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dave f

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« on: January 26, 2017, 01:16:01 pm »
i must be getting soft in my old age  its freezing up here  in west Yorkshire  it would not bother me but  cant be arsed any more with  freezing conditions .mugs game

john k

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Re: -2
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2017, 01:41:26 pm »
Me too been working in tingley the wind chill factor made it feel a lot colder thawing out in front of an open fire now

Soupy

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Re: -2
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2017, 01:43:28 pm »
Southern softies.
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Mick Kent

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Re: -2
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2017, 01:54:38 pm »
Pole kept freezing so also sacked it off.

p1w1

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Re: -2
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2017, 02:42:19 pm »
Pole kept freezing so also sacked it off.
same reason i gave up, clamps still have ice round them now

nathankaye

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Re: -2
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2017, 03:17:18 pm »
How come youve got water coming down your poles inorder for clamps or poles to freeze?

I used to have water trickling down pole but realised i had wrong angle for brush. Once i sorted the angle out, no more water coming back down the pole
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M & C Window Cleaning

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Re: -2
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2017, 03:32:15 pm »
How come youve got water coming down your poles inorder for clamps or poles to freeze?

I used to have water twickling down pole but realised i had wrong angle for brush. Once i sorted the angle out, no more water coming back down the pole

I had the  same experience a few years back. Took a while to  figure it out. All it took was one notch on the angle adapter. Hot water helps too. The top couple of sections of pole become warm enough to evaporate the few drips that do get on there.

Smurf

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Re: -2
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2017, 04:53:16 pm »
Well by the time I went out is was a sweltering 1c.
I'm glad it did not get much warmer as I can't stand the heat  ;D

Stoots

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Re: -2
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2017, 05:25:00 pm »
Had no work on today anyway so that was lucky as it was freezing. Whoo

duncan h

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Re: -2
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2017, 06:33:58 pm »
West Yorkshire also. -2 all day in most places.
Saw 1 guy using pole. It will turn to ice

chris turner

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Re: -2
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2017, 06:36:36 pm »
I worked all day in -1. Had some ice build around the gooseneck but nothing to serious enough to stop working.
Was a bit nippy but manageable.

Tosh

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Re: -2
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2017, 06:36:47 pm »
I had a gutter clean job to do today. I haven’t laughed so hard for a long long time. No, seriously.
*A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE - THE SHORT STORY* 'Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.'

Smurf

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Re: -2
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2017, 06:53:07 pm »
I had a gutter clean job to do today. I haven’t laughed so hard for a long long time. No, seriously.

Sounds interesting do tell more

Tosh

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Re: -2
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2017, 06:58:22 pm »
Lets start with the fact its not got much above freezing round here for the last three weeks, the gutters were packed and don’t run in the fashion that gutters that empty due to gravity do.

Fortunately it was a bungalow so couldn’t see the point in even considering offloading the vac. Hot water and a hammer is what resolved it ;)
*A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE - THE SHORT STORY* 'Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.'

Tosh

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Re: -2
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2017, 06:59:13 pm »
If you apply adequate hot water it makes gutter emptying almost balmy.
*A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE - THE SHORT STORY* 'Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.'

dazmond

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Re: -2
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2017, 07:02:49 pm »
I managed 4 hours with the backpack then i sacked it off!cant wait to get my new van now.its no fun without hot water and a van mount! ;D
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Smurf

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Re: -2
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2017, 07:14:10 pm »
Lets start with the fact its not got much above freezing round here for the last three weeks, the gutters were packed and don’t run in the fashion that gutters that empty due to gravity do.

Fortunately it was a bungalow so couldn’t see the point in even considering offloading the vac. Hot water and a hammer is what resolved it ;)

Hot water on-demand does come in handy to defrost frozen gutters for sure. Mind I've never needed to use a hammer more like an ice pick   ;D

Smurf

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Re: -2
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2017, 07:15:08 pm »
I managed 4 hours with the backpack then i sacked it off!cant wait to get my new van now.its no fun without hot water and a van mount! ;D

Told you so springs to mind  ;D