John Mart

Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« on: May 27, 2018, 11:54:26 am »
As above. I can’t remember the last bust up on here with a knuckle dragger.   :)

Slash

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2018, 12:03:08 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.

paul alan

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2018, 12:06:53 pm »
I still do a bit, so I guess that's a yes!

John Mart

Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2018, 12:08:15 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?

֍Winp®oClean֍

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2018, 12:47:50 pm »
Still do a few bungalows trad and inside of hotels, nursing homes etc. Wagtail flipper makes these tasks so much easier and faster. Used to have to take a ladder inside one hotel but been doing it with flipper and pole for a good few years now!!
Comfortably Numb!

Johnny B

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2018, 01:10:49 pm »
I'm still 100% trad, so I guess that makes me a knuckle dragger, but I'm happy enough 😊

John
Being diplomatic is being able to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

Shrek

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2018, 01:14:41 pm »
100%  wfp

I think H MAN is trad  ;D

John Mart

Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2018, 01:20:59 pm »
I'm still 100% trad, so I guess that makes me a knuckle dragger, but I'm happy enough 😊

John
Ah yes, but you’re in Ireland and they only moved into the 20th C yesterday.  ;D

paul alan

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2018, 03:02:33 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?


You asked about trad window cleaners, so if you only clean on ground level with a squeegee what are you then? some non-trad type?

Slash

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2018, 04:19:44 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?
Of course it's a skill,I'd love to see the results on a large window just using microfiber cloths on a sunny day,this is what separates the true professional from the cowboys  ;D

John Mart

Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2018, 04:22:55 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?


You asked about trad window cleaners, so if you only clean on ground level with a squeegee what are you then? some non-trad type?
You’ve lost me. In general window cleaners are WFP (poke jockey) or trad (ladder monkey). So far there’s only John that is traditional. Doing insides with a squeegee doesn’t count as being a trad windy.

John Mart

Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2018, 04:27:17 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?
Of course it's a skill,I'd love to see the results on a large window just using microfiber cloths on a sunny day,this is what separates the true professional from the cowboys  ;D
I never said it wasn’t a skill (although let’s be honest, it’s not particularly tricky), but cleaning with cloths inside does a perfectly acceptable job. I doubt your WFP results would stand up to a full on sun. Nothing does really.

Now trad on a pole is a genuine skill. Anyone can clean with a squeegee, but a squeegee on a pole is beyond me.

Slash

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2018, 04:27:53 pm »
You did replyi "not really"but I do  both so I guess I'm a poke monkey or am I a ladder jockey  ???
Either way my results are always perfect because I'm the best window cleaner ever ;D

RPCCS

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2018, 05:34:24 pm »
Mostly wfp, but do alot of downstair windows trad. John, you are right about wfp in direct sunlight,it can be tricky, if the glass is red hot and the water dries before you get it rinsed off. But microwave cleaning can be just as bad.
Cheers Rich

AuRavelling79

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2018, 06:10:15 pm »
I regularly use trad for the insides of offices that I do. I also use trad on a pole for a few upper floor inside windows. But these are usually only once every six months.
It's a game of three halves!

brynley

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2018, 06:29:56 pm »
I am 100% traditional for over 20 years, where I am wfp is still in its infancy, I know one window cleaner who is going back to mostly traditional

Matt.

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2018, 07:03:48 pm »
Am 90% trad 10% wfp

All work is commercial. So trad anything that can be done that way, anything else is wfp.

Splash & dash

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2018, 07:08:08 pm »
100% wfp but trad insides of nursing homes : hotels, shops , trad is a dying skill I think it still has its place for a small external job where it’s too far away from the van for a fixed hose

paul alan

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Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2018, 07:13:39 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?


You asked about trad window cleaners, so if you only clean on ground level with a squeegee what are you then? some non-trad type?
You’ve lost me. In general window cleaners are WFP (poke jockey) or trad (ladder monkey). So far there’s only John that is traditional. Doing insides with a squeegee doesn’t count as being a trad windy.

Yes it does!

John Mart

Re: Are there any trad window cleaners on here these days?
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2018, 07:52:00 pm »
I still do  trad,a very useful skill to have.
Not really. I never do insides and when one of my workers do, they just use microfibres.

Doing a bit isn’t being a ladder window cleaner is it?


You asked about trad window cleaners, so if you only clean on ground level with a squeegee what are you then? some non-trad type?
You’ve lost me. In general window cleaners are WFP (poke jockey) or trad (ladder monkey). So far there’s only John that is traditional. Doing insides with a squeegee doesn’t count as being a trad windy.

Yes it does!
Well I’m trad then.  ???