Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windowwashers on December 13, 2007, 08:55:19 am
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Mine did must have been colder than I thought :-[
think I better get a heater of the van :-X
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Yes mine has for the last two nights.
Going out in a minute.
Pipes on van system still frozen but last night i bought my poles and trolley in and my submersible pump on my van system is ok.
So will get some work done.
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nope...get em warm all night ;)
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Nope, nothing frozen at all.
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Frosty on tuesday but apart from that its been well above freezing all week 8)
Dean
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Frosty on tuesday but apart from that its been well above freezing all week 8)
Dean
Ah well, makes up for all those frosts you get in June and July! ;D
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Frozen solid this morning but didnt need me system as was doing b/cleans all day. Mind you stop to get diesel this morning and petrol cap was frozen on solid so had to drive back home and put the kettle on it lol.
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Still summer in Cornwall :) Hasn't got below 5.
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Still summer in Cornwall :) Hasn't got below 5.
you foreigners have all the luck ;)
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-2 and no problems yet. Inside of the van roof was well frosted.
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::) all pipes frozen ! ... just been to buy heater for the van ;D.....
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I got caught out the first frosty night but I've been removing the relevant bits from the van since that.
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always put a plug in radiator in the van lovely and warm every morning
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Mine froze solid last night, my own stupid fault i know went to b and q and got some insulating tubes which should stop a repeat, and bought my poles and hose reels in tonight!!
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my pump box was frozen solid
BUT
i put my spare set-up in the garage so was working at 9.15 this morning
the pump box attached to my cart didnt thaw out till 11.30
so my spare pump box has allready paid for itself ;)
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i kept my poles and most things inside, or in the garage (heated)
then quickly de- ice the car and set it all in the back, have the engine on for a little bit to warm up and heating on!
i dont think my things would have frozen, overnight probably would have if left outside because when i washed the car the water i used froze on the car.. but today wasnt that cold really, but it soon sets in again in the late afternoons...
and the roads are pretty slippy too, trying to accelerate out of a junction and the front wheels are wheelspinning!
its allot of fiddling about though taking everything indoors.
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I've got a 140w bottle heater (you can get them at an electrical store) which I put by my pump when it's going to be about 0 or -1
About -2 / -3 I put a hairdrier in the van as well about an hour before I'm due off.
At -5 - I stay in bed and don't work until noon!
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Mine froze solid last night, my own stupid fault i know went to b and q and got some insulating tubes which should stop a repeat, and bought my poles and hose reels in tonight!!
my hoses are insulated and they still frooze >:(
everything here all day has been ice here there and everywhere, so glad I aint trad bugger holding ladders all day (gone are them days) ;D
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My van hoses were insulated and they froze. The expansion caused some splits in the pipe work, luckily not my microbore or pump.
I replaced the van pipe work and went out and got one of these.
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff85/Kevinred101/1bc0_1.jpg)
I cant use electricity as the van is too far from the house. It runs on paraffin and one 5 ltr container (£4.99) lasts 4 nignts approx.
The heater cost £52.00 from homebase. I decided to get this one as the outside housing does not get hot where as the chimney type does so a bit safer for in the van.
The first night I set the flame too high and the van was warm but full of fumes. Last night was better as I turned the flame down.
I do a fair bit of early morning commercial work so this heater has been cost effective for sure. ;D
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Brought all my stuff in the house last night but got to first job everything fine. By the time I got to second job pump had frozen. Had to use valuable coffee from my flask to thaw it out.
Everything is indoors again tonight. Pump freezing is potentially dangerous as you can burn out the motor trying to run it. If it won't run SWITCH OFF.
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I can't believe all the trouble you lot are having. ???
You on the wind-up surely?
-3 here last few days and my stuff is fine.
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I can't believe all the trouble you lot are having. ???
You on the wind-up surely?
-3 here last few days and my stuff is fine.
Same here,we had it -5 Tuesday nothing frozen atall ;)
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i agree with squeaky . the only time i had a problem was when i first went wfp since then none at all but im not working till march at the earliest due to op i had done .
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I can't believe all the trouble you lot are having. ???
You on the wind-up surely?
-3 here last few days and my stuff is fine.
squeaky, no wind up at all, everything was solid, even had ice inside the van roof windows, scrim rock hard, micros rock hard you see you get the picture :-[
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no wind up from me
yesterday and the day before, pump wouldnt work, the hose pipe was solid and you could see the ice in the hozelock connection
my sill cloth was folder over the edge of my bucket and that was solid and i had to pull with all my strength to get my mop out of the bucket
last night i put my spare pump box and mop, brush and hose in the garage, so i was allright
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If your using anything plastic ie hoselock fittings you will have problems,theres massive gaps for cold to get into the water that`s in there still from the days work,system john guest fittings,hose micro-minibore fittings and no freezing problems at all.
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A lot of my connecters are plastic.
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no wind ups here mateys bought everything into shed went out this morn first job half way through customer asks have igot time to do cons roof i said fine laid hose and brushes down walked back to van got tfr spray out and steps walked back sprayed roof bout 15 mins total went back to do windows no flow pump ok but reel and both brushes froze :o :o didnt feel that cold
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its minus 4 here each night.... wrapped sheet round ro in the van... sheet over hoses and reel and pump
perfect... nothing frozen at all .... even with frost on the inside of the van walls.
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That`s why that pump box looks good on ebay,pump,varistream and battery all in a plastic box.
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cant get the hoses in tho or a ro system..... get a couple of blankets over them... it protects from jack frost biting.. try it.... i even thought it was warm when i touched them after lifting blankets off.... no expense spared here lol.
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cant get the hoses in tho or a ro system..... get a couple of blankets over them... it protects from jack frost biting.. try it.... i even thought it was warm when i touched them after lifting blankets off.... no expense spared here lol.
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well why pay when blankets work windowasher? :-\
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well why pay when blankets work windowasher? :-\
I did that, and the stuff still froze :-[
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i must have friendly frost.. ;D seriously though, all this harsh frost and not a prob since i tucked it all in with blankets.
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well why pay when blankets work windowasher? :-\
put a sign of a little man holding a pole on that blanket, you will treble the price of it
honestly you will :P
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Get a diesel heater, i turn it on 15-20 mins before i go every morning, keeps the van dry & if there is anything frozen it sorts that too.
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Alternately, stop imagining it and start work on time as usual. ;D
I really don't understand how you lot are getting frozen kit. ???