Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Pure Glass on February 25, 2011, 10:50:51 pm
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How do you deal with terraced houses with limited access to the rear apart from though the home.
Do custies mind you dragging hose through the house, or do you use a trolley?
Ta
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Get a back pack from WCW or similar
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leave terraced houses ro rhe ladder monkeys they do them for 3.50 a pop!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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i dont clean em for 3.50 ??? ???
nowt wrong wiv full streets of terraced work
park up clean the lot ;)
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How do you deal with terraced houses with limited access to the rear apart from though the home.
Do custies mind you dragging hose through the house, or do you use a trolley?
Ta
I don't normally do jobs where you have to go through the house. If they really want a clean, I will maybe do them as a one off if it's convenient and I can arrange for first call of the day. I won't supply a regular service though as it's too much hassle arranging it. If it's not carpeted I may ask to drag the hose through and tell them that they may need to clean mop up a little after me. If it is, I use a backpack for the back.
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backpack surely is the answer ;)
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I live in a really long street of terraced houses, Ive never ever seen a window cleaner in our street? I assume thats due to difficult access to the back of the house if the person isnt in to open the side gate?
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i do loads one street has 144 houses dont clean them all about 60 ;D
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Oh well there might be a an opportunity on our street!!
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Hi
Backpack works well Iam thinking of getting omnipole 35 litre trolley as well
For going down entry.
Wcw backpack has a handle on the top so you don't have to fath about putting it on.
It's just fill time that's the issue it takes about a minute to fill from 100psi flojet. Which when your flying over terraces to make them pay is a lot of downtime.
We carry 5 25 litre drums and pour it in between houses then fill containers back up at tea break.
Cheers
John
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i dont have any terraced houses as such but i do have houses where access is either over the flat roof or through the garage.
sometimes ive gone through their house with shoe covers on and a trad pole for the tops.i never run hose through the house but i do through garages!
would it not be better to use a 50L TROLLEY for terraced?
you could just clean the tops all along a row of them then trad the bottoms.then clean all the backs.
you would hardly need to change the barrels.less time filling up etc.
if you had 35m of extension hose on trolley that would help! ;) ;D ;D
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i dont clean em for 3.50 ??? ???
nowt wrong wiv full streets of terraced work
park up clean the lot ;)
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id rather 10pound a pop doing the lot. Would take 3times as long to earn my money at 3.50 a go.
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How do you deal with terraced houses with limited access to the rear apart from though the home.
Do custies mind you dragging hose through the house, or do you use a trolley?
Ta
Not really gonna help u with the question but when I went wfp I sold a nice little round of terraced I had as poor access etc ... still miss doing them off the ladders and sometimes think i should have kept doing them with ladders :)
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1 of my weeks work is mainly terraces and it earns me more than doing houses
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leave terraced houses ro rhe ladder monkeys they do them for 3.50 a pop!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
That's really funny ;D ;D From what I've seen on this forum mate, looks like WFP guys are slightly cheaper on alot of work. Another point to bear in mind is, any trad guy could learn to wave a pole about but some WC's can't trad. Funny old world innit?
Also, most trad guys can clean insides at the same speed as outside. Strange that. ;) Only really special people like you, and really clever witty guys and top earners can be WFP. Anyone who is trad is stupid. Not like you though eh? You're not stupid are you? Your WFP, so in the "window cleaning" world, you're one of the chosen few. That special breed of person that learns faster than the others.
So yeah, the "Lower" shift of WC's would only charge 3.50 a clean, because they aren't as developed as you are. You're light years ahead of trad guys aren't you?
OH! It was a joke? ::) Silly me.
Will you mentor me please? I need a winner to show me the way.
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;D ;D
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Guess you have some £3.50 terraced then cozy!! :P
Was tradding 19 years ago matey boy!
Where you?
Not all is what it seems on this forum.
Why do you have to be a newbie to window cleaning JUST because you are new to THIS forum??
IMO
Ladder monkeys have there ladders with them all day long, alot easier IMO for them to clean terraced than WFP'ers! UP and over all those back yards/gates quicker than dragging hoses around.
Are you upset with the 'ladder monkey' term?
chill out, youve missed abit! ;D
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Seems like 'horses for courses' may relate to method as well as people here.
I am trad, and have a village I do which has a lot of terrace houses in it, of which I do approx 1 in 3.
It is the best part of my round, because they are so quick and easy to do, ie do all the fronts, then go round and do all the back. No dragging hoses, trip hazards.
Balancing things up, there are houses which would suit WFP better than trad, ie sloping roofs, quarry stoned paths.
There is work out there for all of us, whichever way we choose to work.
John.
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here here john
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Guess you have some £3.50 terraced then cozy!! :P Don't really have Corrie type houses in Germany matey boy!! Only seem to get those in UK as far as I can see.
Was tradding 19 years ago matey boy!
Where you? Yes, started in 89
Not all is what it seems on this forum. Never said YOU were a newbie, did I? I read your back posts before I posted, you have been WFP for about a year. Yawn
Why do you have to be a newbie to window cleaning JUST because you are new to THIS forum?? Didn't say you were a newbie. Re-read the post Matey boy.
IMO
Ladder monkeys have there ladders with them all day long, alot easier IMO for them to clean terraced than WFP'ers! UP and over all those back yards/gates quicker than dragging hoses around.
So why would they clean them for 3.50 a pop then? The cheapest house I clean is €14 (About 12 quid)
Are you upset with the 'ladder monkey' term? Yes, it shows your a WFP snotty bigheaded prat.
chill out, youve missed abit! ;D
No mate, and I never do.
Now go polish ya pole. Mong ::) ;D By the way, how do you see Johnny B's post as agreeing with your childish comments?
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thought you started in 93??
You have a big problem with wfp by the looks of it.
Are you losing work to wfp'ers over in Germany?
Are you missing a bit?
Cozy would you like me to mentor you?
So far in 13 months of wfp I have generated £39,000 of NEW business. On my own, no canvasses, no adverts, Just getting out there and doing a good job with my polished pole :)
Would you like £39,000 of NEW work this coming year?
Come on , what tips do you need. ;)
p.s. I love this forum banter!
Why do you seem agressive?
Do you lose customers?
I can help if you do!
;D ;D
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£39000 0n top of current work .... thats some going :o
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thought you started in 93?? DOH! No that's the carpet cleaning part of our business on the website.
You have a big problem with wfp by the looks of it.
Are you losing work to wfp'ers over in Germany? No, there are only firms using the old fashioned WFP systems from Unger on comercial work, Germans don't have regular WC's that come and clean outsides only!!! Have you ever been out of UK? I have about 350 Brit custies (Soldiers) who I provide a 6 weekly service to. They have outsides only. We are the only full time WC firm here doing this service.Are you missing a bit? No but you are matey boy.
Cozy would you like me to mentor you?
Yes, when I need to spout utter rubbish and shoot myself in the foot, by all means, show me how you seem to do that so well. ::)So far in 13 months of wfp I have generated £39,000 of NEW business. On my own, no canvasses, no adverts, Just getting out there and doing a good job with my polished pole :)
Would you like £39,000 of NEW work this coming year? WOW! How impressive!!! Those who really earn it don't tend to spout about it on here, but those that have massive ego's always turn into "Gobshyte" mode when they are being exposed. ;D
Come on , what tips do you need. ;) How to look like a bigheaded prat seems to be your speciality, why not start there?
p.s. I love this forum banter!
Why do you seem agressive?
Do you lose customers? Who to? ::)
I can help if you do!
;D ;D
It's all a bit more complicated than you thought isn't it pole polisher? ;D Love this banter do ya? ;)
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How do you deal with terraced houses with limited access to the rear apart from though the home.
Do custies mind you dragging hose through the house, or do you use a trolley?
Ta
A substantial part of my work is terraced houses. I get them (if they're in ) to open the 'alley gate' so i can go down the entry with my hose. Where this is not possible or there are other issues i walk through with a back pack. Most of my work is fronts only and backs as and when.
As regards someone saying leave these to 'ladder monkeys'.....then where we are not all guys with ladders will go over alley gates and into everyones back so they only do fronts. I look on it as a business opportunity rather than a 'leave 'em to it'. I also find a lot of semis have limited access because they have built garages in place of their drive, so backs are done as and when they're in and i drag hose through garage or use back pack.
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£39000 0n top of current work .... thats some going :o
Yeah it is if you live in a constant dream world !
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thought you started in 93?? DOH! No that's the carpet cleaning part of our business on the website.
You have a big problem with wfp by the looks of it.
Are you losing work to wfp'ers over in Germany? No, there are only firms using the old fashioned WFP systems from Unger on comercial work, Germans don't have regular WC's that come and clean outsides only!!! Have you ever been out of UK? I have about 350 Brit custies (Soldiers) who I provide a 6 weekly service to. They have outsides only. We are the only full time WC firm here doing this service.Are you missing a bit? No but you are matey boy.
Cozy would you like me to mentor you?
Yes, when I need to spout utter rubbish and shoot myself in the foot, by all means, show me how you seem to do that so well. ::)So far in 13 months of wfp I have generated £39,000 of NEW business. On my own, no canvasses, no adverts, Just getting out there and doing a good job with my polished pole :)
Would you like £39,000 of NEW work this coming year? WOW! How impressive!!! Those who really earn it don't tend to spout about it on here, but those that have massive ego's always turn into "Gobshyte" mode when they are being exposed. ;D
Come on , what tips do you need. ;) How to look like a bigheaded prat seems to be your speciality, why not start there?
p.s. I love this forum banter!
Why do you seem agressive?
Do you lose customers? Who to? ::)
I can help if you do!
;D ;D
It's all a bit more complicated than you thought isn't it pole polisher? ;D Love this banter do ya? ;)
says it all really.i was raring to go but no point now.cheers ©ozy ;D
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spout utter rubbish? what rubbish?
What bit am i missing?
£39000 in 13 months ! would you like to ask others on here that know me to confirm this?
Its all on George! In my books. ALL RECORDED pal!! Those who you think really earn it dont spout it in here because they dont declare all of it!!
Why didnt you comment on your aggresive attitude?
You have put me down on every reply. Why?
Have i Put you down?
Why do you dislike wfp?
Woud you like £39,000 extra income this year?
Get over yourself we are all just window cleaners!
;D
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what where you raring to go at ZIMZAM ?
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spout utter rubbish? what rubbish?
What bit am i missing? At 2 AM in the morning, who knows?£39000 in 13 months ! would you like to ask others on here that know me to confirm this?
Its all on George! In my books. ALL RECORDED pal!! Those who you think really earn it dont spout it in here because they dont declare all of it!! Look mate, you've been up all night on the fizzy pop. You're abit upset because nobody is impressed with how many beer coupons you earned this year. Relax, it's only that banter that you love so much on here.
Why didnt you comment on your aggresive attitude?
You have put me down on every reply. Why?
Have i Put you down?
Why do you dislike wfp?
Woud you like £39,000 extra income this year? Yeah yeah, you turned over 39,000 last year and you can buy thousands of mars bars with that. How many more times are you going to spout off about that?Get over yourself we are all just window cleaners! Yeah we are, but you're special. ;D Or was that special needs. ;D
Now get some rest my old mate. You really need to chill out and enjoy the banter. Try typing using your fingers, instead of your forehead.
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hey Cozy and Kent ..... you 2 make me smile .... maybe u want to get a room ;D
only kidding boys .... keep it going !!
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I didnt mean to start a hate campaign between two windies.
Blimey, I wont post in future!!