Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on May 03, 2010, 04:03:29 pm
-
all the talk of strained necks/shoulders/knees etc! ::) ::)
i dont think it matters what method of cleaning trad/wfp.window cleaning will get us in the end!! ::) ::)
im hoping wfp will be a bit easier and more profitable though after a few months.been trad 16 years and i do have a bit of a niggly right knee at times!does having the slx and using it as your main pole cut down a lot of the strain on shoulders/neck and arms??
regards
dazmond
-
I think with any physical job there is going to be wear and tear on the body Daz, my brothers a plumber and his knees and back play up :o... Ive got a couple of mates that are brickies and their knees, backs and arms are knackered!
Office workers even complain of "repetetive strain injury" on their wrists and fingers!
-
Yeah Daz, your doomed mate ;D
-
Yep all dooooooooomed!!!
-
i only get a sore back and neck when i sit on forums for hours with the lap top on the armchair and me sitting at an angle. when i cut out laptop use the pains go ;)
my knees were shot to bits when i left the army but now i am on the windows i get very little problems anymore
when i went wfp i had a sore neck so i stood further back and the problem went. i think there are more without problems than with problems
-
as u know i suffer daily with my back :( i use the slx all the time m8 ;)
i would say its good if u have no probs, but even with the slx on its limit i still struggle with it :P
so hence y im tryin 2 put my round wiv as much well priced jobs as poss.
if i can try n work 5days a week on well priced jobs, that will do 4me ;)
-
SLX OR SIMALAR POLE IS A DEFO,
WE ARE SCREWED EITHER WAY dAZ YOU ARE RIGHT, SOME SAY THEY DONT FEEL ANYTHING, i CAN WEIGHT TILL THERE HAVE DONE IT YEARS, sry for shouting.
every window cleaner that I know that has been doing it years has some sort of problem due to window cleaning be it achey legs, knackered knees, done in back ect.
Are job is labour intensive are bodies are not made for this job other wise we would grow padded knees, better joints and finger skin that did not blister and soak in dirt ;D
Window ckleaning is a means to an end, it is not a life style thing to me it is a job that pays what I need it to to get me for now where I want to go.
Just going to get some more pain killer :(
Ian
-
all the talk of strained necks/shoulders/knees etc! ::) ::)
i dont think it matters what method of cleaning trad/wfp.window cleaning will get us in the end!! ::) ::)
im hoping wfp will be a bit easier and more profitable though after a few months.been trad 16 years and i do have a bit of a niggly right knee at times!does having the slx and using it as your main pole cut down a lot of the strain on shoulders/neck and arms??
regards
dazmond
I found the SLX very good for this. After a year of WFPing with a 24ft ali pole as my main pole, I started to suffer on my right shoulder and left elbow (I'm left handed). I switched to the SLX and it went away after a while. Maybe it would have gone anyway - maybe not.
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
Well 22 years at it so far 16 of them ladders and last 6 wfp and in all honesty i`m fine so like i say some of use are made of tougher stuff ;)
-
i only get a sore back and neck when i sit on forums for hours with the lap top on the armchair and me sitting at an angle. when i cut out laptop use the pains go ;)
my knees were shot to bits when i left the army but now i am on the windows i get very little problems anymore
when i went wfp i had a sore neck so i stood further back and the problem went. i think there are more without problems than with problems
I just get a sore wrist when Ive been on the laptop too long ;D
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
Well 22 years at it so far 16 of them ladders and last 6 wfp and in all honesty i`m fine so like i say some of use are made of tougher stuff ;)
I only started having my problems after I near on killed myself in a head on car crash.
I am glad I was tough enough as I should have been paralised neck down and drinking from a straw, over 2 years physio, I still work more than most able bodied poeple ;) these pains are annoying big time, knee is from trad cleaning, I know so many that have this problem it is untrue.
How is your beer money window cleaning going these days anyway, do you now work more than 3 hours a day :P
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
Well 22 years at it so far 16 of them ladders and last 6 wfp and in all honesty i`m fine so like i say some of use are made of tougher stuff ;)
I only started having my problems after I near on killed myself in a head on car crash.
I am glad I was tough enough as I should have been paralised neck down and drinking from a straw, over 2 years physio, I still work more than most able bodied poeple ;) these pains are annoying big time, knee is from trad cleaning, I know so many that have this problem it is untrue.
How is your beer money window cleaning going these days anyway, do you now work more than 3 hours a day :P
What kind of comment is that meant to be ? you don`t know me at all to reply with a comment like that
-
last week i met an old fella high on a ladder painting his seafront house. he has had both knees replaced and recommends you have it done oNLY when its true agony. his first new knee didnt settle in right and he had to return to hospital ,be hooked up to a hospital machine that worked his leg up n down for a solid 48hours non stop . this "bedded in " the new joint.
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
Well 22 years at it so far 16 of them ladders and last 6 wfp and in all honesty i`m fine so like i say some of use are made of tougher stuff ;)
I only started having my problems after I near on killed myself in a head on car crash.
I am glad I was tough enough as I should have been paralised neck down and drinking from a straw, over 2 years physio, I still work more than most able bodied poeple ;) these pains are annoying big time, knee is from trad cleaning, I know so many that have this problem it is untrue.
How is your beer money window cleaning going these days anyway, do you now work more than 3 hours a day :P
What kind of comment is that meant to be ? you don`t know me at all to reply with a comment like that
Was a joke fella, I don't know you at all ;) we all like to have fun at some point, if it is true then I am sorry, was meant in jest
-
Apology accepted
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
they r tough fr stoke lol
-
Apology accepted
lol so I was right ;D
-
Apology accepted
lol so I was right ;D
You should be renamed Wally window washer
-
I've got siatic nerve problems. I'm sure it was caused by the backpack on a job last month.
Its horrific :(
-
Apology accepted
lol so I was right ;D
You should be renamed Wally window washer
lol :P
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
Maybe that's the root of your problem Ian, perhaps you should listen to your body?
-
Not all of us are screwed some of us are made of tougher stuff ;)
tell me this in a few more years ;D
Ian
p.s I work through pain, I would class that is being tough enough ;) just gets very annoying ::)
Maybe that's the root of your problem Ian, perhaps you should listen to your body?
I am trying Dave, I even took a few days off last week to try and rest, no such luck though.
Will be booked in sometime next week to be stapped prodded and twisted and clicked, see now that works
-
There is also an even lighter alternative to the SLX - Modular - either the S2 or fishing poles. The SLX is a brilliant pole but not as light as the fishing poles. Also changing your leading hand could help.
-
all the talk of strained necks/shoulders/knees etc! ::) ::)
i dont think it matters what method of cleaning trad/wfp.window cleaning will get us in the end!! ::) ::)
im hoping wfp will be a bit easier and more profitable though after a few months.been trad 16 years and i do have a bit of a niggly right knee at times!does having the slx and using it as your main pole cut down a lot of the strain on shoulders/neck and arms??
regards
dazmond
Daz i know you want to just work on your own terms but you should start thinking of employing for when them knees give in ;)
-
danny im gonna go wfp instead!im sure the ladder climbing is making my knee worse plus the climbing on roofs etc.defo not interested in employing!
i employ the exact opp of your attitude to work.i price new work higher on a longer clean frequency than try to cram in lots of cheap houses in a day!(i do still have lots of very compact work thats pretty cheap though!i call this my "bread and butter" work!!) ;) ;D ;D
by the time ive done 6 months wfp i reckon the extra work done would be like employing a lad but with no wages to pay!! ;) :D :D
-
Yep all dooooooooomed!!!
thats life though! NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE.........
-
I got that dean , still do a bit only not so much recently but ive been sleeping on the floor with it before now, it shoots right down your leg dont it and is right in bottom of your back its awful i dont know what started it for me but im glad its not flared up in a few months i just get the odd twinge, but i hope its not a sign of things to come in future years im only 22 lol