Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dave Willis on June 26, 2014, 07:12:43 pm
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Guy in town cleaning from a ladder three storeys. Is he doing anything wrong or can he do what he likes if self employed?
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If he's trad without wfp in his van then yes of course he can, a lot around my way do 3 storey off of a triple ladder, I never would.
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I have previously done a 3 storey off a ladder, but only when the job was all on grass and the ladder was under the sill and going no where, I only do jobs that I feel safe, normally I don't do them.
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I thought I would start by taking the 3 stories. Thinking I wouldn't be treading on the trad guys work. They all do 3 story off ladders. So screw them all, canvass the lot. Wouldn't get me up that high. I thought 6 metres was the max height they could work at
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theres a guy in Colchester that does this even seen him stood on the second off last step !!!! hanging on to the gutter so he doesn't fall !
so after having a long chat with the owner of the said company about the duty of care law , and a good old under cut on the price ive now got the work ;D on one hand ive took money out of his pocket but with the other hand ive saved his life ;D
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theres a guy in Colchester that does this even seen him stood on the second off last step !!!! hanging on to the gutter so he doesn't fall !
so after having a long chat with the owner of the said company about the duty of care law , and a good old under cut on the price ive now got the work ;D on one hand ive took money out of his pocket but with the other hand ive saved his life ;D
Oh well done. :-\
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I bet he don't see it like that
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I bet he don't see it like that
that's what the free market is all about , you win some and lose some
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theres a guy in Colchester that does this even seen him stood on the second off last step !!!! hanging on to the gutter so he doesn't fall !
so after having a long chat with the owner of the said company about the duty of care law , and a good old under cut on the price ive now got the work ;D on one hand ive took money out of his pocket but with the other hand ive saved his life ;D
Probably wouldnt've needed to undercut...
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I bet he don't see it like that
that's what the free market is all about , you win some and lose some
I'll go and under cut you then :)
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I bet he don't see it like that
that's what the free market is all about , you win some and lose some
I'll go and under cut you then :)
cool ive been under cutting you for weeks ;D
he was charging a lot of money and it was far to much ! so went in at what I we would be happy to clean at , which was lower then he was charging wasn't a intended undercut ,
that came from the half price carpet cleaning they will get as a reg window cleaning customer lol
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Three-storey work off ladders = hard work and time consuming.
Three-story work with wfp = easy peasy and quick.
Of course we can charge less for this kind of work and still make a very good hourly rate. This should be an incentive to trad window cleaners to make the move.
And of course, as almost a fringe benefit, it's a heck of a lot safer.
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Three-storey work off ladders = hard work and time consuming.
Three-story work with wfp = easy peasy and quick.
Of course we can charge less for this kind of work and still make a very good hourly rate. This should be an incentive to trad window cleaners to make the move.
And of course, as almost a fringe benefit, it's a heck of a lot safer.
for him and his employer tosh , I would like to see which way a court would go under the duty of care law ? if he fall off and killed himself , if the owner of the company knew there was a safer way of cleaning the windows would he then be at wrong for not going with the safer way ?
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theres a guy in Colchester that does this even seen him stood on the second off last step !!!! hanging on to the gutter so he doesn't fall !
I do that. Do the windows and a gutter clean at the same time.
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I bet he don't see it like that
that's what the free market is all about , you win some and lose some
I'll go and under cut you then :)
cool ive been under cutting you for weeks ;D
he was charging a lot of money and it was far to much ! so went in at what I we would be happy to clean at , which was lower then he was charging wasn't a intended undercut ,
that came from the half price carpet cleaning they will get as a reg window cleaning customer lol
There's a couple of cleaners I see down Lethe grove off beerchurch that clean all of the flats off ladders, there's no way I would do them.
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Kind of makes the health and safety law a bit of an arse surely?
My customers think I use wfp because health and safety prevents ladder use. I even explain the reason I squirt their windows is because I'm not supposed to be up ladders anymore, then they see a guy three storeys up cleaning, the insulation guys drilling up to the gable ends, gutter installers working off ladders - has the law changed recently have guidelines been relaxed?
I was chatting to a guy yesterday cleaning fascia boards down (with a paint brush) he said he loved ladders. 78 years old!
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There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis.
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Might be the same guy.
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Susan bit out of order poaching in someone's work
Ill pop to Colchester and surrounding areas and under cut you and nick ya work how about that then !!!!
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theres a guy in Colchester that does this even seen him stood on the second off last step !!!! hanging on to the gutter so he doesn't fall !
so after having a long chat with the owner of the said company about the duty of care law , and a good old under cut on the price ive now got the work ;D on one hand ive took money out of his pocket but with the other hand ive saved his life ;D
GRASS
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I've done triple storey flats from a ladder before. It was a regular job. I stopped doing it about 1999/2000. My understanding was that the law changed to outlaw this even before the big WAHD change in 2005. Mind you, I drew the line when someone from a block across the road wanted me to set up my ladder on top of a garage roof to reach her top floor windows. She was really miffed too when I refused.