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Title: Winter months
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on May 10, 2010, 06:36:32 pm
Hi all,

In one of my posts winter was mentioned.

What do window cleaners do during this period or do you carry on all weathers? ;D

I hope you do as i want this bad ........Thank you all
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Window Washers on May 10, 2010, 06:39:32 pm
Hi all,

In one of my posts winter was mentioned.

What do window cleaners do during this period or do you carry on all weathers? ;D

I hope you do as i want this bad ........Thank you all
the snow knackers you up as does the ice and cold.

I like getting wet, but some dont.

Where are you from Darren ?
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: david watts on May 10, 2010, 06:39:53 pm
do what you can when you can; ;D just get by dec /jan
allways found if one mths bad tothers good ;)
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: mci services on May 10, 2010, 06:42:21 pm
i get in a box around october then cover my self in hay then get up around march ;D its ok because my dole is paid by direct debit.

no only joking though thats what some customers think. i work pretty much as normal but i miss the extras like gutter cleaning etc. but last winter was particularly bad with ice stopping work for around 4 weeks for me
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Murdie window cleaning on May 10, 2010, 06:49:41 pm
The winter just past(if indeed it has passed) was my first winter and I had almost 4 weeks that I couldn't work. There were other days where I didn't go out till mid morning because the water was freezing on the windows. Best bit of advice I got when I started from a guy of about 30 yrs experiance was to get thermal tops and bottoms.

But let's not worry about that just now, I'm just wondering what factor sun cream to get for the summer months ;D
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: daz1977 on May 10, 2010, 06:51:21 pm
u work the days u can,  but if its too bad there is nothing u can do,  but that doesnt matter when u r signing on lol ;D ;D

Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Window Washers on May 10, 2010, 06:52:42 pm
u work the days u can,  but if its too bad there is nothing u can do,  but that doesnt matter when u r signing on lol ;D ;D


I think when it snows they should let us sign on from our laptops at home whilst sitting in the hot tub
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on May 10, 2010, 06:54:11 pm
Hi all,

In one of my posts winter was mentioned.

What do window cleaners do during this period or do you carry on all weathers? ;D

I hope you do as i want this bad ........Thank you all
the snow knackers you up as does the ice and cold.

I like getting wet, but some dont.

Where are you from Darren ?    Worcestershire mate.
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: cleewindows on May 10, 2010, 06:55:45 pm
put £2 away a week now and by xmas you will have some beer money to get you through the winter! ;D
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: martinsadie on May 10, 2010, 06:57:41 pm
put £2 away a week now and by xmas you will have some beer money to get you through the winter! ;D
you will just fall back on your 25k a year job  ;D
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on May 10, 2010, 06:58:21 pm
Thanks to all ....That has eased my mind ... :'( :'( :'(   lol
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: cleewindows on May 10, 2010, 07:23:57 pm
so do you still want to be a window cleaner?
Thanks to all ....That has eased my mind ... :'( :'( :'(   lol
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on May 10, 2010, 07:50:35 pm
oh no, we have only just got over winter, and we are talking about the nex one already hehe

However, freezing water is the worst thing in my book, you soon forgive the rain after you xp freezing water
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: richard jagger on May 10, 2010, 10:49:12 pm
STARVE: PRAY: BATTLE>
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Tom White on May 10, 2010, 10:53:25 pm
Darren, go through the back posts from Christmas onwards; everyone one of them is 'AAAAAAAaaaaarrrrrrggggg everything's frozen', or 'How do I stop things freezing', or 'More snow again, ten foot here', or 'I'm skint and we have no food in the cupboards', etc etc etc.
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: mci services on May 10, 2010, 10:56:50 pm
Darren, go through the back posts from Christmas onwards; everyone one of them is 'AAAAAAAaaaaarrrrrrggggg everything's frozen', or 'How do I stop things freezing', or 'More snow again, ten foot here', or 'I'm skint and we have no food in the cupboards', etc etc etc.

but we are still here tosh so it can be done ;) but many will not have survived last winter
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on May 10, 2010, 11:15:00 pm
Hi all,

In one of my posts winter was mentioned.

What do window cleaners do during this period or do you carry on all weathers? ;D

I hope you do as i want this bad ........Thank you all
do what most do sign on lol ;D ;D ;D seriously carry on rain
sleet or snow nothing stops me bruv NOTHING  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: cleewindows on May 11, 2010, 10:53:41 am
no m8 only 20k as im going down to 4 day week! ;D
put £2 away a week now and by xmas you will have some beer money to get you through the winter! ;D
you will just fall back on your 25k a year job  ;D
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: cozy on May 11, 2010, 11:09:01 am
If you are trad like us, you can work down to minus 5 or 6 when you get the mixture right in your water. This winter we worked upstairs windows with a trad pole and had no complaints. It was a poor standard of cleaning, but we got away with it.

Always put money away for bad times. Make hay while the sun shines, if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: cleewindows on May 11, 2010, 04:27:52 pm
i will be using trad pole with hot water and squeegee off and visa versa on the end of the pole!
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: Tom White on May 11, 2010, 04:37:53 pm
Hot water freezes on windows faster than cold water.  I think it's something to do with hot water being less dense than cold water.
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: cleewindows on May 11, 2010, 04:39:38 pm
never knew that m8,will remember that cheers

Hot water freezes on windows faster than cold water.  I think it's something to do with hot water being less dense than cold water.
Title: Re: Winter months
Post by: AuRavelling79 on May 11, 2010, 05:02:46 pm
Darren, go through the back posts from Christmas onwards; everyone one of them is 'AAAAAAAaaaaarrrrrrggggg everything's frozen', or 'How do I stop things freezing', or 'More snow again, ten foot here', or 'I'm skint and we have no food in the cupboards', etc etc etc.

It's like women and childbirth Tosh - we forget what it's like within a month! ;D