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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: boshravie on April 03, 2009, 05:01:24 pm
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Hi guys just wondering do any of you use this kind of hose for hot water system and is it really say what it does and are you happy with it?
Regards, Bosh
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I bought the thermobore and to be honest its no different then normal microbore. OK you may loose a certain amount of heat through the hose but its not worth the extra cost
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It retains no more heat than normal microbore,it just has a black thin inner liner and is nothing scientific.
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Uuuhhhh thanks guys, Gardiner sell them, because I notice when I use my normal minibore it take such a long time to have hot water coming out of my brush, specially in the winter, so I thought of buying it, but if you say it doesn’t make that much different , I wont buy it then.
Regards,
Bosh
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Uuuhhhh thanks guys, Gardiner sell them, because I notice when I use my normal minibore it take such a long time to have hot water coming out of my brush, specially in the winter, so I thought of buying it, but if you say it doesn’t make that much different , I wont buy it then.
Regards,
Bosh
Before you start work put a pole hose connector on the end of your microbore and run it for 5 mins back into the tank to pre heat the water,this is what i do in the height of winter.I park up and take the lid off of the tank and what until the water starts to SSSSteam lol.
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Uuuhhhh thanks guys, Gardiner sell them, because I notice when I use my normal minibore it take such a long time to have hot water coming out of my brush, specially in the winter, so I thought of buying it, but if you say it doesn’t make that much different , I wont buy it then.
Regards,
Bosh
thats cos you have 100metres (or however much you use) of hose for the hot water to travel through before it gets to you anyway. once the water is hot it wont lose too much heat from heater to brush head.
Using thermo it will keep it at a better temp through the hose.
I suppose the price will weight out over time against gas/diesel costs.
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Thermobore hose is no different to microbore in fact microbore IMO gave a hotter temp at the brush.
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It retains no more heat than normal microbore,it just has a black thin inner liner and is nothing scientific.
It retains a lot more heat than Microbore.
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The 100 meters i had didn`t.
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Hi NWH
Unfortunately when I bought my reach & wash system fro Ionic they never bothered to put a cap on my tank so I cant do what you mentioned earlier, but is a very good idea.
Regard
Bosh
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I wonder if Alex can be kind enough to send me a sample so I can test drive it :)
I promise Alex to give a unset opinion on this hose, on this forum :)
Best regard
Bosh
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Hi NWH
Unfortunately when I bought my reach & wash system fro Ionic they never bothered to put a cap on my tank so I cant do what you mentioned earlier, but is a very good idea.
Regard
Bosh
Drill a small hole into the top of your tank smaller than the diameter of the pole hose EZ snap connector,you can get these with a bolt type thingy on them to stop it going into the tank by mistake.All you need to do then is plug in your micrbore like you are plugging into your pole and run the water back into the tank for 5 mins or so while the water heats up.
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I wonder if Alex can be kind enough to send me a sample so I can test drive it :)
I promise Alex to give a unset opinion on this hose, on this forum :)
Best regard
Bosh
It had been well test driven already thanks :) It has been on the market for over a year now and has many happy users. In fact it works so well that others have now copied it.
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Well many thanks NWH, that’s a fantastic idea. I will do that.
But seriously Alex I want to buy this hose, that’s why I am asking the guys on here to get some feed back that’s all.
And I am sure your products are great, because I have bought quiet a few product from you before and am very happy with them.
I just thought you could be very,very,very kind to send me a sample :) :)
Regards,
Bosh
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Well many thanks NWH, that’s a fantastic idea. I will do that.
But seriously Alex I want to buy this hose, that’s why I am asking the guys on here to get some feed back that’s all.
And I am sure your products are great, because I have bought quiet a few product from you before and am very happy with them.
I just thought you could be very,very,very kind to send me a sample :) :)
Regards,
Bosh
No problem, how many millimetres would you like? :D
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100 meter will do nicely Alex ;)
This would be close enough ;D
you soooooooo kind
Regard
Bosh
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Well I can't comment about All thermobore but after three weeks use I returned mine for a full refund. After several tests we found no difference between thermobore and minibore as regards to temp at the brush head. However we found 6mm microbore to be the best. We think this is because of the reduced ID(6mm) and smaller surface area. Less water flowing over the heat exchanger also increases heat.
The results have surprised us to be honest.
That`s exactly what i was saying it makes 0 difference in temp at the brush and microbore is better if you want hotter water.
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So what you guys have experience is that microbore is much better than minibore in terms of keeping the heat better ?
Regards
Bosh
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So what you guys have experience is that microbore is much better than minibore in terms of keeping the heat better ?
Regards
Bosh
I will prove to anyone that Thermo hose is no better-different to microbore if want to travel to see for yourself,i was getting hotter water with microbore hose.
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NWH
Where do you live?
I am based in South east, Brighton to ne exact.
Regard
Bosh
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Near Little common.
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Drill a small hole into the top of your tank smaller than the diameter of the pole hose EZ snap connector,you can get these with a bolt type thingy on them to stop it going into the tank by mistake.All you need to do then is plug in your micrbore like you are plugging into your pole and run the water back into the tank for 5 mins or so while the water heats up.
This is just what i'm looking to do. Any idea where sells these type of connectors NWH?
Cheers Chris
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If you look on Gardiners website under fittings you will find it there,you just want the hose tail with the bolt type fitting on the end of it.You could just use a hosetail.
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NWH
I think is little far for me to travel, but I will defiantly give that a try, and many thanks for you help.
Regard
Bosh
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what do you use hot water for anyway? sorry im a newbie
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Well I can't comment about All thermobore but after three weeks use I returned mine for a full refund. After several tests we found no difference between thermobore and minibore as regards to temp at the brush head. However we found 6mm microbore to be the best. We think this is because of the reduced ID(6mm) and smaller surface area. Less water flowing over the heat exchanger also increases heat.
The results have surprised us to be honest.
Kev, that wasn't Thermobore was it but Varitech's version?
So what you guys have experience is that microbore is much better than minibore in terms of keeping the heat better ?
Regards
Bosh
I will prove to anyone that Thermo hose is no better-different to microbore if want to travel to see for yourself,i was getting hotter water with microbore hose.
Obviously, each set of testing circumstances and user settings are going to be different because others have been easily able to identify that there is a temperature difference when using Thermobore. We really wouldn't have bothered having it developed is there was going to be no difference.
Having said all this, where this hose really comes into its own is with hot water not the warm water that most window cleaners are now favouring. This hose is designed to cope with and retain heat at between 80 and 100 degrees centigrade. Most window cleaners are now finding that in reality they are using warm water systems (danger of cracking glass, etc) which good quality microbore and minibore is able to cope with.
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Ok so we have a comparable hose regarding temperature loss, but how does mini and mirco compare to thermo with regards to hot water under pressure? Do the hoses blow/split? If so how easily?