Hi J&A
I am going to get the pole from gardiners as I can use it for other things unless someone has a better idea, I will get the vac from eastern trading at around £250 and will make up any fittings I need from local suppliers such as jewsons or b&q. From what I can see the vac is the most important and as I am doing mainly domestics with the odd block of flats I think that the eastern trading vac will be more than powerfull enough. I reckon about £700 all in and I have two big jobs that will almost pay for it. Happy days
Justin