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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Klean07 on September 17, 2010, 10:37:16 pm

Title: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Klean07 on September 17, 2010, 10:37:16 pm
http://www.boulderwindowcleaners.com/estimator.htm
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on September 17, 2010, 10:39:52 pm
one window to me
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: deeege on September 17, 2010, 10:42:57 pm
Uno
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Simon Brannon on September 17, 2010, 10:50:12 pm
they probably count it as three because it includes insides, outsides and screens
in their quote.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: weetot on September 17, 2010, 10:52:32 pm
one :-\
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Klean07 on September 17, 2010, 10:52:37 pm
Its one window for me.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: mci services on September 17, 2010, 11:09:07 pm
I get the point of the pic as potential customers say so many windows and in reality you get there and there is a lot more glass than expected and it is why I don not quote on phone or give prices on websites.

yes that is one window with three panes, and although it makes little difference when doing wfp, it makes a difference when doing trad although the customer very rarely understands that so I can see the point in that estimator
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on September 17, 2010, 11:14:27 pm
3 panes which they class as windows. About $5 per pane My house comes out at $200 ish.

Historicaly their Billion was less than ours as well.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: wayne 77 on September 18, 2010, 07:33:07 am
one
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: groundhog on September 18, 2010, 08:46:13 am
That is a £1 window to me, any bigger then I charge more!!
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Londoner on September 18, 2010, 08:51:09 am
With WFP window pricing is a thing of the past. Most people now price based on hourly rate.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: groundhog on September 18, 2010, 09:00:13 am
With WFP window pricing is a thing of the past. Most people now price based on hourly rate.

WHY???? I price exactly the same as I always have, except I add a bit extra at the end these days!! ps my hourly rate is as much as I can possibly get!! ie I price the job as high as I can and then get it done as fast as I possibly can!!! works for me!!  ;)
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Steven Shoreditch on September 18, 2010, 09:48:18 am
At least six I think.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: gordonswindows on September 18, 2010, 09:54:26 am
It is three

Every four corners equals one window
Gordon
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Steven Shoreditch on September 18, 2010, 09:58:54 am
4 on outside, four on inside = 8 x 0.6 = 6, at a minimum.

± of 6/99.374 = 8, done once a month = £34.57.

Easy when you know how, of course.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: zimzam on September 18, 2010, 10:00:29 am
one to me.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Steven Shoreditch on September 18, 2010, 10:02:39 am
One for you, one for me, six to them, three for her, seven for me.

Stop being silly, this is getting like a Monty Python sketch.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: rg1 on September 18, 2010, 10:47:04 am
It is one window with 2 openers and a fixed light.
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Wc Solutions on September 18, 2010, 10:49:21 am
one window all day long
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: mlscontractcleaner on September 18, 2010, 12:12:04 pm
I joined CIU for these sensible, helpful posts. Keep it up ;D
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: SB Cleaning on September 18, 2010, 12:46:52 pm
That is a £1 window to me, any bigger then I charge more!!
Yep i would agree with that :)
Title: Re: Is this 3 windows or 1 window?
Post by: Mike 108 on September 18, 2010, 01:26:56 pm
It's 1 window with 3 panes.

Some windows have only 1 pane; some have 6 panes.

Why not charge per pane (30/50p per pane), with larger panes sub-divided into a number of 'imaginary panes', each one a 'metre square'?

It often works out about the same as the '£1 per window' method - but if most of the windows are large, or with multiple panes, you will be getting the extra money for the extra work.

Mike