Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: GB Window Cleaning on June 29, 2011, 08:22:22 pm
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
i saw some pics once on here of S.A.J (i think it was s.a.j anyway) cleaning external plasticl gutter sofits and facia with a "telescopic preure washer thing" now that looked like an ideal tool for the job! but ive always thought wfp is not an ideal tool for this kind of work ???
whats everyones opinion on this?
thanks
GB
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I use WFP all the time for them ???
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I do gutter and fascia cleans trad style. I wipe with a wet mop head, then dry off with a microfibre cloth.
Did one yesterday (front of house). Took less than half an hour, but results very pleasing, and was happy with what I earned from it.
john.
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
okay vin, i think youve talked me into it ;) I'll quote the next time im asked or i might even start selling the service to my custys
thanks
GB
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
only £2.50 per metre , if this is all you charge you can come and do all mine .
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
only £2.50 per metre , if this is all you charge you can come and do all mine .
Crikey, that's the first time I've ever been accused of undercharging.
Vin
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
only £2.50 per metre , if this is all you charge you can come and do all mine .
Crikey, that's the first time I've ever been accused of undercharging.
Vin
go for £4 per metre and you will be closer to a realistic price , even at £4 per metre its still cheap compared to what some people charge .
for a average 3 bed semi £135 is what i charge and all them i do are repeat yearly cleans .
dont sell yourself short on this type of work .
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i cleaned a customers windows yesterday(£10) and cleaned the small fascias under the gutters.charged £40 for the fascias.took me an hour to clean.they were not too bad.squirt of water and a good scrub and rinse.job done.£50 for an hours work and im happy.
i try not to be too greedy for this type of work as my existing customers just wont pay it!£135?i wish!!i did one the other week and charged £75 for both windows and fascias.took me 90 mins from pulling up to driving away.thats good enough money for me.im fast though and very rarely need to use tfr.pure water or hose on custies outside tap is sufficient.
existing window cleaning customers prices for this type of work tend to be cheaper than one off cleans.
regards
dazmond
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might have to start looking into it then. thanks.
gb
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GB we just wfp all our gutter cleans, but spray ubik 2000 on first just too loosen the dirt up.
here is one we are doing at the mo
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/stuartcastles/Photo0910.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/stuartcastles/Photo0908.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/stuartcastles/Photo0914.jpg)
had to stop due to heat!!!!!
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thanks s.a.j
how do you spray the sofits etc from the ground floor?
gb
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thanks s.a.j
how do you spray the sofits etc from the ground floor?
gb
very good question, I was looking to ask this as well.
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Convert a wfp
take off the brush (keep the hose)
get a 5L garden sprayer from B&Q
they come with a lance from the trigger to the sprayer (cut the lance in half)
Fit the pole hose at the brush end onto the sprayer end of the lance (you will need hot water, alot of patience and a jubilee clip / o ring to secure it)
Then you have a choice of fitting the trigger end to the pole or having it loose.
Personally i prefer it fitted on the pole.
I gaffer taped mine on at the bottom, but see where feels comfortable for you.
Once the trigger is where you want it, then attach the pole hose from the bottom of the pole to the lance - trigger (again securing with o ring / jubilee clip)
There you have your own sprayer.
i'll get a picture of mine tomorrow if you want GB
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Convert a wfp
take off the brush (keep the hose)
get a 5L garden sprayer from B&Q
they come with a lance from the trigger to the sprayer (cut the lance in half)
Fit the pole hose at the brush end onto the sprayer end of the lance (you will need hot water, alot of patience and a jubilee clip / o ring to secure it)
Then you have a choice of fitting the trigger end to the pole or having it loose.
Personally i prefer it fitted on the pole.
I gaffer taped mine on at the bottom, but see where feels comfortable for you.
Once the trigger is where you want it, then attach the pole hose from the bottom of the pole to the lance - trigger (again securing with o ring / jubilee clip)
There you have your own sprayer.
i'll get a picture of mine tomorrow if you want GB
Please get a picture, I will send you some cookies for your answer (let me know where to ? ) :)
I have been asked to do conny roofs and fascias for 4-5 customers once I get my system. I will need a sprayer.
BTW.: Blue Frog Systems could you be kind to check my thread about help needed to get a system together, as you sound experienced.
Thank you
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I just wfp them, dont need any special tools just scrub and rinse at the same time I have done loads never charged any more than £40.
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We found this is the best way of cleaning under gutters and conservatory clean, basically we use customers high pressure main water which is round 40-50 P.S.I. and then rinse it with purified water, much quicker. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F27prW0RNTk
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viktor - email me mate and i'll help
your undercharging then mr cheesey rocket
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viktor - email me mate and i'll help
emaild
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I do the same as previously mentioned, use the customers own external tap, you dont really need 'Pure Water' to clean gutters and UPVC but dont tell them that!
make them feel that what your doing is special, if they realise they could do it themselve's we'd all be out of work and profit!
having said that I still would like pics of system to spray with TFR from ground floor before cleaning, a conundrum Iv'e been playing with for a while now. I usually climb ladder and spray with garden handheld pump spray, would love to be able to do away with the climb.......
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this might help you.
(http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy233/mike854/mikes%20bits%20and%20pieces/IMGP2777.jpg)
just connect up to backpack or trolly with tfr in,bobs your uncle ;)
fitted to a harris pole by the way
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Heres mine, i used an old brodex hydra alloy that i no longer use
(http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l542/bluefrogsystems/utf-8BSU1HMDAwODktMjAxMTA3MDMtMDk0OC5qcGc.jpg)
(http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l542/bluefrogsystems/utf-8BSU1HMDAwOTAtMjAxMTA3MDMtMDk0OC5qcGc.jpg)
(http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l542/bluefrogsystems/utf-8BSU1HMDAwOTEtMjAxMTA3MDMtMDk0OC5qcGc.jpg)
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I do what Bluefroggy said ;D and spraying with a chem does make a difference to with how easy the green stuff comes off ;)
Stuart 8)
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thanks for all the tips, pics and advice everyone. brilliant!
GB
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i find the fascia jobs much better paying jobs especially if you get a few in on a day my lads breeze thru them n we charge quite high always end up with a turnover of 400-450 if we get one in at end of busy day window cleaning
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
only £2.50 per metre , if this is all you charge you can come and do all mine .
Crikey, that's the first time I've ever been accused of undercharging.
Vin
go for £4 per metre and you will be closer to a realistic price , even at £4 per metre its still cheap compared to what some people charge .
for a average 3 bed semi £135 is what i charge and all them i do are repeat yearly cleans .
dont sell yourself short on this type of work .
£4 per metre - £135 per average semi,how many metres of fascias are on your semi's dont seem to add up ???
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is he maybe pricing sofit, facia and external guttering meterage separately?
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ok so a couple of my custys have asked for this service as of late, but i always turn it down cos it just seems like a pain in the neck job (no pun intended ;)) with water fed pole
It's the easiest money you'll ever make. If the gutter's clean it takes half a minute a metre. If it's filthy, two minutes.
Gardiners dual trim Superlite standard on the end of your pole, hardly angled from the line of the pole. Give the gutters, etc a quick spray over to get them wet, then by the time you reach the other end of the run, the first end will have loosened. Wash them and marvel at how what looks like baked on dirt and algae just pours off. Go at the brackets from a slight angle to ge the dirt out. Rinse the lot.
Let the drips form, then run along with the brush with the water turned off to get rid of them.
The only reason it is tough work is that you're holding the pole in a different way. Charge £2.50 a metre and you'll get over the discomfort..
Vin
only £2.50 per metre , if this is all you charge you can come and do all mine .
Crikey, that's the first time I've ever been accused of undercharging.
Vin
go for £4 per metre and you will be closer to a realistic price , even at £4 per metre its still cheap compared to what some people charge .
for a average 3 bed semi £135 is what i charge and all them i do are repeat yearly cleans .
dont sell yourself short on this type of work .
£4 per metre - £135 per average semi,how many metres of fascias are on your semi's dont seem to add up ???
£4 per mtr is for external cleaning , include the internal of the gutter and put a extra amount on , i dont no where you are from mate but around where i live people are paying far more than £135 to have this type of work done .
as for mtrs of fascia on our houses the front and rear are 9.5 mtrs the side is 8.5 so in total you have 27.5 mtrs x that by £4 you will get £110 add extra for internal and the figures will add up to around £135 .
look at some of my early post from around 2 years ago i was charging £120 then .
theres lads who come on this forum who no me and they are now charging the same if not more than what i charge .
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I do it by hand (most of the time) and use a hozelock garden sprayer pumped right up and unless it is very windy the tfr ill reach most gutters!
Simon
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You should try the sprayer on a pole Simon. Great thing about using the sprayer on the pole is that you can get the chemical exactly where you need it. I give the gutters i clean at least to spray overs with the chemical and a good spray around the gutter brackets and joins.
I wouldnt be without my sprayer on a pole now.