I'm typing here on my computer to help you guys out all from the goodness of my heart.)

It cost me £300,000 but look what you get I got:-

1 x LavaFlow(tm) logo (depicts a black volcano with red top spewing lava and superheated steam shaped into a mushroom cloud - this gets me loads of commercial contracts.)

1 x seismic survey to find underground magma-heated hot water at weak points in the Earth's crust.

1 x trailer/tank/drilling rig to tap into above wells at various points in your working area (bit like the bin cleaners do with fire-hydrants but a little deeper!)

1 x tonne of resin in a ****** great bottle for the water to force its way through under it's own pressure (so no unnecessary expenditure on a pump/varistream setup.)

1 x set of night-sight glasses and 100 million candlewatt lighthouse lamp (with lighthouse logo(tm) to get me more work) to enable me to work in the dark.

1 x reel of super-insulated microbore x 250metres

1 x set of pole stuff and brush thingies. (Each with logo to win me loads of work)

The system also has its own fan-blower which runs a off a radiator (to reduce the temperature to 50 degrees C.) which can be diverted to blow on the wall beneath the windows thus reducing run-off and subsequent freezing.

I'm seriously thinking of getting the extra add-on "Scoop 'n' throw"(tm) gritting trailer (with an automated shovel) to put rock-salt on paths.

...

I know - I'm just jealous! ;D
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: stuart howes on February 07, 2007, 08:29:43 pm
if you put hot water on  ice cold  glass   does it not break?
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: EasyClean on February 07, 2007, 09:50:52 pm
if you put hot water on  ice cold  glass   does it not break?

If it's too hot - YES, but the trick is to make sure it's not too hot! More chance of cracking glass if it's old single glazed panes of glass (not double glazed). I choose appropiately suitable houses on extremely cold days like this week for example and ensure my water is warm (not hot or cold but somewhere between 25-40)
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: steve k on February 07, 2007, 10:04:42 pm
Easyclean...
are you Steve the ex.fireman who has just downsized vans?
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: Trademark WC on February 07, 2007, 10:20:40 pm

Im confused !!

I turned up at job this morning the van was like a giant ice cube, so off I trot to the motorbike shop across the road to get some hot water in a bucket to do the grounds. I wet up the first window and by the time I put the squegee on the glass it was iced over completely??

How can you clean them properly with the thermo pure, do the droplets left on the glass not freeze once you have gone?

Rob
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: Ladders on February 07, 2007, 10:31:06 pm
What do these systems start @ in £

Thanks Jeff.
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: Chris Cottrell on February 07, 2007, 10:36:28 pm
£mega.Bucks + vat
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: mike richardson on February 07, 2007, 10:52:47 pm
if your doin trad way use screen wash, 50/50 or neat if really cold, i froze up this morning for 2 hrs so went trad with screenwash then back to wfp,

what are you al paying for thermopure, is it a fortune???
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: supernova77 on February 07, 2007, 11:56:02 pm
Quote
NO probs today with the good old Thermopure looks like I cleaned up today
with all you guys frozed up enjoy another day off tomorrow with the snow
started at 8am finished at 430pm good day sorry guys but the hot water is good sometimes

I suppose you need to work as much as you can so that you can pay for your good old Thermopure!

 ;)

Andy
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: jouk45 on February 08, 2007, 12:18:29 am
i would not imagne you puting warm water on frozen glass even at low temprature,
i would think you would put cold on first to defrost the glass, then use your system,
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: EasyClean on February 08, 2007, 01:00:24 am
Easyclean...
are you Steve the ex.fireman who has just downsized vans?
No, I'm Wayne the ex-squaddie (REME).
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: EasyClean on February 08, 2007, 01:05:02 am
i would not imagne you puting warm water on frozen glass even at low temprature,
i would think you would put cold on first to defrost the glass, then use your system,

I just use warm to hot-ish water from the begining of the day 'til the end of the day. Never cracked any glass yet, touch wood! I cleaned a massive listed house last week and the glass is 150 years old so used 'tepid' water just to be on the safe side!!!!!
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: Paul Coleman on February 08, 2007, 06:58:56 am
I've got the new Ikronik LavaFlow(tm) Superskorcher.

(Normally I'd be out working today but for some reason I'm typing here on my computer to help you guys out all from the goodness of my heart.)

It cost me £300,000 but look what you get I got:-

1 x LavaFlow(tm) logo (depicts a black volcano with red top spewing lava and superheated steam shaped into a mushroom cloud - this gets me loads of commercial contracts.)

1 x seismic survey to find underground magma-heated hot water at weak points in the Earth's crust.

1 x trailer/tank/drilling rig to tap into above wells at various points in your working area (bit like the bin cleaners do with fire-hydrants but a little deeper!)

1 x tonne of resin in a ****** great bottle for the water to force its way through under it's own pressure (so no unnecessary expenditure on a pump/varistream setup.)

1 x set of night-sight glasses and 100 million candlewatt lighthouse lamp (with lighthouse logo(tm) to get me more work) to enable me to work in the dark.

1 x reel of super-insulated microbore x 250metres

1 x set of pole stuff and brush thingies. (Each with logo to win me loads of work)

The system also has its own fan-blower which runs a off a radiator (to reduce the temperature to 50 degrees C.) which can be diverted to blow on the wall beneath the windows thus reducing run-off and subsequent freezing.

I'm seriously thinking of getting the extra add-on "Scoop 'n' throw"(tm) gritting trailer (with an automated shovel) to put rock-salt on paths.

...

I know - I'm just jealous! ;D

Very good Malc   ;D
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: telboy on February 08, 2007, 08:56:19 am
NO probs today with the good old Thermopure looks like I cleaned up today
with all you guys frozed up enjoy another day off tomorrow with the snow ::)
started at 8am finished at 430pm good day sorry guys but the hot water is good sometimes ;D
Surely the water freezes on the windows and then when it  hits the ground ???
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: edd on February 08, 2007, 11:01:58 am
easyclean and me have got it sorted NO it doesnt freeze on the windows
coz its warm it might freeze on the floor but thats wat salt is for!!costs who cares , but the work load has gone more than enough to cover the £630 a month would be about right but i dont care with my nice warm pole to hold??
just laughing all the time now but i`m having a day off today
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: gaza on February 08, 2007, 12:23:46 pm
my little cheap gadget works a treat in the freezing weather ;)
the person who calls me on here is sat at home ;D pmsl

knowledge is power ;D
             £140 is all I SPENT ON HEATING UP THE WATER ;D

BIG IDEAS NOW CALL ME THAT NUMPTY.


  AND IF YOUR WONDERING WAT iM DOING AT HOME IM JUST SORTING MY  VAN INSURANCE OUT , GETTING MY CHEQUE BOOK , BYE GOT TO FLY

GAZA
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: Russell Macdonald on February 08, 2007, 12:36:39 pm
NO probs today with the good old Thermopure looks like I cleaned up today
with all you guys frozed up enjoy another day off tomorrow with the snow ::)
started at 8am finished at 430pm good day sorry guys but the hot water is good sometimes ;D

I'm cold water & im affraid i dont aggree.

OK, it may not freeze on the windows but if the temperature gets down too low it freezes on the ground. I would not be too happy if i was a customer & came home to rock salt every where. Ive been Wfp 15 months now & completed my work on time since i switched, the same this week.

Weather your hot or cold when a house is done the water will freeze the same, so we will hit the same brick wall.

Macc
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 08, 2007, 10:12:25 pm
my little cheap gadget works a treat in the freezing weather ;)

£140 is all I SPENT ON HEATING UP THE WATER ;D

Do you want to share what exactly it is that you are using?  :)

Thanks.
Title: Re: hot water i`m not froze
Post by: edd on February 09, 2007, 12:48:40 pm
ITS PROBABLY AN IMMERSION HEATER