Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: DMK115 on February 23, 2011, 10:26:09 am
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Hi everybody,
How many days a month do you normally lose (on average) due to bad weather?
Thanks,
Dave
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depends on month but i would average over year at 1-1.5 days per week
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A bit of rain + laziness = time off work.
A bit of rain + motivation = ££££
It's laziness that gets me, not the weather.
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Normally, 4 or 5 days per month but Jan and Feb are worse. We have had minus 6 to 8 here for the last 4 days. We don't work in heavy rain either.
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Since my rain guarantee went into opration I cover my round (about 2.8 to 3.1K) (excluding holidays) every month in about 14 full working days - which includes part days due to heavier rain, ice, snow (and laziness ;D) etc and seems to give me time off from March to September and I struggle in December through February. Pre warming the water helped me work more this past December/January than the previous ones yet in worse conditions.
My rain guarantee seems to let me work an extra two/three days a month (I went from working in a strictly no rain basis to a light patchy drizzle basis to a light rain basis over the last two years and my income has increased by £500 per month in that period.
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Days lost due to lack of proper sleep for sometimes weeks on end. I can't count them anymore. It's doing my head in. Today, I don't have any energy left. Bad night again, super light sleep, bad dreams, feels like I've only slept half an hour. :-\
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zero,
im only off when i run out of work would still have 5 days more this month if i didnt work in rain, but im off now
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been out started at 9am on run of the mill domestics.rain came down heavy after an hour but carried on until 1030.then it got worse!so sat in the van for an hour.fed up no sign of stopping so came home.just had a cheese toastie and a cup of tea! ;) ;D ;D
£40 for an hour and a halfs work.better than nothing i suppose!the joys of window cleaning eh?
yesterday it rained nearly all afternoon but it wasnt heavy so i got a full day in.monday was cold and wet when i went to leave at 830am so sacked it off and went swimming instead.
tommorrow looks better but i will have to finish at 3pm as going out at 5pm for my dads birthday(he s 65!).
i will try and work all day friday and saturday but the forecast looks grim!!! :( :(
its hard to motivate yourself when the weathers dull and damp esp when your bills are paid with money in the bank!!
dazmond
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I lose a lot less time to the weather than I used to. Up to and including moderate rain is fine for me. I do draw the line at freeze-ups (below -2), strong winds, or if it's hissing down hard. I've taken a bit of time out this week because my back is playing up (much better today so will be out there tomorrow). Normally, I gently work through a bad back as it gets better but I just didn't fancy it this time. I suspect it was triggered by a long coach journey on Saturday (went to Old Trafford). Next time I do a coach journey, I think the middle would be better as you get bounced more in the very back. I would still have gone there though even had I known my back would play up.
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Thanks guys, now I've got a rough idea of how many working days I can expect to lose, I've got more of an idea of what I can expect to earn.
Dave