Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on June 02, 2009, 07:26:21 pm
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I was pretty reserved about this harris pole at £15...went to B and Q today and bought 2, quick 10 mins mod on it, well impresed!!
£15 you cant go wrong can ya! My middle section is broken on xtel and at £30 to repair, i can have 2 harris poles!
Very good thumbs up, thanks to genious who spotted them :)
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No different to an Unger ali though is it really,is it something new or not?. :-[
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i have just made 4 up this evening! they are real value for money. got to take 4 up the tip now as well but at 15 quid each who cares ;)
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what needs to be done/is needed to mod one? drill a hole? goose neck?does goose neck screw straight onto pole?brush and clear pole hose anything else?
also if anyone can help what is a really cheap but still effective brush as lookin at harris pole as employee can bash it to hearts content and wanted similar from a brush,
thanks :D
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Pay me and ill make one for ya andy ;)
Drill hole x 2, drill out 2 rivets, pop new end in, screw brush to it, feed pipe in...
Superlite brush would be ace on end of it.
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can the hose run through it?dont think id fancy it flappin around loose,who makes superlite?gardiners?they expensive? are they big enough to reach over conservatories to windows etc? thanks mat, i might pay you!
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Hose goes down middle mate. pop to Oswestry and ill show ya, supalite yeh gardiners, about £30 i think.
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my gosh, the cheek of it! im a very busy man, you come to me!
cheers bud, might just pop up and learn from sensei! ;D
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my gosh, the cheek of it! im a very busy man, you come to me!
cheers bud, might just pop up and learn from sensei! ;D
Cost about £60 - £70 odd to setup with brush, butt end, piping and conector, but after that its just £15 a pole and swap the bits. ;)
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what size do these poles come in
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3 m and 5 m
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Ive just converted one last weekend just waiting for my superlite brush to come then go on the end should be good.
carn't wait to get out there with it :P
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Made one of these up a bit rapid as follows; because I intended getting one from Gardiners, but 3 week lead time for poles as they are on hols, and I couldn't wait....lol
Harris 5M pole
Pulex end piece from 3 part telescopic pole (fits very snugly in end of Harris) Pole is now approx just over 21ft +
Angle adapter and brush adapter
Supalite Brush from Garidiners (should be here Monday)
Flow valve from gardiners
30m Hosing from gardiners ( it was over £1 a metre in B&Q rip off!!!!
Just one problem I need to be able to lock the end piece (pulex bit) in position, and have been looking for something like clamps in the pic, but not sure what they are called or where to get them........I'm sure they do ali ones as my daughters scooter has them on
All to go with a wcw backpack with microbore fittings....
........and I'm good to go............hopefully ::)
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one tip i would give you, is put a swivel on the brush so if in a tight spot you can still manouver
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Halfords sell some saddle clamps and the adjustable ones.
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thanks windowswashed. Diameter of pole end is around 23-24mm, so something in this region or an adjustable one would be fine..thanks I'll pop dwon there ;)
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Made one of these up a bit rapid as follows; because I intended getting one from Gardiners, but 3 week lead time for poles as they are on hols, and I couldn't wait....lol
Harris 5M pole
Pulex end piece from 3 part telescopic pole (fits very snugly in end of Harris) Pole is now approx just over 21ft +
Angle adapter and brush adapter
Supalite Brush from Garidiners (should be here Monday)
Flow valve from gardiners
30m Hosing from gardiners ( it was over £1 a metre in B&Q rip off!!!!
Just one problem I need to be able to lock the end piece (pulex bit) in position, and have been looking for something like clamps in the pic, but not sure what they are called or where to get them........I'm sure they do ali ones as my daughters scooter has them on
All to go with a wcw backpack with microbore fittings....
........and I'm good to go............hopefully
When did you order your superlite brush?
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29th May Dave, then they rang me to say it won't be here till Monday, but sent my other bits
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heres a few sizes in seat clamps
http://www.patriotsports.co.uk/seatingSEATCLAMPS.htm
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Can the seat clamps be fitted to the pole?
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excellent jouk45, thanks
Can the seat clamps be fitted to the pole?
yes m8, the ones for 6.99 in the post have an allen key head which you tighten to secure around the top of the retaining piece of pole, then flipping the lever tensions it even further to tighten the retained pole inside the retaining pole...........if that makes sense ...not sure it does...lol
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Yes it does, superb!
Off to Halfords in the morning! ;D
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my brother has been using a harris pole for about 5 years now and handed it to me when i started in may and it still has loads of life left in it
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seem to remember seeing a harris pole with them on...hang on
here you go............so I assume it must work ok ;)
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How does the clamp attach to pole, i cant figure out in my head lol
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fieldsy are you the same person who did this one
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29th May Dave, then they rang me to say it won't be here till Monday, but sent my other bits
Cheers for that, did they mean monday just gone or next monday? j
ust i ordered mine before
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no m8, I just found it on here in a thread...........can't take praise for it......lol
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@Dave, they told me next Monday m8
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it was a member named dune19670 who did them if i remember rightly
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Good thing is Jouk by the look of the clamps on both, they obviously work ok.................off to Halfords ;D.............not now tomorrow I mean ;)
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Thanks Fieldsy
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How does the clamp attach to pole, i cant figure out in my head lol
The clamp slips over the top end of each piece, you then tighten it with an allen key to grasp the pole sufficiently, insert your next piece and push the flip lever over, this tightens the clamp on the pipe further and in turn grasps the piec you have just inserted in to it. Very simple mechanism, have them on my kids scooters, but never knew where to get them???
@dave no probs m8 ;)
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that tiny pole would be very handy on some jobs.
ok list of items required to make one of these poles
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Got my harris today.....
Guess what im doing at the weekend ;D ;D
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Used it today for first time all day, well impressed, i didnt even mind the clamps, alot more usable when i first thought, so ill take a hold on them clamps until these wear out.
List
Harris pole £15
The rest of the parts are available from most places, im showing you from varitech
http://www.varitechcatalogue.com/
Pole end insert (page 18) £2.45
Angle adaptor (page18) £3.60
Brush (page 21) £18.56
Piping (page 25) £0.37 a metre
Coupling (page 27) £1.96
These prices are all + VAT so around £30, oh and some rivets or bolt to hold pole end insert in.
£45 - £50 bargain!
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i am sure if you use these clamps, you have to make slits on the section of pole, and epoxy them,
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yes thats what i thought, could not figure out how they stayed in one place.
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looks like you are correct jouk, just looked at 3 scooters we have and all have a split in the shaft with these clamps. Interested to know how the maker of above poles sorted this??. I'm assuming the split acts like a spring action so that the retaining piece opens and closes without just crushing the pipe. I'm gonna get one anyway and have a play ;D ;D
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it was me who made the harris slx lol.
my username on other forums is dune19670.
the clamps on the pole did work ok but i found them to be a bit awkward to use, so thats why i cut the sections down and made it into a mini pole, and to be honest i dont use that either, i still prefer my 17ft xtel for ease of use.
the clamps had to be packed out with shims of metal and slots cut in to the pole to allow the clamps to compress, then every thing was araldited together, worked fine and is still together to this day.
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how does the weight compare to the RT Zensorflex fishing pole ? ? ? ?
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dont know never used one. ???