[CS_Win]

I have been working now for a week with the new system trolly from APS geat bit of kit 36ft pole from omni plus an18 footer, and its doing a great job I am right chuffed BUT its giving me REAL pain across the back neck and shoulders so much so that i went back to me old ladders today! is it me,  will I get used to it??  Chris

[Stephen_Watters]

CS,

Your just using new muscles thats all. Don't you remember your first few weeks on the ladders.

It only lasts a short time and is a great excuse to blag a few massages off the missus (or whoever)

Stick with it. It's the best thing you ever invested in.

Stephen

[choice.clean]

use your legs not your arms and walk back and forth also you may be using too long a pole i was sold a 32 ft carbon by one well known supplier at first it took me 6 months to discover that a fibreglass was lighter. and 24ft was ample for most houses i tell my lads i started off with that pole and hand them the carbon now and watch them buckle!!!!

[CS_Win]

 Don't you remember your first few weeks on the ladders.
 Stephen

I was a lot younger then!! Stephen. if thats all it is I am not to bothered but at the moment its a real hassle.

choice.clean, i worked out that walking with the pole is easier but its when you pull it off the window to rinse that i get the worst of it, But with all the investment I need to stick at it! Thanks for your help.  Chris

[Ian_Giles]

as you get higher, you don't have to lift off the glass to rinse, rest the edge of the brush on the window frame and tilt it so that the bristles are off the glass and rinse away
The window frame and brush head will take a lot of the weight this way.
On a normal house it is a piece of cake to hold off the glass to rinse, only tougher as you get higher.

And YOU WILL get used to using the poles, just give it time

Ian

[Ian Rochester]

Whilst we're on this general discussion:

Does anyone else find that with some windows, especially the higher ones, when using the WFP the splash off the sills ends up soaking you?

It's not too bad at the moment but I'm not looking forward to getting splashed on in the middle of winter, especially up here in the frozen North!!

[CS_Win]

Ian that is great advice!! i,ll give it a go tomorrow as I have a nice high job to do, must confess i havent gone near the pole this week so far!! but cant put it off forever, i was tempted NOT to rinse!!! tahnks again.