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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cleewindows on February 12, 2010, 07:19:06 am
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i have 22 ft or 24 xtel fibre glass,find it very heavy,anyone recommend a lighter pole for not too much money please?
I have a 25 ft brodex alloy hydra pole,bit lighter but using that for the gutter cleans.
Perhaps a hybrid or carbon pole is needed but are they really much lighter?
Cheers all.
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i have 22 ft or 24 xtel fibre glass,find it very heavy,anyone recommend a lighter pole for not too much money please?
I have a 25 ft brodex alloy hydra pole,bit lighter but using that for the gutter cleans.
Perhaps a hybrid or carbon pole is needed but are they really much lighter?
Cheers all.
a 24ft carbon pole fully extended over a roof you will really feel the difference, SLX are a lite pole they are not cheap though
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What’s ‘Not too much money’?
It’s a bit of a vicious circle; light poles tend to be carbon fibre not enough customers today are willing to pay the current prices so the suppliers can’t drop the price because the demand isn’t there.
The more people that do there own diy pole the more likely the price of carbon fibre poles from suppliers will remain high, so in some respect you are cutting your throat.
hand me the knife
25 quid converted fishing pole V's a 200 quid off the shelf pole
yes i know 1 is modular and 1 is telescopic, but for your run of the mill domestic houses the modular is just great ;)
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im looking for pole upto 300,i dont have time to buy diy.
I want one from shop.
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£300 aint cheap
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£25 :o, closer to £80 complete with brush etc, so going by your example of a £200 cf pole the difference is £120, if the prices could drop by 35% the difference would only be £50.
Would you still make your own pole if you could get cf pole closer to £130?
(Try the kitchen draw ;D)
i have a brush though, as will most if they have a worn out pole
120 quid is still a fair amount of money, even with your 35%, 50 quid is still better in my pocket then some1 elses, i know your arguement will be " but it takes you time to build it " yes it does, but thats time in the evening when its dark ( i wouldnt be earning then anyways )
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Cleantech:
About £25:18' alloy pole (3x2m) for trad cledaning etc. Take out the plastic end stop in the top section
Put in a Cleantech alloy pole collar (about £11) - fits straight in - secure by cutting a slot in the end of the top section and put a jubilee clip round it.
Screw on a plastic angle adapter (about £5)
Screw a brush on to the angle adapter - either buy one ready with jets or buy a Bentley from Homebase etc and drill it to accept jets (about £2 each)
Drill a hole in the bottom end stop and another in the top section just before the pole collar. Feed a length of hose through (about £8 for 30mt). Fit a Y piece to split the feed to the two jets (about £2)
Fit a microbore male fitting in the other end of the hose. (about £2)
Total cost about £60 - time about one hour
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whats yours?
cheers
im looking for pole upto 300,i dont have time to buy diy.
I want one from shop.
Why haven't you got time?
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Cleantech:
About £25:18' alloy pole (3x2m) for trad cledaning etc. Take out the plastic end stop in the top section
Put in a Cleantech alloy pole collar (about £11) - fits straight in - secure by cutting a slot in the end of the top section and put a jubilee clip round it.
Screw on a plastic angle adapter (about £5)
Screw a brush on to the angle adapter - either buy one ready with jets or buy a Bentley from Homebase etc and drill it to accept jets (about £2 each) Or £29.32 for jetted brush, plus delivery
Drill a hole in the bottom end stop and another in the top section just before the pole collar. Feed a length of hose through (about £8 for 30mt). Fit a Y piece to split the feed to the two jets (about £2)
Fit a microbore male fitting in the other end of the hose. (about £2)
Total cost about £89.32 plus delivery - time about one hour
;)
That's why I didn't put a price for a jetted brush. Doing it 'on the cheap' you wouldn't buy a ready jetted Vikan. Even buying an unjetted one and fitting your own jets is much cheaper but for this pole I would recommend using a Bentley or similar because the pole is very light and the Vikan brush would weigh as much as the pole.
A big advantage of the Cleantech pole is that the clamps are the 'twist' type and have inner plastic fittings which will wear over time but you can get replacements for very little
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Cleantech:
About £25:18' alloy pole (3x2m) for trad cledaning etc. Take out the plastic end stop in the top section
Put in a Cleantech alloy pole collar (about £11) - fits straight in - secure by cutting a slot in the end of the top section and put a jubilee clip round it.
Screw on a plastic angle adapter (about £5)
Screw a brush on to the angle adapter - either buy one ready with jets or buy a Bentley from Homebase etc and drill it to accept jets (about £2 each) Or £29.32 for jetted brush, plus delivery
Drill a hole in the bottom end stop and another in the top section just before the pole collar. Feed a length of hose through (about £8 for 30mt). Fit a Y piece to split the feed to the two jets (about £2)
Fit a microbore male fitting in the other end of the hose. (about £2)
Total cost about £89.32 plus delivery - time about one hour
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That's why I didn't put a price for a jetted brush. Doing it 'on the cheap' you wouldn't buy a ready jetted Vikan. Even buying an unjetted one and fitting your own jets is much cheaper but for this pole I would recommend using a Bentley or similar because the pole is very light and the Vikan brush would weigh as much as the pole.
A big advantage of the Cleantech pole is that the clamps are the 'twist' type and have inner plastic fittings which will wear over time but you can get replacements for very little
good call on the cleantech pole, i used it for years and it was great
when i had my neck problem, it just would not go away
so after a good few weeks ( allmost 3 months my records show ), i tried the RT Zenflex pole and within the week the pain had eased, then a few days off the pain went, for the next week with the RT pole i had no pain
the Cleantech is a nice hardwearing pole, its just not as light as the RT ( or other fishing poles )
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Sorry lads you are all wrong, but cleewindows is not going to like the answer at all.
17' xtel
This is the day in day out staple.
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a harris pole is cheap but for wfp i have got a xtel 24ft £115 minus vat
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tosh can you enlighten us then mate
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I like Unger accessories, so cut off 2.5" off an Unger elbow (you can still use it if you redrill the pair of holes) and slide the piece into the harris tip, then either wrap approx 4 turns of sticky bak plastic and jam it in or drill and bolt it in. 4 min.
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Ian you sell franchises, is there really a need for a diy pole?
They get a 4foot, an 18ft, a 24ft and a 33ft with the kit, but the 18 ft gets the most use and wears out first. When they have to replace, I offer the DIY as a cheap replacement.