I'm impressed with this guy. He's got a truck mounted system in a minivan and working up on a 4th floor apartment. Thumbs up to him! He made it work.
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presumably commercial to justify setup?I do the tallest buildings around me with exterior hose runs which are 7 and 9 stories high.
Nope. Residential. Stairwells not near condo units. Easier to do the exterior route.presumably commercial to justify setup?
yeah I've run 220 ft uphill .. felt like the lil red engine, I think I can... was painfulIf anything, working at height is an advantage...
Working from 2-4 stories LOWER, definitely affects vac performance....
We’ve got a few lakefront homes with guest cottages right on the lake, my guess would be 3-4 stories down.... I notice a big difference with the blower trying to pull the water uphill...
Nice trick Lee... I’m going to put that one in the memory banks....When pulling uphill you can reduce the lift loss by switching to your smaller diameter hose, and adding a loop or two (like a salmon ladder) to allow water to "jump" up the hill in steps.
Like Dan, we have run into this on Kentucky lake extracting a flood with our former Bane machine.
Even I knew what Jimmy sez was BS!You must have been happy back then cuz you weren’t near the jerk you are now.
You must have been happy back then cuz you weren’t near the jerk you are now.
I always run up the stairwell and tie off the hoses. Thats the problem with a lot of newer highrises. They design the stairwells so that they are not continuous all the way to the top. They have cross over floors and things that make it impossible unless you have something like an Aerotech. Some of these buildings, I've been converting to encap. One 22 story building, I was able to run my hoses through the garbage chute. I am told in some places in Australia, they installed plumbing so that carpet cleaners could have access. Wouldn't be too hard to do, running vertical pvc and a pressure line down to a loading zone.Personally, I would never run hoses on the outside of a building higher than 2-maybe 3 stories high if the building is along a sidewalk. Way too much liability. Years back, I believe in the 80's, there was a fellow running the hoses up 10 stories (???). Even had a photo of it. Well, unfortunately, the vacuum hose came apart and fell either killing the person below, or extremely hurting the individual. (don't remember which) This lead to a giant law suit (1-800-call-sam!) and that was the end of the carpet cleaner as well.
Wonder if Stockwell, or, Pemberton remembers this accident?
Ed Valentine
cross-american.com
Personally, I would never run hoses on the outside of a building higher than 2-maybe 3 stories high if the building is along a sidewalk. Way too much liability. Years back, I believe in the 80's, there was a fellow running the hoses up 10 stories (???). Even had a photo of it. Well, unfortunately, the vacuum hose came apart and fell either killing the person below, or extremely hurting the individual. (don't remember which) This lead to a giant law suit (1-800-call-sam!) and that was the end of the carpet cleaner as well.
Wonder if Stockwell, or, Pemberton remembers this accident?
Ed Valentine
cross-american.com
Portable guys always bring up the one extraordinarly RARE incident
You and your dad were always next to our booth