You don't give us much detail as to when your poles are freezing up.
It does mate happened to me today...
When I used cold had it freeze many times with flowing water it gradually Coates the inside of the hose with ice reducing the bore size and will freeze solid also had it freeze on the glass , never a problem now with hot but it then freezes on the ground not a problem if it’s a garden but block paving goes like a skating rink
They were unprepared though one bloke said he didn't heat his water up till this morning so sat at home for an hour while it got hot
Hot water will freeze just as quick on glass as cold ??
I am lucky if I manage to get to my first job much before 9am so perfect timing for me
Think this is also to do with the latest glass and coatings as it reflects the heat back into the house not out through the glass , it’s interesting to look at Windows using a thermal image camera I used the one from the fire station and in new glass the temperature it a lot lower than older ones .
This is where, I believe, thermal shock with hot water is going to become a bigger factor on really cold days
Hummm will be interesting to see what happens last 2 days we started working in -2 and had a few pains of glass creaking when using a short length of hose around 25 meters didn’t check the water temperature but there was steam coming off the glass like a sauna ???? once we were using 125 meters of hose the temperature was greatly reduced but still had steam and no creaking . To be fair we dont generally get it to cold hear but in 2009-2010 winter it was really bad for several weeks -4-8 regularly we used hot all through that and didn’t break any glass , you can work easily with hot water but the problem is when it hits the ground leaving ice lakes behind so although you you could clean the glass ok I was more concerned about leaving ice behind and ones falling over and being held responsible, I tried to only do work ware it was not going to land on a surface that could cause problems and we did doors with a cloth and spray , if it gets that bad again will probably just take time off it’s not often that bad so can afford to not work on those days .
That’s because you’re faffing about in that barrel of water
I've not been in for a few days, so I'll have to brave it tomorrow it was 2c when my wife got in the other morning I said sod that I'm taking the dogs out
People are just not putting the heating on this year, or if they are they have turned down the thermostat, plus the majority of houses I look into have got multiple clothes maidens drying wet clothes creating a lot of condensation on the inside...
