In much of the on-forum news in the UK at the moment, a new pole is making some waves using a common painters pole in place of the water fed poles made for the job. This is not new news - a lot of people have been replacing the manufacturers option with there own due to either finances or lightness. Having Jeff Brimble introduce me to the concept of the fishing pole, led manufacturers to copy his idea for themselves in other forms of the modular wfp. The "Harris painters pole"from B&Q, is the latest pole to be re-utilised, most popular being the 5 meter item (16.5 feet). This can be also re-engineered by turning it into a clampless pole by utilising the hose for keeping the pole at its jumped height: as invented by Peter Fogwill (video) & well known on his Window Tool website & forum. Jeff Brown of "Reflections Window Cleaning" & also from the WFP academy put heat-shrink on his Harris pole to give extra grip & a more professional look to his wfp (pictured above). Here are a few videos of "groundhog" showing just what can be done with a Harris pole, the second 2 videos are shown using the pole clampless. For all the Americans out there watching these video's: these windows are cleaned on a monthly basis, hence the speed at which the wfp can be utilised.
