Window cleaning with a water fed pole

Window cleaning with a water fed pole
For the last few years window cleaning with a water fed
pole has gained in popularity, and is now the preferred way
of cleaning outside windows. The time saving over the
traditional method of window cleaning with the squeegee can
be as much as 50% faster. So what is involved, and what
equipment would one need??

Firstly we will start with the brush as it is the part of
the system that is doing the cleaning. There are many
types of brush on the market, but the main part of the
brush for cleaning windows are the jets that spray the
water, and the bristles that are in contact with the glass.
There are two types of jets, and are usually referred to
as fan jets, or pencil jets. Fan sprays usually have the
water coming out under pressure, and usually cover the
whole width of the brush. Pencil jets usually have the
water coming out from two places in the brush, not under
any pressure. People who prefer the fan spray jets usually
rinse with the brush on the glass, and people who prefer
the pencil jets usually lift the brush off the glass to
rinse. The next important part of the brush is the
bristles, they come in all lenghts, shapes, and density,
but as a rule you don't want them flocked(bashed at the
ends)as they trap dirt, you also don't want them too dense,
as the dirty water won't flow down the glass, and you want
them crinkled, so that more of the bristle is in contact
with the glass which aids scrubbing.

The pole, the first window cleaning water fed pole to come
on the market were very heavy constructed mostly of fibre
glass, and were quite conveniently made by the manufacturer
not to be taken apart, meaning all different sizes were
needed, to reach different heights of window. Now
thankfully there are many types of pole on the market,
which have been developed for window cleaning, by window
cleaners. These poles are getting lighter stronger, and
much less expensive.

Water treatment, You need to take all the dissolved solids
out the tap water, so as when the water evaporates from the
glass there is nothing left behind. If you used ordinary
tap water to clean the windows, when the water evaporated
the dissolved solids would be left behind, showing up as
dirty marks on the glass. There are two methods of
purifying the tap water Deionization, and Reverse Osmosis,
and the one you need can be determined by how hard your tap
water is, For hard water Reverse Osmosis, and for soft
water Deionization.

Rest of the equipment needed, you need a pump to pump your
pure water from the holding vessel to the window. You also
need a means of carrying water to the work site which can
be a van or trailer with a tank fitted, or a trolley with
water containers on it. With the van or trailer system,
you need a hosereel to transfer the water from the tank to
the pole. You also need a 12V power supply to operate the
pump.

There are many good window cleaning suppliers selling
systems, and the three main questions you ask before you
buy is, what sizes watter treatment system is supplied
(measured in GPD) How high does the pole reach, and is the
tank baffled and secured in the van.

When a water fed pole window cleaning system is purchased,
it should not only be down to cost alone. Other things
should be considered like how environmentally friendly is
it? How efficient is the system?

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Aquatec market leaders in water fed pole window cleaning
systems for over 6 years. We are the inventors of the very
popular Autobrush, which saves a great deal of water, and
also the clamp less pole that will save you a great deal of
time
For more information on saving both water and time contact
Peter Fogwill from the links below
email
peter@window-tools.com
Or web site at the following address.
http://www.window-tools.com