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Paul erithwc

Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« on: October 27, 2014, 05:49:07 pm »
Didn't realise i over extended it and snapped the clamp and 3 inches off the section above  >:( >:(

Luckly i kept the old clamps as a back up  ;D ;D

Paul


Perfect Windows

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Re: Gotta love snaping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2014, 06:39:59 pm »
Ouch!  One of my joeys did that one day.

In an emergency (in the event you didn't have a spare - like I didn't), you can tape it all together and it'll hold for a day or two while you order a replacement.

Vin

TomCrowther

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Re: Gotta love snaping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2014, 08:09:34 pm »
I always keep a spare pole (clx) for when this happens.

Jakey boy

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Re: Gotta love snaping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2014, 08:32:44 pm »
What is a 'snaped' pole? You mean snapped!  ;D

Pure Glass

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Re: Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2014, 10:15:06 pm »
If it's any consolation, I did the same this morning. Up at 6, into Bow for 8am to crack on with a one off block of flats clean. First window, section no2 on my extreme went.

Bit of a kicker as I snapped no1 two weeks ago

KS Cleaning

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Re: Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2014, 12:34:40 am »
If it's any consolation, I did the same this morning. Up at 6, into Bow for 8am to crack on with a one off block of flats clean. First window, section no2 on my extreme went.

Bit of a kicker as I snapped no1 two weeks ago
Happened to me a couple of weeks ago with my Extreme, section No2 snapped just above the clamping area. Pole isn't that old but because I used an aqua-dapter the warranty is invalid. Also snapped another section a while back but I was at fault that time as I tried to close a window with it.
It's strange they can snap when cleaning a window, I'm sure I saw an advertising clip somewhere of someone sitting on an Extreme section to show how robust they are ???

Pure Glass

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Re: Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2014, 07:09:10 am »
To be fair the section was about 7 months old and had been wearing thin for a while. Snapped just below the clamp

And I was extending the pole over some cars almost horizontally with about 40 ft out, so all that pressure on an already weak section isn't a good idea.

Paul erithwc

Re: Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2014, 08:44:37 am »
My pole is about 2 years old I replaced the clamps a few weeks back and just over extended it by mistake :(

All fixed now with a old clamp once the new brushes come out im going to get a clx22 for every day work  ;D

Paul

Sean Dyer

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Re: Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2014, 10:51:49 am »
i use clx 22 for every day , think its a great pole

New ones are heavier than the old though thanks to all the extra clamps and think i have a heavier brush this time, still great though and i hammer them and always get about 18-24 months out of them

KS Cleaning

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Re: Gotta love snapping a pole on monday mornings
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2014, 12:52:05 pm »
To be fair the section was about 7 months old and had been wearing thin for a while. Snapped just below the clamp

And I was extending the pole over some cars almost horizontally with about 40 ft out, so all that pressure on an already weak section isn't a good idea.
I wouldn't expect the pole to be wearing thin as quickly as that.