Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: geefree on October 26, 2009, 05:24:15 pm
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Hi,
i have 100 m of yellow microbore purchased from pure freedom, with the blue reel,
on the end, i have a metal tap with a male snap on thing ez snap or something.... then at the bottom of my pole hose, i have the female snap on,
now, thats fine, until i go get a new fitting, and although they send me the same..... they do not fit !
i took this up with pure freedom, and they were very good,..
they tried them on there own stuff, said perfect fit and re-sent me some more ..... they also did not fit... it was the female push fit.
i am thinking about doing this some other way, where i can get fittings readily and easily as these are not that good anyway..leaks, and other issues etc etc.
What do you all use , can i get parts from pond , and aquarium suppliers or air hose people?
Thanks for any help.
gary
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hi gary
i get mine from gardiners, good quality
http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/Pro_Fittings.html
mike
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I use rectus 21 fittings.
Matt
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I use rectus 21 fittings.
Matt
Gazza, the Gardiners EZ-Snap range are the same as Matt uses - Rectus 21
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gazza this is what you want mate im going down near hoseline in the morning if you want me to get you 1 . was the poles ok mate ?
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Hi,
i have 100 m of yellow microbore purchased from pure freedom, with the blue reel,
on the end, i have a metal tap with a male snap on thing ez snap or something.... then at the bottom of my pole hose, i have the female snap on,
now, thats fine, until i go get a new fitting, and although they send me the same..... they do not fit !
i took this up with pure freedom, and they were very good,..
they tried them on there own stuff, said perfect fit and re-sent me some more ..... they also did not fit... it was the female push fit.
i am thinking about doing this some other way, where i can get fittings readily and easily as these are not that good anyway..leaks, and other issues etc etc.
What do you all use , can i get parts from pond , and aquarium suppliers or air hose people?
Thanks for any help.
gary
I do it a bit different to you. I jubilee clip a bit of half inch hose on the end of the microbore and use a plastic hozelock type fitting with a flow controller. You can often get them in garden centres (usually the Gardena ones - nothing to do with Alex ;D ). I know some of the companies usually stock similar ones as well. For an emergency, you could always use one without a flow controller I suppose - the point being that they're easy to get hold of.
To fit into them, I have found the best male fitting is the fairly new black one that Ionics do. It slots into the pole hose just fine without the need to mess about with O rings. It also seems to "stick" in the hozelocks better than the metal connectors that Ionics and Omnipole supply.
Of course, the downside with hoseloicks is that they are plastic and can break. I probably get through 3 or 4 a year usually @ £3 - £8 a time depending which ones you have.
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Hi,
i have 100 m of yellow microbore purchased from pure freedom, with the blue reel,
on the end, i have a metal tap with a male snap on thing ez snap or something.... then at the bottom of my pole hose, i have the female snap on,
now, thats fine, until i go get a new fitting, and although they send me the same..... they do not fit !
i took this up with pure freedom, and they were very good,..
they tried them on there own stuff, said perfect fit and re-sent me some more ..... they also did not fit... it was the female push fit.
i am thinking about doing this some other way, where i can get fittings readily and easily as these are not that good anyway..leaks, and other issues etc etc.
What do you all use , can i get parts from pond , and aquarium suppliers or air hose people?
Thanks for any help.
gary
I do it a bit different to you. I jubilee clip a bit of half inch hose on the end of the microbore and use a plastic hozelock type fitting with a flow controller. You can often get them in garden centres (usually the Gardena ones - nothing to do with Alex ;D ). I know some of the companies usually stock similar ones as well. For an emergency, you could always use one without a flow controller I suppose - the point being that they're easy to get hold of.
To fit into them, I have found the best male fitting is the fairly new black one that Ionics do. It slots into the pole hose just fine without the need to mess about with O rings. It also seems to "stick" in the hozelocks better than the metal connectors that Ionics and Omnipole supply.
Of course, the downside with hoseloicks is that they are plastic and can break. I probably get through 3 or 4 a year usually @ £3 - £8 a time depending which ones you have.
this is the way i explained to you last night gazza but i use 1 of those plastic fittings as shown in picture .
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hi Dave
do you use any on/off valve or is the pole hose always connected to the microbore.
Ant
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If there is a machine mart in your area they sell the correct fittings for your needs and obviously you dont have to wait when you need any replacements.
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hi Dave
do you use any on/off valve or is the pole hose always connected to the microbore.
Ant
yes i use on / off valve on all my poles but i dont use microbore or minibore i just use 100 mtrs of clear pole hose and all my connections are push fit so it takes seconds to set up and be working .
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hi Dave
do you use any on/off valve or is the pole hose always connected to the microbore.
Ant
yes i use on / off valve on all my poles but i dont use microbore or minibore i just use 100 mtrs of clear pole hose and all my connections are push fit so it takes seconds to set up and be working .
you use clear hose :o do you not have any corners on your houses, or rose bushes, or trees, or gates or car tyres or pot plants or planters or wheelie bins or steps ?
does this not wear out very quick ?
because if it does'nt this would be great I could save myself a load of hassle
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hi Dave
do you use any on/off valve or is the pole hose always connected to the microbore.
Ant
yes i use on / off valve on all my poles but i dont use microbore or minibore i just use 100 mtrs of clear pole hose and all my connections are push fit so it takes seconds to set up and be working .
you use clear hose :o do you not have any corners on your houses, or rose bushes, or trees, or gates or car tyres or pot plants or planters or wheelie bins or steps ?
does this not wear out very quick ?
because if it does'nt this would be great I could save myself a load of hassle
ian belive me mate ive been using clear hose for over 4 years now and only ever had 1 split in that time .
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Thanks for all the answers, i used to you the hoselock type, they leaked and cracked,
Dave the bit in the photo..... that looks like you are meaning i connect my microbore to my pole hose with that??
i dont want it attached permernantly.. is this what you mean?
Gary
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Thanks for all the answers, i used to you the hoselock type, they leaked and cracked,
Dave the bit in the photo..... that looks like you are meaning i connect my microbore to my pole hose with that??
i dont want it attached permernantly.. is this what you mean?
Gary
no the thin end gos into your micro bore then the thicker end you fit your garden hose with a hoselock type fitting then on your pole hose use 1 of these , with the hose lock use the brass type .
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Got it ;D
Thanks Dave ,
im going to do that... ;)
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Got it ;D
Thanks Dave ,
im going to do that... ;)
ive got a few knocking around if you want 1 mate just let me no then i will leave 1 out for you then you can pick it up when near by .
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ok dave thanks, where do u get them little inline taps from.
cheers
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http://www.varitechcatalogue.com/
do the microbore fitting to pole hose with a holster. Cost £10 something.
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how simple was that then mate no more wet leg for you .