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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: edd on November 10, 2010, 07:51:55 pm

Title: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 07:51:55 pm
five years of paying Ionics is now over thank god , never ever again and the carpet machine too finished
ill be so much better off i might have a holiday . having said that i would not be where we are today without it
hot water is the dogs  ;D ;D never would we use cold it really thats too long i know the difference when my heater
packed up a few times because it needed new parts , we lost a bit of time ,poss 2 houses a day less !! times that by 5
and well you can work it out for yourself that if you got a heater its cheaper in the long haul and so much nicer on cold
days like today . i could of built my own system and should off what i was paying a month would nearly buy a diy job doh ??? ??? ??? ::) ::) ::)
but the jobs that make the big money for me are con roofs and gutters hot water justs cuts though the muck

bytheway if anyone is interested in a tip we got some tfr from a local motorcycle shop its called BLAST and it removes
anything and i mean anything fly dirt spiders anything in fact ive tryed all sorts of the years but this is the daddy of all
cleaners
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: JSMC on November 10, 2010, 08:00:59 pm
tried searching for it cant find any TFR called blast
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: sunshine windows on November 10, 2010, 08:01:32 pm
Congatulations on clearing the payments. All money in the bank now.

I like the way you've missed out the difficult to clean parts of the finials on your after pic. Did they come up spotless too or still with a few stubborn stains? 
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Clive McDonald on November 10, 2010, 08:08:03 pm
Congrats.

I often wonder what happened to tennant.He left when he took on a big ionics debt.
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 08:08:44 pm
ok the camera lies it was mega clean lol but this blast product is the best by far ill check out the manufactuer now back in a mo
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Dave Willis on November 10, 2010, 08:15:15 pm
........... so after five years what was the total cost of your van? £30,000?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Dave Anderson on November 10, 2010, 08:16:06 pm
V8edd...May I ask for your permission to use those photo's...feel free to say no..I would not be offended.

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 08:17:31 pm
ive tried googleing it and it wont come up but on the 25litre can it has mopul consumables blast 07675 206508
but i have not tried phoning them as i get it locally
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 08:19:44 pm
dave lol omfg £28000 and £3000 on a cc machine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o ;D ;D


HAPPY DAYS NOW  :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 08:21:20 pm
feel free to use my pics no worries mate
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: james44 on November 10, 2010, 08:23:13 pm
Can get it here http://www.simplesolutions.uk.com/technical.php
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 08:24:57 pm
sunshine what stains are you looking at as the parts i think you are looking at are if fact are brush type material
under the fins
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Dave Willis on November 10, 2010, 08:31:38 pm
Mmmm, yes that's a lot of money! What will you do next time? Will you do the same again, or run it for a few more years?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: jonboywalton75 on November 10, 2010, 08:43:41 pm
Can get it here http://www.simplesolutions.uk.com/technical.php

You ever used it James?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 10, 2010, 08:51:06 pm
run it until it dies afterall its free now !!whats the point of changing it £99 private plate noone knows how old it is then lol
it still looks newish
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Dave Willis on November 10, 2010, 09:01:09 pm
I just wondered what most people do when they get to the end of the lease. Ionics would obviously like you to start again. Van is worth what? Six grand? at a guess maybe a bit more?
You said never again, is that because you think it's too much money or would you do things differently?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: jr windows on November 10, 2010, 09:24:39 pm
Glad the shackles are off,
Cheers Jay
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: james44 on November 10, 2010, 10:35:24 pm
Quote
You ever used it James?

No!  But jsmc could not find it on google search so done a search and found it!
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: jonboywalton75 on November 10, 2010, 11:00:18 pm
Cheers James.
Anyone else used it?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: LWC on November 11, 2010, 12:09:38 am
I just wondered what most people do when they get to the end of the lease. Ionics would obviously like you to start again. Van is worth what? Six grand? at a guess maybe a bit more?
You said never again, is that because you think it's too much money or would you do things differently?

Id of said its worth alot more than 6! Over 8, maybe near 10. Its a 55 plate, aint done many miles with a thermopure system. I got £5500 for my 52 plate vivaro with a diy system.

Keep the van dude, dont change it like you were saying today. Whats the point, spend it on yer harley lol
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Paul Coleman on November 11, 2010, 05:14:26 am
I just wondered what most people do when they get to the end of the lease. Ionics would obviously like you to start again. Van is worth what? Six grand? at a guess maybe a bit more?
You said never again, is that because you think it's too much money or would you do things differently?

I didn't buy mine from Ionics.  I, too, have just finished paying for my van and system.  However, as it's a Trafic coming up to 90k, I will just try to set aside the saved money for repairs.  Originally I set my sights on a brand new van once this one was paid for.  However, I've decided to try to reduce my other  debts for a couple of years and see where that takes me.  Hopefully I won't need too much of the money I save for repairs and will have a healthy deposit for an upgrade in a couple of years or so.
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Panorama on November 11, 2010, 09:46:33 am
Although I'm only trad I'm interested in the drying time of warm/ hot water after doing wfp compared to using cold water wfp. I done an experiment yesterday where i wet my kitchen windows using the garden hose. The windows took just over 50 mins to dry. Does warm/ hot dry more quickly?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: LWC on November 11, 2010, 10:05:21 am
I cant see that it does, water is water aint it?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: [GQC] Tim on November 11, 2010, 10:16:49 am
Hot water dries more quickly. It's a complex thing to explain and involves lots of science babble. I can't explain it, but it's explained very well on the net.
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: clarkson on November 11, 2010, 10:27:04 am

 Hi
 Surely in cold temperatures it only stays hot for seconds once on the glass?

  p.s arent vivs,traffics,primastar brilliant vans, i have a 53 2900 done 90000 only service and tyres since new. havnt even done the clutch yet despite a full 650ltre tank and two blokes most days of its life.

 cheers

 john
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Panorama on November 11, 2010, 11:20:22 am
The reason I asked is because I read loads of threads on here were wfp users say that it's takes hours for the windows to dry? ???
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: niceandclean on November 11, 2010, 11:27:56 am
dave lol omfg £28000 and £3000 on a cc machine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o ;D ;D


HAPPY DAYS NOW  :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

At least your still going. There are alot of people out there that take on these leases thinking the van will do all the business building for them, then you see them advertised on ebay and the like because they cant/wont make a go of it.
So well done, and heres to another HOT 5 years!
 ;D
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Paul Coleman on November 11, 2010, 11:36:52 am

 Hi
 Surely in cold temperatures it only stays hot for seconds once on the glass?

  p.s arent vivs,traffics,primastar brilliant vans, i have a 53 2900 done 90000 only service and tyres since new. havnt even done the clutch yet despite a full 650ltre tank and two blokes most days of its life.

 cheers

 john

You are joking?  ;D
Surely you've at least had the cambelt changed - or are you including that as part of a major service?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 11, 2010, 03:56:48 pm
cam belt every 60000 or 5 years  withever comes first still £ 75 aint bad my vans done 43000 miles in five years
hot will dry quicker why well thats a science thing but i have a hot side and a cold still the hot dries quicker !! fact
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 11, 2010, 04:07:47 pm
the only reason im not getting another van are .......firstly the ionic system is made from stainless steele and will last a life time and is in a cage so it will transfer to any van as and when but after paying £618.00 a month for somthing you could build yourself . so i will save this money for a deposit on a newer not new van in a year or sos time or just get the full value from it and keep it , afterall theres nothing wrong with it ......yet lol ::) ::)
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: [GQC] Tim on November 11, 2010, 04:34:48 pm
I agree. I've been working for over 2 years now with my homemade system and it's been fine. I think I spend £1500 on it or something, but I paid that at once and never had to pay off anything.
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Clive McDonald on November 11, 2010, 04:39:54 pm
I remember you posting a pic of a system you modified edd (and improved over the origninal), what happened to that?
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: simon w on November 11, 2010, 04:57:41 pm

 Hi
 Surely in cold temperatures it only stays hot for seconds once on the glass?

  p.s arent vivs,traffics,primastar brilliant vans, i have a 53 2900 done 90000 only service and tyres since new. havnt even done the clutch yet despite a full 650ltre tank and two blokes most days of its life.

 cheers

 john

You are joking?  ;D
Surely you've at least had the cambelt changed - or are you including that as part of a major service?
Are you sure the vans got a cam belt I've got a 02 transit and it has the link chain instead  :)
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: edd on November 12, 2010, 11:45:49 pm
hey slump its still modded up to my spec now with minimum out lay ie we dont use the expensive colour change resin
its in a 25litre bottle now so its 65 quid a year on resin not 88 on every 2/3 months
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on November 13, 2010, 12:51:59 am
edd bet yr quids in  ;)
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: mikecam on November 13, 2010, 12:56:23 am
five years of paying Ionics is now over thank god , never ever again and the carpet machine too finished
ill be so much better off i might have a holiday . having said that i would not be where we are today without it
hot water is the dogs  ;D ;D never would we use cold it really thats too long i know the difference when my heater
packed up a few times because it needed new parts , we lost a bit of time ,poss 2 houses a day less !! times that by 5
and well you can work it out for yourself that if you got a heater its cheaper in the long haul and so much nicer on cold
days like today . i could of built my own system and should off what i was paying a month would nearly buy a diy job doh ??? ??? ??? ::) ::) ::)
but the jobs that make the big money for me are con roofs and gutters hot water justs cuts though the muck

bytheway if anyone is interested in a tip we got some tfr from a local motorcycle shop its called BLAST and it removes
anything and i mean anything fly dirt spiders anything in fact ive tryed all sorts of the years but this is the daddy of all
cleaners
You sound to me like you've been drinking.Whats good Ionics hot water sytyems, TFR or the fact you no longer have finance? I'm confused!
Title: Re: finished paying out
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on November 13, 2010, 12:59:10 am
mike after paying out 31 gee think he's shot  ;D ;D