Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: davids3511 on September 24, 2007, 08:42:56 pm
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Need a cheap(ish) 28ft pole for a once a moth job (pays well though) and would like an 18fter as well. 2for1 seems like a good deal but can't remember who was doing it. Anybody?
David
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brodex but dont think they do 28ft poles(in that offer) only 25ft.
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Was it Brodex?
http://www.brodexbms.co.uk/shop/
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not being funny but aren't their poles a little expensive. I mean if they are good quality then ok. But I'm sure you would be able to get a 30' universal and and 18' residential pole for the price of their 25' pole?
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Don't EVER buy a 30ft universal Colley. I did and regretted it from day 1. They're absolutely fine for 5 minutes or less, but then you're screwed. They might be cheap, but you'll end up gettin rid in no time and spending even more for a better one. If you're going big, don't try scrimping. Just my humble opinion ;)
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TOO LATE....Its in the garage, NNOOOO!!
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You aint???????? :o Lets just hope you got a right arm like Geoff Capes 6 months after his misses has walked out on him ;D
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To be honest I used to use the old Ionics 50' pole for my ex boss and compared to that my universal is like a kids fishing rod.
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If thats the case mate.....you're a bigger man than me lol. I used to be on my knees after 10 minutes :'(
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what are they like? moving a 3 story ladder extended haviing 2 bounce it accross the wall ;D ? or just heavy
Dave
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It think I've always used heavy poles though. My boss bought his system from ionics. Then bought all his poles from Brodex. They were the green ones and they were not very stiff. I thought the ionics yellow ones were more rigid but heavier.
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dave0123 to be honest I don't find it that heavy when you compare it to the weight of the backpack on your back. Now that was heavy when I first put it on. Think I'm getting used to it now though, doesn't seem as heavy.
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Ic ic..
just wondering thats all. spose if your used to handling weight youl be ok.
dave
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Really the best way I can describe it is that its not heavy when you first pick it up but gets to your arms, shoulders and back after a while. Plus if your poles not rigid when the top bends it feels really heavy trying to get it back up straight. I have always left the top section of my poles in unless needed and used the second section then third.
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yer i understand what you mean mate. :D tar
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So how far off are you from getting your system together?
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i have some of it.
erm.. sureflow pump and veristream also the an RO, and tds meter. thats it at the moment going to be gettin IBC tank either this week or next and DI stuff get the static set up then the rest ;D . How you gettin on with customers lots of moans or complaints? tbh jobs i have taken on were i said i carnt reach that window because of your conservatory i have said soon shouldnt be a problem and explaing the pole system and pure water they seem pleased at the moment that is ;)
Also mate whats your tap water tds? tested mine friday wen i got it was like 380 odd lol :( thought that was high not sure tho.
Dave
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Mine is usually about 275-280 in the day but about 250 in the morning? I have found my commercial work have really be glad to see my poles going up but my domestic unless they have windows that I couldn't reach they have been umming and aring at me. As for your filtration stuff I'd go and see Andy's aquatics in New Ferry, the stock or are going to stock RO'S and stuff. What size RO did you get mine is only 100 gpd but to be honest I've found if I fill the IBC at the weekend I only need to run it once in the week from when I go out til when I get home and it does me.
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275 god! such a diffrence!!
yer i will mate cheeers for that.
i got 300GPD RO, how long does it take to fill your ibc with 100GPD?
oh thats not good lol people umming and aring!! atho alot are out in the day. did u give them all letters on the first clean?
Dave
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No mate I didn't hand out letters due to the fact that I've always talked about it to my customers since starting work for them but still had a few funny comments. I even had one customer say " Oh no that stupid stick with the water coming out the top."
My 100 gpd takes around 2 days to fill my IBC tank. Wish I knew you were getting one because I got 1 for 40 quid new and the guy had 2 for sale could probably got them for cheaper if I had tried but was happy not to be paying £200 I got quoted from one supplier. All in all wfp has been really handy for me,even for instance me car with roofrack broke down the other week so I just threw my gear in my other car and went back to work.
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Oh no that stupid stick with the water coming out the top."
lol seriously? but carnt they see the results are good?? so whats the problem i dont understand that. was she an old woman by anychance ;D i just think the younger people will accept it more. I explained to one customer and he was oh they use them at work there great!.
Yer mate should of thought on. do u use a booster pump for the IBC? or is that just the presure of gravity?
Dave
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I just use gravity myself but I'm filling 25 ltr containers. If I was filling a van mount tank I'd probably have paid for a pump.
I gave my IBC a rinse out when I first got it. It was on my drive and I filled it with water then turned the tap on at the bottom and water come flying out, really gushing out. It came out that fast that it shot down my drive out into the road and went straight to the other side of the road and made the road look like a stream! Just as it got going and the water started flowing down the road a van full of police men come driving down my road and slowed right down. They then started driving up and down the road I felt a right thug in the end they just shot off so I carried on.
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sorry no.. i ment for your RO, to produce the water faster because you said 2days to fill your 1000ltr is fast haha.
LMAO @ the police ;D
Dave
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Felt like a right thug the way they looked at me. I bought a hoselock/ IBC connector off ebay the next day.
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I have a Brodex 25ft pro long , strong, quite light and very stiff. The preditor that came with it is a joke!! I use an xtel 17fts instead of the preditor, Luke