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Where to buy equipment
Mike_Boxall:
I'd recommend the following just to get you going
1 x 526027 10” Plastic Window Washer Frame £1.87
1 x 526025 18” Metal Window Washer frame £3.72
1 x 526030 10” Window Washer sleeve £2.40
1 x 526032 18” Window Washer Sleeve £3.43
1 x 526010 Stainless Steel Squeegee Handle £3.10
1 x 526011 12” Stainless Steel Channel & Rubber to fit 526010 £1.77
1 x 526012 14” Stainless Steel Channel & Rubber to fit 526010 £1.98
1 x 526013 18” Stainless Steel Channel & Rubber to fit 526010 £2.35
1 x 526014 22” Stainless Steel Channel & Rubber to fit 526010 £2.70
3 x 526021 36” Replacement Rubbers for Channels @ £1.59 = £4.77
1 x 526052 Safety Scraper. Removes paint, bird droppings etc £1.75
1 x 526053 Pack of 10 Replacement Blades for Scraper £1.32
1 x 526043 Best Grade Chamois Leather 3 sq ft £9.63
2 x 526050 Grade 1 Linen Scrim 1 sq m. @3.34 £6.68
1 x 526045 Double Pouch on Belt to hold scrim,chamois etc £9.63
1 x 526046 Bucket to fit Belt to hold squeegee & window washer £14.37
1 x 526066 Heavy Duty Window Cleaners Bucket 20” long £15.54
1 x 526002 Cranked Adaptor for Pole to angle tools flat to surface to be cleaned £10.69
6 x 526311 1L Unger Glass Cleaning Liquid £13.86
1 x 501300 Caution Sign “Window Cleaning in Progress” £11.36
1 x 526003 3 x 1.5M Telescopic Aluminium Pole to enable reach up to 6M from ground level. Squeegee, Window Washer & Cobweb Brush will all fit pole £26.93
SubTotal £162.93 + vat
Delivered Free
Hope this helps
Regards
Mike Boxall
gibbouk:
check out old posts
i put a list up before
you dont need all that stuff
i have been going for 15 years never having half of that.
a 12" and an 18" squegee blade covers most things.
shinnyshinner:
Hi Deano the equipment I carry with me to do my window cleaning are as follows
One 14 inch T-Bar and Sleeve.
One 18-inch squeegee (For larger windows)
One 12-inch squeegee (plenty big enough for most windows I have one Unger and one ettore)
One 8-inch squeegee (Handy for little Georgian windows and fan windows sometimes use to get a better clean then ragging a window)
Proper Floor Cloths (med-high grade) as handy for washing down and washing down little windows, which are too small for T-Bar to fit (These I paid £7.00 for 10 I think, will do for any cleaning work, lead lights or little Georgian windows washing down frames etc)
Two Grade 1 scrims. Will need braking in, a couple of boils and I usually wash my car after once broken in last for ages. You can never have enough scrims 2-3 should do. Handy for buffing up windows, Wiping around frames, runs left on upvc windows along the edges but up to you
One retractable scraper with spare blades, not Stanley. I have one Unger and one Ettore (one’s spare) they both have soft blades in them
One bottle of Persil or fairy liquid
One SIR rectangular Bucket comes with the caution sign on the sides but used to use a big black bucket for years before up too you.
One bucket on a belt and squegee holder on a workers belt handy when doing ladder work keeping tools on your waist leaving hands free to climb ladders (optional)
The following should help start you up at a cheap cost
Hope this helps Alan
Mike_Boxall:
Hi Gibbo
You must use t-washers, scrapers, buckets, scrim etc? Plus you have to have either a) a pole b) a ladder or c) customers that only live in bungalows, surely?
It's a list of what we sell most of and not too big an investment to start a business.
Regards
Mike Boxall
gibbouk:
as i said i posted a list in a earlier post. i use an 18" t bar and a 12" same size with squegees. scrapers i use mac tools single edge blade ones for heavy duty and an unger one for day to day. i use clean tech in scotland for my supplies good service and cheap prices. but the most inportant thing is their honesty if you dont need it or what you are using is better they will tell you
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