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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windiewasher on April 03, 2013, 08:42:24 pm

Title: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: windiewasher on April 03, 2013, 08:42:24 pm
who does?
how do they canvass or do they leaflet?
cheers
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: Smudger on April 03, 2013, 08:49:30 pm
looked into it -  around here are 2 companies - both charge £3 a bin
very long time to re-coup initial investemnt and
don't fancy following the bin men around all day come rain or shine

Darran
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: windiewasher on April 03, 2013, 09:10:55 pm
looked into it -  around here are 2 companies - both charge £3 a bin
very long time to re-coup initial investemnt and
don't fancy following the bin men around all day come rain or shine

Darran
Ive just picked a gmv trailer up for £400 and its spot on,got my pressure washer already!
I have about 20 people already want it,just looking into getting some a8 leaflets printed to go out with my window cleaning leaflets to be followed up by canvassing.
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: TomCrowther on April 03, 2013, 09:26:24 pm
I use a guy who charges £5 for two bins, pay him a year in advance and get 1 clean free. Problem is, he comes when he wants to?
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: Deangsi on April 03, 2013, 09:38:53 pm
I was also going to get into this but how many people these days want it doing ? IV got a trailer and a spare flat tank and a welder so was going to build a setup:)
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: windiewasher on April 03, 2013, 10:30:06 pm
I was also going to get into this but how many people these days want it doing ? IV got a trailer and a spare flat tank and a welder so was going to build a setup:)
theres a bloke around my way with 3 vans on the road who charges £4.50 a bin.
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: deeege on April 04, 2013, 02:17:51 pm
I use a guy who charges £5 for two bins, pay him a year in advance and get 1 clean free. Problem is, he comes when he wants to?

Haha, so he has to empty your bins of the rubbish, cleans them, then puts your rubbish back in them? Sounds an odd way to do it. Surely the only way is to follow the binmen around?

Also is the 2nd bin a blue one? Ie recyclable plastics etc? I've had mine for 2 years now and it's never been cleaned and its still spotless.
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: C o z y on April 04, 2013, 05:02:44 pm
First of all, what's it got in common with window cleaning apart from the use of water?

Secondly, have you read this?

3. Managing washings from wheeled waste containers
Wheeled waste container washings (wash and rinse water) may contain detergents, disinfectants
and waste residues which can all cause pollution. Don’t carry out washing in an area that drains to
surface water drains. You must discharge the washings to either:

a foul sewer at a specified location at your own premises, with the agreement and
permission of your local Sewerage Provider

or

an on-site sewage treatment system that’s
designed to deal with this waste and where the
system’s treated effluent discharge is covered
by an environmental permit from us.


from http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/wheeled_waste_bin_cleaning.pdf

Still want to do it?

I'm with Chris P Bacon - you should be thinking of adding tree surgery while you're at it.  After all, some of your customers surely want their trees lopped, don't they?

Vin

We've had all this before a couple of weeks ago. Read the PDF and see if you still want to do it.
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: windiewasher on April 04, 2013, 06:00:10 pm
First of all, what's it got in common with window cleaning apart from the use of water?

Secondly, have you read this?

3. Managing washings from wheeled waste containers
Wheeled waste container washings (wash and rinse water) may contain detergents, disinfectants
and waste residues which can all cause pollution. Don’t carry out washing in an area that drains to
surface water drains. You must discharge the washings to either:

a foul sewer at a specified location at your own premises, with the agreement and
permission of your local Sewerage Provider

or

an on-site sewage treatment system that’s
designed to deal with this waste and where the
system’s treated effluent discharge is covered
by an environmental permit from us.


from http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/wheeled_waste_bin_cleaning.pdf

Still want to do it?

I'm with Chris P Bacon - you should be thinking of adding tree surgery while you're at it.  After all, some of your customers surely want their trees lopped, don't they?

Vin

We've had all this before a couple of weeks ago. Read the PDF and see if you still want to do it.
Dont worry thats all sorted and forms filled in and sent.
£250 a year
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: C o z y on April 04, 2013, 06:02:43 pm
Good for you, that's the first 100 custies cleaned for that! Rather you than me mate. Dog walking next?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: windiewasher on April 04, 2013, 06:10:36 pm
Good for you, that's the first 100 custies cleaned for that! Rather you than me mate. Dog walking next?  ;D ;D
Hardly going to break the bank isit.
No im ok i dont want to do dog walking.
But will have a second van on the road soon earning me money.
Title: Re: wheelie bin cleaning
Post by: C o z y on April 04, 2013, 06:21:14 pm
Yeah, keep us posted eh?  ;)