[ftp]

Anyone use an electric one with a lance for gutter cleaning?

[karygate]

a really good electric one would still take you forever compared to a petrol/diesel.

[ftp]

Only want one for blasting down a down pipe. Already have a generator but little space left for a petrol unit.

[Nathanael Jones]

I have one,.. but it's useless to be honest. I thought the lighter hose running up the pole would let me reach higher and do more,... but it just doesn't have the power needed for the job.

[matt]

ive used a electric 1 to clean 3rd storey gutters, inside and out, i got a drain cleaner extension 10 M pipe,

it worked well, i would do it again

it was a cheapo from wicks aswell, either 35 or 40 quid

[andrew wrench]

i would say a petrol 1 would the job better m8

[kevin James]

a really good electric one would still take you forever compared to a petrol/diesel.

Gotta disagree here! I use a 140 bar kranzle ( about the largest you can have on single phase) & it does a spiffing job on emptying the gutters & cleaning the outside. Mind you I use a turbo lance for the outside which doubles the cleaning power. In fact if I used anything more powerful I'm sure I'd blow even more end caps off!

Kevin. 

[michael papworth]

My experience is quite limited here, but I've found mains water pressure is quite high enough.

The muck is only very loosely bound to the surface. As long as it is soaked for a couple of minutes, a hose with a jet on the end will lift the dirt straight off.

And before anyone goes on about it taking longer, there is MUCH less set up time required, less to get out of the van and less to pack away. And it also costs less to get set up in business as well.

[ftp]

I'm just thinking of having the facility to blast a downpipe that's blocked. I already have a vac but if i could afford or fit a washer in the trailer in future then i might.

[matt]

I'm just thinking of having the facility to blast a downpipe that's blocked. I already have a vac but if i could afford or fit a washer in the trailer in future then i might.

wickes to a own brand with a downpipe / drain unblocker attachment

the wash is 35 - 40 quid and the attachment was 20 quid

would do the job you want

[ftp]

From the ground or up a ladder?

[macmac]

I bought a karcher 110bar for 130 quid & to be honest it's crap, total crap! Why?
Because mother inlaw got a tiny little karcher, the one with the handle, bout the size of a handbag for 50 quid & there is no difference in power between the two!!!!!!!!!!!! infact I'm convinced her's is the more powerful

The only difference is mine looks better, bigger & got wheels etc. Mine is a "sheep in wolf's clothing" & her's is a "wolf in sheeps clothing"

Tony

[Rob_Mac]

If you go to a customers property and you have no access to plugging into their electricity - for the electric machines, you cannot power the machine up.

You say I have a generator and that gives me my power. Not only are you carrying round a pressure washer and electric cables, you also have a generator to find room for. This all may be well and good but most electric pressure washers are air cooled. Air cooled pressure washers cannot draw water from a mobile barrel. They rely on mains fed water.

A petrol or diesel powered pressure washer is water cooled, draws from a mobile barrel or tank and is not reliant on the customer being in or using an additional generator.

The Kew range of pressure washers (the bigger ones) are water cooled and will draw from a mobile set up.

Rob

[matt]

From the ground or up a ladder?

from the ground, Zipped tied the attachment to the end of a U bracket ( which was bolted to my unger 30 M pole

worked a treat

[kevin James]

If you go to a customers property and you have no access to plugging into their electricity - for the electric machines, you cannot power the machine up.

You say I have a generator and that gives me my power. Not only are you carrying round a pressure washer and electric cables, you also have a generator to find room for. This all may be well and good but most electric pressure washers are air cooled. Air cooled pressure washers cannot draw water from a mobile barrel. They rely on mains fed water.

A petrol or diesel powered pressure washer is water cooled, draws from a mobile barrel or tank and is not reliant on the customer being in or using an additional generator.

The Kew range of pressure washers (the bigger ones) are water cooled and will draw from a mobile set up.

Rob

Gotta contradict the bit about electric washers not being able to suck out of a barrel!
Me Kranzle will suck up to 2.5 m.

kevin

[matt]

my cheapo 1 sucks out of a barrel aswell, i just run a hose from the washer to the barrel

its not as high pressure, but still works