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washing a high roof

Postby Starsky72 » Thu May 08, 2008 10:56 am

ladders??

stood n the roof of a crappy car??


it's not an easy task to do it properly!
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby FredTransit » Thu May 08, 2008 11:18 am

Stand in the back of a luton :wink:
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Starsky72 » Thu May 08, 2008 11:26 am

ha ha yes, I think I have one in the shed ;)
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby FredTransit » Thu May 08, 2008 11:53 am

Do you, is the body any good? Do you want to sell it? :lol:
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby andykay » Thu May 08, 2008 12:26 pm

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Re: washing a high roof

Postby cmeonthemove » Thu May 08, 2008 2:15 pm

A good ole stepladder should do the trick! :lol:
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Starsky72 » Thu May 08, 2008 4:52 pm

I think I like the look of the long lance type washy thing....

I have a habit of falling off ladders /out of skips etc ;)
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby tinkadill » Thu May 08, 2008 5:38 pm

i just leave mine dirty :twisted:
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby sc_BK » Thu May 08, 2008 6:07 pm

I use an adjustable wash brush for doing high up and the wheels on my van, still need a ladder to do the actual roof though. The brush cost about £5-£10
Same kinda idea as thishttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-HEAVY-DUTY-TE ... dZViewItem
though you can get longer ones if needed

Oh and don't bother with the hose atatchment just dunk it in a bucket
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Paul 1 » Thu May 08, 2008 6:30 pm

With my old medium roof I uesd to stick up a ladder then a scafold board across the roof rack. My new low roof I can do from a step ladder.
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Scotty86 » Thu May 08, 2008 6:56 pm

sc_BK wrote:Oh and don't bother with the hose atatchment just dunk it in a bucket


Thats what I do :D
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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Bulldog79 » Thu May 08, 2008 7:15 pm

I live in a flat..Got communal stairways and the window at the bottom is just the right height for me to reach out with a soapy broom.. 8) Get the missus to move the van forward when i need to reach the other half of the roof...Does that make sense? :lol:

Drew you a pic to explain...Sort of.... :lol:

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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Ucof » Thu May 08, 2008 7:37 pm

rofl,
thats an awesome picture :D

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Re: washing a high roof

Postby Scotty86 » Thu May 08, 2008 8:12 pm

Bulldog79 wrote:Drew you a pic to explain...Sort of.... :lol:

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Re: washing a high roof

Postby tinkadill » Thu May 08, 2008 8:37 pm

Bulldog79 wrote:I live in a flat..Got communal stairways and the window at the bottom is just the right height for me to reach out with a soapy broom.. 8) Get the missus to move the van forward when i need to reach the other half of the roof...Does that make sense? :lol:

Drew you a pic to explain...Sort of.... :lol:

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wow, how do i steal this and use ot for my avatar? :wink:
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