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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Freedom trolley.
« Last post by Slacky on Today at 06:18:10 pm »
Okie dokie.

Whereabouts are you?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Freedom trolley.
« Last post by robert mitchell on Today at 06:06:53 pm »
I will have it mate , if its not already gone ?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Need a Reasonably Priced Pole Rack?
« Last post by dazmond on Today at 05:55:14 pm »
Drainpipes and munsen rings....cheap as chips.around £50 all in for 2.you could actually just use the munsen rings on their own but I prefer the drainpipes as well so my poles are fully enclosed in the van.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Pressure Washing
« Last post by zesty on Today at 04:13:58 pm »
Do you guys have a minimum price for pw ?

I've decided on £100. I've had a couple of enquirys for small areas that might take only half an hour but when you include setting up and packing away call it an hour but it just doest seem worth it to get the machine out for less.

Also do you offer different levels of service ?

For example i find a lot of people assume it's just a quick blast over with a pressure washer like they would do with a karcher so they are of the mindset it's a 30 or 50 quid job. Thinking of saying I can either give it a quick blast with the pw for x amount or and accept it will be cleaner but not perfect or I can do it properly and treat with hypo or biocide etc and charge more.

Some of the before and after pics I see on fb still covered in black spot yet people are saying it looks great has me thinking maybe by offering a premium price and a premium service you are missing out on a part of the market that just don't see the value....

Just clean it as best you can.

I always tell the customer the black spot might not come off, I’ve never had an issue.

If they want it softwshed then that’s a lot more £££
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Pressure Washing
« Last post by Smudger on Today at 02:03:39 pm »
Good for you
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Pressure Washing
« Last post by michael mckeary on Today at 01:34:37 pm »
Windows this morning and sanding a PW job this afternoon. Its not about money but about variety. Cleaning windows all the time would drive me mad. I laid a nice patio on Friday and have another one to do for same customer. I like half days window cleaning and home for lunch and then out to an add-on. Summer months are busy and this year has been the busiest so I have decided to save for new van which gives me something to aim for. This type of business plan makes me a happy camper and I look forward to getting out of bed in the morning. That's what we should all aim for. Love what you do and you will never work another day in your life.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: I just did not want this one!
« Last post by Smudger on Today at 12:39:29 pm »
Mainly pressure - either stone damage or poor lance control and clipping the frame
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Are you going to be putting into one of your 'Mayer' vans on the website, or a separate vehicle?

If using one of your existing vehicles what size tank are you getting because you won't get a large tank in one of those, on top of kit already in there, plus hoses and other pressure washing stuff.

You have been given great advice but what is the vehicle you're working from, what tank do you expect to get in there and what else in that vehicle is 'heavy' kit up against?

Overanalysing PSI against LPM is less important detail, bar pressure and lower flow rate will give you the same end product with less water, possibly.

21LPM is just right for domestic and small commercial but too big to run off a tap (shouldn't be using a direct feed anyway, unless you're getting a yellow Karcher) a buffer tank is required.

Not seen any of this mentioned.

There's probably 750 kilos of kit in the back of my van, then fuel and then water.

If you're taking the machine in and out of the van, by hand, on a ramp, storage for everything?

I tip up on site, doors are flung open, water fill hose (hydrant) attached, HP hose pulled to works and machine switched on, start working away, whether on the ground or elevated, cleaning cladding, whatever - the amount of times people have come up to me, at the back of the van and said, 'any jobs, that looks easy,I could do that'.

It looks easy because of nearly 2 decades of experience, because the set up is nearly perfect  and because the kit gives me the best end result.

Clients expect to see dirty & then clean and if done properly it is always impressive, if done badly it looks worse.

The done properly doesn't happen overnight - the shiny machine will not give you the result, the user will.

This is not an easy add on,

Whatever machine you buy there's a bit more than the 'shiny' kit bit.
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