Too many frames for a WFP?

Waterfed Poles
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Bill,

This is a building that I’m bidding on, but I’m cautious because of how many frames there are in each window opening. Will dripping be an issue on this? The frames are about 1/3 to 1/2 inch deep. Any advice?

Thanks.

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You should have no problems with a WFP on that account. Do the tops, then the panes below it, and so on. Rinsing is key. Should be fun!

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If that does not work you may even be able to do the top part of the first window and move to the next one and do that top, then move back to the first window, next row down etc…

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I’m sorry. Thor, you more accurately stated what I was trying to get across… made me realize some may not understand what I was trying to say.

What you want is the top window to be mostly dry before you do the window below it. So if you’re working in the sun, that may only take a few minutes, but if it’s a cloudy day it may take much longer. So maybe if it’s nice and sunny, you’ll just need to do all the tops on one side, and then you can go back to where you started (where those uppers are now mostly dry) and you can do the pane below it. But if it’s cloudy it may be necessary to clean the top windows around the entire building, then come back where you started and clean the window below it.

On a first cleaning this is really important, and it will take slightly longer because of walking, but you’ll get better results and it will make the next cleaning with a WFP much quicker, provided it’s not years later.

Depending on what WFP you have, and the size of building, doing all the uppers on the building first, then dropping down one window, and so on may actually be the quickest way. You cut out a lot of tear down and set up of your WFP doing it this way.

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You definitely shouldnt have any problems with the WFP. I have a gig similar to this with no problemos.

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Thanks for the replies - I appreciate the input!

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I just changed over to a fan tip on my system for this type of job, and it made all the difference in the rinse part of a WFP. I agree with the others, clean that top row first, then move on to the second and so on. Have a bottle of Aleve (aspirin) waiting at home after a job like that. Best of luck!