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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JackieW on March 23, 2013, 11:04:38 am

Title: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: JackieW on March 23, 2013, 11:04:38 am
This company say they do.

'' Last year we cleaned approximately 10,400,000.00 windows and received less than 200 complaints a result we are proud of and endeavour to continue!''

That's 5,000 an hour x 8 hours a day x 5 days a week every week of the year.
40,000 a day
200,000 a week

I can manage about 18-20 houses in a 6-7 hour day 'on the glass'' at about 12 windows per house equals about 200 windows a day.

So if wanted to do 40,000 windows a day I'd need 200 men working for me.

This company must be huge. And that's trad!

http://www.windowcleanerwales.co.uk/Window-Cleaning.asp
Title: Re: Does any one one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on March 23, 2013, 11:07:27 am
Its not that theyre huge, more likely theyve got the decimal point in the wrong place. Probably 10,000 windows.

There probably isnt 10,000,000 windows in Wales is there?
Title: Re: Does any one one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: AshWhite on March 23, 2013, 11:10:00 am
You need to up your game :P

Seriously though, never seen them round here or even heard of them - and they do carpet cleaning too, apparently?
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: R.C Property on March 23, 2013, 11:16:10 am
i woundnt advertise about complaints atall, people will just see that they had upto 200 people complain about them!
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: andyM on March 23, 2013, 11:19:21 am
Bound to be vat registered with that kind of workload, I would imagine?
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Ian101 on March 23, 2013, 11:22:25 am
only in my nightmares  ;D
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: richard jagger on March 23, 2013, 12:21:13 pm
Some more b/s again. Tell someone who cares.
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on March 23, 2013, 12:25:32 pm
The line that interests me is this:

"We offer our high quality window cleaning service on a three and a half weekly basis"

How does a 3.5 weekly schedule work? Never heard of this before  :)
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Frankybadboy on March 23, 2013, 03:25:56 pm
and all windows cleaned trad ;)
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Pro-Poler on March 23, 2013, 03:35:25 pm
Is this company Perfect Windows? ;D
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Frankybadboy on March 23, 2013, 03:54:55 pm
Is this company Perfect Windows? ;D
dont you every give up you tw-at barby >:(
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Pro-Poler on March 23, 2013, 04:05:23 pm
Is this company Perfect Windows? ;D
dont you every give up you tw-at barby >:(
I know he's your mate but I'm only asking? ::)roll
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Perfect Windows on March 23, 2013, 04:33:34 pm
Is this company Perfect Windows? ;D


My stalker is back!  It must be love.

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Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Tom White on March 23, 2013, 04:34:36 pm
Is this company Perfect Windows? ;D
dont you every give up you tw-at barby >:(
I know he's your mate but I'm only asking? ::)roll

Enrique, check your e-mail.

Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: sf on March 23, 2013, 04:59:00 pm
I spoke to a couple of their lads last year.They have a target to reach of £300. prices then where £6 per 3 bed semi,£2.50 front of terrace.They work 2men per van.
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: elite mike on March 23, 2013, 06:51:10 pm
good luck in mountain ash  ;)
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: AshWhite on March 23, 2013, 07:08:27 pm
https://plus.google.com/110659870959526594804/about?hl=en
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: elite mike on March 23, 2013, 07:16:28 pm
lol  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: stuart mc on March 23, 2013, 07:19:48 pm
The line that interests me is this:

"We offer our high quality window cleaning service on a three and a half weekly basis"

How does a 3.5 weekly schedule work? Never heard of this before  :)

if you make 3.25 i.e half of five days it works out at 16 cleans per year, pretty strange though
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Richard60 on March 23, 2013, 09:25:27 pm
gift of the gab .n a few many lies goes a long way . ;D
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on March 24, 2013, 09:59:31 am
The other thing to keep in mind is what is counted as a window. My house for instance has 11 windows, but if you want to count all the separate panes of glass then the number jumps to 28.  But then what would count as a complaint? Each pane of glass that was messed up of just the phone call.

Personally if I had 1 complaint in a year I would be concearned, 10 I would really examine my cleaning methods. 200 I think it's time to hire new staff.

Simon.
Title: Re: Does any one here clean five thousand windows an hour?
Post by: Tom White on March 24, 2013, 11:05:08 am
Ah, PM window cleaning; I've seen them around here though they don't do a lot.  Little cars, signwritten, dodgy ladders - crumpled aluminium where the rubber feet ought to be.  Lads who sometimes don't wear belt kit; just up a ladder with a scrim over their shoulder with a mop 'n' squeegy in one hand.

They're not paid a lot and I've not heard good things about their boss either.

I think they are South Wales's biggest window cleaning company though, but I'm not sure; we probably live on the fringes of the area they cover so I don't see them too often.