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Chris Madden


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Do any of you guys have 3-4 story homes to wash?

Have a hard time getting up to the peaks?

I have been working allot in Charleston SC, and the homes

are Taller than what I am used to in my area. 

Here is my solution to getting up high with a soft wash 

cleaning setup.

I have a QC on my ball valve, and on my extension wand.

This allows me to quickly disconnect the normal wand, and attach 

a 10' piece of 1/2" black pipe from Home Depot. 

Is it heavy? Yes but it is actually not bad when you get used to it.

I also have Pressure washing extensions I can add to the end of the 10'

black pipe if I need to get Waaayyyy up there. 

 

In the past I just used the 72" pressure washing extension, but found

that because of it's very small inner dia. it lost allot of flow, which in turn

caused a loss in distance. Now with the 1/2" dia pipe I loose no flow and get 

the same distance as I get from my wand.  biggrin

 

* Pic1 - Ball valve and Regular wand both with 3/8" QC

* Pic2 - 10' 1/2" black pipe end with 3/8" qc for attachment to Ball Valve

* Pic3 - 10' 1/2" black pipe end with 1/4" qc for attachment "two banger"

 

 Hope this helps some of you guys out.

 

   Chris



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great for getting that last 200 square feet you couldnt get from the ground or from your ladder.

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We use aluminum poles for that extra reach. Much lighter.

 

Ooops not sure hoiw that buck got there.



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Carlos using a water fed pole that is carbon fiber to clean a roof from the ground.

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    I have some aluminum and stainless extensions (Much lighter) that I use for the extra reach

on a roof from a ladder.

The 10' extension I explain here is for Ground Use Only,  (House Washing) It is strong and sturdy.

Do not try and take this on a ladder, chances are you will fall.

 

     The PW extensions are lighter but TOO small of a restriction for the required flow, and get Way

to wobbly starting at 59" and up. You can not control them very well.

This wands best use is for softwashing homes I have attached pictures below.

I have some fittings pictured below that I use as well.

 

   Chris



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Chris I like the photo 7-8 to home made tips would like to know were did you get them from.

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Chris f they call those two bangers, call the power wash store and they will hook you up. they also make three banger and quad banger. i use the quad all the time. one stream tip, two fan tips and a very low volume tip to get railing on a deck without over spraying too much on the grass. unfortunatly the whole set up with cost around 50 bucks

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o i was talking about picture 8 never mind then haha but for the height we carry one of those adjustable a-frame ladders around and extend that up climb up and get an extra 10 ft.... i think Chris M has a better idea but both work

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