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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian101 on December 08, 2013, 07:50:56 am

Title: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Ian101 on December 08, 2013, 07:50:56 am
Seems to be a good market for this and looking to get into this for next year but think Im taking too long on the inside part of the job.

How long does it take you chaps to clean the inside of a polycarbonate roof with 6 large panels and 6 smaller panels ... assuming non smoker and just general dust with no fly poo etc ... i did one yesterday morning using mop squeegee and crappy step ladders (new ones getting sorted) took me 90 minutes but prob spend 20 mins faffing about with sofas etc etc.

can it be done in under 30 minutes if no furniture shifting ?
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on December 08, 2013, 07:55:05 am
Ive done the inside of a con roof once in 10 years...

Never again  ;D


Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Ian101 on December 08, 2013, 07:56:27 am
Ive done the inside of a con roof once in 10 years...

Never again  ;D




i managed to advoid em for years but not actually to difficult just time consuming for me at the moment
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on December 08, 2013, 08:00:07 am
Ive done the inside of a con roof once in 10 years...

Never again  ;D




i managed to advoid em for years but not actually to difficult just time consuming for me at the moment

When I done it it was in the summer, so was sweating one right out in there  ;D
Furniture everywhere
Had to get old sheets to cover up stuff

So yeah I guess if you can arrange so that things are moved etc then you can price accordingly, but I just dont bother what so ever to save the hassle and get on with other houses.
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: deeege on December 08, 2013, 08:16:42 am
I do quite a few in spring and Summer Ian. 90 mins is about what I allow too, maybe a bit less if the customer has shifted/covered furniture which I always request. Good jobs to start the day with I find, before the sun heats the roof up!
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: deeege on December 08, 2013, 08:20:19 am
Forgot to add, I once cleaned the insides of a conny that had been used as a smoking room (I was inexperienced  :o ) Never ever again, my scrims, squeegie etc was sticky for weeks afterwards.

I wouldn't clean a smoked in conny these days for £500.
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on December 08, 2013, 08:22:55 am
Forgot to add, I once cleaned the insides of a conny that had been used as a smoking room (I was inexperienced  :o ) Never ever again, my scrims, squeegie etc was sticky for weeks afterwards.

I wouldn't clean a smoked in conny these days for £500.


Half the people on here prob charge £500 for a inside conny anyway lol
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: robertphil on December 08, 2013, 08:23:01 am
for the insides of roof   i use a 3 part tele pole  (8ft total length)  with a 14 inch swivel t bar/mop   on end .   wet but not drippin wet .      scrub scrub   and then drape a fresh dry scrim over  the mop and wipe

 comes up lovely

Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Ian101 on December 08, 2013, 08:27:02 am
Forgot to add, I once cleaned the insides of a conny that had been used as a smoking room (I was inexperienced  :o ) Never ever again, my scrims, squeegie etc was sticky for weeks afterwards.

I wouldn't clean a smoked in conny these days for £500.


Half the people on here prob charge £500 for a inside conny anyway lol

I charged ............. wait for it ................................






















































£40 in and out but did 2 of them  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o ................................ but both done for 2 lovely ladies as a thankyou for getting me a nice juicy commercial contract  ;)
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Ian101 on December 08, 2013, 08:27:38 am
for the insides of roof   i use a 3 part tele pole  (8ft total length)  with a 14 inch swivel t bar/mop   on end .   wet but not drippin wet .      scrub scrub   and then drape a fresh dry scrim over  the mop and wipe

 comes up lovely

cheers Phil
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: robertphil on December 08, 2013, 08:35:43 am
i always remember an inside conny roof we did .  3 workers inside it each with a pole . fancy  oatmeal furniture , fur rugs and tall glass ornaments  on the ledges
  it was like the dance of the spiders! as we pranced around   scared sh/tless summat was gonna smash

  luckily it came up good
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: G Griffin on December 08, 2013, 08:50:25 am
Ive done the inside of a con roof once in 10 years...

You're slower than Ian!
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Total shine cleaning services on December 08, 2013, 10:29:11 am
we take them on but only if they're in a viable state for a quick clean, we use the unger flat mop head and a pile of microfibre pads, if they've been smoked in we either walk or put in a rediculous price and that takes the stress out of it

Graham
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: bobplum on December 08, 2013, 12:25:41 pm
have everything removed and use a high step ladder
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: bobplum on December 08, 2013, 12:26:12 pm
oh.........and dont come into my area ;D
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: trippyboy on December 08, 2013, 08:47:39 pm
I use a karcher vac on the inside roof,saves getting water everwhere including running down your arm
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Pro-Smart on December 08, 2013, 10:50:59 pm
I use a karcher vac on the inside roof,saves getting water everwhere including running down your arm

Interesting! Has anybody else used the Karcher vac or heard about it...?
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: kempy on December 08, 2013, 11:04:28 pm
Nice one ian
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: dannymack on December 09, 2013, 06:12:58 am
Bloody hell £500 to do conny roof Inside, you sure cause I wouldn't pay that to have a Conny roof inside cleaned gotta be maddddd 👳👳👳
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: James Bulton on December 09, 2013, 09:41:06 pm
I bought a small floor mop Dunelm Mill shop for £2.95 I can fit a micro fiber  over the mop its has a pole of 3 foot so perfect for conni roves.The trick is not to wet the roof to much they clean with mot.I cab do a conni in 20 min max.AS I don`t even mover furniture as I can reach over most of it.
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Tony Edwards on December 09, 2013, 10:48:57 pm


http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/large-microfibre-mop-240607

Get one of these, perfect

It even fits in the 3rd section of a clx and clamps in
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: Ian101 on December 10, 2013, 06:22:33 am
thanks for all the suggestions  :)
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: tompoole on December 10, 2013, 07:50:43 am
I use a karcher vac for con roof inside, only have two per year
That I do but the vac makes it so much easier, you can really
Soak the roof without worrying about water flicking everywhere
When blading as the vac just sucks it all away.
Method
ApplyHot water with a little degreaser or detergent
Leave to soak
Scrub with white non scratch foam scouring pad for really
Dirty areas
Go over again with applicator and hot water same again.
Then vacum with karcher
Tidy edges with clean dry scrim.
Easy
;-)
Hope this helps
Title: Re: Cleaning inside and outside conny roofs
Post by: dazmond on December 10, 2013, 11:12:24 am
outside only.any customers who want the inside of roof doing i tell them to buy a karcher!! ;D

i cant be doing with cleaning insides as well.