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Title: its quicker
Post by: firefly123 on November 29, 2013, 08:26:20 pm
miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: elite mike on November 29, 2013, 08:30:56 pm
yeh i know  ;)   depends on jobs tho
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: andyM on November 29, 2013, 08:37:18 pm
miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water

I'll bet you £5.78 it aint!  ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: dannymack on November 29, 2013, 08:46:01 pm
Firefly you must be rubbish using a pole and reallllllly slow, there's no way trad is faster than pole not on any window !!!! 👳👳👳
I'm with you AndyM
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: supernova77 on November 29, 2013, 08:47:35 pm
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miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water

Thanks for that...

I'm going to start getting all the WFP equipment out, just do tops, put all WFP back in van, get trad gear out, fill up bucket, start trad, stop to replace squeegee rubber, carry on tradding... Sounds much quicker!
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: KS Cleaning on November 29, 2013, 08:54:05 pm
miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water
I take it you are leaving the frames when tradding the bottoms, if so, not really a true comparison.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: trippyboy on November 29, 2013, 09:20:48 pm
miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water
Oh dear  ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: dazmond on November 29, 2013, 09:20:48 pm
its NOT quicker generally ive found.

today i had a commercial job first thing and i usually trad the entrance windows and a few door panels to the side but with it being wet i just wfpoled everything.i was about 5 mins quicker.

i use a high flow with hot water.its very fast to clean a window,frame and sill thats normally cleaned wfp.

some ground floor windows are just as quick trad but not quicker.this is on  tight space work or large plate glass windows but thats it.

im no slouch with a squeegee either as ive 20 years experience using one.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: AuRavelling79 on November 29, 2013, 09:45:15 pm
miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water

 ::)roll
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: windowswashed on November 29, 2013, 11:02:42 pm
The only time it's quicker to trad is on hydrophobic glass on a pair of patio doors but time you fart ass around with trad gear for two panes of glass, it's simpler to wfp the whole lot. Don't understand why some wipe sills with a cloth after wfp use as water runs from glass onto sills after finishing windows anyway.   
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: PoleKing on November 29, 2013, 11:11:38 pm
Firefly you must be rubbish using a pole and reallllllly slow, there's no way trad is faster than pole not on any window !!!! 👳👳👳
I'm with you AndyM

I disagree-to a point.
Blading high street shop fronts I found quicker trad than WFP.
Especially kebabs flung up 'em etc.
the only exception though
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: Ian101 on November 29, 2013, 11:25:35 pm
miles quicker to do bottoms trad than wfp i have timed it and it does not make you lazy and you save water

I'll bet you £5.78 it aint!  ;D

 ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: dannymack on November 30, 2013, 08:17:40 am
Still disagree with ya Darren ill race ya 😬
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: PoleKing on November 30, 2013, 08:22:09 am
Still disagree with ya Darren ill race ya 😬


I'm not a very quick tradder.
Any window with kebab flung up it ain't getting shiny with WFP any time soon from my experience.
I don't do work like that anymore though.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: Soupy on November 30, 2013, 08:35:11 am
Quicker?

I could see how maybe you'd save some time if you have spaced out work on a busy street with not much parking.

In those circumstances perhaps.

Otherwise.

No. Not quicker. No.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: SeanK on November 30, 2013, 11:33:18 am
Maybe on some window types it might be just as quick but not miles quicker.
Sounds if you could be over cleaning using wfp especially if you think traditional methods
could be considered a lazy option.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: Jonny 87 on November 30, 2013, 02:34:23 pm
I do all downstairs windows trad.

It's just the way I like to work. Saves me water and cost. And I'm roughly the same speed.

Unless it's Georgian windows with little panes. I do them WFP.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: DG Cleaning on November 30, 2013, 02:40:14 pm
You lot who trad all your ground floor windows must be 8 foot tall to do it quicker than than the pole.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: John pearce on November 30, 2013, 09:28:19 pm
iv'e got bottoms that i know i could prob do quicker ,ie= vents and severe hydrophobic glass)

but i still wfp, just purely co's im bored of the action of having to squeegee,  same as i got fed up climbing

ladders  :-\      jp
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: Jonny 87 on November 30, 2013, 10:22:36 pm
You lot who trad all your ground floor windows must be 8 foot tall to do it quicker than than the pole.


6 foot 2 actually.  :)
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: dave f on December 01, 2013, 09:02:17 am
at thend of the day dose it realy matter so long as the custy is happy we get paid,reult unless youve got ocd ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: DG Cleaning on December 01, 2013, 09:26:13 am
You lot who trad all your ground floor windows must be 8 foot tall to do it quicker than than the pole.


6 foot 2 actually.  :)

So you can reach all your ground floor windows without the aid of a ladder then?
I can do about half of mine and I'm 6' 1" (with long arms) ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: LWC on December 01, 2013, 09:31:06 am
Tradders dont clean the frames properly like us WFP'ers do...cause we do a proper job
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: PoleKing on December 01, 2013, 12:28:56 pm
Tradders dont clean the frames properly like us WFP'ers do...cause we do a proper job

Trad doesn't even work.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: LWC on December 01, 2013, 05:55:13 pm
Tradders dont clean the frames properly like us WFP'ers do...cause we do a proper job

Trad doesn't even work.

Yeh leaves streaks to
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: Jonny 87 on December 01, 2013, 07:00:39 pm
Lol.

You guys are funny.  ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: Pro-Smart on December 01, 2013, 07:14:35 pm
Wots 'Trad'?!  :D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: SeanK on December 01, 2013, 08:12:50 pm
Wots 'Trad'?!  :D


Not a 100% sure on this but I think you clean the windows using an old rag and a bucket of dirty water.
You then give them a quick wipe with a car window wiper usually taken from the wrecked car where you
spend most of your nights drinking cheap wine.
I could be wrong on this. ;D
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: PoleKing on December 01, 2013, 09:58:46 pm
Wots 'Trad'?!  :D


Not a 100% sure on this but I think you clean the windows using an old rag and a bucket of dirty water.
You then give them a quick wipe with a car window wiper usually taken from the wrecked car where you
spend most of your nights drinking cheap wine.
I could be wrong on this. ;D

YOu are wrong.
Drinking is a DAYTIME past time.
Title: Re: its quicker
Post by: LWC on December 01, 2013, 10:35:59 pm
Trad is over rated