Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on January 30, 2014, 02:51:12 pm
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ive just got back from leafleting for my girlfriends shop.
first posh housing estate and i see 2 window cleaners.100% trad,fairy bottle in bucket,teeth missing,scruffy clothes etc.
the house they were cleaning had absolutely filthy frames.they didnt touch em! ::)roll
as i was leafleting i noticed lots of filthy frames but clean glass and also lots of windows just filthy so i know some dont have a window cleaner.
these are posh 4 and 5 bed houses.
its not too far from some of my work so im thinking of doing a bit of canvassing.
the window cleaners in question didnt know i was a window cleaner as i was in my car. ;D
i have canvassed estates like this before without much luck.some people will stick with the crap windys even though they do a poor job cos they know them and they are dirt cheap.
im defo tempted to at least canvass the houses with dirty frames AND glass though! ;) :)
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it suprised me when i first started cleaning windows pal and noticed some of these guys with theyre b and q bucket and pound shop squeegee nit to forget the rope holding the ladder on.
couldnt believe that some just clean the glass and dont even wipe the dirty water theyve just squeegied off the glass!
if this was my house i'd sack em straight away!
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How many years does it take to get a full round Daz?
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haha!dave!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
it took me around 2 years to build a full round back in 1993(so around 1995!).i had 2 guys working for me at one time.100% trad. ;D
i had problems both with staff and personal problems.i lost loads of work in the space of 12 months then sold some off and started building again when my health allowed.
i now earn far more working on my own and work on average 3 and a half weeks a month. ;) ;D
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Daz go and save these posh people from their 3rd rate windies...
3 and 3/4 weeks a month
Still a bit of time off
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im tempted sparkle but i have a full 3 and a half weeks worth of work come monday morning and feb is a short month.
also im putting up 80% of my prices in april.
add on jobs trickle in all spring and summer and i naturally pick up work without even trying most weeks! ;D ;D
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another thing i noticed is because nobody has cleaned their frames for years(the estate is about 5 years old)some of em were really ground in dirty frames causing them to go grey! ::)roll
only way i know to get em really white is using cif and a cloth up close on a ladder for the upper frames!
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i wouldn't really say it was poor service, it is in our eyes because we use water fed pole.
But before we used wfp that's what we all done lol until the customer used to ask "can you clean the frames this time round"
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Up close n personal is the only way..
Barry Scott n Cillit Bang bath and shower does it for me (that didn't sound right) Hmmm
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there r a lot of crap wfp window cleaners to. so why do u just pick on trad window cleaners
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This the same area we spoke about last time Daz? It sounds more like A--l-t-- from your description? :)
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teeth missing
;D
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no danny completely different area! ;D
they sounded like they were from leigh!
ive been threatened a few times off guys from atherton and leigh many years ago.nothing ever came of it though! ;) :)
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geoff im not picking on anyone mate but trad window cleaners are laughable generally in this day and age.most of the ones i come across anyway! ;D ;D
dont get me wrong i know some good trad window cleaners but most of em are dodgy and do a crap job! :D :D
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there r a lot of crap wfp window cleaners to. so why do u just pick on trad window cleaners
Cuz they're more likely to miss out frames and do a crap job.
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there r a lot of crap wfp window cleaners to. so why do u just pick on trad window cleaners
Cuz they're more likely to miss out frames and do a crap job.
Some of us old school traddies take a lot of care and pride in our work. It helps if your OCD-ish, like me! ;D
John
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geoff im not picking on anyone mate but trad window cleaners are laughable generally in this day and age.most of the ones i come across anyway! ;D ;D
dont get me wrong i know some good trad window cleaners but most of em are dodgy and do a crap job! :D :D
still sounds to me your putting trad window cleaners down,ive seen a lot of wfd window cleaners doing a crap job ,what have got to say about them then
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geoff im not picking on anyone mate but trad window cleaners are laughable generally in this day and age.most of the ones i come across anyway! ;D ;D
dont get me wrong i know some good trad window cleaners but most of em are dodgy and do a crap job! :D :D
still sounds to me your putting trad window cleaners down,ive seen a lot of wfd window cleaners doing a crap job ,what have got to say about them then
I like the crap polers round my way.
I get their work ;D
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What I'm taking out of this post is that wfp window cleaning is better for
your teeth. ;D
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
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Trad or WFP - still counts who's on the end of it!!
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What I'm taking out of this post is that wfp window cleaning is better for
your teeth. ;D
Maybe there's something in that. I'm a traddy, will be 52 this year, and I have 3 loose teeth and 2 missing.
Don't know about using a WFP brush to clean mine though. I'd probably swallow it!
John
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What I'm taking out of this post is that wfp window cleaning is better for
your teeth. ;D
Maybe there's something in that. I'm a traddy, will be 52 this year, and I have 3 loose teeth and 2 missing.
Don't know about using a WFP brush to clean mine though. I'd probably swallow it!
John
;D
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pmsl. Windies trying to get one up on other windies!! News flash, we're all window cleaners. Some think they're "speshul". ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Geoff has a very good point. Most trad guys (even the ones with a bike and b&Q bucket and just one half of a double ladder) around my way can get the glass nice and clean. Most wfp guys I have seen are terrible!!!!
I am happy for both trad and wfp guys around my way to continue what they are doing!
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
i am wfp
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
i am wfp
Damn. Wrong order. You're still to fall off and retire ;D
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
i am wfp
Damn. Wrong order. You're still to fall off and retire ;D
oh dear have i upset u
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
i am wfp
Damn. Wrong order. You're still to fall off and retire ;D
oh dear have i upset u
Not at all. I only messin'
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
i am wfp
Damn. Wrong order. You're still to fall off and retire ;D
oh dear have i upset u
Not at all. I only messin'
thats ok then ,otherwise it would have been brushes at dawn
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they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
You sound like someone who has yet to see the light.
You'll either retire, fall off or WFP within the next 5 years.
My bet on order is: Fall off (probably, again), go WFP, retire.
i am wfp
Damn. Wrong order. You're still to fall off and retire ;D
oh dear have i upset u
Not at all. I only messin'
thats ok then ,otherwise it would have been brushes at dawn
Saturday tomorrow fella.
You'll have to see me at the crack of noon.
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Daz when your canvassing when your canvassing,why not introduce the potential customers to your extreme pole.I bet they will be very impressed.
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i dont canvass mate.not very often anyway! ;D ;D
i was just blitzing a few estates leafleting for girlfriends business. ;)
ive never met a bad wfp window cleaner.i have heard of a few rubbish ones but loads of trad window cleaners near me are a joke! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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windiewasher why dont you just buy an extreme pole mate?
funds wont allow?
dont earn enough? ;D ;D
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windiewasher why dont you just buy an extreme pole mate?
funds wont allow?
dont earn enough? ;D ;D
im getting one.yes I have a decent wedge tucked away.i still have the sl40 so waiting till I get more colleges again to get the extreme.
Also next month have a very expensive wedding to pay for.
also paid 9k for a van last month.and few hundred on signs.
Then a honeymoon to pay for.
just got stung on a suit too.
but don't worry money is there for a extreme pole when I need it.
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i dont canvass mate.not very often anyway! ;D ;D
i was just blitzing a few estates leafleting for girlfriends business. ;)
ive never met a bad wfp window cleaner.i have heard of a few rubbish ones but loads of trad window cleaners near me are a joke! ;) ;D ;D ;D
theres loadz of dodgy trad ones near me.I was asked to quote a commercial care home.got there yesterday a few days late and the woman said oh theyve been done today.
I said have they?
She said yes.
I said you have portholes and plastics filthy she goes oh yeah.
I gave her a monthly quote which she said will speak to her superiors to get me to clean them.
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getting married windiewasher?expensive wedding? ???
rather you than me mate.hope it works out for you though.
best wishes
dazmond
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getting married windiewasher?expensive wedding? ???
rather you than me mate.hope it works out for you though.
best wishes
dazmond
cheers mate. Should do as we have been together for 15 years.lol