[visiontechnician]

Hi all,

My first post so go easy on me!

I have been trad for 1 year now.

I'm really getting bored of going up and down ladders all day long!

Thinking of switching to the water on a stick method. Is it good/quicker.

Any pros and cons?

Regards,

tech

[visiontechnician]

forgot to say.

I live in glasgow and drive a fiat ducato swb van which if i do change over i will have a 400L upright tank.

do i need ro or di to purify?

tech

[Londoner]

Its better all round. Check out the other posts and you will get the picture. We have been through this question many times over. Best advice is to do a look back and get a feel of things for yourself. Oh and good luck, this was me a while back and now I would never go back to ladders but I still trad some windows to keep my hand in.

[rugby]

is it good---yes
is it quicker---yes
pros---see above + no more dangerous ladders to climb, higher income,nuff said
cons--- cost of equipment,running cost's, the learning curve,more to go wrong,more to replace,more explanations to stupid customers  

[visiontechnician]

Thanks vince.

I will look back before i start making anymore posts and gather more inf and get a better feel for things!

Cheers,

tech

[visiontechnician]

is it good---yes
is it quicker---yes
pros---see above + no more dangerous ladders to climb, higher income,nuff said
cons--- cost of equipment,running cost's, the learning curve,more to go wrong,more to replace,more explanations to stupid customers  

thanks rugby

tech

[clean]

Best move you will ever make  ,go for it and you will have wished you had done it a lot sooner 

[rugby]

forgot to say.

I live in glasgow and drive a fiat ducato swb van which if i do change over i will have a 400L upright tank.

do i need ro or di to purify?

tech

all depends on the tds of your mains supply,if it has a low tds then you may get away with useing a di system only,but chances are you will be better off useing both,use an ro to get the tds right down,and then through a di to make sure your tds stays at 000
this is probably the cheapest way too,as the di resin will last for a very long time if water has been through an ro first

[visiontechnician]

forgot to say.

I live in glasgow and drive a fiat ducato swb van which if i do change over i will have a 400L upright tank.

do i need ro or di to purify?

tech

all depends on the tds of your mains supply,if it has a low tds then you may get away with useing a di system only,but chances are you will be better off useing both,use an ro to get the tds right down,and then through a di to make sure your tds stays at 000

Thanks for that

My tds is about the 200 mark

[clear-reach]

O by the way you WILL HAVE TO get a facelift pole just ask macmac

[visiontechnician]

I was going to go with the unger 3 section which i have already.

Would maybe buy the other 2 sections to add on.

Whats the facelift?

I have been told that extender poles are good and a reasonable price?

[visiontechnician]

I just read in another post about the tucker pole.

Someone said the 44ft tucker is as light as a good carbon pole and is a lot cheaper!

One thing i have found in my research is that carbon poles are very expensive.

Is the tucker pole expensive?

tech

[Dean Aspects]

Facelift is a manufacturer of poles they make a very good carbon fibre pole that has easy removable sections so you can use as an 18/24ft pole or with all sections 34/45ft pole a good light rigid all round pole although the brush it comes with is pants for residential use
Oh and another thing its expensive but you do get what you pay for ...over to macmac

Dean

[visiontechnician]

how much are we looking at for a 44ft facelift?




What is the new dura pole like from window cleaning warehouse?

Its 45ft and £895!!!!   What is it made of?


tech

[Dean Aspects]

You are looking at a similar price
If you are on a smaller budget try gardiners they post on here and give lots of good advice and wont sell you something you dont need never used them myself but that is the impression they give on this forum
www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk
or of couse their is cleantech in kilmarnock
www.cleantech.co.uk

Dean

[Neil_A]

Im really confused about wfp... I just cant see how you canm get work done faster?



Question : You have a road with 60 houses .. its more or less 1 after the other and on both sides of the road...
I know doing this trad with 2men would be eazy in a day
... but i cant see how doing it out the back of a van with pipes and everything all over the place would be faster ... you would have to keep movin the van?? even if you used a backpack u have to keep filling the b1tch up?  Have i missed something whilst reading through the forum about wfp

Thanks

Neil

[NWH]

If WFP is slower for any WC they have the wrong type of work,for the odd job i do use ladders but most of my houses are large and with  WFP it takes half the time it used to with ladders,at least half the time.I do a number of houses that used to take 3 of us 2.5 hours,i can now do it on my own in 1.5 hours.The safty is a bonus the more work you can do with WFP is surprising over the course of a week-month,the real difference is seen in time saving after using it for about a year,forget all the rubbish people telling you that after a month you`ll be doing a months work in 2weeks cos you wont be,but that would be possible after you have a years experience under your belt.

[Davew]

For maintenance type cleans it's great. For filthy minging first cleans it can be impressive but takes frigging ages to get a perfect clean - but I am fussy. I probably have never managed a perfect clean yet in seven months.

[pjulk]

WFP is a great tool and is quicker on most jobs but not all.

I think myself traditional is better and you don't get any problems with a squeegie apart from the odd rubber.

But you are able to earn more money with WFP and a lot more grief.

And yes i am WFP and no i would not go back to traditional.

Paul

[LWC]

no wfp isnt better its rubbish save your money

......

just kidding