Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Clive McDonald on July 12, 2008, 07:28:37 pm
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I've mentioned this a few times, and to be honest the idea hasn't really generated the interest I'd been looking for; to recap for those that might have missed my repeated hints:
Point one
Poles wear because dirt gets between the sections, this is introduced largely by the pole hose being on the floor picking up grit and grime as we work and then depositing this inside the pole when it's drawn in during extension.
Point Two
Working with pole hose spagetti on the floor is not only an ungainly tangle inducing mess. It gets trood on and tripped over and skipping over it like a girl looks very unprofesional. Add to this that it often catches itself on garden furniture while working or moving between windows and maybe it's about time we did something about it?
So the great invention is an idea to keep the pole hose off the floor. Is it simple? Yes. Does it work? Yes.Should I show and tell? I'm not sure, that's why i've put the poll up.
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What if ............ you run the hose outside, velcro'd to the brush head only and avoid contact with the pole? Pole should last for about fifty years i rekon.
Oh go on then, put us out of our misery just promise me it's better than the last one please. ;)
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i thought you already did ???
isnt it a cleat mounted on pole to wrap hose around
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dont pure freedom already sell them on ebay ???
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GO and take a photo and show us! (please!!)
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i use a numatic trigger on pole , hose connects via a schrader connecter to trigger pole hose, which is cut to right length to connect to other end of trigger when pole is fully extended, no pole hose dragging on floor when extended , when collapsed to clean downstairs , i simply grab hose at bottom of pole run upto lenth of my pole fold in half and wrap pre fitted velcro strap ,[ the type sold by gardiners for their supalites ] round folded pole hose , hose never gets dirty , so no wear problems , plus instant control over water , simply by pressing depressing trigger
;D
daz
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My personal opinion. Worry less about wether dirt gets on your pole hose and concentrate on finding quicker methods of working with wfp. Then you wouldn't give a monkeys about your pole, just think of the extra dosh you earned through learning to work quicker and just buy a new pole when the old one starts wearing out. That's what I do. Always getting faster and finding all the shortcuts I use to miss out before. :)
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Is this a wind up?
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Is this a wind up?
;D ;D ;D ;D probly
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Look after your tools and your tools will look after you.
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using the principal of wireless you have invented hoseless water fed poles.
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Look after your tools and your tools will look after you.
LOL that comment reminded me of that line Trigger said in Only fools and horses,look after your broom and your broom will look after you lol. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D trigger
dischunt windows
aka "trigger"
pmsl :)
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My mum always use to tell me: look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
I say: stuff the pennies, I look after the pounds and stuff the pennies. :)
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My mum always use to tell me: look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
I say: stuff the pennies, I look after the pounds and stuff the pennies. :)
your mum was right ;) shame on you, go to your room :P
Clive come on please show us.
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Just clean it when you use it
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Clive, some people may not appreciate your inventions, but I welcome your ideas. :)
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I voted - show us. A hose that levitates off the ground would be cool.
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You only need to keep the first few feet that actually go up into the pole from touching the ground. A harness/clip with the hose over your shoulder will do this.
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My personal opinion. Worry less about wether dirt gets on your pole hose and concentrate on finding quicker methods of working with wfp. Then you wouldn't give a monkeys about your pole, just think of the extra dosh you earned through learning to work quicker and just buy a new pole when the old one starts wearing out. That's what I do. Always getting faster and finding all the shortcuts I use to miss out before. :)
Fast can also work against you and i have had a customer or two over the years drop me for an old dodderer that takes ages. Some people are very old fashioned and think that if you take your time on a job you geta better result. Not necessarily true.
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Voted show us! :)
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My personal opinion. Worry less about wether dirt gets on your pole hose and concentrate on finding quicker methods of working with wfp. Then you wouldn't give a monkeys about your pole, just think of the extra dosh you earned through learning to work quicker and just buy a new pole when the old one starts wearing out. That's what I do. Always getting faster and finding all the shortcuts I use to miss out before. :)
Fast can also work against you and i have had a customer or two over the years drop me for an old dodderer that takes ages. Some people are very old fashioned and think that if you take your time on a job you geta better result. Not necessarily true.
Totally agree with you. Some custies say to me, "god that was quick, have you finished already"? I get a bit fed up with making up smart answers for their remarks now. It's taken me a long time to get my speed up whilst still cleaning the windows thoroughly. I was very slow to start with, but now I'm fast, I couldn't go back to working slow just to please a customer as it would throw me out of my routine and method. :)
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Yes. Show and tell - and ignore the nay-sayers.
Take a leaf out of groundhog's book of life. Go for it.
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Yes. Show and tell - and ignore the nay-sayers.
Take a leaf out of groundhog's book of life. Go for it.
Agree, and while I am here where it groundhog ???
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Yes. Show and tell - and ignore the nay-sayers.
Take a leaf out of groundhog's book of life. Go for it.
Agree, and while I am here where it groundhog ???
he might have got sick and tired of all the snidey posts that seem to have a dig at the same few ::) ::)
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Yes. Show and tell - and ignore the nay-sayers.
Take a leaf out of groundhog's book of life. Go for it.
Agree, and while I am here where it groundhog ???
he might have got sick and tired of all the snidey posts that seem to have a dig at the same few ::) ::)
?? explain more
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C'mon discount. The forum is on a roll at the moment for good ideas. Keep the ball rolling.
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I know, its a pole two foot in diameter with all the water already inside. It is isn't it?
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you have got my vote,
come on then ;D
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Its rings like you find at a petrol station to stop the hose wearing out on the ground
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Okay, I know you are going to be dissapointed but this is a realistic and quite good solution to a real problem. It is fiddly and more time consuming to start but results in a better faster method of working.
The red harness is placed over your head and under one arm.The winding frame and tap is at the side of your upper body.
I'm sure there are other neater solutions and a proprietory product that did just this would no doubt find a market.Here it is, thanks for all the votes,enjoy.
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Its only guy's like your self Clive that move wfp forward? A lot of us come out with little idea's that we feel makes our own routine a little more easier.
We then decide to share our idea's with everyone else, if they wish to share your idea's then you have achieved your aim, those who don't want to share any idea's that the few of us put on here, don't criticize other peoples efforts in trying to make our life's that little more easier.
Well done Clive and keep them coming
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Its only guy's like your self Clive that move wfp forward? A lot of us come out with little idea's that we feel makes our own routine a little more easier.
We then decide to share our idea's with everyone else, if they wish to share your idea's then you have archived your aim, those who don't want to share any idea's that the few of us put on here, don't criticize other peoples efforts in trying to make our life's that little more easier.
Well done Clive and keep them coming
Good post and well said
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Marvelous.
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can you take a picture of it on? wearing only that...joke
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This is going better than I thought! The forum does seem to have a new found maturity. In view of this I would like to share with you another tip.At one time I was foreever inadvertantly pulling my pole hose out of the brush and completely out the pole by mistake- and then taking forever to thread it back through. This doesn't happen now because I put a nut on the pole hose which makes it impossible to pull past the collar.
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HI all
ive had similar thoughts but for a small lightweight retractable hose reel that just holds enough for the pole hose when fully retracted then as you extend pole it gives what you need.
same as a retractable reel but attached to the end of the pole .
the only thing ive seen that would be good is the single line retractable washing lines but it would just need to be half the size.
would be useful when using back packs in awkward places as you would never have trailing hoses
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if you ever get stuck threading back through thread through from top, much easier, as i found out lol
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Yes, there is a version with a vacuum cleaner recoil, this doesn't fit to the pole because it adds weight. This was meant for van mounts, the important bits being that the reel hose is secured to your body, and so does the pole hose but in such a way as not to clutter.
HI all
ive had similar thoughts but for a small lightweight retractable hose reel that just holds enough for the pole hose when fully retracted then as you extend pole it gives what you need.
same as a retractable reel but attached to the end of the pole .
the only thing ive seen that would be good is the single line retractable washing lines but it would just need to be half the size.
would be useful when using back packs in awkward places as you would never have trailing hoses
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I tie a light knot in the pole hose just after it comes out of the pole. Stops it going bck through and doesn't restrict the flow.
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if you ever get stuck threading back through thread through from top, much easier, as i found out lol
If you have a male schrader/ez with an attiker clip you can't do this.
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dont really need a clip on the pole hose as it rarely or in my case never comes out
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This is why you need the attiker clip because the dynamics of a hot system are different to that of a cold LWC. Hose is a lot more flexible and more diligence is required. For example the hose lock connection going into the reel used to leak because it was able to unscrew itself from the thread because of the turning moment of the reel.
I posted on here for solutions, and as I say the dynamics of a hot system are different, so when I tried the suggested Locktite that didn't work. What did work was electrical insulating tape round the outside of the connection, never a leak since. ;)
Keep 'em peeled ;D
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:) Nice one, first shoulder hanger I have seen.
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ah right, didnt know you had a hot system, and i can see how that would make a diff ;)
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Hey, why not wrap the pole hose around your body in winter and have a thermal vest?
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Hey, why not wrap the pole hose around your body in winter and have a thermal vest?
Working'll help keep you warm in the winter
;)
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50 votes, 500 views, and not one off key or sour post, well done this forum.
But I ain't going to push my luck.... This thread is locked!