[Chris Galloway]

check this

Good news!

My order for this Vacuum Cleaner should be with me today, its ex demo, so got a big discount, down side if you wont to order one, the new stock wont be in for 6 or 7 weeks, but I am sure you can pre order or put your name down

h ttp://www.easterntrading.co.uk/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=5&PHPSESSID=f0fb92898f669fcaeb55b0e3e92727f0

Phoned this company www.morclean.co.uk for 51mm hose and they have also been able to supply me with the 51mm inlet for the Vacuum Cleaner, so just need to cut a 51mm hole in the side

Cost so far is just over 200 pounds, just need to sort a vaccum pole, which I have been looking at 51mm (5 foot sections) rain down pipes!

Andy

From another post on the subject

[Mr H]

I have found a wet dry vac that has the following but suction hose is 40 mm.would this be of any use to me as it's £259.95 + vat


Includes:- Heavy Duty Steel Trolley With Cushion Wheels & Castors.
*POWER:TRIPLE 1000W BYPASS MOTORS. 220 – 240 V
*VACUUM SUCTION: 3000mm H²0
*TANK: STAINLESS STEEL - 80 LITRES
*AIR FLOW: 100 Ltr/Sec
*CABLE LENGTH: 7 METRE

Not as powerful and with the smaller hose is would likely get clogged more often. But if your using it on standard houses its not so much trouble to unclog as oposed to a 40-50 or even 60ft job getting clogged. If yu really can't afford the bigger one then it would do until you could upgrade. Just remember that the SL2 base sections are wider than the hose so more likely to block at the connection than at the top.

Doing it that way would also make the system much more expensive in the long run.

Regards
Mr H

[Chris Galloway]

I have found a wet dry vac that has the following but suction hose is 40 mm.would this be of any use to me as it's £259.95 + vat


Includes:- Heavy Duty Steel Trolley With Cushion Wheels & Castors.
*POWER:TRIPLE 1000W BYPASS MOTORS. 220 – 240 V
*VACUUM SUCTION: 3000mm H²0
*TANK: STAINLESS STEEL - 80 LITRES
*AIR FLOW: 100 Ltr/Sec
*CABLE LENGTH: 7 METRE

Not as powerful and with the smaller hose is would likely get clogged more often. But if your using it on standard houses its not so much trouble to unclog as oposed to a 40-50 or even 60ft job getting clogged. If yu really can't afford the bigger one then it would do until you could upgrade. Just remember that the SL2 base sections are wider than the hose so more likely to block at the connection than at the top.

Doing it that way would also make the system much more expensive in the long run.

Regards
Mr H

Have you just got the base sections only joined together or all the pole? Im a bit confused on this bit, as i know its a modular pole, are the sections the same size?

Still waiting for Poleman to get back to me about his one..

[wightsurf]

I have'nt got the modular pole yet but from what i can tell from alex site is that the base section are all the same size.how many base sections on the super lite 56 i dont know as this is what i need to know

[jeff1]

Have a look at my web-site under guttering and see the way I use my camera.

Bought it from maplins, stuck a 9v battery on it and transmit the picture to a small monitor in the van or car.

[wightsurf]

jeff
 
how hi do you do gutter vacs and what method have you chosen with the pole,ie suck through the pole or a pipe running along the pole.

[jeff1]

jeff
 
how hi do you do gutter vacs and what method have you chosen with the pole,ie suck through the pole or a pipe running along the pole.

I don't use a gutter vac, I did do a DIY one (2000 watts & a 1400w) Just couldn't get on with it, so continued with my gutter lance and pressure washer.

I find around here, there is more work for complete guttering work rather than just cleaning them out with a vac.

[ftp]

Jeff, how do you get the bricks to change colour? Ecover? 

[jeff1]

Jeff, how do you get the bricks to change colour? Ecover? 

Just pure skill and camera tricks

[wightsurf]

On your web page that picture of the ladder cart,would you believe we still have a old guy that still uses one.He does the whole high st pushing it as he goes.I think it's great .looks like the old days when i was a little boy and the man came round to sharping our knives ect. Don't get that now ,perhaps should start adding that to my setup .

[Chris Galloway]

On your web page that picture of the ladder cart,would you believe we still have a old guy that still uses one.He does the whole high st pushing it as he goes.I think it's great .looks like the old days when i was a little boy and the man came round to sharping our knives ect. Don't get that now ,perhaps should start adding that to my setup .

There was an article on one guy that uses a cart in the FWC magazine about 2006. I saw it online a while back, he was about 60, and couldn't drive due to medical conditions.

edit.

found it, page six of the mag..

h ttp://www.nfmwgc.com/documents/WINDOW_TALK_JUL_2006.pdf

[jeff1]

On your web page that picture of the ladder cart,would you believe we still have a old guy that still uses one.He does the whole high st pushing it as he goes.I think it's great .looks like the old days when i was a little boy and the man came round to sharping our knives ect. Don't get that now ,perhaps should start adding that to my setup .

Ahh the good old days,
I even remember the rag and bone man walking around pushing his cart, then they went posh and had a horse pulling it Lol  my step father also used to push a cart for w/c, come to think of it, that looks like him in the picture Lol

On your web page that picture of the ladder cart,would you believe we still have a old guy that still uses one.He does the whole high st pushing it as he goes.I think it's great .looks like the old days when i was a little boy and the man came round to sharping our knives ect. Don't get that now ,perhaps should start adding that to my setup .

There was an article on one guy that uses a cart in the FWC magazine about 2006. I saw it online a while back, he was about 60, and couldn't drive due to medical conditions.

edit.

found it, page six of the mag..

h ttp://www.nfmwgc.com/documents/WINDOW_TALK_JUL_2006.pdf

I seem to recal the same artical and found it very interesting, we have a guy around here that just walks to his jobs, he only has a pair of steps and a small unger pole, he has a few small shops around here and all the pros don't even try to take his work from him.

That was some interesting reading Chris, I admire anyone like the guy with the cart, at least he gets off his backside and continues to earn his own living instead of scrounging of the state.

Do you mind if I use your link on the academy Chris?

[ftp]

Jeff, is this the sort of thing?


www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115223#features


What do you use to view the image?

[Chris Galloway]

Jeff, is this the sort of thing?


www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115223#features


What do you use to view the image?

go for a cam screen bundle like this

h ttp://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223420

[wightsurf]

I like that bundle looks like wht i need

[ftp]

What would you mount it to? The suction head or a seperate pole head?

[wightsurf]

Jeff

your Diy modular poles would they be any good for a vac system?
What i'm looking at is running a tube up the side of the vac not through the pole could they hold the wieght doyou think?

[Chris Galloway]

Yeah, i got it on bookmark for my Gutter Vac set up. A DIY version of the OmniVac for a quarter of the price 

Just need Poleman to answer some questions about the Vac i posted (above) for £200. And im all set to order

[wightsurf]

Chris

What are your plans for the vac system, how are you going to go about it?

[Chris Galloway]

Chris

What are your plans for the vac system, how are you going to go about it?

Plans are getting this vac

h ttp://www.easterntrading.co.uk/shop/shop.php?c1=Industrial%20Wet%20Dry%20Vacs&c2=80Ltr%20Wet%20Dry%20Vac

use 15 metres of 51mm hose from this company - i'll quote Polemans previous post elsewhere on this

this company www.morclean.co.uk for 51mm hose and they have also been able to supply me with the 51mm inlet for the Vacuum Cleaner, so just need to cut a 51mm hole in the side

Then use sl2 base sections (dont know how many yet - need to get some answers from Poleman).

Make the u bend bit using this guide..

In the thread im following about this subject

h ttp://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=51156.0;all

Then will need to work out how it goes together with a cam on top like the one i posted above - i like puzzles