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Title: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 08:58:10 pm
Hey guys started a new site today,

the guys on the rope it was taking 4 hours a drop the building is hanging, will be busy for the next couple of months
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: chopsie on June 09, 2010, 09:00:28 pm
what does that mean  ???
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:03:08 pm
whoops
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:06:31 pm
few more
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: R W C™ on June 09, 2010, 09:07:40 pm
Nice one Charlie, they remind me of the blocks being put up around the Millenium Dome...
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: david watts on June 09, 2010, 09:07:56 pm
dont be ringing me if one does a sickie ;D bit different to my line of work
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:09:28 pm
Nice one Charlie, they remind me of the blocks being put up around the Millenium Dome...

Its a new development of flats in Hemel Hempstead, used to be the Kodak tower tallest building in Hertfodrshire.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:09:59 pm
dont be ringing me if one does a sickie ;D bit different to my line of work

Ha Ha
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Dave Willis on June 09, 2010, 09:15:28 pm
Isn't health and safety a funny thing? You can't climb up on a garage roof yet you can dangle for hours on end on a bungy rope  ;D

Sod that!
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: chopsie on June 09, 2010, 09:17:30 pm
sod that for a game, no way would i dangle off a rope  :o
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: R W C™ on June 09, 2010, 09:19:28 pm
I would love to do that......
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Jack Wallace on June 09, 2010, 09:23:16 pm
Why are they made to wear high viz vests? Are H&S worried someone might run them over?  ;D
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Col on June 09, 2010, 09:23:32 pm
The water in those buckets must be filthy the time you get to the bottom of a drop.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: dan hughes on June 09, 2010, 09:26:33 pm
I'd love that too ! !  >:(
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:28:11 pm
The water in those buckets must be filthy the time you get to the bottom of a drop.

Two bucket changes a drop on the real bad ones
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:29:47 pm
I would love to do that......

Start your IRATA training mate and we will get you on the ropes
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:30:39 pm
I'd love that too ! !  >:(

IRATA training mate and your away good day money but not loads of work out there.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: LQQK on June 09, 2010, 09:31:37 pm
What are those boys on a day Charlie?

My neighbour does abseiling work, he gets £90 a day. He's level 1.

Thats shocking!
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:35:06 pm
What are those boys on a day Charlie?

My neighbour does abseiling work, he gets £90 a day. He's level 1.

Thats shocking!

Thats about right for a level 1 as that is still someone training and need supervision at all times top level 3 guys can get £150 a day
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: LQQK on June 09, 2010, 09:36:31 pm
Have to admit I surprised when he told me, I thought hanging off a rope all day would bring in more.

Although saying that his thoughts on level 3 wernt what youve just quoted.

I think he needs to re-assess what he thinks he'll earn in that case.  ;D
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:43:38 pm
Have to admit I surprised when he told me, I thought hanging off a rope all day would bring in more.

Although saying that his thoughts on level 3 wernt what youve just quoted.

I think he needs to re-assess what he thinks he'll earn in that case.  ;D

They do tend to only work 6 hours a day so the rates are good, many years ago it used to be better but like any trade the more people that do it the cheaper it gets.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: G Griffin on June 09, 2010, 09:46:43 pm
 Good pictures but I did notice a couple of squeegee kick marks  ;D.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:48:41 pm
Good pictures but I did notice a couple of squeegee kick marks  ;D.

Ha ha will get them to do them again in the morning
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Dave Willis on June 09, 2010, 09:55:42 pm
The water in those buckets must be filthy the time you get to the bottom of a drop.

Especially when they need a pee and a poo on the way down!
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 09:56:28 pm
The water in those buckets must be filthy the time you get to the bottom of a drop.

Especially when they need a pee and a poo on the way down!

Ha ha
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Smudger on June 09, 2010, 10:00:40 pm
Blimey - I'm glad you told me what building that is - i used to work a couple of hundred yards away from that for over 5 years - it has certianly changed !!

£150 a day -   hmmmm...   think i might stick to WFP!





get dizzy standing on me stepper... ::)

Darran
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on June 09, 2010, 10:03:44 pm
The ropes was opn my to do list till now. Good Pics Though
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 10:05:02 pm
Blimey - I'm glad you told me what building that is - i used to work a couple of hundred yards away from that for over 5 years - it has certianly changed !!

£150 a day -   hmmmm...   think i might stick to WFP!





get dizzy standing on me stepper... ::)

Darran

Funny my dad cleaned it when it was the Kodak 20 years ago when i showed him some pics he said where is that building and he still spends time in Hemel...... bless him
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: j.v. price ltd on June 09, 2010, 10:05:43 pm
The ropes was opn my to do list till now. Good Pics Though

Why not now????
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Smudger on June 09, 2010, 10:10:03 pm
Its been nearly 15 years since i was last in Hemel... :o

god i feel  old....

but i know what your dad means - i now get lost whenever i go back to Watford -  ahh the good ole days...


Darran
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Sean Dyer on June 09, 2010, 10:18:29 pm
Have to admit I surprised when he told me, I thought hanging off a rope all day would bring in more.

Although saying that his thoughts on level 3 wernt what youve just quoted.

I think he needs to re-assess what he thinks he'll earn in that case.  ;D

it was good till everyone jumped on it now the supply outsrtips demand

its only about £500 to get level 1 trained though
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Paul Coleman on June 09, 2010, 11:22:54 pm
What are those boys on a day Charlie?

My neighbour does abseiling work, he gets £90 a day. He's level 1.

Thats shocking!

Thats about right for a level 1 as that is still someone training and need supervision at all times top level 3 guys can get £150 a day

I'm astonished it's so low but presumably you are referring to a PAYE employee who has paid holidays etc?  Even so, it still sounds a bit low.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: geefree on June 09, 2010, 11:32:28 pm
you are mental  :o
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Frankybadboy on June 10, 2010, 07:06:45 am
wont be the same doing a 3/4 bed semi like that. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Rogue Trader on June 10, 2010, 07:51:23 am
Now THAT is window cleaning :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Sean Dyer on June 10, 2010, 08:02:04 am
What are those boys on a day Charlie?

My neighbour does abseiling work, he gets £90 a day. He's level 1.

Thats shocking!

Thats about right for a level 1 as that is still someone training and need supervision at all times top level 3 guys can get £150 a day

I'm astonished it's so low but presumably you are referring to a PAYE employee who has paid holidays etc?  Even so, it still sounds a bit low.

£150 a day paye is great money for a window cleaner

your looking at £39000 before tax
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Darranvps on June 10, 2010, 08:29:57 am
Hi
Do you sub them out?
If you are interested, please send me your rates - darran@purple-rhino.co.uk
Cheers
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: windowcleaninginessex.co.uk on June 10, 2010, 07:16:22 pm
What are those boys on a day Charlie?

My neighbour does abseiling work, he gets £90 a day. He's level 1.

Thats shocking!

Thats about right for a level 1 as that is still someone training and need supervision at all times top level 3 guys can get £150 a day

I'm astonished it's so low but presumably you are referring to a PAYE employee who has paid holidays etc?  Even so, it still sounds a bit low.

£150 a day paye is great money for a window cleaner

your looking at £39000 before tax

Yes I agree, £150 a day for being a paye window cleaner, not too bad,  but thats not just window cleaning that is specialist window cleaning. Give them a pay rise...

Darren
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Nick Wareham on June 10, 2010, 07:45:29 pm
£150 a day.

Thats much lower than I would have thought.  I'm surprised anyone does it, given that you can easily earn that on domestics with waterfed pole with no risk and no irata training.
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: LQQK on June 10, 2010, 08:39:10 pm
No way!.


Hanging on the end of a rope in the middle of winter, 20 stories up, freezing ur crackers off with a north east wind blowing, no where to hide and no break to warm yourself up til youve finished another 20 stories.

I know what Id rather be doing.

Not knocking Charlie, (his rates seem to equate with what this neighbour of mine was talking about on level 1) just would have thought the rate would be higher for that kind of malarky.

Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: LQQK on June 10, 2010, 08:41:27 pm
Charlie what do these guys do on a 'inclement weather'  ;D day?
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: pro-clean on June 10, 2010, 08:46:13 pm
I take my hat off to you guys , although i work  in the most xtreme side of cleaning for many years i could never do that, nice pics .I was born down that way.Live amongst the sheep now.Nice bit of kit that long arm :)
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: chopsie on June 10, 2010, 08:55:03 pm
would sooner hang off that building than do your extreme cleaning.... That looks awful
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: LQQK on June 10, 2010, 08:59:41 pm
I take my hat off to you guys , although i work  in the most xtreme side of cleaning for many years i could never do that, nice pics .I was born down that way.Live amongst the sheep now.Nice bit of kit that long arm :)

Do you get much work from your website pro-clean?
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: R W C™ on June 10, 2010, 09:24:34 pm
What you need to remember is these guys have proberbly had all there training paid for, turn up to work, do the job and go home, no paper work etc that we have to do, also in bad weather they probs get paid regardless so by the end of the year with days lost its more then £150 a day worked....
How much a day do you recon a company like that has to earn a day before making a profit.....
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: pro-clean on June 10, 2010, 09:34:31 pm
ITs something we put togelter over a cup of tea :o some time ago, soon to be renewed by d p print wich may i say have done us some fantastic leaflets .It was more a case of direct information for extsing customers for which we have worked for over 20 years and yes it dose pull in a little bit of worke but needs the professional touch :-[
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: LQQK on June 10, 2010, 09:43:27 pm
I hope you'd washed your hands before you had your cup of tea.

I presume some of the images on your site are basically real case scenarios.

The outline of the body and blood on the bed looks a little suss mind  ;)

A bit too staged  ;D

How much would you charge to spend a day clearing a dead drug addicts flat of needles and all the debris that that brings, soiled bed etc, dead dog bla bla bla?
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: supernova77 on June 11, 2010, 05:45:11 pm
Imagine getting to the first window and realising you've left your squeegee in the van  ::)

Andy
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Dean Taberner on June 11, 2010, 08:20:18 pm
I fancy a day on the internals fella looking out if it can be arranged ;)
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 11, 2010, 10:39:58 pm
I fancy a day on the internals fella looking out if it can be arranged ;)
u girl dean get on the bosuns chair lad lol
or u cud tie rope around the ginges neck n throw him off the roof lol
dont think it wud hold pasty ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: New job started today
Post by: richywilts on June 12, 2010, 11:55:15 am
Imagine getting to the first window and realising you've left your squeegee in the van  ::)

Andy

haha