Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: andyM on February 20, 2013, 11:52:05 am
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What single item of window cleaning equipment has been your best purchase since 2010 and why?
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i have a few contenders.
slx poles, but i had used them before 2010, never the less a great everyday tool
fogwash, a great water heater, never had a problem with it, again used everyday
little giant pro telescopic ladder, i use this ladder all the time, for cleaning con roofs, stradling gates, access to flat roofs etc.
decisions decisions, one of them 3 ???
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SLX; I use it all the time. Prior to that I had shoulder rotor cuff problems (extremely painful) and I haven't had it since with the SLX.
So good even Wor Lass can use it and she's a little skinny running woman.
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my 450gpd ro from pure freedom has been great , have to agree slx as well
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Yes I have also purchased a 25ft SLX since 2010 and it is very good.
And it does make the working day easier due to it's lightness compared to a heavier pole.
So can potentially help you to work a longer day and earn more.
However I have one negative against it and that is the clamps, I don't like them.
Im thinking my choice could go to the Wagtail squeegee.
I would say it has speeded up my trad cleaning by 25% which surprised me really.
But having one tool in the hand for scrubbing and squeegeeing really does save a lot of time.
And for around £20 I think it's a bargain tool to have.
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Apart from going wfp it has got to be the Mark 1 SL-X. Worked with it for about 4,5 years every day. Wouldn't be where I am today without it. Gone Xtreme now though, even better.
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aqua-adapter
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Tool of the decade? There's a few on here.
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Tool of the decade? There's a few on here.
ha ha beat me to it
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Unger handle extension £3.75
http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/shop/index.php?option=com_aceshop&route=product/product&path=75_7_314&product_id=19
saved lots of time when I was trad :)
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The lidded flask cup. Hands down winner.
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25ft SLX with carbon gooseneck and xtreme brushes.
it makes wfp a breeze with a lot less strain
buying 100m of microbore, hosereel and a tank instead of a trolley.
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a mobile phone ::)roll
I know, I know
I was living in the dark ages
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The fella I employ. I get £100 a day out of him after I pay his wages.
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slx... i love it ...im easily pleased ...extreme is my goal though
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Aqua-dapter. Hands down!
Couldn't live without it now.
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Black gardiners cill brush,i love it!
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2002 Ford Ranger
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I reckon the tool of the decade is loads of window cleaners with wfp who think they can just turn up, charge a good price and think the whole job can be done in minutes by giving each window a very quick once over and little or no rinsing.
They buy their flashy vans all kitted out and think they've got it made and the lolly will simply roll in.
Also, a big thanks to some on this forum who promote that idea. I'm sure some of the wfp companies appreciate it as well.
This last year especially, I've picked up some really good work that had been done previously by window cleaners doing an appalling job.
A previously dissatisfied customer quite often turns out to be almost a perfect customer when the job's done properly.
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I reckon the tool of the decade is loads of window cleaners with wfp who think they can just turn up, charge a good price and think the whole job can be done in minutes by giving each window a very quick once over and little or no rinsing.
That works for us.
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My pc, lost without it, where would I get anything? How would I fix anything?
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I reckon the tool of the decade is loads of window cleaners with wfp who think they can just turn up, charge a good price and think the whole job can be done in minutes by giving each window a very quick once over and little or no rinsing.
That works for us.
Works for us too. What is the need to spend excess time on maintanance cleans, especialy when the windows are already clean 99% of the time.
Sounds like you think your being clever by spending ages on a house but in reality a quick scrub and rince with high flow is all thats needed . Fair play to you though its slow guys like you who spend too much time on a house poodling about i thank that there is loads of work out there to be grabed to earn a decent living from.
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I reckon the tool of the decade is loads of window cleaners with wfp who think they can just turn up, charge a good price and think the whole job can be done in minutes by giving each window a very quick once over and little or no rinsing.
That works for us.
Works for us too. What is the need to spend excess time on maintanance cleans, especialy when the windows are already clean 99% of the time.
Sounds like you think your being clever by spending ages on a house but in reality a quick scrub and rince with high flow is all thats needed . Fair play to you though its slow guys like you who spend too much time on a house poodling about i thank that there is loads of work out there to be grabed to earn a decent living from.
I didn't mean I spend ages cleaning and rinsing the windows and I never wrote that. I don't 'poodle' around when doing a job either. I don't spend 'excess time' and I didn't write anything to imply I did and also I never wrote anything about being 'clever'.
I do the work in the quickest time possible.
I meant exactly as I wrote and it's a fairly simple statement and no assumptions can be made from it as to how long I take to do a job. Window cleaners who do a bad job have done me a favour, plain and simple.
Some window cleaners do the job too quickly, and I mean ridiculously quickly, and do a bad job. What's so complex?
Maintenance cleans may be the case for you 99% of the time but don't assume that is the case everywhere. Where I live in a coastal town, that is not the case.
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A squeegee :-/
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Unger handle extension £3.75
http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/shop/index.php?option=com_aceshop&route=product/product&path=75_7_314&product_id=19
saved lots of time when I was trad :)
Similar to this. I do a couple of pub jobs that are a bit of a distance away from me. I don't have a vehicle at the moment so I just pop on the bus with one of these and the jobs a good'un.!