[ian davison]

Hi all,
Can anyone give me any advice on buying a cheap pure water system for cleaning conservertary roofs?

At the moment im using mop & extension pole but it takes forever. ionics do the residential kit but i live in a hard water area and not sure if its cost afective as theirs only 12" filter.
Any help would be great,
                 Regards Ewen

[dai]

The cheapest way would be to buy an Unger pole, Cheap Vycan brush, use tap water to clean. And DI water for the final rinse.
Don't forget to charge at least £25. Dai

[marc al]

   I dont even use pure water to rinse the conservatory roof, just lots of tap water straight through the customers hose. I dont see the need to use pure water to clean a conservatory roof as you cant actually see through them anyway, just make sure you rinse very well. You could just get away with an 18ft pole.

   And charge atleast 40 quid.

   Marc

[rosskesava]

Hi Ewen

We also live in a hard water area and after lodas of research, there is no cheap way to make pure water in anytype of quantity.

We did do conservatory roofs as per the above posting and most people were ok with it.

Recently we've gone over to using wfp along side traditional methods and the 2 work together brilliantly.

As we bought the system 'one bit at a time' we ened up to start just with the cheaper RO (filter), pump and water barrel. I think the whole lot was well under £200 from RO-Man:

http://www.ro-man.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=30

They also do a really good explanation page:

http://www.ro-man.com/ro-facts.html

All we did then was buy a few more barrels and with a hand pumped pressure container, clean conservatory roofs using that with a cheapo wfp brush seeing as we already had half a system.

Conservatory roofs went from being a bit of a pain to being a doodle with quite incredible results. Pure water does seem to clean staggeringly well and does do a better job than tap water.

As well as that, using a mop and squeegie with pure water, especially in a hard water area, w-o-w. What a difference.

Also, in a hard water area you can only use an RO system.

Cheers

[ian davison]

Chears lads,

Ordering Ionics residendtial kit on monday its got 1 12" resin and a 12 foot pole just have to have acces to an out side tap costs around 150 with delivery.
Good idea to use trad method first should save some money.
Found that when i rinsed with tap water it left roof looking dull.
                 Chears again Ewen

[Londoner]

Don't use the same sort of brush for conservatory roofs as you would use on a window.
By the time most peole get round to wanting their roof cleaned they are in a pretty bad state.
Good car shops like Hafords sell brushes to clean coaches and caravans.They fit on a pole and you can feed water through them using a hose or a pressure washer.
 They are a lot firmer, more like a scrubbing brush and do the job a lot better. If you have mould growing on the roof (and most have) you need to use detergent in any case.
No need for pure water rinse, tap water is fine.
If you can do it without getting soaked yourself you are doing well.

[dai]

Some conservatories have clear glass roofs, on these I would rinse with pure water. Dai

[thewindowcleaner1]

At the moment im using mop & extension pole but it takes forever. ionics do the residential kit but i live in a hard water area and not sure if its cost afective as theirs only 12" filter.

I started with a Ionics 12' residentual system pole and small cartridge cost about £99, tended to use tap water though it did a reasonable job (better than they could do)

Still have that pole it was the start of me moving to WFP, I would use it for the odd hard to reach window took me months to get used to the idea of leaving windows wet.

That was about four years ago, now I'm looking into using a power lance should be a lot easier, clean roof and rinse of with Pure water

[ian davison]

Hi lads,

This is my first step in wfp.Testing the water before jumping in.
Gonna save money from roof & hard to reach window cleans and hopefully get a small system.
            Appreciate all your help Ewen.