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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 07:25:14 am

Title: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 07:25:14 am
.....due to the crappy weather over the last few weeks? ;D

.........im a day behind and will catch up today.ive sacked it off early 3 times this week.the only time ive had to stop because of really bad weather for months.

the sun is just coming up here.not a cloud in the sky! :)
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: SB Cleaning on November 21, 2015, 07:27:35 am
Blowing a gale here.
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Post by: Dave Willis on November 21, 2015, 07:28:55 am
Still dark here  ???
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Post by: SB Cleaning on November 21, 2015, 07:34:15 am
Still dark here  ???
And here...

Think Daz is in a 5 star somewhere hot ;D
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 07:36:03 am
Still dark here  ???

take your sunglasses off dave!or open your blackout blinds? ;D
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Post by: Mike #1 on November 21, 2015, 07:38:03 am
Nope all caught up  :)
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 07:39:00 am
Blowing a gale here.

same here but its not raining.wind chill is cold though(-1).im glad im gonna be using hot water today! :D
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: Dave Willis on November 21, 2015, 07:39:19 am
62 jobs not done on CP ...... and they won't be done today either  :D
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 07:45:36 am
62 jobs not done on CP ...... and they won't be done today either  :D

enjoy your weekend dave! :)
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Post by: SeanK on November 21, 2015, 08:06:19 am
I don't think I have been on schedule since the day I started so if I couldn't do it back when I hadn't a full workload there's
not much chance of it happening now, ah well such is life.
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Post by: SeanK on November 21, 2015, 08:07:49 am
Joining this forum hasn't helped. ;D
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: 8weekly on November 21, 2015, 08:24:24 am
On schedule, having been behind with holidays, but we're still filling up the second van. Besides, the weather hasn't been too bad here other than a couplee of days last week.  I think it's just worth saying that even if you aren't behind schedule, if it's your intention to work in the rain when you are full, you should still get out and work. Consider it as training.
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Post by: Mike #1 on November 21, 2015, 08:26:20 am
62 jobs not done on CP ...... and they won't be done today either  :D

I have 2 jobs that are not done , But because of on going ground  works which have been dragged out for months and a ridiculous effort to get parked on one part of an estate they ain't getting done anytime soon 2 weeks behind and 4 attempts to get them its becoming a real pain .
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 08:40:02 am
I don't think I have been on schedule since the day I started so if I couldn't do it back when I hadn't a full workload there's
not much chance of it happening now, ah well such is life.

 ;D ;D ;D

im obsessively organised sean at times.although i havent always been like this. ;)

work gets cleaned 4 weekly,6 weekly,8 weekly virtually to the day every time(apart from holidays).obviously i juggle some 6/8 weekly jobs around a bit that are away from ultra compact work but i keep to a pretty tight schedule usually.

strangely i get satisfaction from it! :o :)
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: dazmond on November 21, 2015, 08:43:02 am
62 jobs not done on CP ...... and they won't be done today either  :D

I have 2 jobs that are not done , But because of on going ground  works which have been dragged out for months and a ridiculous effort to get parked on one part of an estate they ain't getting done anytime soon 2 weeks behind and 4 attempts to get them its becoming a real pain .

cant you just miss them out for a month?thats what id do.
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: SB Cleaning on November 21, 2015, 08:55:57 am
Blowing a gale here.

same here but its not raining.wind chill is cold though(-1).im glad im gonna be using hot water today! :D
I wouldn't  work in this wind today....good luck.
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: kempy on November 21, 2015, 09:16:31 am
Miles behind , basically missed a month , so I'm up to date . Lol
My daughter has got HSP , Lasts about several weeks so I'm having to care for her a few days a week .
Work comes second , more to lif than worrying about being on time .

Frost a tad today , oh know the cold weather is here
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: chris turner on November 21, 2015, 09:45:56 am
I'm about a week behind, its always the same this time of year.
I'm curious about how others work things on cleaner planner when they start getting behind?
So say you get to the end of that week with 2 days not done, do you move them over to the next week, or leave them where they are and just add them to a worksheet when there ready to be done?
Currently I end up shuffling work around if get behind, which can take a while as I have to look weeks ahead to find free space.
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Post by: Rich Wilts on November 21, 2015, 10:08:06 am
4 weeks. A week off for a bike ride to Paris, 2 weeks in Egypt and working on my own now have all come together at the same time.




Anyone want to buy 2K of work? Basingstoke.
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: Dave Willis on November 21, 2015, 10:53:55 am
I'm about a week behind, its always the same this time of year.
I'm curious about how others work things on cleaner planner when they start getting behind?
So say you get to the end of that week with 2 days not done, do you move them over to the next week, or leave them where they are and just add them to a worksheet when there ready to be done?
Currently I end up shuffling work around if get behind, which can take a while as I have to look weeks ahead to find free space.

They stay in my list of jobs not done - then I try to juggle work around to squeeze them back in. Parts of my round remain bang on time whilst others are hopelessly behind. I suppose I could make everyone a month late but I don't tend to do this. Any new work I take on I point out I'm hopelessly unreliable due to being seriously overloaded - strangely they still want me. I'm either brilliant or too cheap. (both probably).
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Post by: Klean07 on November 21, 2015, 10:57:21 am
Cancelled two 3 story sky light jobs today because of strong wind otherwise I'm up to date!
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Post by: Clever Forum Name on November 21, 2015, 11:03:31 am
About £500 behind. So half a day.
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Post by: NWH on November 21, 2015, 11:08:27 am
I'm about 10 days or 2 weeks behind,it always stays that way as soon as it looks like I'm breaking the back of it the weather becomes awful and puts me back there again.
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Post by: Walter Mitty on November 21, 2015, 11:41:57 am
I'm a good few days behind now.  It wasn't just about weather; I recentlly took on a load of new work and I'm still finding my way around.  It'll be fine once I've done it a couple more times and committed it to memory.
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Post by: lee_dewing on November 21, 2015, 11:50:52 am
Was 2 weeks behind now 1 week behind.

Was going out today.

But was snowing heavily this morning, then turned to heavy rain.

Had the choice to go out 11-ish beautiful sunny day.
Unfortunately gale force winds.
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: chris turner on November 21, 2015, 03:50:42 pm
4 weeks. A week off for a bike ride to Paris, 2 weeks in Egypt and working on my own now have all come together at the same time.




Anyone want to buy 2K of work? Basingstoke.

I'll give you 2k for it ;D
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: Frankybadboy on November 21, 2015, 05:52:14 pm
yep about two weeks behind,it will get done when i get there


do i care,not really  ;D ;D ;D

dave if it was still dark at 7:30am then you need to get your eyes check ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: wfp master on November 21, 2015, 06:00:22 pm
about 10 days behind. snow started last night was going to do a half day  today  but cancelled it when i looked outside everything was frozen solid.
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Post by: sunshine windows on November 21, 2015, 07:08:09 pm
2 small jobs to do Monday, then done for the month.

Got all scheduled work done last week including 3 new cleans. Don't know what all the fuss was about
Title: Re: anyone behind schedule..?
Post by: paulben on November 21, 2015, 07:24:51 pm
I am always behind if I wasn't then I wouldn't have enough work if that makes sense 
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Post by: jimlaffo on November 21, 2015, 08:16:32 pm
I change how I do things now. Instead of keeping to a strict schedule, I now give myself a 4 weekly target to hit. It works for me anyway. It's meant I don't get bogged down in falling behind and working Saturdays is now pretty much a no go (apart from the occasional commercial, conservatory clean etc). Occasionally it does feel like I've fallen behind but because I try and take 4 weeks off a year it always levels itself out. It can get rather stressful keeping to a schedule  :D
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Post by: Steven Biggs on November 22, 2015, 11:45:02 am
Nearly always in front . All next weeks 8 weeklys  got done last week . Flying through the work . I've changed them all to 7 weekly over the last year without telling one customer . No one has noticed or commented . Half of next weeks 4 weeklys got done last week . If I keep this up Xmas break will start on the 21st December , with all work completed  and not due back till the new year  now I've said that the van will probably blow up tomorrow and the lad will break his arm .  ;D
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Post by: stan stansfield on November 22, 2015, 02:56:58 pm
about 2 1/2 week behind,with 4 1/2 weeks left to xmas its a case of trying to do monthys once and fortnightly  twice
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Post by: robbo333 on November 22, 2015, 03:52:01 pm
About a week behind (8 weekly) and still picking up new custys at the same time. Got custys booked in for pre-xmas cleans and due to take my 2 week hols on 3rd january. It's starting to get interesting  ;D
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Post by: martin hulstone on November 22, 2015, 05:11:52 pm
Generally 50-70 jobs behind in winter but always on the ball in summer, customers dont care if they dont see me in winter, its dark when they go to work and dark when they get home, apart from the retired of course. i know who likes a regular clean, good thing about being established i suppose.