Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Blue Frog Systems on July 11, 2009, 01:51:58 pm
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Need to speak to ya ftp...
Drop me an email ... Jpbradley@uwclub.net
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whats he done wrong this time? ;D ;D ;D
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Nothing..................
yet
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my contacts tell me he has gone windsurfing today, but being the geek he is, he might pop online from somewhere, you know he cannot go a moment without checking CIU
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I wish he would hurry up.... i get impatient very quickly and need to pick his brains.
He should be sat at his computer / mobile on 24hr call !!!! :)
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I'm back and my brains are full of sea water i'm afraid! :(
Fire away!
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Geek? The cheek of it. ::)
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Did you hear my post through the air waves ?
Just wanted some details of this gutter spike you have made matey. Have got a custy that needs a tree removing from there guttering. No chance of ladders as too confined space and no one close enough for a gutter vac job
Pretty please
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Window wipers i'm guessing it's the spike?
All i did was I sawed the metal rod from one of those paint rollers, ground a point on one end and cut a thread on the other and fitted a nut. I then set the end with the nut in epoxy resin inside the tapered end of an adjustable angle peice. The taper stops it all pulling out. Works really well for me but there are obvious safety issues as there must be with any spike that could come adrift. Give me five minutes and i'll rummage around.
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Simple, but effective... I like it !
What pole do you use it on ?
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Here it is, I can put it on any pole and work from the side, works really well for lifting turf out. Once you've stabbed the first few inches and dragged it over the side the rest tends to follow with gravity. I've made different versions with hooks too but the spike seems to work the best. Obvious week point would be the plastic thread but i've not had any problems so far.
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Thanks for that ftp :)
That's just what I need for the job :)
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How long is the spike ftp ? Or should I say what length would you say is best ?
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so the lenght of the spike then mate, and the distance from the end of the section that i need to tape?
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Think the rod is just over a foot long including the bit that's buried in th angle adjuster. It's filled completely with resin.
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Think the rod is just over a foot long including the bit that's buried in th angle adjuster. It's filled completely with resin.
is that to clean as you go along ? ? ?
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I'm back and my brains are full of sea water i'm afraid! :(
my spys were right then ;)
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I think you have a stalker ftp .... watch out, he might throw you into his van and take you to his shed of 'home made contraptions' :o
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I think you have a stalker ftp .... watch out, he might throw you into his van and take you to his shed of 'home made contraptions' :o
;D ;D i should have a new shed next week, up my allotment, where they will not hear the screams ;)
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Quick thought ......
Now im a few bob short or affording to buy a gutter vac or similar (well im skint pretty much)
What are peoples thoughts on various angle adaptors....
1) the spike as seen above
2) one with something to push rubbish along
3) another to scoop it out ( like a trowel )
Would this do the job ?
Thoughts and suggestions for those of us who cant afford the gutter vac but want to get into the gutter cleaning safely :)
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Quick thought ......
Now im a few bob short or affording to buy a gutter vac or similar (well im skint pretty much)
What are peoples thoughts on various angle adaptors....
1) the spike as seen above
2) one with something to push rubbish along
3) another to scoop it out ( like a trowel )
Would this do the job ?
Thoughts and suggestions for those of us who cant afford the gutter vac but want to get into the gutter cleaning safely :)
when i used to go gutters ( i cannot be arsed now ) i used to use a pole with a scoop on the end, climb the ladder on the end and push all the stuff to the middle, climb the ladder again on the other end and do the same, then climb at the middle to scoop all the stuff out into a bucket
3 ladder climbs per side, it worked very well for me
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Reckon it could be done the way i mentioned Matt ?
Highest i go up is step ladders for obvious safety reasons
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Reckon it could be done the way i mentioned Matt ?
Highest i go up is step ladders for obvious safety reasons
i tried it with a scoop ( infact it was why i purchased the scoop ) i found it worked to a degree, but i wasnt 100 % happy with the results
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Put yourself in my position.... not enough for the vac and a few customers have asked about it. Would it be professional of me to do it the way i suggested ? Obviously i would have to explain to the customer that not 100% of everything would be removed.
There is also the option of fixing a hosepipe to an angle adaptor to flush the left over bits away with one of them twist thingys that you can turn to change from a mist right up to a jet
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Spike will only get the plants out, the only real way of doing it is up a ladder (cheap, dangerous but good) or a vac. I tried a scoop that I used from the ground on my pole but with little success. Most gutters are either filled with moss or sandy gloop. Some guys jet wash them out (more expense) but for me it just made a hell of a mess and defeats the object if you are shoving it all down the down pipe. :-\
Best idea is to find a mate who likes going up a ladder. ;)
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why go up a ladder 3 times per side i just put the ladder up the middle and pull all the rubbish back to the middle.