[Jeff Brimble]

This poll is open to non wfp users.

[NWH]

2.5 x 2.5 is perfect for downstairs windows,fully extended it allows you to do windows above doors etc.

[Davew]

Jeff i wouldn't want a groundfloor pole but i would want a telescopic that went down to between three and four feet and extended to over twelve and was stiff and light as a modular and never wore at the joins and never embedded fibreglass shards in my hands ...... oh and cost less than a hundred pounds.

[Paul Coleman]

Not voted as I have two.  I have a 2 x 2ft and a 2 x 3ft.  When it is tight for room the 2 x 2 is handy but when I need extra reach the 2 x 3 is better.

[Alex Gardiner]

The ideal ground floor pole is one you can also use on higher windows as most properties have some higher windows.

We have a 9ft X-Tel which is perfect for ground floor work, but can also reach quite a lot of low first floor windows, ideal for bungalows with the odd higher window.

I also have a prototype pole in use that is about 5ft when closed and is light enough to use on all ground floor work (which I have been doing all week), but will also reach 30ft as well. It's telescopic, has clamps and only weighs 1400g (oh and its stiffer than an E2).

[sair]

for me its my modified hybryd 25 cut down by 8 inches on each section use it all time up and down

[Village Gleam]

I think mines a streamline it's very short and light, three section it might be 12' extended. What I would like Alex or Sair is an extendor I could put on to give it another three or four feet. This extender would be a great product and could be used with any pole.

[Jeff Brimble]

Do you mean a telscopic that could have a modular plug in extension to go 4ft higher ?

[Alex Gardiner]

Sounds great - you're tapping my phone calls are you?

[Jeff Brimble]

just adding input and trying to make people think.

If you had one 4ft extension, why not 5 or 10, but where would you keep/carry them ?

If you had one 4ft extension how would you get it to fit all poles ?

how about a 3 section modular c/f top piece with a 5 section parallel telescopic removeable base ?

[dai]

I have two for ground floor work, I sometimes need a very short one when I am working in confined areas, the insides of glass balconys and conservatories that are close to a wall. Dai

[Chris Cottrell]

(oh and its stiffer than an E2).

Careful Alex they dont like it up em ya know 

[Nathanael Jones]

I've a 7 section clamp-less telescopic 24' pole that closes down to about 4', and I just got a couple of 6 section 20' poles that are the same. Perfect for domestic, I use them for 95% of my work.
At less than £25 a piece,.. you can't go wrong!

[windowwashers]

I've a 7 section clamp-less telescopic 24' pole that closes down to about 4', and I just got a couple of 6 section 20' poles that are the same. Perfect for domestic, I use them for 95% of my work.
At less than £25 a piece,.. you can't go wrong!

please tell me more or where you got them from as this sounds good.

[Nathanael Jones]

 

[windowwashers]

that helped lol, email me the details please if you dont want to add on here  :

[Nathanael Jones]

Its a DIY one made from a telescopic windsock/flag pole.
The top 3 sections of the pole are too weak to use, so the 10 mtr pole will give you a 24' one,... the 9mtr pole will give you a 20' odd one.
Get the poles from Brian Penfold at www.skyblueleisure.co.uk
He's getting new 10mtr poles in next week, made to his specification, and stronger than the previous stock.

You run a 6mm ID PVC braided hose (£9.99 for 30mtrs on ebay) through the inside of the pole, and use it the same as Peter Fogwill's pole. Flick it up to the desired height, and hold it in place with your finger on the hose where it exits the base of the pole.

The poles do wear,.. and I'd expect to change it every 6 months or so,.. but at that price you can't complain!

[windowwashers]

Its a DIY one made from a telescopic windsock/flag pole.
The top 3 sections of the pole are too weak to use, so the 10 mtr pole will give you a 24' one,... the 9mtr pole will give you a 20' odd one.
Get the poles from Brian Penfold at www.skyblueleisure.co.uk
He's getting new 10mtr poles in next week, made to his specification, and stronger than the previous stock.

You run a 6mm ID PVC braided hose (£9.99 for 30mtrs on ebay) through the inside of the pole, and use it the same as Peter Fogwill's pole. Flick it up to the desired height, and hold it in place with your finger on the hose where it exits the base of the pole.

The poles do wear,.. and I'd expect to change it every 6 months or so,.. but at that price you can't complain!

the hose you talk about which goes in the pole and feeds brush ect, I am trying to find out the right details for this as my Dad owns a few Aquatics shops and imports quite alot and from what i have seen on my poles and the new one I have it is the same thing he has on fish tanks and sells to others, cant wait to see him in a month  .

[Nathanael Jones]

When the hose goes up inside the pole, it needs to be a bit stiffer so it wont get tangled inside the sections. This hose should do the trick:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230159581605&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013

1 roll will do 4 poles easy.
I normally buy a cheap broom (after checking the thread on the handle suits my angle adapters), and use the top 12" of the broom handle glued (Araldite is a great glue!) to the top section for strength. Drill a 12mm hole about 4" below the thread and feed the hose down through the pole.

[Captain Scarlet]

I also have a prototype pole in use that is about 5ft when closed and is light enough to use on all ground floor work (which I have been doing all week), but will also reach 30ft as well. It's telescopic, has clamps and only weighs 1400g (oh and its stiffer than an E2).

Wow sounds exciting, when will that be ready because that would mean we could stop carrying our Brodex pro long and xtels and just have two of them and the Super-lite 2!!!