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    Cleaning Windows

    Does anyone have any suggestions to keeping windows clean?

    I can reach the bottom of mine and am struggling to keep i clean



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    I've attached a piece of jap matting with cable ties to a piece of 2 inch pipe , works for me and no need to get your hands wet..

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    Dunelm have a scourer on a long handle
    Here’s pete modelling it Cleaning Windows


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    I don’t have a window but I do have a similar cleaning tool as voodoo but I got it from amazon.

    I think it would be ideal for pond window cleaning.


    OXO Good Grips Extendable Tub and Tile Scrubber - Multi-Coloured https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00L9X4W..._EnOWEbHXX7MBP




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    I've got the same as Mike and it works well.

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    I did have the extendable tile scrubber but If you leave it a long time it takes ages to clean off and mine started to go rusty so now I use a swimming pool brush and a short aluminium pole, it's the same attachment as my nets so works really well and I can clean the bottom of the pond with the same brush

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    Quote Originally Posted by voodoo_15_uk View Post
    Here’s pete modelling it Cleaning Windows
    Not quite what I class as a model
    4600 Gallon Concrete Block and Fiberglass
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    Filtreau HiFlow 30 Drum Filter
    Bio Chamber - 140 litres K1
    Bakki Shower - 30 KG Sakura Far Infrared Media
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    Heated from house boiler through a heat exchanger
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twhitenosugar View Post
    I've got the same as Mike and it works well.

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    Ditto, have the same.

    Along with one of these if I let it get bad,

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233188771500

    if you could manage to clean the window then polish it it will last weeks before you need to do it again, dropped the pond level once and whilst it was down I gave the window a real good clean, followed by a a covering in rain X, makes it so smooth the algae finds it harder to cling to.

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    This is what I've used since my pond re-build with windows in 2017: https://aquatix-2u.co.uk/products/kc...hangeable-head
    You can get replacement heads in packs of 1, 2 or 3: https://aquatix-2u.co.uk/products/re...eccbdc5b&_ss=r
    Aquatix-2U is currently out of stock of both, but having spoken to them yesterday to find out the situation as I need some more heads, they assure me they will be coming back into stock soon - just another pandemic-related stock supply issue!
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    I have the same as Mike & Tom too and find it works really well. What do people use to clean the inside of the window at the top where the water mark is? its like a white line.

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    Good find Mike - these are what I use

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    I don’t have a window but I do have a similar cleaning tool as voodoo but I got it from amazon.

    I think it would be ideal for pond window cleaning.


    OXO Good Grips Extendable Tub and Tile Scrubber - Multi-Coloured https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00L9X4W..._EnOWEbHXX7MBP




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    I use a cotton glove on my hand,


    very nice looking shower green wall with that mind your own business hiding it away
    the slow pond build thread

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    I use jap matting. Cheap and works well
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    I don’t have a window but I do have a similar cleaning tool as voodoo but I got it from amazon.

    I think it would be ideal for pond window cleaning.


    OXO Good Grips Extendable Tub and Tile Scrubber - Multi-Coloured https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00L9X4W..._EnOWEbHXX7MBP




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    Ahh yes it’s the same one Cleaning Windows


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    Our Butler cleans mine for me before I wake up each day.

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    Above post was a lie.

    Just wondered how it might feel to be able to say that. And it felt good.

    Truth is, I don't have a window, couldn't afford it Cleaning Windows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    Above post was a lie.

    Just wondered how it might feel to be able to say that. And it felt good.

    Truth is, I don't have a window, couldn't afford it Cleaning Windows.

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    My wife says her Butler cleans ours before she gets up, mainly because she’s never seen it done, so it must be the Butler

    It true “the Butler did it” Cleaning Windows


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    4600 Gallon Concrete Block and Fiberglass
    2100 mm x 710 mm Infinity Window 32mm thick glass
    2 x Aerated Bottom Drains and Skimmer
    Filtreau HiFlow 30 Drum Filter
    Bio Chamber - 140 litres K1
    Bakki Shower - 30 KG Sakura Far Infrared Media
    2 x 18,000 lh pumps
    Heated from house boiler through a heat exchanger
    Idealseal MS290

    My Pond Build

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