Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Michael Peterson on March 27, 2013, 06:34:38 pm
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lost a house to a trad guy becasue he will go up a ladder and wipe the sills, cant see it working out too well my self its three stories high :-)
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Thar will teach ye for not cleaning the sills! ;D
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I've lost a few to a trad guy.
I do sills though.
Some people just prefer it.
No skin off my nose.
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lol i do clean the sills , they meant he will cloth dry them
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Don't sweat it bud.
In the grand scheme of things, 1 customer isn't going to bankrupt you.
Shrug and walk away
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lost a house to a trad guy becasue he will go up a ladder and wipe the sills, cant see it working out too well my self its three stories high :-)
Same here ! Lost a job yesterday to a trad, and it's 3 stories high !! :D
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Trads not dead you know. :D
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Trads not dead you know. :D
They will be if they will be climbing to that high ! :o
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i myself is wfp but there are a few of my customers mainly older ones prefer trad so i do them that way but not 3 storey i draw a line to that . i know that wfp does a better job but they are paying so who am i to argue ;D
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I have lost a few to tradders before ,but I have picked up more than my fair share off them ;D
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i lost one to a trad guy :'( but think she will be back cus he dont wipe the sills ;)
brett
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lost a house to a trad guy becasue he will go up a ladder and wipe the sills, cant see it working out too well my self its three stories high :-)
Unbelevable some folk mate ... I would've said something along he the lines as the home owner you also have a responsibility so if he falls be aware .... Just left them with a bit food for thought ...
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lost a house to a trad guy becasue he will go up a ladder and wipe the sills, cant see it working out too well my self its three stories high :-)
you can still clean the sills three stories high with a sill bruh,
i think shes just against wfp, you will prob get her back if he falls :-[ when he's doing her sills :o
brett
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iv been thinkin of droppin the 3 story stuff from mytrad round, iv got about 20 of em, but they do focus your mind .
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mugs game, let him risk his life ::)roll
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lost a house to a trad guy becasue he will go up a ladder and wipe the sills, cant see it working out too well my self its three stories high :-)
This is in direct contradiction to anything i've experienced. What i can't understand though is how are you not wiping sills? Or you are and its not good enough? Whats the full storey [pardon the pun]?
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lost a house to a trad guy becasue he will go up a ladder and wipe the sills, cant see it working out too well my self its three stories high :-)
This is in direct contradiction to anything i've experienced. What i can't understand though is how are you not wiping sills? Or you are and its not good enough? Whats the full storey [pardon the pun]?
Its the brush angle that's important at this height if you haven't a sill brush. Usually the brush head at the right angle to clean the sills is too acute to work comfortably on the windows, especially across the top.
The answer is to clean the windows as normal, then collapse the pole, change the brush head angle and put it up again to clean the cills. Doesn't take long, but usually too much trouble to do it.
We have found the splayed brushes help a little in this regard and are a better compromise, but not as ideal as a cill brush.
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do you use a sill brush all the time spruce mate ?
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Can I ask how many of you would be window cleaners if wfp was not around?
As we use wfp ourselves every day, but before that 3 story off a ladder was not a problem for me.
I think a lot of window cleaners now are only window cleaners because they don't have to climb a ladder.
Roy
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Can I ask how many of you would be window cleaners if wfp was not around?
As we use wfp ourselves every day, but before that 3 story off a ladder was not a problem for me.
I think a lot of window cleaners now are only window cleaners because they don't have to climb a ladder.
Roy
That's the whole point though Roy. 2 left hands and a fear of heights, hmmm let's see, I know, I'll try window cleaning!!! If I have to clean insides, I'll tell the custy to get stuffed and dump them, or I'll use one of those housewife thingies from Karcher!!! ;D
Seeing lots of shiny new vans around lads? :D
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Can I ask how many of you would be window cleaners if wfp was not around?
As we use wfp ourselves every day, but before that 3 story off a ladder was not a problem for me.
I think a lot of window cleaners now are only window cleaners because they don't have to climb a ladder.
Roy
correct some will never have been up a ladder or seen a blade & applicator.
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3 years up ladders and with my dad and brother for years before that , but i woulndt risk it these days