Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Pole 2 Pole on July 03, 2009, 08:25:02 am
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Yep, i'm bored. It was just a thought that popped into my head yesterday as i was working away. Thought it might make for interesting reading :D
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worning sines that fall over ;D ;D ;D
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Proteckta balls that get caught on everything >:(
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very strem
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I think mine is velcro straps. Truth is i don't own any useless bits or pieces anymore. I binned them,lol.
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Brodex brush
24 ft excel gf pole
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a pair of Unger gloves.
Too thick, too sweaty and they get trapped in the sections when you are shortening the pole.
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Id like to add fixed metal hose reels, as nice as they look and feel, when you pull the hose off at a certain angle it gets caught in the groove, highly annoying and they go tight and the centre breaks...
Free standing hose reels for me from now on. I know someone whos got two plastic ones, cost him £15 a reel, both with 100m microbore and they fantastic, never had any probs with them! Ive got a metal one in bits worst £50 i ever spent times 2 :(
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Id like to add fixed metal hose reels, as nice as they look and feel, when you pull the hose off at a certain angle it gets caught in the groove, highly annoying and they go tight and the centre breaks...
Free standing hose reels for me from now on. I know someone whos got two plastic ones, cost him £15 a reel, both with 100m microbore and they fantastic, never had any probs with them! Ive got a metal one in bits worst £50 i ever spent time 2 :(
Have to agree with this. I have 2 x Hozelock reels with 100m of microbore on and they perform very well and are light to lift. If you have to go to a metal reel it is best to spend a bit more and get a quality reel that will last.
Most useless items I have sold on. The most useless piece of equipment that I have and have not sold on (yet) are two stainless steel goosenecks that I have never used. I bought them off of a mate 5 years ago and couldn't fit them to a pole as they were just too heavy. I am thinking of fixing them to my garage wall and hanging my bike on them!
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Thinking back they were £70...faints
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metal hose reels x2 both plastic centre axles broke. now use hozelock plastic reels....Velcro straps...plastic signs that fall over (now fixed by screwing to traffic cone...sorted)...possibly my varistream as its playing up...and finally a £70 battery charger thats lasted only 2 1/2 yrs :( Syd
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I don't own anything useless these days (well apart from a sill brush). I suppose the most useless items were a glassfibre extel pole I had and even worse an extender pole.
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i have got to say its a 40ft pro 10 internal pole, i have only used it a few times the results where poor it is awkward to use and the worst bit about it was it cost £2000 >:(
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40 foot Ionics Glass Fibre Universal Pole. Left it in the Pipe Carrier, about 8 months ago, not used it since!!
I probably should put it on ebay for a fiver :P Prob too much hassle getting it posted, might just take it down the dump - all its good for imo :D
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my wife ;D ;D
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Id like to add fixed metal hose reels, as nice as they look and feel, when you pull the hose off at a certain angle it gets caught in the groove, highly annoying and they go tight and the centre breaks...
Free standing hose reels for me from now on. I know someone whos got two plastic ones, cost him £15 a reel, both with 100m microbore and they fantastic, never had any probs with them! Ive got a metal one in bits worst £50 i ever spent times 2 :(
Plastic/aluminium hozelok all the way, 5 years on & still work perfect! ;) I think these mega-buck metal things are victim of the usual wfp over-hype!!
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'Slip & slide' bought off the internet. Too light, used a couple times and retired to the shed never to see daylight again.
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i think that slip and slide is surposed to be used in the bedroom lol
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the advice section on CIU :D
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The hard bristle vikan sill brush. I origonaly got it when i started wfp to use on facias and conservatory roofs. Used it once as a brush, never again. The only use i have found for it was to splater wet cement at the walls of the house when patching in the teroline finish it was very effective for that.
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Autobrush. Too heavy by far, though the idea is very good. Gave mine to a new guy just starting up.
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Depends what brush you fit it to. I tried a hogs hair hardwood centre UK made brush from the States, too heAvy and to much friction to be of any use except washing the car, for which it quite good on the Ferrari ::)
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When i first started wfp i bought a trolley thats the most useless equipment i have hated it
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My trailer. :'( :'(
Absolute waste of money - the only things that were any good was the Shurflo pump and RO unit.
The trailer is about 4 years old, used for 3 years, done about 8000 miles, rustly as anything, on its second set of wheel bearings which are now knackered again. Trailer mechanic say reason for bearing failures is that the axle is overloaded.
The pump box supplied was a water tight electrical box with a bypass tap and on/off switch. One of the reinforced plastic hoses split in the pump box and filled it with water. Stripped pump and left for a few months to thoroughly dry out - still working fine 2 years later.
RO unit supplied was supposed to be a 300GPD but had 3 x 75GPD membranes fitted.
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My trailer.
Absolute waste of money - the only things that were any good was the Shurflo pump and RO unit.
The trailer is about 4 years old, used for 3 years, done about 8000 miles, rustly as anything, on its second set of wheel bearings which are now knackered again. Trailer mechanic say reason for bearing failures is that the axle is overloaded.
The pump box supplied was a water tight electrical box with a bypass tap and on/off switch. One of the reinforced plastic hoses split in the pump box and filled it with water. Stripped pump and left for a few months to thoroughly dry out - still working fine 2 years later.
RO unit supplied was supposed to be a 300GPD but had 3 x 75GPD membranes fitted.
I can't imagine the hassle of a trailer on a domestic round! I've not got the longest of fuses, I would have smashed the thing to bits by now!
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My trailer.
Absolute waste of money - the only things that were any good was the Shurflo pump and RO unit.
The trailer is about 4 years old, used for 3 years, done about 8000 miles, rustly as anything, on its second set of wheel bearings which are now knackered again. Trailer mechanic say reason for bearing failures is that the axle is overloaded.
The pump box supplied was a water tight electrical box with a bypass tap and on/off switch. One of the reinforced plastic hoses split in the pump box and filled it with water. Stripped pump and left for a few months to thoroughly dry out - still working fine 2 years later.
RO unit supplied was supposed to be a 300GPD but had 3 x 75GPD membranes fitted.
I can't imagine the hassle of a trailer on a domestic round! I've not got the longest of fuses, I would have smashed the thing to bits by now!
yeh and me ;D
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That lock looks quite valuable - good idea locking some scrap metal to it so nobody pinches it!
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That lock looks quite valuable - good idea locking some scrap metal to it so nobody pinches it!
lmao ;D ;D ;D
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I can't imagine the hassle of a trailer on a domestic round! I've not got the longest of fuses, I would have smashed the thing to bits by now!
Its extremely annoying i had one and fell out with it, but its meant my change over to wfp has took loads longer as i lost money with it :( and didnt like the idea due to the bad experience with the trailer, too heavy and large to manouvere
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all my wfp gear has been great but I have to say I disagree with the comments about the metal hose reels I love mine!
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'Slip & slide' bought off the internet. Too light, used a couple times and retired to the shed never to see daylight again.
AGREED!
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It has to be my fold up hazard signs, the slightest breeze and they are either on the floor or halfway down the street.
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'Slip & slide' bought off the internet. Too light, used a couple times and retired to the shed never to see daylight again.
AGREED!
You have got to be kidding :o,i think they are fantastic i use mine most days especially in drives and car parks they are perfect to stop hose snagging against car tyres,and also around flower beds,
i will have them off you if you no longer use them ;)