Long wash brushed for roof

[Aspenshaw]

Need an adjustable soft brush to clean the van's roof from three sides - no safe access to the fourth side. Reach has to be at least between 1m and 2.5m. So far I have been looking at those for cleaning lorries but cannot decide which are the best.

Please let me know if you use one you can recommend.

 

[Robert Clark]

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[David and Sally]

Almost any caravan shop, local market or hardware store will sell telescopic caravan brushes. We have several.

 

[Odd-no-more]

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[Two on Tour]

I have bought a couple of the cheaper type telescopic brushes but found the brush heads on them were a bit crap, so on the recommendation of some Funsters I replaced the brush with a Sealey Flo-Thru head which is softer and gets in a lot more nooks and crannies the others did not.

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[royandsharont]

I bought a good one from The Range last time. A bit narrower head than my old one but it was a really good length and the bristles were not too stiff. It even works pretty good with the water running through it without a problem at tge connection you often get with having the weighty pipe attached

 

[royandsharont]

I have bought a couple of the cheaper type telescopic brushes but found the brush heads on them were a bit crap, so on the recommendation of some Funsters I replaced the brush with a Sealey Flo-Thru head which is softer and gets in a lot more nooks and crannies the others did not.

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That looks a very good head for the van roof with all the protrusions of the roof lights etc

 

[donkey]

One thing I have noticed having had a few of these is, when you pick it up in the shop and extend the pole it feels super manageable, however, dip the brush in a bucket of water and what appeared light and easy turns out to be bl**dy heavy and difficult to manage. I still use one frequently but always buy the slightly smaller head variety, for that very reason.

Geoff

 

[Riverbankannie]

One thing I have noticed having had a few of these is, when you pick it up in the shop and extend the pole it feels super manageable, however, dip the brush in a bucket of water and what appeared light and easy turns out to be bl**dy heavy and difficult to manage. I still use one frequently but always buy the slightly smaller head variety, for that very reason.

Geoff

I also find the head of the brush unscrews with the weight and I have to do it up again every dip. I find it unwieldy with the hose attached. I might change to one with a microfibre end to get around the roof protrusions and in the channels of the corrugations of the roof. But I only do it once a year !
I use a ladder fixed to the side of the van with suction clamps (maybe not an option with A class), then my long arms mean that I can reach areas of the roof by hand without the long handled brush. brush useful for the sides though without use of ladder.

 

[TinaLes]

Eye Opener or Jaw Dropper moment.
I think a lot of us have the mistake of buying an aluminium extendable pole washing brushes. I purchased one years ago to do the UPVC facias, soffits & front/rear cladding to the house. I extended it to 4mtrs to start at the top as you do, switched to soap added function, well I could not believe the weight of it filled with water, even the pole bent swinging from left to right, and I got soaked into the bargain.
I still ended up getting up the ladder to get the missed bits, or hard to reach angles.

A few weeks later my rich neighbours paid a bloke to clean their windows, and have all of their cladding & gutters done at the same time. The window cleaner guy used "Pure" water out the back of his van, and it did a pretty good job, didnt take him that long either.
I asked him about the brush he was using, he told me it was a long reach carbon fibre one, with 6mm hose feed, and even full of water it weighed very little.

So I thought, Right then I will get myself one of them, then I saw they were £475, plus the brush heads of various sizes.
Don't even look at the price of water softeners that attach to your home hosepipe.
Horses for courses, I guess.
LES

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[Two of usI]

I too have issues washing the roof, I got the extendable brush, but, once extended I have trouble getting the pressure on the brush to remove stubborn marks, and we have a lot of those as we store in a compound and our pitch is right under a tree !!!

 

[JnJ]

This is not my department but we picked up a decent one a couple of weeks ago from Euro car parts cost about £10ish I think.
Joy