[geefree]

www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=63920.0;all

Take a look at tosh,s photos halfway down.

[Tosh]

Here's the pic, it's not a great one; it looks just like a WFP leant up against a house!

The pole itself only cost £20 though; and it's stiff and lightweight and can take a bit of abuse.

[Tosh]

And here's a pic of my DIY Gangster pole, though it doesn't seem as robust as my DIY Zensorflex.

I've increased the length of the Gangster with a section of my Zenzorflex giving me just over 27 foot; I measured it (I bet this makes no sense to anyone who hasn't been following the DIY pole posts  ), but it'll more than do for all my three-story work; I've nothing 'extreme'; no 'mad angles', so I'm more than happy with it.

I know it's not a good pic, but it gives an impression of the length.

[geefree]

Well,

second day with the pole.... finding it easier and easier...

Today.. out of the van first call... turned the pump on, pulled the hose into the back garden.... carried my sections down......

popped my first section together... oops wrong end!! it disappeared down the pole....

So i laughed, started again.. pushed the pole up to the window, and caught the pole hose around my neck.... i thought .... here we go... one of those days....

thinking to myself... if i had used my normal pole i would have done upstairs by now!!!!

whipped top section off , did downstairs.... same round the back... and gone in a flash....

next house... no problems... got used to the hose, and how many sections to take on /off......

Ans thats how it carried on all day.....

i LOVED THE POLE, ..I think i have mastered the pole now.... and today was a breeze... very quick, very light....

But most of all....... i dont feel like i have done any work today...

Great pole.

[geefree]

i will try and do a video... but still cant find the lead to pc.

but will try.

[Chris Galloway]

I know im lazy and i could search, but to those in the know can you post up links to the best threads on this DIY pole.

Also, whats the DIY forum? email me as we cant talk about other forums..check profile for addy.

I cant afford a SL-X yet (even if they wer in stock) so would like to make a cheap pole i can work with. From the look of the pic's on this thread, they look rather snazzy! and must be much easier to work with than my glass fibre..

Im sorry im slow to this... i should pay much more attention to you guys! 

[geefree]

I have an  ionics 40ft fibre glass, which i started with 2 years ago... i did every single job with it...... upstairs and downstairs....

my arms were dropping off... even after i had taken a section off...

I have used an Extel... and still do. and i find that light....

But after using the DIY pole today, i got my extel out to use on a con roof..... and it felt ..heavy!!!

but i like the extel.. and i will get another one.

But the fishing pole is so light...... if you had enough pressure on the upstairs windows... you could do the pushing up and down with one finger.

you can walk with it in one hand... with the pole fully out... horizontal... without any strain.... or any bounce in the pole...

i never fancied one... i didnt fancy the hose outside the pole...

nor the putting the sections together.

But its been my second day... im getting used to the teething problems...

but they will go..... and they are far out weighed by , how light it is... it really is a pleasure to work.. i was a lot quicker today on all my houses... even more now...

and i dont feel tired, or i dont ache... and i simply do not feel like i have been out to work

[s.hughes]

I'm gonna give it a go

[Jeff Brimble]

 

[Chris Galloway]

I'm gonna give it a go

Yup me too just ordered 2 zensorflex poles. (incase i need spares if i stuff it up or something else happens whilst making it)

Gonna get the angle adaptors and a new lightweight brush head from Gardiners (if they have any in stock?)

Im joining the fishing pole revolution!! 

What i need to know, is the best supplier for the brush head hose (preferably black) and a hozelock fixing for it, as these wer not included on the original challenge post.

[Moderator David@stives]

No doubting it doesnt work well, but i run a bussiness, my job is to manage and not to make my own tools.##Nothing wrong with those that do though although if you put the same effort into marketing you would be better off.

[matt]

Well,



popped my first section together... oops wrong end!! it disappeared down the pole....

this is why you should use ELECTRICAINS INSULATION TAPE for the stops and the ends, then you can colour code them, this blue goes to blue and brown to brown in my case

job done makes it faster aswell

[matt]

No doubting it doesnt work well, but i run a bussiness, my job is to manage and not to make my own tools.##Nothing wrong with those that do though although if you put the same effort into marketing you would be better off.

its the lightness that is the issue, its easier to work with ( for you or your guys ) thus you get more done

[matt]

Also, whats the DIY forum? email me as we cant talk about other forums..check profile for addy.

<-------------- e.mail me for a link 

[Trotsky]

  Surely someone could do a video...
I just cant understand the putting the pole together/taking apart bit seems long winded!
Do you have to stop adjust height (take pole off/ put one on) in windows are different height?
Isn't this more time consuming?
I just undo a clamp and slide then do the clamp back up!
No hose dangling... is it just me?
I know some might say I'm thick but, can I see it in action?

I am not knocking diy, I do it myself (done the harris pole!)
I have done a fishing pole... but obviously not rightly! 
Video please!!!

[Tosh]

No doubting it doesnt work well, but i run a bussiness, my job is to manage and not to make my own tools.##Nothing wrong with those that do though although if you put the same effort into marketing you would be better off.

Is this the same person - who I met at the Birmingham NEC - who gave one of my mates a dig because he spent £X amount of money on an off-the-shelf product, but you called it a 'fishing pole'?

I'm sure it was!

Dave, it takes fifteen minutes to do; no more.  You just cut the end off, stick an adapter on (available from Emporium) and do two turns of tape on each of the sections.  Job done.

[Tosh]

although if you put the same effort into marketing you would be better off.

Dave, this post has rankled me for some reason; maybe it sounds too off-the-cuff and arrogant.

I'm just trying to help, so why don't you do the same?

Why not start a new post helping us to market ourselves better?

You could title it, 'How to market yourself in fifteen minutes for £20'! 

[Chris Galloway]

although if you put the same effort into marketing you would be better off.

Dave, this post has rankled me for some reason; maybe it sounds too off-the-cuff and arrogant.

I'm just trying to help, so why don't you do the same?

Why not start a new post helping us to market ourselves better?

You could title it, 'How to market yourself in fifteen minutes for £20'! 

Now that would be worth a read

[geefree]

My thoughts too.

I run a small busines too, my job is also to manage, and make sure that " I " perform as well as i can do.

so i am trying all things which i think may help my business and me, as well as putting lots of effort into marketting, which i do... i also find if you can do certain things yourself, like make a diy pole, much much cheaper.. then that too is helping my business grow.

I manage my home, but sometimes it is easier to do things myself, ratherthan pay someone to do it.

Bit of diy will always save money....

if i had ten men...i would also have ten diy poles... as well as others....

for everyday... or for back up.

Speculate, be adaptable... and accumalate.

Another good point regarding diy poles, is they are very affordable for people starting out, with limited funds... who are out there marketting , trying to drum up new business... and as yet .. cannot afford a £350 pole.

[Paul Coleman]

although if you put the same effort into marketing you would be better off.

Dave, this post has rankled me for some reason; maybe it sounds too off-the-cuff and arrogant.

I'm just trying to help, so why don't you do the same?

Why not start a new post helping us to market ourselves better?

You could title it, 'How to market yourself in fifteen minutes for £20'! 

What's up Tosh?  Didn't he pay out on THAT bet?