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Using waterfed poles for trad

DannyB

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As the WFPs can be extremely light and much longer than normally available trad poles, I'd wonder if there are some tradders out here who would use them instead of trad poles, but still in the traditional way, for cleaning higher floor windows. Would any tradder around, in some circumstances, mount some traditional mops, Wagtail squeegees or traditional combination tools on the ends of WFPs?

 
yes danny,a very good pole & cheap too which you can use both 4 trad and wfp is the good old harris pole oh and 4 gutters.i used one for years & they are pretty light.pinched me fingers a few times on the clamps though!!

 
yes danny,a very good pole & cheap too which you can use both 4 trad and wfp is the good old harris pole oh and 4 gutters.i used one for years & they are pretty light.pinched me fingers a few times on the clamps though!!
Cheers mate. But Harris poles aren't particularly long, are they. I've bought one, and it seems to me absolutely comparable to Moerman or Lewi trad poles. But I'd really prefer something longer and lighter. Something that would easily reach even some odd dormer windows over 10m above the ground level. And I'm not even talking about some high windows reachable only in some impossible angles, for instance due to obstructing ground floor extensions or bays...

 
no rugbywolf but you can make a very cheap wfp set up with these.look at waggas vids,also an excellent trad pole:thumbsup:

 
you can use any pole for trad use.gardiners pole systems sell an end cone that will enable you to use a squeegee or an applicator with a wfp.the reason I mentioned the harris pole,its ridged like all trad poles.i think going to high with a wfp for trad use would be too whippy & not enough control:)

 
no rugbywolf but you can make a very cheap wfp set up with these.look at waggas vids,also an excellent trad pole:thumbsup:
Sure mate. But I'd really like to combine the WFP, trad and pre-trad (chamois) worlds in as resourceful way as possible, even in ways not intended by manufacturers and suppliers. But as far as I have learnt so far, almost everyone else is willing to associate the WFP equipment only with purified water.

But WFPs are lighter and longer than all Lewi, Moerman and Harris poles, aren't they. And they can sustain the weight of trad tools either, if they already must sustain the weight of brushes. Or am I wrong?

 
i think going to high with a wfp for trad use would be too whippy & not enough control:)
Significantly more whippy than with Harris, Moerman or Lewi trad poles under otherwise the same circumstances?

 
You may be right, @mark The WFPs seem very elastic on vids. But I may try it anyway. The poles as such (unlike the whole WFP systems) don't cost fortune, and I, even as a complete starter, strongly prefer a trad polework to any ladders. To put it more dramatic, I love poles and hate ladders.

 
hey dannyb!!!you should look at waggas you tube vids- on cleaning trad with a pole.he cleans windows with a wagtail & can even wipes the cills,trust me this is a skill & half. maybe this will help.thats if you've not seen them already:thumbsup:

 
If you are going to spend the money on an expensive light pole, then you might as well get a trolley to go with it IMHO.

 
no rugbywolf but you can make a very cheap wfp set up with these.look at waggas vids,also an excellent trad pole:thumbsup:
I have a painter's pole, about 2m, but it's a bit heavy. I don't go very high, But I was looking for something lighter.

 
Well, I've coupled together several Moerman angle adaptor + Moerman cone pairs. I may as well try to screw them on the top of over 8m long Lewi pole...

 
hey dannyb!!!you should look at waggas you tube vids- on cleaning trad with a pole.he cleans windows with a wagtail & can even wipes the cills,trust me this is a skill & half. maybe this will help.thats if you've not seen them already:thumbsup:
Believe me it is a hard skill to learn

With Bob Hatts advice and waggas vids and chats with him i have mastered it and have done whole days of maintenance cleans with harris pole and either applicator and 0° swiveloc or wagtail and can do a blinding job and don't need the detailing mod wagga uses as i fan with the pole (i can do a vid over the weekend if needed)

The thing is the hassle learning it and practicing to get to a good standard on 100% of your work

Better to go wfp if you're gonna do that

I am good but wouldn't want to try it at 8m whatever pole i was using..poling a window in a townhouse loft conversion wouldn't be fun

Poling like that is best for high ground floor or above connys etc imo

 
ive tried it" wagga style" with a harris pole many years ago.its not easy to master but a skill in itself.its another string to your bow,if something goes wrong with your wfp set up(rare though):zipit:

 
Believe me it is a hard skill to learnWith Bob Hatts advice and waggas vids and chats with him i have mastered it and have done whole days of maintenance cleans with harris pole and either applicator and 0° swiveloc or wagtail and can do a blinding job and don't need the detailing mod wagga uses as i fan with the pole (i can do a vid over the weekend if needed)

The thing is the hassle learning it and practicing to get to a good standard on 100% of your work

Better to go wfp if you're gonna do that

I am good but wouldn't want to try it at 8m whatever pole i was using..poling a window in a townhouse loft conversion wouldn't be fun

Poling like that is best for high ground floor or above connys etc imo
Yeah, @daveyboy1 it's hard. But if you don't do the trad polework, you must either climb the ladder or buy a WFP system.

 
Ladders don't bother me..well didn't for 25 years

Had a couple of years off of the glass and really couldn't be bothered with them after..just getting to old to keep climbing them all day i reckon...as my boy says 40 is ancient lol

I have ladders

Wfp

Trad pole

I can do whatever suits me

I still do some jobs trad just for a change and have a couple of houses which are so easy with my harris and wagulator it is easier than getting the trolley out

 
And BTW, up to now I've worked only on buildings built at the beginning of 20th century. And their window panes are so high or tall that even if I climbed the ladder, I'd have to use a long extension handle anyway.

 
dannyb!!! get yourself a back pack m8 you will not regret it.you can still use your trad skills too:thumbsup:

 
dannyb!!! get yourself a back pack m8 you will not regret it.you can still use your trad skills too:thumbsup:
Cheers for your advice. I already have it, but up to now I haven't found a proper use for it. I'm definitely not prepared to buy a RO equipment yet, and I haven't got a room for plenty of tap water in my van either. But I may use it to pre-treat some windows with tap water somewhere where they have a garden tap.

 
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