How do you recommend that i get up here?

[Dave B]

I use an optiloc pole with the optiloc tip which secureley clips into unger handles

 

[boarcity]

the Unger tips fit unger squeegees perfectly- the Germans know what theyre doing . but unger tip doesnt fit wagtail properly . the worst fitting pole tip i know of is the Ettore .

Ettore professional gold poles are meant to be the best in the business for trad and from a distance they really do look the part - everybody loves gold dont they - but i had one myself and felt very let down by it -it was heavy in use and the clamps cumbersome to work . pole tip badly made too

 

[Dave B]

Bleedin germans. ..they bombed our chip shop

 

[boarcity]

did they ? my missus is half german, loves the dambusters film , obsessed by it in fact . i get sick of watching it .

 

[boarcity]

i wanted my Ettore gold trad pole to live up to its reputation,made in the USA , exotic, perhaps touched by a distant relative of mr. ettore the master squeegee man and all that jazz . however it was no good in my opinion , i sold it on, rather than see it lay about unloved in my shedView attachment 3019

 

[Dave B]

Bleedin germans. ..they bombed our chip shop

Never seen auf wiedersehn pet??

My wife is half italian so knows how to drink prosecco and eat good food

 

[boarcity]

i spose the best way is to find 1 make and stick with it , mix and match other makes ends in tears. im sure these ettore tools fit perfect on ettore gold poleView attachment 3020and would cut down that window in not time

 

[Ian Fisher]

Thing is gents is that it was a gutter clear, washdown and windows if it was just the windows i'm right with you on the free stander but being on the roof is far easier - i just wondered if anyone new of any new fangled ladder add on that would do the job- i'm guessing from the fact that no ones come up with one there isn't !

 

[Dave B]

Just put ladders against it and walk up..lol

Ankalad is a very good safety device and stops ladder sliping back..especially climbing back onto it

93 quid from ladderstore or look on fleebay

 

[Ian Fisher]

Just put ladders against it and walk up..lolAnkalad is a very good safety device and stops ladder sliping back..especially climbing back onto it

93 quid from ladderstore or look on fleebay

Cheers Davey - will take another look at that and see if it would do the job..

 

[Dave B]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=KTwwVKDlONPxasPkgpAK&q=ankalad+ladder+stabiliser&oq=ankalad&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.1.0.0l2j0i24l3.5737.7259.0.10785.8.8.0.2.2.0.286.1262.1j5j2.8.0....0...1c.1.54.mobile-gws-hp..1.7.845.0.VUzU_tiQroY#facrc=_&imgrc=XLwkgqhCVxeGaM%253A%3BClJWOk4oLU0-DM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.activemailorder.co.uk%252Fekmps%252Fshops%252Factivemailorder%252Fimages%252Fankalad-ladder-stabiliser-392-p.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.activemailorder.co.uk%252Fankalad-ladder-stabiliser-392-p.asp%3B496%3B658

it isn't 100% safe but nothing is but I feel a lot safer using it

 

[boarcity]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=KTwwVKDlONPxasPkgpAK&q=ankalad ladder stabiliser&oq=ankalad&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.1.0.0l2j0i24l3.5737.7259.0.10785.8.8.0.2.2.0.286.1262.1j5j2.8.0....0...1c.1.54.mobile-gws-hp..1.7.845.0.VUzU_tiQroY#facrc=_&imgrc=XLwkgqhCVxeGaM%3A;ClJWOk4oLU0-DM;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.activemailorder.co.uk%2Fekmps%2Fshops%2Factivemailorder%2Fimages%2Fankalad-ladder-stabiliser-392-p.jpg;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.activemailorder.co.uk%2Fankalad-ladder-stabiliser-392-p.asp;496;658
it isn't 100% safe but nothing is but I feel a lot safer using it

it may be an optical illusion in that photo of the ankalad but isnt it the wrong angle ? looks 2:1

iv always been told the correct ladder angle is 4:1 ie- 1 metre out from the wall = 4 metres up the wall

 

[Mart1001]

You could try this Ian although, it doesn't look 100% safe to me, there could be better ways to secure it etc.

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[Smurf]

That' is why I use my gutter clearing ladder set up if need be and/or guttervac and wfp system too as I try to avoid tile walking as much as I can.

I also hate doing ogee gutters like the one in your pic as are a right pain in the **** to clear and clean.

However progutter tools do an ogee gutter tool that can make the job a bit easier to do as long as the gutter fixing brackets are on the outside unlike these ali extruded ones for example or plastic ones used often on conservatories.

 

[Smurf]

Her are some example pics of what I'm on about using the type of tools for the job.

I did not bother with the wfp pics as you already use wfp

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[andy w]

Smurf don't put pics of the gutter vac up it will give me nightmares

 

[Smurf]

That's before I cleaned all the the oustide on that one which looked like this

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[Smurf]

That was an easy one awcs

Smurf don't put pics of the gutter vac up it will give me nightmares

 

[andy w]

nooooooo !

 

[Smurf]

Mind you it did seem to go on forever

Not only the gutters where full of slimy shite every dowspout was blocked too so had to be cleared by hand hence why the ladders where used.

The outside did not look too bad afterwards by the time i finished either.

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[andy w]

That guttering looks endless ! But it looks smart clean, were the pics gopro?