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PoleKing

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Cold king!
« on: November 23, 2013, 09:49:32 am »
Just got me thinking, what's the coldest anyone has ever WFP'd in?
I'm at -14 2 years ago in East Midlands.
I'm sure the scots lads could beat that though...
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Diamond standard ltd

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 11:00:56 am »
+1 also East Midlands
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♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 11:02:53 am »
Quote from: DirtyDarren on November 23, 2013, 09:49:32 am
Just got me thinking, what's the coldest anyone has ever WFP'd in?
I'm at -14 2 years ago in East Midlands.
I'm sure the scots lads could beat that though...

You cannot WFP at -14 for a start!
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Diamond standard ltd

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 11:05:48 am »
How wrong are you!! Done it
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PoleKing

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2013, 11:06:26 am »
Quote from: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on November 23, 2013, 11:02:53 am
Quote from: DirtyDarren on November 23, 2013, 09:49:32 am
Just got me thinking, what's the coldest anyone has ever WFP'd in?
I'm at -14 2 years ago in East Midlands.
I'm sure the scots lads could beat that though...

You cannot WFP at -14 for a start!

Lol. Part-timer.  ;D
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Diamond standard ltd

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2013, 11:07:26 am »
Lol
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KS Cleaning

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2013, 11:24:39 am »
Quote from: Diamond standard ltd on November 23, 2013, 11:00:56 am
+1 also East Midlands
Havn't you worked in minus temperatures before then :P
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♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2013, 11:53:08 am »
Quote from: Diamond standard ltd on November 23, 2013, 11:05:48 am
How wrong are you!! Done it

Did you attend any physics classes at school?

Are you really willing to embarrass yourself in a public forum?? ::)roll
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Arnold Palmer

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2013, 12:05:45 pm »
It's going to sound like 1upmanship but -15, honest  ;D
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Arnold Palmer

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2013, 12:07:09 pm »
Quote from: ♠Winp®oClean♠
Quote from: Diamond standard ltd
How wrong are you!! Done it

Did you attend any physics classes at school?

Are you really willing to embarrass yourself in a public forum?? ::)roll

Trust me it IS possible - it is also utterly pointless - but so long as you have hot (well, warm) water it is do-able.
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♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2013, 12:23:04 pm »
Quote from: Stuart Souter on November 23, 2013, 12:07:09 pm
Quote from: ♠Winp®oClean♠
Quote from: Diamond standard ltd
How wrong are you!! Done it

Did you attend any physics classes at school?

Are you really willing to embarrass yourself in a public forum?? ::)roll

Trust me it IS possible - it is also utterly pointless - but so long as you have hot (well, warm) water it is do-able.

Exactly- "utterly pointless"

We had -14 at lunchtime the last bad winter we had & I can tell you now, even boiling water would have froze on the glass in less than a minute!!!!

To suggest that you can clean windows with WFP in temperatures of -14 is utterly stupid- fact! ;)

And I know, that no one can go out cleaning windows at -15 regardless of what anyone says on here!
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Arnold Palmer

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2013, 12:29:47 pm »
We were cleaning schools in December 2010. They needed to be cleaned during the Christmas holidays - there were 9 to do in 4 days. It was -22 on the coldest day.

We contacted the facilities management company who were in charge of the contract to tell them that we may have to postpone the clean until the temperature improved or do them trad - they told us in no uncertain terms that we had to do them and could not use ladders.

We cleaned them. -15 was the coldest we recorded while cleaning them. We did it and they were clean - it was not easy - but we did it.

Regardless of what anyone says on here.

Also we discovered boiling water is no use whatsoever at those temperatures. Aside from the fact there is a serious danger of thermal shock cracking windows the steam from the boiling water freezes and leaves ice on the windows. What you need is water around 20 no higher than 35.
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Bay View WCS

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2013, 12:40:22 pm »
I must be quite unusual here then as I have found I can't clean below -4 as the coldness of the ground freezes the water in the hose.  I don't even bother going out until it's above -4 for this reason.

Cheers, Tom
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dazmond

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2013, 12:43:27 pm »
lowest ive worked with wfp is -2.thats using a cold system though.im hoping i can work in temperatures of minus 5 or 6 with hot wfp if the need arises.
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Arnold Palmer

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2013, 12:48:16 pm »
Quote from: Bay View WCS
I must be quite unusual here then as I have found I can't clean below -4 as the coldness of the ground freezes the water in the hose.  I don't even bother going out until it's above -4 for this reason.

Cheers, Tom

We are the same. We have only cleaned below -5 on that one occasion - in extraneous circumstances.
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♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2013, 12:53:59 pm »
I would suggest that some (mentioning no names) invest in new thermometers!! ;D

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Dave Willis

Re: Cold king!
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2013, 12:59:24 pm »
What's the technique of cleaning at minus fifteen? As soon as the glass is freezing up or the bristles go rock hard i'm off home.
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andyM

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2013, 01:12:40 pm »
Quote from: Bay View WCS on November 23, 2013, 12:40:22 pm
I must be quite unusual here then as I have found I can't clean below -4 as the coldness of the ground freezes the water in the hose.  I don't even bother going out until it's above -4 for this reason.

Cheers, Tom

Pretty much the same here.
I think the lowest i've worked in was touching -5, but that was a quick 1/2 hour commercial job.
Another time I was cleaning a large property with about 90 metres of hose out which was laying in the snow at about -3.
Only lasted about 10 minutes before the water froze in the hose and jets.
A hot water system probably would of prevented the water in the hose freezing though on that occasion.
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robert mitchell

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Re: Cold king!
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2013, 01:12:49 pm »
I remember reading somewhere thAt they work at those temps wfp quite regularly in Poland .
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Dave Willis

Re: Cold king!
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2013, 01:16:08 pm »
I watched a guy swim under an iceberg in his pants the other night on tv  :o

still don't see how you can clean in extreme temperatures unless using gallons of antifreeze.
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