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jaydj

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Cleaning through barriers?
« on: February 10, 2010, 11:58:56 pm »
How do you clean windows that have the fake balcony things on with wfp?

Sapphire Window Cleaning

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2010, 12:09:53 am »
I slide the brush in between them, however I do have a customer with wooden slats across half the window and my bristles on my brush arent long enough to get in between the slats.
Does anyone know if you can buy brush heads with extra long bristles?


Matt
Reaching parts traditional window cleaners can not reach.

HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2010, 08:07:48 am »
i invented a way round that problem.

buy a 10m telescopic pole from skyblue lesuire.

buy 15m of 10mm OD hose from hydrasun.

buy a thin car wash brush from vikan or similar (wheel wash i think). the ones that will fit through the barriers.....they must have a hozelock connection on the bottom...explanation coming 8)

use a hozelock fitting (normal ones that you can get anywhere)

put the hose up through the pole........force the hose up the hole of the hozelock fitting and then clamp onto the pole using the hozelock clamp.

fit the hozelock brush into the hozelock fitting and there you have a pole with brush dedicated for barrier/juliet windows.

remember these poles are clampless, so you will need to hold the base of the pole to keep the pole up.

sounds complicated, but its very simple.

Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2010, 09:23:43 am »
off thread scrimmy owes the injury
LET YOUR PANES BE MY PLEASURE

"If CALSBERG did WINDOW CLEANING
 it would be C.C.C  Probably the best WINDOW CLEANERS IN THE WORLD ..........."

HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 09:50:57 am »
still the same lammy......nhs are pants....could be a long time before i even get an xray....i have wot they call a minor injury.....i cant walk very far and when i do get on my feets its only for a couple of hours and i need a knee brace and every step is killing me.....constant agony (15 hours a day in bed with the leg raised up).......i could develop a blot clot in my leg......but its only a minor injury ???

Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2010, 06:51:50 pm »
did u get an hand injury sounds an nightmare
sounds like u need take on a youngster show him the ropes
take some of the work on for you
LET YOUR PANES BE MY PLEASURE

"If CALSBERG did WINDOW CLEANING
 it would be C.C.C  Probably the best WINDOW CLEANERS IN THE WORLD ..........."

ccmids

Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2010, 08:26:52 pm »
How do you clean windows that have the fake balcony things on with wfp?

poke the brush between the bars
i do the top first swill then through the bars and swill .

wizard

Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2010, 08:50:01 pm »
The one I battle with has glass on the back of the rails.

dai

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2010, 03:47:50 pm »
Go right up to the wall and look up, many have a gap underneath that you can get your brush through. I can do all mine through th bars with a superlite brush with a swivel.
I have a couple with glass 6 inches in front of french windows, I do the tops and let the water run down when rinsing, it's all I can do.

Mike #1

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Re: Cleaning through barriers?
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2010, 06:24:36 pm »
gardiners gooseneck works for me