[matt]

i take my hat off to you

i did a house today and instead of getting out the cart i used the hose

while pulling it back in, it got snagged on :

the bin
a hardwood chair
a rose bush
under the gate


that was all in the same house, i only have 30 M of hose on aswell  : :

[ftp]

You need to persevere - I did a house earlier this year and didn't snag anything!

Never done it since!

[NWH]

After you`ve done all your work a few times with a fixed reel it`s so easy it`ll make you chuckle,your subconcious will tell you where all the obsticles are.

[tomy jackson]

im with you on that NWH

[JSMC]

been using mines bout 7 weeks now and already when going into drives etc i am looking where to run the hose. Still catches sometimes and it busts yer nut in. Reeling in and section of it gets near tyre and catches all the time.

always start at the back and work my way to front

[[GQC] Tim]

Turn the bin so the wheels face away from the hose. The bin then makes a nice hose guide.

I still get plenty of snags everywhere though, on some accounts never, but some people have got so much rubbish in their garden lol.

[leapstallbuildings]

i take my hat off to you

i did a house today and instead of getting out the cart i used the hose

while pulling it back in, it got snagged on :

the bin
a hardwood chair
a rose bush
under the gate


that was all in the same house, i only have 30 M of hose on aswell  : :

It's a funny thing but that side of things does get easier.  At particularly awkward places I sometimes roll the hose up in my hand while I'm walking to provide the slack for when I get to the objects and any awkward corners..

[johns window kleen]

Ive done nearly two weeks with fixed reel, and I can't totally make my mind up yet if its quicker.

The trolley system is harder on the body thats a fact, lifting it in and out, and lifting 25ltr barrells of water all day gives you arms like popeye, but a strained back, and of course you constantly run out of water, when your 500 yards from the van and only have two windows left to do.
But you do have a damn load more van moves to make in a day.

On the plus side I think I can only get quicker/better at it, and I can now just carry the pole and enough hose through someones house without lifting all the gear through,which is a real pain in the ass. Also Ive stopped tradding the lowers, unless people are in and insist on it.

The van mount system I'm sure will prove best in the long run, but it just feels a bit weird at the moment

[weetot]

I carry 3 dwarfs in the back of the van, just for that very purpose of unsnagging
the hose

[johns window kleen]

Are they Romanians?
 

[Dean Aspects]

It does get easier and you start to notice possible snagging points and move the hose around or if possible the offending object
After 4 years of working this way and proper hose placement it still snags something
I think sometimes it has a mind of its own and is secretly plotting new and ingenious ways of fustrating me 

[AJ]

After you have got to recognize where the snags are, the next thing you have to watch for is dog poo. (not always as obvious)

[[GQC] Tim]

Had a bad day today, but only when I started noticing how often I have to walk back. It's a long row of houses, lots of stuff in the garden, and all steps. Because going round the back takes a bit of hose, taking it all over the steps gets a bit messy lol, and it all lays on the pavement as well then, bit of a trip hazard. Oh well....you get used to it, and you sort it out over time, but it will happen now and then, just the way it goes.

[steve a]

the main snag for me is the easiest to undo..
The very last few metres when reeling in.... caught under the rear wheel of my own vehicle, still does me 'ed in though. LOL

[Window Washers]

It does get easier and you start to notice possible snagging points and move the hose around or if possible the offending object
After 4 years of working this way and proper hose placement it still snags something
I think sometimes it has a mind of its own and is secretly plotting new and ingenious ways of fustrating me 

they could well be from another life form as this happens to me also, and I hear up north it happens to even to Stan and he does not even have a hose

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I took Ian from window washers advice of tooking the connector of the hose under my belt and walk out with the hose, cleaning the furthest window first I find prevents a lot of snags.





Matt

[[GQC] Tim]

I took Ian from window washers advice of tooking the connector of the hose under my belt and walk out with the hose, cleaning the furthest window first I find prevents a lot of snags.





Matt

I find walking back, and then reeling it back in gives the most snags, not so much the walking it to the furthest point.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

if the connector is attached to a belt as you walk back the hose follows you back to the van, since following this advice I am to snag my hose.





Matt

[Window Washers]

if the connector is attached to a belt as you walk back the hose follows you back to the van, since following this advice I am to snag my hose.





Matt

Sry to say it will happen Matt, but this way does stop quite a lot of it 

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I must be lucky then