WORST JOB OF THE YEAR SO FAR! Cleaning An OVERGROWN Tarmac Basketball Court! Using CUBB WEED BRUSH!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome to another video. This was without question the worst job of the year so far. I admit to not knowing a great deal about these types of rotary brushes, and to having no experience using them. Naively I thought they would cut through the weeds ease. The one I used is actually called a weed brush, but it was completely ineffective at removing weeds. It wasn't even that good at removing the bigger clumps of moss. So I begrudgingly had to remove all the weeds and most of the moss, by scraping the surface with a shovel and spade.
I'm sure there are much more powerful and effective rotary brushes out there, that would have been easier to use, and carried out a better job. But unfortunately for me, this model was the only one I could find to hire, that was local to me, and available when I needed it.
I very rarely get contacted to clean basketball or tennis courts. So if I do get asked to quote one again, and if there's no access to water for me to use a pressure washer, then it's unlikely i'll even quote for it, as I didn't enjoy doing this job at all. As the thumbnail says - never again!!!
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Mate this transformation deserved a video.. properly enjoyed It, great to see something can be clean with no water at all. And christ your a chatterbox now 😉
Oh thanks mate, top man. 🤣 yeah like you said the other day, i've opened the flood gates, and now there's no shutting them lol 👍😉
You got there in the end, here in New Zealand, we'd call that "Kiwi ingenuity" you find a way and you get it done, you nailed it! Looks great.
Oh man. My back hurts just from watching. Well, the good news is you're still alive and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. So you should be really strong now. Lol
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First, fantastic job! Hard work!!! Second the home owner or whoever should have paid you for resurfacing the tarmac...because thats basically what you did. Again, kudos on the top notch work.
Many thanks Jason, much appreciated 🙂👍
One man and his shovel saves the day. That was a gym session clearing that. Perseverance won. Awesome x
🤣 🤣, thanks Aj & Moo, yeah that was hard graft alright, glad to be done with it. Thanks for your kind words ✊ 🙂
Kuddos my man!!! Looked great when you finished! 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
Thanks very much mate, really appreciate your kind words 🇬🇧👍
Amazing transformation. I bet your whole body was aching after all that hard work? While it was mega hard work as can be seen when you are wrestling with that brush it must have been hugely satisfying achieving what you managed with zero water. Well done, great to see. Bet custy was very happy, hope it paid well considering the amount of work you had.
Thanks a lot Ched 👍. If i'm honest bud, all I kept thinking at the end, is that I wasn't overly happy with the way it looked, but realised that was the best I could get it without water on site, and with the equipment I had. Custy was super pleased with it, so it's all good, but definitely won't be doing another one of those again. Only really took this on because it was part of a larger, lucrative package deal. 👍
Great results again Nick. That machine looked to be very effective once you’d broken the back of it with the spade. Every days a school day mate!
Hiya mate, yeah it was alright on any areas without any growth, but bloody useless on the heavy moss and thick weeds. Not great for something that's called a weed brush 🤣 😉. Definitely never again. 👍.
I need a lie down after watching that even I am exhausted. Am sure you slept well that night. Don’t worry about the builders crack it was an added bonus lol
😆 😆, yep, i was out like a light mate. The builders crack seems to be going down quite well, might start showing a bit more skin and crack in my future vids 🤣. Probably not a good idea though, as some people might be eating as they watch 🤮 🥴
That was a bonkers job, glad to see you stuck with it 💪🏻
Cheers Graham, nice one 🙂👍
Crazy amount of work went into this- huge respect, bet your back felt it. Sometimes we need a rough day to appreciate when the good ones come. stay strong.
Well said Paol! many thanks for your kind word and great feedback 👍🙂
Hey, when it started raining, I chuckled and said, “there’s your water”. Great job!
You and me both lol, thanks a lot Danielle 🙂
Truly that looks backbreaking. However I have to give you all the props for an amazing transformation. It hardly looks like the same surface!
Hi Casandra, many thanks for the super kind feedback, it's much appreciated. 🙂 👍
Top job mate I have genuinely wondered about those brushes for ages haha
Cheers buddy, wonder no more, avoid like the plague 🤣👍
Wow Nick that was epic! Your integrity really shined through. Once you say you'll take a job nothing stands in your way - as you exhibited. Your snoopervisor does confess to taking a nap after watching this - you plum wore me out 😉
Aw thanks LuAnn, what a lovely complement from my resident snoopervisor, thank you so much. 😆 hope you enjoyed your nap, I sure needed one after that, phew 😮💨😴
That machine is hard work. I have a “Nimos mosquito” it looks like that but it’s more user friendly and the brush can be tilted to the side, so the machine pulls its self along a bit and gets the weeds out better. Good job on that surface though, worn tarmac is always a challenge to clean. Well done 👍
Yeah your Nimos mosquito sounds much better. Was my first time using one of these, definitely not impressed with this one, but then I did feel if it was on a less worn surface, like block paving, it probably would have performed better.
Thanks for the great feedback 🙂👍
Good dramatic music, hard work paying off, new sort of cleaning to enjoy, beard's on point. Everything anyone could want in a video!
Hey Silent J. Amazingly kind words and lovely compliments, love it, thank you 😊
Absolutely fantastic outcome, your amazing and never fail to make outstanding transformations 🥰 very inspiring xx
Aw thanks Chelleydawn, what a lovely thing to say, bless you 😊
I feel for you Nick! That looked painful mate. End result is brilliant 👍
Yeah, never again bud, that's for sure. Cheers Steve, top man 🙂👍
Да. Как то Это не совсем правильно: вы должны чистить покрытие а вынуждены заниматься еще и садоводством, вырывая траву и т д….
Разве только если за это доплачивают) 👍👍👍
Excellent Job !
Its very hard work, most don't realise how tough it is, I have a similar type, of machine, it works great, but it takes a lot of passes and the right pressure to get a consistent look, well done.
Thanks a lot bud, really appreciate your input on this, thanks also for the kind words - awesome 👍
Man you did a really good job..How do the forearms feel?
Couldn't feel them for days after 😄, cheers Darrell 👍
Really great job
Thanks very much 😊 👍
...not just any T shirt, but a FRED PERRY T shirt. LOL!!!
I think a week wacker and possibly a leaf blower would really help a situation like this save your back, might still need the shovel but not as much. great channel!!!
Hi Anthony, duly noted, many thanks. 🙂👍
What a transformation! At the risk of asking a silly question, but would a tanker of water have been economic?
Not silly at all. The amount of water needed to get this clean, I would not have been able to tow that amount legally to site. Even if I managed to get that amount of water nearby, the closest I could get it to the basketball court was a good 150 metres away, and my hoses don't stretch that far. Many thanks for your comment 👍
Fantastic job mate and video 👍👍👍👍
Thanks a lot Mark, top man 👍😉
Fuck me you earnt your money there Son! Luckily jobs like that are hopefully rare.........I can imagine you thinking "well at least it can't get any worse"......then it started raining 😂😂 'a good job jobbed ' as my Mum would say
🤣 Cheers Glen, wouldn't normally take on a job like this, was part of a lucrative package deal, which is why I took it on. Lol, yeah spot on, that's exactly what I was thinking, then yeah, it started to bloody rain 😫. Thanks for the great feedback mate 👍.
Im almost speechless, Fantastic, you did an amazingly 👏 👏 And don't stress about the "plumber's crack".....it's a nice one, lol...Cheers from Texas.
Thanks so much Sheila! 😊, you're very kind. A big thank you from hear in Cambridge UK 😀
You’re a good man for finishing this job! Brilliantly done!
Thank you kindly Suzie 🙂
Amazing transformation hood work and keep it up!
Yes we older folks call your pants and underpants start creeping down we call it the "plumber crack" but about 10 years ago the kids were calling it your "coin purse". I'm glad that one faded and plumber's crack stayed. 😂
🤣love it
Hard graft that looked bet your aching all over 😂😂 excellent result 👍👍
Hey Colin, mate that was tough, it was like wrestling with a 12 stone Rottweiler that was relentlessly trying to pull me over 🤣 I had no feeling in my arms for the next day or two 😩 - never again
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning 😂😂😂 brilliant
A landscaper should have been used to clear everything for you. An edger, shovel, and leaf blower.
That sucks,
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Nick serious, i knw technically we r each others competition, but we r both working in the same kind of area dont mean we cant help ea other out when needed, if u ever get stuck with a job just shout me up, me details r on me vids, i woulda gladly smashed it out with u
Cheers mate, appreciate the offer, and if i get stuck, i'll give you a bell. Nice one 👍
Thumbs up for the hard work and the no quit attitude, my man. 👍
Nice one mate, really appreciate that, top man 👍
Did you say this was a basketball court? Holy Moly where's the blacktop? Great job!!
🤣🤣 It was once, wore away years ago, cheers mate 👍
Unbelievable! You deserve a medal for doing that!! Looks amazing afterwards it was so awful before though I can’t imagine why you agreed to do the job….especially with no water available!!
Hi Mishka, thank you, you're very kind. I only agreed to this job as it was part of a larger, very lucrative, package deal. I wouldn't have taken this job on otherwise, as it's not the type of work I usually get involved with. 👍
I followed in yours and Sids footsteps on the wet pour and guess what I'm running a mile from a job like that like Jesus H christ that looked bloody hard work but BUT wow what a fantastic job looked epic loving the intros as well 👏
Lol 😆, I don't blame you Lee. I genuinely mean it when I say never again 🤣. Thanks too for boosting my confidence on the intros bud, nice one, top man.
Well done to take it on. Most people wouldn’t have. Great job. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks very much Jane. I only really took it on as it was part of a lucrative package deal, otherwise it would have been a no from me 😉, thanks again 👍
The effort you exherted using that brush unit, young man, that's impressive 👏 Any bleach solution used on this? Once again my dear boy, an outstanding outcome!! Be well Nick, loved this video!!
No bleach on this one, I used a biocide called BAC 50. Many thanks
I bet the pint in the pub that afternoon went down especially nicely!!!
Oh yes, Indeed 😉 🙂
REAR CLEAVAGE!! Woohoo
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Lol that looked like hard work! Great results! 👍👍👍
It was Kenneth, never again bud. Thanks mate 🙂 👍
Half way in the video and it looks cracking already . Well done 👍
Many thanks mate, really appreciate that 🙂
I bet you were aching the next day using unused muscles.
I could barely feel my arms for days after, let alone feel them ache 😆, cheers Kevin 👍
Invest in a bigger shovel, save your back brotha.
Great advice, it's now on my shopping list, cheers bud 🤜🤛
My back hurts just watching. I hope you went and got a few pints after this job.
🤣 I might have had one or two 🤔 😉
Look's pretty good albeit it looked back-breaking work!! Another dose of Bio after a few weeks may improve it further Good job mate!!
Thanks very much Murray 👍
brilant job
Many thanks Joanne 😊
You poor basta*d lmao. Nice one for pulling through and doing it anyway many would have walked haha.
🤣🤣 I came close to walking away a few times bud, was quite busy when editing this, taking out all the 🤬, cheers mate 👍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning 🤣🤣 Yeah edited out a few of those myself lmfao
you should have titled it using elbow grease
Very good, I like it 😉
PEC you had to be in beast mode to vanquish this job!
Lol, yeah I was feeling strong that day for sure 😅
Cracking job there pal, I’m knackered after watching that 😄
Cheers buddy, much appreciated 👍
You can't deny that the powered brush gave that an excellent finish - they must have been very pleased with the work!
Great video Nick, very helpful. Looking for some advise please, been approached to clean 1000 square meter of tarmac round a large house. There is water on site, very mossy with lots of large trees round property. Was thinking of buying a Westermann Honda Moss Brush but as you know these are not cheap. Using this then biocide like you have done with this job.
If I was to clean with the 20 in whirleaway I think I might be there for a long time to complete the job, might take maybe a week as is I think to complete. Very mossy, not too many weeds as such just dirty and mossy.
Anyway what way do you recommend to approach this? First time to do a job like this, feel a bit out my depth with the size of the job being a one man band. Can call in some part time help for the job with family to help,for a weekend if needed right enough.
Oh, client hinted at tarmac restorer to be applied also, but I know this will add a lot of cost to job.
Any advice would be helpful
Many thanks
Steve
Wow! It looks so much better than before. That looked particularly strenuous! And that was a very different court surface than what we have around here (concrete, which has its own issues).
Hi Nick and great to meet you. Love your honesty and amazing attitude. If you encounter something similar in the future a Westermann 660 would work for you. I'm enjoying your videos, thank you
That’s amazing! Great job!
Thank you! Cheers Karen!
That amount of work looks like it would take a good week. That was backbreaking and exhausting. I really admire you.
Thanks ever so much Pat, you're very kind 🙂
Kudos to you! You tackled and overcame every challenge!!!! Hi from the Great Lakes area of USA!
What a top job well done mate looks like new
Thanks Darrell, really appreciate that bud, top man 👍👍
😂 LOL mate also known as a "mail slot" here in the state's.
Lol, love it, I learn so much through my channel 🤣
Well done, looks like a new surface 👍🏼
Thank you Amit 🙂 👍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning You're welcome, credit where credit is due 👍
I grew up in Berkshire, although retired to Cumbria, we always called it ‘Builder’s Cleavage’. 😂
Just did this to my drive and walkway so it could be sealed overgrown bad on pavement had to edge by hand probably 250-300 linear feet then power washed with a wand ughh took me 5 days total doing it after painting all day im 43 and I never been more sore than after that week I was also going as fast as possible cause of time had to have it done b4 the weekend.
I feel your pain Rich, that sounded like a lot of work. I'm 42 with a bad back and dodgy knees, don't you just hate getting older 😩
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning Same i broke my right knee at 19 now has arthritis have to ice it everyday been painting for over 30 years and i'm just done with it want to get off my knee's trying to start a Soft/pressure washing business
@@richsainsbury2285 That sound terrible mate, my knees are bad, but not that bad. I'm getting to the point now were I think it's time to start employing people and take a step back because of my knees and back, especially my back. Just quite a big step and commitment 👍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning Now your thinkin haha
Wow, what a huge difference!
Thank you kindly Tocador 👍
I seem to be getting all the shit jobs because every single job I do is one of these "never again" jobs.
turned out good. Well in. Some of that moss never wants to uproot from the little pores. Only thing I've found that really gets rid of it is plain old sunlight.
I use a Kersten brush and WeedGo strimmer head for work and it took me a lot of pain before i realised its easier to work backwards in a side to side sweeping motion....still a pain in the arm💪🥃👍
Excellent job! However, they need to fire those gardeners, their job was atrocious.
Job well done ,just think how many germs you have eradicated from that pitch
Ive just recently moved to a new house which has tennis court, however the last owners hadn’t cleaned it in ten years so now its overgrown and has small trees growing on it, we’ve started clearing it but boy oh boy is it a ling process
Looks great. Worth the hard work 👍
Thanks bud 👍
Great results in the end. You really earned your money on this job.
Thanks Julie, really appreciate that, top lady 🙂
That brush was well worth it. Getting moss out of tarmac is a dark art. I use hypochlorite to finish the job off 😁🙀
Talking again 😃
You getting into it ☺️
Makes it easy to explain what is really going on ☺️
Thanks dude, yeah, really getting into it now, might not be able to shut me up soon 😂
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
I would like there to be some after shots in such videos , how people start coming and appreciating cleaned places
Wow that was Herculean.
Thanks Kathy, your super kind to say so 🙂
Spent all yesterday doing floor cleaning. I know you were sore after this. 🤕
nice job you ,made sir if we were back i n the 80s you would be pulling all the birds in the club with popeye arms ha now who know what you get keeeeeeep cleaning
Wow. Painful and painstaking 😫 That CUBB Brush is crap. Great effort pushing through and getting such a good result. Wouldn't mind shooting some hoops on that now 😎
Hi mate, yeah didn't enjoy using the CUBB brush at all. Thanks for the awesome feedback dude, really appreciate it 🤜🤛
You did well to do that with the cubb, If anyone near you hires a westermann moss brush, they are perfect and would pull all the weeds out with much less effort, I normally treat with Bac 50m 2 weeks before the clean also. looks good though!
Thanks bud 👍, yeah those Westermann brushes look awesome, and that's what I was looking for originally, but couldn't find one anywhere near me. I even had to book a month in advance to secure this crappy Cubb 🤭. Thanks for the great feedback 👍🙂
Wow class job Nick. Turned out fantastic.
That's pure hardship mate. Hired one of those one day. Had blisters after it. Tough work. Your lashing out the videos this weather well done. 💪💪👏👏🤗
Hiya mate. Spot on bud, my hands are pretty rough and worn anyway, but this caused blisters across the palms of both hands. As the thumbnail says, never again 🤣. Thanks a lot Paudie.
What you really need to counter the pull of the brush is another wheel inline with the side getting pulled.
You did a very nice job 👍
Thank you very much Gloria 🙂
this music is so GOOD great video!
I'm glad you like it, thanks for the great feedback 👍
Hi brother in arms...greetings from eastern side of Europe. It looks that you are starting to pick "cherries" from hardcore jobs ,😎,. Great work and keen on to watch your next adventures.
Hi Dalibor, greetings from here in the UK. Cheers bud, glad to have you on board, top man 🙂 👍
💪🏻 get a makita split shaft power broom mate they don’t cost the earth and will do the same job that thing u used done
Thanks for the tip, but I won't be taking another job on like this again, it was just a one off 👍
Awesome job. I know your arms are killing you after that
I have used that machine for the same situation you’re in however the brush I used was steel wire and it did rip everything out of the way so maybe the bristle brush is for the 2nd round after roughing the area with the steel brush?
This brush was steel, but certainly didn't work for me on this surface.
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning hmm interesting, well by steel brush I was referring to the short slightly wavy silver colored, it looks a lot like the metal polishing brushes used on angle grinders just on a much bigger scale.
@@HR66590 ah I see, I know exactly the type you’re talking about. That certainly would have been much better than this one, and been much more effective I’m sure. 👍
Yo this chillhop music is smashing
Lol, cheers, love ya beard, looks like mine 😉
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning thanks mate ...my beard keeps me sane 🤣
@@matthewlambert8789 Same 🙂
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning if I cut this off I may as well purchase a man purse 👜 lmao I'd rather my beard 🤣
@@matthewlambert8789 🤣🤣🤣👌
Just found your channel an after watching a few videos I dropped a sub n like coz well the music over the time lapses is better than what I hear alot of the time an well this video you deserve it for all the hard work man also that weed brush yea dosent live up to it's name
Hey Tristian, many thanks bud, and and thanks for subbing too, welcome to my channel. Yeah, the weed brush was terrible - never again 👍
Looks spectacular.
Many thanks Julie 😊
awesome job pal, you defo earned ya wages on that one 💪🏼
Turned out beautifully... and I have no problem with the wet t-shirt.
Lol, thanks very much, you're very kind 😊
When he said "I came unstuck" that cracked me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How many times throught that did you swear 😅😅
F***king constantly 😉😆
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Loving the builders crack. It's the only reason I watch your vids. Keep on showing it 👍
Lol 🤣, i'm sure you're in the minority on that, but thanks anyway 😉 🙂
Looks amazing. Pretty sure you needed a full body deep tissue massage to work out the kinks after all that.!
I've never had one of those before, sounds amazing! 😊
I feel you mate, but you did your job not give up. ;-)
Now that's how the men stand alone from the Boy's.
My Respect. :-) [oh,.... you wanna know how BIG my smile was ???..... Hugh ] hahahaha
Ok I'm done back to work, .......;-)
With a smile; greetings from ' The Netherlands' '
Thanks very much buddy, your super kind feedback is much appreciated, top man 👍. Greetings to you my friend from here in the UK 🙂