Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steven Shoreditch on December 16, 2010, 08:38:40 pm
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Why not?
We're 0.5 at the moment. Why not, if you have the data, post your temps for the evening and on into the morning?
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-3C tonight and tomorrow. Getting colder through the weekend and next week too >:(
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-3 already here in West Midlands. Car is froze over but van is lovely and warm. ;D
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east mids -2 now, with -4 forecast for 9 pm
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falkirk 22 my kitchen ;) -3 oot side
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plus 5 in cornwall. :)
Don't think much to my chances of a frost free morning though,,, :(
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+1.9 in Hampshire
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-5 forecast overnight in manchester.all equipment and water nice and warm inside my flat.we should all be able to do some tommorrow if our waters not too cold!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
dazmond
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It's zero now, in Pewsey.
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I'm about 37 degrees at the mo. No man flu or anything. ;D
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About 98.4 F here. Oh you mean outside! Must be around 32 F as it's snowing.
John.
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its about -1c here - mind you thats balmy for a scot like me
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-0.4 now, so I think to have to start thinking about opening the freezer to warm the kitchen up.
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-4 in Anglesey and Snowing
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-o.8 now, that's about half a degree in half an hour.
See ya in the morning.
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-0.7
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Snowing in South wales this morning, everything covered
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Half a cm of snow, -1.7°.
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LOL at the english guys. we have had bad weathe rup here since back of November with temps hitting -14 at one point. Snow is still scattered everywhere, some places are like sheets of ice now.
i think our jobs are about to become seasonal up here :(
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South Lincs,
-4.5 at 7am
-3.5 now (8am)
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+1.0 here in cornwall with a little snow on the ground 8:10am
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it looks pretty bad where u r boldy as all the schools up there are shutting, light snow here but roads are terrible as they arnt gritted
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"Only" -2 here.
4 inches of snow and counting though......
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minus five in darlington north east , just cleaned 1 of my own windows froze solid , customers would not like it , see if warm up later
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-2
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-2 but only rising to 0 but may work in an hour.
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NW London
-2.7C at about 9 oclock
-1.4C just now. I should be out by around 11ish
Working profitably though, just ringing round about renewing my van insurance. I hope to save more than I would have earned by working.
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-4 in spennymoor started at 7am windows froze up mostly frosted glass anyway on commercial just kept cleaning next commercial froze up as well as above when the glass warms up it will be ok then went and bought some xmas presents now -3 back to work in 10 mins as sun is out now
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10:15am its -3c in oxfordshire :-\
was -6 at 8am
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-2 and grumpy again
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Just loaded everything back in van so hopefully be going out in a mo. Monday and Tuesday looking ok but with 0 temps.
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-5.7 @ 630am -4.1 @1100am
laying snow 1 inch
guildford
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-1.5 :'(
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yeah mr blue i couldnt get of the estate this morning as its uphill the van just wouldnt have it all the schools are closed except our kids lol
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/bromsgrove_forecast_weather.html
Cabin fever again!
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1 Ft of snow, minus 6 at the moment. Warming up to plus 1 next week Wednesday onwards. :) Forecast is minus 14 for Monday night though. >:(
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Ice skates at the ready!!! >:(
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The continent does get much harsher weather than we in the uk give credit for. We moan a lot here, but it's small beer compared to some places.
-3.5 here and falling, no doubt about it. I've got everything going in the van and shed to protect stuff. Can't say we haven't had the warnings.
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Ice skates at the ready!!! >:(
Are you Torville or Dean?
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west midlands
8 inches of snow
-3 outside
-1 inside
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It's about -bloodycold c here.
Trad week definitely. If I can get to work that is. Only main roads are good. 3 miles into the hills...I have my doubts.
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last night (south staffs) minus 12 round here. Approx 6 inches of snow but some places it looks a bit deeper.
Bitterly cold, hasn't got anywhere near above freezing all day :(
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It's about -bloodycold c here.
Trad week definitely. If I can get to work that is. Only main roads are good. 3 miles into the hills...I have my doubts.
Whats the lowest temp you work down to mate? i can do -5 (apperently) trad with screenwash!
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last night (south staffs) minus 12 round here. Approx 6 inches of snow but some places it looks a bit deeper.
Bitterly cold, hasn't got anywhere near above freezing all day :(
I know all about that. :(
Me and my daughter had tickets for the Snowdome at Tamworth yesterday, and had to give up and turn around before the M42. Everything came to a halt in the blizzard, and the a-roads were near impossible.
One disappointed little girl, and 4 stressful hours to get home.
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London
-0°C right now real feel -9..
tomorrow its gona be -2 -3 most of the day had some really good 1st cleans lined up custys willing to pay double too i wont be able to work........
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-10 tonight but they said will feel -15 here in southport
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last night (south staffs) minus 12 round here. Approx 6 inches of snow but some places it looks a bit deeper.
Bitterly cold, hasn't got anywhere near above freezing all day :(
I know all about that. :(
Me and my daughter had tickets for the Snowdome at Tamworth yesterday, and had to give up and turn around before the M42. Everything came to a halt in the blizzard, and the a-roads were near impossible.
One disappointed little girl, and 4 stressful hours to get home.
But how did your daughter take it? ;D
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last night (south staffs) minus 12 round here. Approx 6 inches of snow but some places it looks a bit deeper.
Bitterly cold, hasn't got anywhere near above freezing all day :(
I know all about that. :(
Me and my daughter had tickets for the Snowdome at Tamworth yesterday, and had to give up and turn around before the M42. Everything came to a halt in the blizzard, and the a-roads were near impossible.
One disappointed little girl, and 4 stressful hours to get home.
But how did your daughter take it? ;D
tw@t! ;D
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last night (south staffs) minus 12 round here. Approx 6 inches of snow but some places it looks a bit deeper.
Bitterly cold, hasn't got anywhere near above freezing all day :(
I know all about that. :(
Me and my daughter had tickets for the Snowdome at Tamworth yesterday, and had to give up and turn around before the M42. Everything came to a halt in the blizzard, and the a-roads were near impossible.
One disappointed little girl, and 4 stressful hours to get home.
But how did your daughter take it? ;D
tw@t! ;D
;D
Shame really and I bet she was looking forward to it.
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last night (south staffs) minus 12 round here. Approx 6 inches of snow but some places it looks a bit deeper.
Bitterly cold, hasn't got anywhere near above freezing all day :(
I know all about that. :(
Me and my daughter had tickets for the Snowdome at Tamworth yesterday, and had to give up and turn around before the M42. Everything came to a halt in the blizzard, and the a-roads were near impossible.
One disappointed little girl, and 4 stressful hours to get home.
But how did your daughter take it? ;D
tw@t! ;D
;D
Shame really and I bet she was looking forward to it.
Yeah we both were. Been for the last 5 years. Never guessed when I booked it that we'd have snow like this before christmas. :-\
Have to see if there's any chance of a part or full refund. I'm sure we weren't the only ones. Midlands was no-go in the afternoon.
What with the tickets and fuel and food it was still an £80 day out for nothing. Gutted. :'(
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Ice skates at the ready!!! >:(
Are you Torville or Dean?
Christopher Dean obviously. ;D
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-4 and it's only half eight!
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just popped out in car and it is -8.0 cant believe it just when is it going to end ???
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-9 and its nearly 10pm!! ;D ;D ;D
oh what fun.....!!!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
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-4.5. Best go to bed for a hand shandy and not worry about tomorrow.
It never comes, anyway.
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-4.5. Best go to bed for a hand shandy and not worry about tomorrow.
It never comes, anyway.
Try more baby oil...
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-8 here now. Just been out to lock my back gate and my hand stuck to the handle wow!!!
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minus ten at six am , if going to be a no go today in darlington
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-7,3 and aprox -10 with windchill...2010 has for me officially ended...
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-5 in London at the mo. Possibly a late start at best.
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-9 here this morning,tried 1 shop then came home to have some porridge!!
Going to leave it until the shops gets their heaters on and warm the glass up a bit! ;)
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-4
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this has got to be the most boring thread ever .even more boring bthan post your tds . its -6 here rising to -2 today ;D
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We have -8 here in south shields atm
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showing minus 13 here near leeds this morning no chance of work again things are getting tight now
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this has got to be the most boring thread ever .even more boring bthan post your tds . its -6 here rising to -2 today ;D
Barry get online and get some gambling in mate... ;)
dan i am about £500 down this season start my betting account at the start of footy season . but last few years always shown a profit , so gonna try turn it round over xmas . loadsa good gambling to be had , how you doing . keep off that poker . ;D
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-9 east mids :o with highs of minus 4 at 3.00pm :o no work for me, i was planning on going canvassing but i dont think im even gonna do that :-[
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-7 here in clacton,essex.....plenty of xmas films on ;D
never mind xmas films , get some warm water in your tank and get out grafting . ;D
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Is ANYONE actually working???
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Is ANYONE actually working???
Yes, I have about £120 of shops to do. But after that... :-\
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plus 3, working all day in case it changes its mind.
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Is ANYONE actually working???
Not me, dont even think im gonna bother canvassing, its just too foggy and cold ;D im a wuss :-[
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that is what we should be betting on . tv shows the bookies callit every time , they got x factor , im a celebrity and sports personality . they never get any of em wrong
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minus 12 Manchester! Help
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-5.6 here in fenland looks like day off for me :(
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-7
frozen solid
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forecast to stay -6 ALL DAY in manchester and -9 tommorrow with -11 overnight tonight!!!ive never known it to be this cold!snow and ice everywhere!ill struggle to get out collecting in this nevermind working!!
i will have a go though later even if its 12-3pm with trad pole and screenwash.
dazmond
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It's an absolute blizzard now.
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-9 Manchester -11 tomorrow
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let us know how you get on later dazmond
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-9 North London Monday 20th
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-9.2 in Manchester, with a high off -1 (doubt it will get to that)
Soooo, not going to get stressed out, just make sure every year put enough away in the summer to cover these winters, or book my holidays around this time, I think they are here to stay now!!
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guildford
10 am -6.8
laying snow
non falling
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-8 here for most of day. My first day off for over a week so not too bad I suppose. Wed looks good at 1c
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let us know how you get on later dazmond
will do GB!i reckon ill get 12-3pm in workwise if i can just squeegee the soap off the glass without it freezing first!!
forecast too cold for even trad tommorrow and more snow wed and thursday!!
i dont want to write the week off just yet as that means 3 weeks off work with the xmas break with this weather forecast for most of january as well!! ::) ::)
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-9.2 in Manchester, with a high off -1 (doubt it will get to that)
Soooo, not going to get stressed out, just make sure every year put enough away in the summer to cover these winters, or book my holidays around this time, I think they are here to stay now!!
thats if you can get away with the airport disruption!!hoping airports are running normally by next monday for my new york trip!!fingers crossed! ;D ;D
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here in skegness -9 :o and freezing fog
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-12 in south Manchester Brrrr! and the ground is rock hard
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Hawarden North Wales ... currently -8 but went down to -11 last night ... had ofr in van for days now but even tank now starting to freeze up a little ... static in garage has a thin layer of ice in top of water and even worse no hot water in house ... think the feed from combi boiler in garage to house got ice inside it :o
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here in skegness -9 :o and freezing fog
same here mate. im about 50 miles inland from you in lincoln! nice to meet ya mark.
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-11 here at 6am when the wife went to work ;) Now -6
The condensation inside the windows has even froze up overnight.
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will do GB!i reckon ill get 12-3pm in workwise if i can just squeegee the soap off the glass without it freezing first!!
I don't mean to sound like I'm having a go Daz, but you are actually off your trolley if you're considering going out and expecting it to be a success. Of course you might think it's a challenge and you won't be beaten by adverse weather conditions. However you might just not think as well I guess.
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it was -8 here in Bridgnorth about an hour ago, just checked again and now it's -9 its getting colder brrrrrrrrr :'(
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@ matt. like ive said before in cold contrys they except these temps as working conditions! we dont!
which is fair enough because simply we usually dont have to.
But its possible to work down to -20 using methol alchahol :o shocking isn't it!
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-12.5 in west midlands at the mo and no gritters have been out because the salt won;t work if its more than -6
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@ matt. like ive said before in cold contrys they except these temps as working conditions! we dont!
which is fair enough because simply we usually dont have to.
But its possible to work down to -20 using methol alchahol :o shocking isn't it!
It's possible to drive at 120 down the motorway, just because it can be done doesn't ran it should be done, is safe to do or is even remotely sensible to do.
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But its possible to work down to -20 using methol alchahol :o shocking isn't it!
Does that keep you warm if you drink it?
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Its madness to go out working in this weather.
I cannot believe people go out when we are being told to stay home and safe. What about if your van breaks down or you slide into a ditch or worse.
Surely we earn enough money in the summer to help with winter?
As for using a pole on upstairs window ??? Will take much much longer with very poor results. Even when we trad downstairs windows, there are sometimes marks or lines left which get redone. Using a scrim or micro cloth will leave smears.
Remember guys.....the perfect clean is the clean where you finish using only a blade without the need to wipe the edge of the glass....again something you cant do with a pole.
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will do GB!i reckon ill get 12-3pm in workwise if i can just squeegee the soap off the glass without it freezing first!!
I don't mean to sound like I'm having a go Daz, but you are actually off your trolley if you're considering going out and expecting it to be a success. Of course you might think it's a challenge and you won't be beaten by adverse weather conditions. However you might just not think as well I guess.
no offence taken matt!i did 3 afternoons in freezing temperatures(3 hours a day)the other week and made £200.not a great deal but it moved me on to my next work which i was able to wfp as the temp rose a few days later.
i will be "off my trolley"as ill be leaving it at home and just going out with a 25L BARREL of warm water(for bucket)screenwash/squeegee off and my extension pole with vice versa.
im off to try and do my own windows.if they freeze up with screenwash i will write the day off and try tommorrow.
the forecast is more of the same all week and more snow on thurs/friday meaning if i do write the week off ill be having at least 3 weeks off due to xmas and my new york trip with more bad weather forecast in january!!
what do you suggest?have a month off and spend all my emergency funds up? ;D ;D ;D ;D
ill do my damnest to not dip into it too much!! ;) ;D ;D
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Daz
Which screenwash do you use? How much do you put in your bucket?
Im hoping to get out tomorrow but if the ground is too slippy it will be bottoms only. I just want to clean as many as possible before the snow comes next week and get all my customers up to date
When are you going to new york?
Regards
Danny
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ive got alot of respect for you dazmond! and youve been my biggest positive infuence on here all winter! keep up the great work mate, but STAY SAFE!
also i like the "off your trolley" and on your trad pole joke ;)
Max respect g.b
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Its madness to go out working in this weather.
I cannot believe people go out when we are being told to stay home and safe. What about if your van breaks down or you slide into a ditch or worse.
Surely we earn enough money in the summer to help with winter?
As for using a pole on upstairs window ??? Will take much much longer with very poor results. Even when we trad downstairs windows, there are sometimes marks or lines left which get redone. Using a scrim or micro cloth will leave smears.
Remember guys.....the perfect clean is the clean where you finish using only a blade without the need to wipe the edge of the glass....again something you cant do with a pole.
bob you can clean using a trad pole if you ve had plenty of practice(i have)it doesnt work on all windows(leaded and georgian forget it!)but on most others you can.
its all down to technique and practice.im not going to start explaining it now (again!).but it can be done.
you can avoid most lines down the window and runs from the top no problem.the frames or sills wont get cleaned very well but you can make an adequate clean of the glass.if its just for the odd time during bad weather on 1st floor windows then its worked for me time and time again over the years.
dazmond
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-14
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-6 at the mo and snowing
think ime done for xmas ;D
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ps the mrs has just put some lovely healthy chips on for me ;D ;D ;D ;D
yuuuuummmmmy
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ive got alot of respect for you dazmond! and youve been my biggest positive infuence on here all winter! keep up the great work mate, but STAY SAFE!
also i like the "off your trolley" and on your trad pole joke ;)
Max respect g.b
cheers GB i normally try and make the best of any weather conditions in regards to window cleaning but even ill have to admit defeat today!!just tried cleaning one of my own windows with screenwash it froze straight away and i had to get the scraper out to get the icy soap off!! ::) ::)this is on a heated flat window as well.
well i think ill defrost the van and print a debt list out and go collecting later.
regards
dazmond
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a school at the end of my estate which i clean is closed so going there now to do inside. and tomorrow, after that gonna just do downstairs and internals on domestics till xmas i think as need to work , got too much on, but not using wfp or ladders in this...
right im going to work :)
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-4 at 12.30 essex.
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-8 here for most of day. My first day off for over a week so not too bad I suppose. Wed looks good at 1c
Look at met office again it's changed to -7 :(
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-9 here this morning,tried 1 shop then came home to have some porridge!!
So did I, and some blonde bird had been eating it and sleeping in my bed >:(.
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-2 and heavy snow right now.
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Managed to do 10 til 2. 150 +50 in tips. Ok I know y'all hate me lol. 0 degrees in London. Got lucky. Warmer tomorrow. But snow imminent now :-(
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-11 here right now. Even if it rises to 0 or 1 tomorrow it won't be quick enough.
We're doomed!
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minus ten here in darlington , northeast . noy expected to stay around minus five allday
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-1 here, so quite warm relatively.
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-9 byers green nr spennymoor , it got up to -3 yesterday but it was bitter cold no hope of working today i dont think but hope to get 2-3 hrs
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-11 here in sheff at 6 another day of rubbing
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-8 in the east mids! another day off
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-3 this morning. funny how -3 feels so mild all of a sudden ;D
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-10.5 here in bishop auckland :o
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-11 here in sheff at 6 another day of rubbing
What would we do without internet porn in this weather?
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suprised its changed from lastnite from being -5c at best all day, now -3 here and rising to 0c later so il give it a go
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+5 in direct sunlight 8)
-4 in shade :o
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-3 this morning. funny how -3 feels so mild all of a sudden ;D
strangely enough outside mine it was -3 last night after being colder through the day, i went outside in t shirt to car and didnt feel cold!!
somethings wrong when -3 feels ok
today is about -4, tomorrow forecast worse, but thursday friday set for about the 0 mark might get 2 days in before crimbo
anyone gonna work between xmas and new year on residential???
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-4 is the warmest it got here today. :'(
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-3 here wow!! Had my shorts and t-shirt on today ;D
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Just noticed this post
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1337.snc4/162956_10150371299090377_722370376_16263185_3388401_n.jpg)
Yest morn
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-2.8 now brrrrrrr
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2
No sign of a thaw yet!!
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-2.8 now brrrrrrr
Is that it?
-2.8?
Boo to you.
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guildford
+1.6
4inches of laying snow non falling (yet)
thick fog vissability 100yards
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above 0 today, gonna have a crack at next 2 days out cleaning, was inside a school today and last few days was dragging it out till the temps got better, looks like we can earn some spondoolies before weekend !!
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+1.6
Boo to you.
above 0 today
Super boo to you.
Been below -10 here since Monday night.
Boo :'(
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-7 here & snowing at 11 oclock crazy weather i thought it was to cold to snow at them temps.
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-7 here & snowing at 11 oclock crazy weather i thought it was to cold to snow at them temps.
It rarely gets above -30 in the Arctic and it snows there all the time.
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Snowed most of the morning. Got to about minus 3 - we've packed it in for Christmas ;D
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Well it finally got here, -1 ish today with a snow shower in the morning. Thankfully its been nothing like the stuff you boys have been getting for the past few weeks
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-2.