fatboy and 5-6 story building

[FoxCPM]

I am curious to know how high the Fatboy can pump up before it loses its performance or go bad? I have tried it on a 2 story building roof with 300'-1/2" hose and it worked just fine, but how about 5-6 story?

Thanks!

 

[Chris Tharpe]

not gonna reach that high however you can make a 1/2 in gun and wand for it that will reach that high but your going to be dealing with a 10ft stick of 1/2 pvc thats extremely flimsy

 

[cmturner]

I think what he is meaning is will the pump still push the chemical up on top of a 5 or 6 story building. I have no idea of an answer but I think that is what he was meaning. Which I might be wrong as well, wouldn't be the first time.

 

[PWProducts]

Dimitar, I have an air diaphragm pump waiting for you! Enter the contest! Lori

 

[Christopher]

not gonna reach that high however you can make a 1/2 in gun and wand for it that will reach that high but your going to be dealing with a 10ft stick of 1/2 pvc thats extremely flimsy

Been there, done that.

I got a 3/4" Sch.80 pvc pipe for a long wand to use with my chemical bandit (150psi at 6gpm) and when I pulled the trigger the 10' section of pvc bowed almost in half under that pressure and flow. I was on top of the 12' step ladder trying to reach some very high places that the wind was making it hard to reach (we are in a very windy city).

What I eventually did was use an extendable painter's pole which is a lot more stiffer and rigged up a nozzle at the top with a painter's angle attachment and that worked good.

 

[Chris Tharpe]

exactly what we ended up doing was tying the pvc off to an extendable pole for rigidity.

 

[FoxCPM]

I think what he is meaning is will the pump still push the chemical up on top of a 5 or 6 story building.

That's exactly what I meant . If I pull the hose vertically lets say 80-100ft, wouldn't the weight of the chemical make the pump work a lot harder and weaker?

 

[FoxCPM]

Dimitar, I have an air diaphragm pump waiting for you! Enter the contest! Lori

Hey Lori,

I was thinking to upgrade with all-flo setup, but we don't do that much of roof cleaning, so may be next month . I am currently working on some crazy door hangers with crazy info on them that will bring at least 80% of the houses where we hang them. At least that's my prediction ..
Where do I enter this contest?

 

[Christopher]

A lot of times when you look at the pump specs you will look at the "head pressure" and that will give you an idea of how high it will pump up vertically.

I am not sure if the air diaphragm pump has those specs or the Fat Boy or the regular Delavans.

The Chemical Bandit I did not know what it would do but after a lot of experimenting, I ended up using a 24' extension pole while up on the next to the top step of a 12' tall step ladder spraying some eaves and gutters of a building and it worked.

Bob no longer makes the chemical bandit but there are other roof cleaning pumps out there that are good pumps also.

Look at the specs and see what it says, it might be there.

I don't know what the specs of my Hotsy 5.6gpm 3000psi machine are but in the air diaphragm pump contest thread I was cleaning an 87' tall airport radar tower and had to boom up and over it so I was about 125' away from the trailer and then up about 100' high at some areas to reach the right angles that I could not hit on the top deck because of the dish being there and I had about 15' of slack in the manlift so I guess you could say that there was between 87' and 115' of head pressure on that pump during that job at the highest point and it kept on working no problem at all.

I never thought if the pump would work or not, I just went and did the job.

Maybe someone that sells those pumps or maybe the manufacturer would have the answers for you?

I would call the manufacturer and see if they have done testing like that, you just never know.