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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jon boy on April 11, 2013, 07:01:23 pm

Title: starter - needs help please
Post by: jon boy on April 11, 2013, 07:01:23 pm
Hi guys i'm jon. I'm in the process of starting out. i have a berlingo van but can anybody give me a list of what i will need to get going?
I am going to go for a trolley set up so any recommendations would be great.

I have already brought a carbon fibre pole from china. has anybody else done this? it has arrived and compared to other poles i have seen it looks to be a great pole and a lot cheaper than over here :)

So apart from pole and trolley what else should I be buying?
what will i need to purify?
 
all help appreciated.
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: chez on April 11, 2013, 07:04:17 pm
Hey and welcome.
Tds meter to measure the solids in the water to see if you need RO or just resin to purify
Hope it goes well ;)
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: ascjim on April 11, 2013, 07:08:50 pm
Your going to need some hand kit. Bucket, pad, squeegee and scrim 
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: richard jagger on April 11, 2013, 09:07:06 pm
Were did you get the carbon pole from in China.
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: sean mcc on April 11, 2013, 10:00:01 pm
The pole is named the Chinaman (one long one) ;D
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: jon boy on April 11, 2013, 10:08:36 pm
thanks for the help so far. keep it coming please.

I will get the link for the website for the pole. under £100 quid for a 30ft full carbon fibre ;)

Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: mark turton on April 11, 2013, 11:03:17 pm
thanks for the help so far. keep it coming please.

I will get the link for the website for the pole. under £100 quid for a 30ft full carbon fibre ;)



think youll upgrade to a truckmount before you know it using a trolley system.
all the best mate and go for it, unless your in my area lol
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on April 11, 2013, 11:17:26 pm
can i ask......................................................
why have you gone out and bought a pole without asking for an opinion on it?
then you are asking for advice on everything else  ??? ??? ???
seems strange or is it just me  ???
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: Mike #1 on April 12, 2013, 08:17:25 am
thanks for the help so far. keep it coming please.

I will get the link for the website for the pole. under £100 quid for a 30ft full carbon fibre ;)



£100 for full Carbon 30 ft pole i say nay Mr Wilks be very surprised if it is full Carbon . Mike
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on April 12, 2013, 08:35:00 am
Customers are pretty important, so leaflets and other stationary designed to get them is a good idea. Also you'll need pure water so either buy it in or get an ro or di system.

As regards the pole, you pay what you get. Before you spend anymore mony though, I'd get some customers as its all pointless without them.

Simon.
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: SB Cleaning on April 12, 2013, 04:10:19 pm
Don't bother with the trolley go van mount straight away.
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 12, 2013, 04:54:47 pm
Don't bother with the trolley go van mount straight away.

+1
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: jimiwindows on April 12, 2013, 06:44:31 pm
how can you go window cleaning when you dont know how to clean windows. iv said it before wfp is killing the game anyone can wfp but only a window cleaner can trad
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: Ste b on April 12, 2013, 07:02:38 pm
How did you start cleaning, knowbody knows anything when they first start whatever it is
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: max a on April 12, 2013, 07:04:54 pm
Good luck
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: R.C Property on April 12, 2013, 07:15:20 pm
how can you go window cleaning when you dont know how to clean windows. iv said it before wfp is killing the game anyone can wfp but only a window cleaner can trad

Not anyone can wfp, lots of guys still get it wrong and can't do it giving wfp a bad name, same goes with trad!
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: Mike #1 on April 12, 2013, 07:16:06 pm
how can you go window cleaning when you dont know how to clean windows. iv said it before wfp is killing the game anyone can wfp but only a window cleaner can trad

Bang on jimi I worked with a few window cleaners who I had known for years and was trad for over 8yrs . Mike
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: SB Cleaning on April 12, 2013, 09:10:03 pm
how can you go window cleaning when you dont know how to clean windows. iv said it before wfp is killing the game anyone can wfp but only a window cleaner can trad

Not anyone can wfp, lots of guys still get it wrong and can't do it giving wfp a bad name, same goes with trad!
+1
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: Fin Clearview on April 12, 2013, 10:46:02 pm
I'd like to see the look on the custy's boat when they ask him to do the insides and all he can do is straight lines with his squeegee. Personally id be concerned about mugging myself right off.
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: JamesAJF on April 13, 2013, 01:10:00 am
don't go there mate your trying to run before u can walk stay trad for a couple of years then go pole u be wasting your money away u need customers to pay for your costs of running the system e.g water resin filters ro and to start with u  need money to buy a decent system it wont happen if u got no customers i would go trad to start with find out if u actually like the job otherwise if u don't then u wont of lost any money  on wfp do flyers see how much work u get do some research on areas around u find out how many window cleaners there are in your area because if there is a lot u will find it harder to get work then u will find yourself having to look for work further away i started out trad and done it for 5 years but i am now on pole as i am getting busier now and can afford the costs. its a long process mate getting customers hope this is not to disheartening for you and wish u luck. ;)   
Title: Re: starter - needs help please
Post by: jimiwindows on April 13, 2013, 10:47:11 am
I started window cleaning for a company at the age of 16 35 years ago new window cleaners was called tumblers and was on about £30 a week and it took about 18 months before you was getting the same money as the window cleaners.You had to learn how to move and work on 30 foot ladders.You could tell if someone was a window cleaner just by the way they washed out there tools.If you come down to london and wanted to be a window cleaner in the city you would have to work in a cradle 30 floors up or do abseiling over the side of a building.I could go on and on. Iv have got wfp iv have got gardiner poles and use them when needed.
water fed polers clean houses.window cleaners can clean eveything. anyway good luck but if i was you i would go and work for someone for a year or so and be a real window cleaner.