Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Richard Neal on April 25, 2014, 07:16:51 pm
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I've been doing a few internals and shops today and got thinking about working before wfp, it was so much less complicated, small van, container of water, fairy,scrims.No leaks to worry about, stupid hose getting trapped on everything! I know wfp is safer but I do miss the good old days sometimes!
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I'm sure after a few days of going back to ladders you'd feel the same about WFP.
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I have to use my old double once a month now to access a balcony and I can't believe I used to carry it around all day!
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and dont forget , seeing all the sexy underwear on the bed :P :P :P ...........and that was just mens ;D
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If it wasn't for WFP id be doing something else now.
When I first started, I went window cleaning with a local trad guy; he taught me to use a squeegee and do trad cleaning, I worked with him for the summer whilst looking for work. When I found contract job with Chubb Fire heading up a small sales team, I stopped window cleaning for a while, but ending going back to it when my contract with Chubb finished after 6 months due to them stopping their particular avenue they were going down.
I started with nick again, and also gained some of my own customers and it snowballed from there. In 2004 I invested in the wfp technology, I bought a brodex system and a van and maxed out my amex card at the time. Before then I was using my old company car that I bought for cheap as the mileage was 200k I used to stick me ladders on top and use that.
so the short 'stop gap' ended up being a good business, and not long after then I was doing contracts for estates and flats, in London and it was a good money maker. until 2007 when it all went kinda naff and I got out of commercial all together.
So in short WFP for me made this from a stop-gap to a business. And beine able to work on trad tools does give me an advantage over a lot of the new guys coming into window cleaning with WFP.
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Going to wfp has definately made my business more profitable as I don't need help Anymore but I do miss the banter working with someone.
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Going to wfp has definately made my business more profitable as I don't need help Anymore but I do miss the banter working with someone.
Come and work with me in Bournemouth ;D
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Going to wfp has definately made my business more profitable as I don't need help Anymore but I do miss the banter working with someone.
Come and work with me in Bournemouth ;D
Next to Mersea you're in my favourite part of England mate :)
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I am almost the same at STOCK, a friends window cleaner spent the day training me TRAD.
I did trad for 6 months (through winter) about 2 years ago and thought "there must be a better way than going up and down the ladder"
so picked up a 18 foot pole.... (literally found it on the street when dropping cards) and started making my own water and bought a backpack.
after a few months got a van and then got a 400L tank and off I went.