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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dean payne on August 12, 2011, 11:29:40 am

Title: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Dean payne on August 12, 2011, 11:29:40 am: Hi
When the roofs appear really green, is that a job for a pressure washer or can pure water and wfp deal with this as thinking if it does it must take ages, do you price consevatorys as one or price it separate from the house, also do you do the roof? And does roof need doing once per month if you do. Cheers guys
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 12, 2011, 12:01:07 pm: NEVER take a pressure washer to a conny roof EVER - you'll blow the seals

WFP can deal with it - applying viro-sol / tfr / ecover will make the job so much easier.

When you start out cleaning connys, its going to take you a little longer until you get up to speed / know the best way of cleaning.

A dirty conny roof is a seperate price on its own and usually a one off unless the customer wants regular cleaning 99% of people only want it cleaning when its bad.

My conny cleans start from £40 (thats the roof, pointy bits and the external guttering). If they want the inside of the gutters cleaning, then thats extra.

Take a look at the conservatory page on my website to see the difference - i use
wfp with a vikan sill brush and a 5L garden sprayer with viro-sol
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Dean payne on August 12, 2011, 01:45:57 pm: Thanks, what's viro sol then some king of pre cleaner ? I will have to look into this one, did I conserv today, but I did not price for roof, I just do the side windows.
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Avo on August 12, 2011, 04:36:45 pm: Whats the best sprayer to pre soak the roof with as i wouldnt mind trying out this tfr but some of them sprayers dont look much good??
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: lee_dewing on August 12, 2011, 07:22:20 pm: Blue frog.

http://bluefrogsystems.co.uk/test.aspx

looking at your website connie page, how did you you get the INSIDE gutters so clean? please tell ;)

Lee
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Steve Sed on August 12, 2011, 07:45:54 pm: Quote from: lee_dewing on August 12, 2011, 07:22:20 pm
Blue frog.

http://bluefrogsystems.co.uk/test.aspx

looking at your website connie page, how did you you get the INSIDE gutters so clean? please tell ;)

Lee

It was new?
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 12, 2011, 08:07:18 pm: Sprayer.... you want one of these...

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9956446&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372012}/categories%3C{9372020}/categories%3C{9372099}/specificationsProductType=sprinklers___hoses/specificationsSpecificProductType=sprayers (http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9956446&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372012}/categories%3C{9372020}/categories%3C{9372099}/specificationsProductType=sprinklers___hoses/specificationsSpecificProductType=sprayers)

Lee - charged extra for the internal gutters to be cleaned out like that (£30 and took me about 35 mins to do)

All i did was clear the crap out by hand. Then i got the hose out with a pointy hoselock end that came out like a jet and scrubbed with a brush from my kitchen dustpan and brush set (must remember to replace it )
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: lee_dewing on August 12, 2011, 08:17:19 pm: thanks blue frog,

was it you who made an extension for your sprayer using old wfp for utter facia cleaning?

what is the point hozlelock bit? any pics cheers lee :D
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 12, 2011, 08:21:38 pm: Top one in the picture in this link for cleaning out the gutter on the conny

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=11507784&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372012}/categories%3C{9372020}/categories%3C{9372099}/specificationsProductType=sprinklers___hoses/specificationsSpecificProductType=connectors (http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=11507784&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372012}/categories%3C{9372020}/categories%3C{9372099}/specificationsProductType=sprinklers___hoses/specificationsSpecificProductType=connectors)

The sprayer conversion....

(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)

Hope it helps ;D
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 12, 2011, 08:24:41 pm: Heres the link for the Viro-sol Dean

http://www.thecleaningwarehouse.co.uk/clover-viro-sol-citrus-based-cleanerdegreaser-169-p.asp (http://www.thecleaningwarehouse.co.uk/clover-viro-sol-citrus-based-cleanerdegreaser-169-p.asp)

i use it 1:24 and does a fantastic job !
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: lee_dewing on August 12, 2011, 08:25:11 pm: thanks very much blue frog for your help will store all that in favourites folder ;)
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Avo on August 13, 2011, 07:44:16 am: Yeah nice one frog thanks for the info mate anything to make life easier on connies... Will the sprayer spray right to the back of the roofs or am i best making an extenion pole like yours.. I looked at buying a pre soaker before but i thought maybe the flow would be to weak but i will be buying one now cheers!!!
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 13, 2011, 01:07:27 pm: The sprayer will spray right up... i have one with an adjustable head that can go from mist to jet (jet is really handy when its a little on the windy side)

The pole sprayer i use for fascias
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: johnmeehan on August 16, 2011, 06:29:32 am: would you consider a conny ladder a necessity thanks john
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 16, 2011, 07:30:50 am: Unless i had a great need for a conny ladder i wouldnt buy one.... can hire them for peanuts
Title: Re: conservatory roofs? grean. and pricing convertarys in general?
Post by: johnmeehan on August 16, 2011, 05:19:49 pm: blue frog thanks