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Hi jd do you still use the vikan sill brush on your rounds,i have used one the last few months and get great results with it.

Ive changed to the vikan standard brush, as its a little lighter. Im looking to purchase the Superlite brush on Gardiners website, but im hesitant, as their P&P to N.Ireland is extortionate & they do not have the best customer service in the world! The problem is, the brush can only be bought from them, as it is their own product.

there is a brush with good reviews on the cleantech website,they sell their own products and they seem to get good reviews.
I bought a spare brush on ebay the make is bayersan i have been using it this week as i am doing windows which have the vents very close to the top of the windows and this brush just misses making contact with the dreaded vents.

I think cleantech are a very helpful outfit, but they really need to upgrade their website with more detail and bigger pictures. It puts me off ordering! Im glad you found a brush your happy with, is it lighter than the vikan?

Hi JD,

Are you talking about Cleantech up in Scotland?

Hi mark yeah im talking about cleantech which is in kilmarnock in scotland.
They have a good supply of all window cleaning goods be it waterfed or traditional.
Jd the brush is pretty light around the same a vikan,but they sell a sill brush and its a good bit cheaper than the vikan make.

aye, the scottish one.

CHECKED OUT THE GARDINERS website jd the brushes look ok,did you get one.

No, i dont like buying from Gardiners! They charge an absolute mint to delivery to Northern Ireland! The postage costs as much as the goods your buying!

Where do you buy your brushes,poles from,do you buy them locally.

I get 90% of my stuff from surecleansysytems in Omagh. They have good prices, good delivery & good service. I occasionally get some stuff from windowcleaningwarehouse. What about you fish4fun?

Hi jd sems its only me and you posting mate,having a few drams the now after a hard week mate,flyfishing in the morning,anyhow back to the post i find windowcleaningwarehouse and my local places like cleantech and wilco dont let me down for wfp and traditional window cleaning equiptment..

How did the flyfishing go ? Come the 1st of March, ill be sitting by the river bank, with a few cold ones beside me.

FLYFISHING was ok caught a nice trout around the 2 pound mark,will be back up this weekend hopfully catch a few more,

do you throw them back fish4fun, or have them for your supper?

Mostly throw them back,sometimes i give a fish to my customer if requested and also my springer spaniel loves a trout.

Hi guys, been very busy of late so havent had chance to post anything, i am afraid i dont do fishing, so i thought i would say where i get my equipment from , which is soap national, really good place to get gear from and delivered next day for only £4 delivery charge which i think is very very good. hope your all very well and keeping busy in this worst winter we have apparantly had in years!

Hi Smartshine. If i wanted to order from soap National, then id have to pay a whopping £20.00 for the delivery of something as small as a scraper! Scandulous....

blimey jd, ok def dont use them then, how are you getting on with weather mate

Hi JD,

Do you struggle with most suppliers in England on carriage when shopping about??

The weather hasn't been too bad here smartshine, just spend 20mins or so in morning defrosting system a little. Are you getting it worse your side of the water? Hi Mark, i find the majority of Mainland suppliers charge laughable prices to Northern Ireland, a couple of suppliers though, like windowcleaningwarehouse for example are very reasonable indeed. A lot of the mainland companies spin the same old line " That its what the supplier charges them & they make no extra profit etc etc! The fact is, if they were prepared to make the effort, then you can find suppliers who will give far better & more reasonable deals! Surecleansystems in Omagh for example, they deliver to the Mainland for as little as £2.00 extra! A lot of companies don't have much of business in northern Ireland, so therefore cant be bothered to make the effort! I feel for certain, that there is a big market for those suppliers who are prepared to charge reasonable prices to supply goods to both the north & south of Ireland, including the channel islands. If you or I wanted to post a parcel from London To Belfast, we could post it for a few pounds, but the same parcel being delivered by some of these companies, they will charge you 10 times that! Apologies for ranting on here like a mad man, but it bloody frustrates me! These companies should be named & shamed!

HI jd ,smartsunshine,mark,on the subject of carriage i think you have the raw deal jd as here in scotland the carriage prices are good no matter where i buy my equiptment from,if you live in the highlands and islands in scotland you pay a few pounds more probably the same as you jd.
I BOUGHT A SECOND HAND PURE FREEDOM TROLLEY FROM EBAY AND IT S POSTAGE WAS 20 POUNDS!!

A trolley system delivered for £20 is reasonable fish4fun. Ive had bulky stuff delivered from ebay manys a time by private sellers & the prices are always good.

NO work done today with all this heavy snow around snow forecast thursday also in scotland.

No work for me either, due to one to many last night. Met up with a mate , who is over from New York for a week or so! self inflicted pain!!!!!

hi guys, i have had 2 mornings nd 1 day of work dis week weather looking better for tomo, seen all the bad weather you are getting up north i hope this doesnt hang around too long for you.

HI jd,if your mates over for a couple of weeks you will have to put up with more self inflicted painmate!!
Smartshine what area of the uk do you cover have you had any of the heavy snow lately.
I GOT OUT MONDAY, TUESDAY 2moros forecast up here is you guessed it.snow!!!

I wont get any work done tomorrow either, as my van has had yet another safety re-call from Citroen! They are worse than Toyota!

Not getting much luck with that new van of yours jd,may as well go out to the pub with your mate and get another sore head seen your off on friday.

hi i cover the south of the uk so around hampshire and west sussex, we havent had any more snow since the first 2 weeks in jan, but have had loads of rain and today been trying to contend against the strong winds, very behind in all my work and finding it very hard to catch up.