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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jo5hm4n on December 10, 2017, 05:09:09 pm
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It just happens to be our busiest week of work next week. We have 6 full days and even then getting that done is gonna be a push. ontop of that now have cold weather and snow to deal with. Somehow i just think for the first time in a while may have to take a few days off or end up getting behind!
Really cant be arsed with this snow at the moment, could it not just wait until the week of xmas when we are actually off work!!!!!
FML
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Crap innit josh, I hate getting behind. I am one day behind at the minute, tonight is due a frost so tomorrow may not happen at all.
On a plus note its nearing the end of the year so if it gets out of whack now I don't mind too much as it can all get back in line after new year.
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Yes mate its rubbish! Im about half a day behind but got so much work next week to get through. Yeah if push comes to shove and snow stays around will have to just catchup in the new year i guess. Just annoying so close to having a week off, dont need the hassle lol
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Meant to be working in llanfair and rural towns tomorrow, you literally can't time it any worse if you tried to haha!!!
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I was supposed to be in Llanfair, llangernyw, llansanan and allt ddu on Friday!
leaving all that stuff till next weekend now, schools shut tomorrow so I'm off all day.
Hate being off work and stuck in the house.
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Just get out and do what i can as long as i can, two weeks to go then itll be two weeks off and the round will be way behind anyway so not worrying about it too much.
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preparation is the key.
decent wet weather gear,ski pants,waterproof boots,warm hat and gloves.
heat the back of the van overnight or turn on frost stat(if you have it)
ice melt grit and sweeping brush in your van
take a flask of soup with your other hot drinks for lunch.
take a flask of hot water to unfreeze your jets should it occur(cold water users only)
start later and finish earlier.
obviously ill have a bit more comfort than some of you (with a heated drivers seat in the van,heated windscreen,heated wing mirrors etc)as well as a hot water system but trust me i did trad for 17 years on ladders in all weathers years ago! ::)roll
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I've got a heated heater. Beat that.
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I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here
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At least you all have snow.
Here in woking its just sideways rain.
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I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here
you could still work with hot at -4.not a chance with cold though.
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Just fill from your tank of hot water.
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i remember when i started wfp with a 50L pure freedom trolley (back in 2010 )and i had 10 barrels of water freeze solid in my van when it went down to -15 one saturday night. ::)roll ;D ;D
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preparation is the key.
decent wet weather gear,ski pants,waterproof boots,warm hat and gloves.
heat the back of the van overnight or turn on frost stat(if you have it)
ice melt grit and sweeping brush in your van
take a flask of soup with your other hot drinks for lunch.
take a flask of hot water to unfreeze your jets should it occur(cold water users only)
start later and finish earlier.
obviously ill have a bit more comfort than some of you (with a heated drivers seat in the van,heated windscreen,heated wing mirrors etc)as well as a hot water system but trust me i did trad for 17 years on ladders in all weathers years ago! ::)roll
Heated seats ? yep nothing more comfortable than working in the cold with that Iv just peed myself feeling. lol.
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I've got a heated heater. Beat that.
so thursday is the day then matt?good luck with it.
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-2 overnight.
30 mins this morn to defrost pole and hose reel.
Univalve and clamps were solid!
Good thing is no bulk head and small van so back of van is toasty now. And off to work I go...
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Just get out and do what i can as long as i can, two weeks to go then itll be two weeks off and the round will be way behind anyway so not worrying about it too much.
im having just over a week off at xmas adam(finish fri 22nd/back at it tuesday 2nd jan)so 10 days off.i just move my whole round forward a week.no biggie.
ive got 340+ jobs and ill only be a week behind my normal schedule by the start of the new year.
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I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here
you could still work with hot at -4.not a chance with cold though.
I could understand wanting or needing to work in minus four if this weather was going to last for weeks and was also an annual
occurrence, but to risk it for the sake of not losing a few days now and again is just stupidity, its like when I tackled the slippery
garage roof earlier on in the year just because I was just too pig headed/stupid to let it beat me which unfortunately and to my cost it did.
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At least you all have snow.
Here in woking its just sideways rain.
Is that we're the Big Apple is?
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Just get out and do what i can as long as i can, two weeks to go then itll be two weeks off and the round will be way behind anyway so not worrying about it too much.
im having just over a week off at xmas adam(finish fri 22nd/back at it tuesday 2nd jan)so 10 days off.i just move my whole round forward a week.no biggie.
ive got 340+ jobs and ill only be a week behind my normal schedule by the start of the new year.
Same idea except my round is a bit messed up so will be putting it all into an order so some jobs might be 4 weekly and some 6 or so when I get to them in new year.
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Anybody working in this cold today
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..... after keeping all of my equipment in the house all night, got to the first job and my pole hose froze when I switched the pump on .... then a little bit dribbled out the brush and froze the pane of glass ;D
Back home now and I think il take the day off
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..... after keeping all of my equipment in the house all night, got to the first job and my pole hose froze when I switched the pump on .... then a little bit dribbled out the brush and froze the pane of glass ;D
Back home now and I think il take the day off
you give up too easily mate. ;) ;D
im going out shortly.just drinking the rest of this coffee. ;)
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I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here
you could still work with hot at -4.not a chance with cold though.
I could understand wanting or needing to work in minus four if this weather was going to last for weeks and was also an annual
occurrence, but to risk it for the sake of not losing a few days now and again is just stupidity, its like when I tackled the slippery
garage roof earlier on in the year just because I was just too pig headed/stupid to let it beat me which unfortunately and to my cost it did.
i agree with you sean............to a point..... ;D
i like the challenge though......its only -2 here so i should be ok plus most jobs(bar one)are commercial(mainly offices)so ill crack on.no ladders needed today.
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Van is in for a service today ready for a sunny day tomorrow ;D
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I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here
you could still work with hot at -4.not a chance with cold though.
I could understand wanting or needing to work in minus four if this weather was going to last for weeks and was also an annual
occurrence, but to risk it for the sake of not losing a few days now and again is just stupidity, its like when I tackled the slippery
garage roof earlier on in the year just because I was just too pig headed/stupid to let it beat me which unfortunately and to my cost it did.
Completely agree how stupid of you to tackle a slippery roof ;D. I agree with what your saying if it was going to last weeks then i would do all i can to get something done, but just for a couple of days why even bother with all the hassle and risk, thats why i put a good shift through the summer for days like these. if i was doing a commercial job where there's no worry if water freezes on the ground round it and the water can constantly flow i would probably go out and do it but residential i wouldn't bother. Also i dont like to take the risk of driving on potentially very icy roads with half a ton of water in my van (thats just me though).
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i go to my van and do a quick test every morning,spray abit of water on the ground if its freezing im not going out.
last thing i want is making an ice rink out of someones drive and getting sued :o
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Stuck this on Facebook.
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Well I'm still snowed in. So another day off. No point risking the heavily snow covered roads.
-10 tonight
-8 at 9am tomorrow eeek
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No snow here on Tyneside, but sub zero temperatures, so not out today, got a fan heater in back of van overnight, but that wont stop the jets freezing, or water freezing on the ground after dripping from sills, dont want to get sued if someone slips.
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preparation is the key.
decent wet weather gear,ski pants,waterproof boots,warm hat and gloves.
heat the back of the van overnight or turn on frost stat(if you have it)
ice melt grit and sweeping brush in your van
take a flask of soup with your other hot drinks for lunch.
take a flask of hot water to unfreeze your jets should it occur(cold water users only)
start later and finish earlier.
obviously ill have a bit more comfort than some of you (with a heated drivers seat in the van,heated windscreen,heated wing mirrors etc)as well as a hot water system but trust me i did trad for 17 years on ladders in all weathers years ago! ::)roll
What van do you have with heated seats? Our car has them, but not the van.
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Arghhhhh
Today normally wouldnt be a problem for me, its showing either - 1 or 0 depending the area im in.
However my mothers boiler stopped so i had that to sort out this morning which gave me a late start.
Then my Sum up card reader has decided to stop working whilst trying to take a payment. Looking So unprofessional and apologising after telling them how good and easy it is to do ???
Now ive sprung a leak on my main hose on the connection to my tap valve and having to stop n sort this. Its been one of those days as it soaked my leg with nice warm water, which is now freezing cold.
I should have stayed in bed
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Stuck this on Facebook.
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Hi Alan, what do you think of your van? I'm getting a newer van shortly, and I like the look of the custom. Is it the 170? Any issues?
Sorry to hijack the thread!! :D
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Previously had an L200 so driving this is more like driving a very smooth car. Still taking a bit getting used to it but other than the radio forgetting how it's meant to work it's been fine.
I was towing this bad boy the other week and pulled it no bother. (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1513002878_IMG_20171127_150554.jpg)
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I had a bit of gravel under one of the pads of one of them recently. So many sensors it kept cutting out with movement of the chipping!
Sod working in this. Make a snowman and an igloo, bit of sledging, snowball fight and take the opportunity for daytime drinking.
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Sod working in this. Make a snowman and an igloo, bit of sledging, snowball fight and take the opportunity for daytime drinking.
You've just inspired me to get my whisky out. !!
You're to blame ! ;D
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Start now and you’ll be sober by the morning!
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Fair play Alan, that's a decent lump behind the van.
I'll be doing a bit of towing but not to much.
Cheers.
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Cloudy and zero at 9.00 am. Windy in Avonmouth.
Bright sunshine all day from 11.00 am. About plus 3 degrees round Bristol.
Apricity! (Thanks Tosh)
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i worked 10am-230pm with 30 mins for lunch.very good earning day for hours worked. 8)
it was showing -3 in my van until 12noon.no problems with freezing.hot water is a joy on days like this! :D
i gritted a few doorways/paths after every job too. :)
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Had a record day depleting the biscuit tin.
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preparation is the key.
decent wet weather gear,ski pants,waterproof boots,warm hat and gloves.
heat the back of the van overnight or turn on frost stat(if you have it)
ice melt grit and sweeping brush in your van
take a flask of soup with your other hot drinks for lunch.
take a flask of hot water to unfreeze your jets should it occur(cold water users only)
start later and finish earlier.
obviously ill have a bit more comfort than some of you (with a heated drivers seat in the van,heated windscreen,heated wing mirrors etc)as well as a hot water system but trust me i did trad for 17 years on ladders in all weathers years ago! ::)roll
What van do you have with heated seats? Our car has them, but not the van.
heated drivers seat in the connect limited mate 8)
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Connect too small for me, running 07/Transit 300 atm,but it rusts for fun and a bit heavy on the fuel.
Going back to a Dispatch next year, but a mk2. Had a mk1 18 months ago
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Results are in!
Started at 9:30 water froze on glass instantly on bedroom window! Went home did some decorating then went back out at 1:30. Managed to get £100 done today, better than nothing. Most custies i was supposed to do told me to stay clear as roads to rural houses were really bad.
Guess will try again tomorrow
Inb4 it's worse!!!
REEEEEEE!!!!
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Snow on Dartmoor, working nearby without snow but was cold enough to put on several layers of clothing and actually wore gloves for the first time this year as it was bleeding freezing all day with warm water, glad to get home after eight solid hours being frozen all day. Working tomorrow but at least it will be warmer tomorrow afternoon. Factory to clean Wednesday so will be toasty indoors :)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2649715
My forecast for tomorrow. Dry moderate wind 9 degrees ish.
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So I put the van on the drive, plugged in my immersion heater, set the timer and went to bed.
I'd stupidly left a side panel door open, so this morning, I've got nice warm water, but frozen everything else.
Radiator heater in their now.
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ive had an oil filled radiator in the back of my van for 12 hours now.nice and toasty in there.ill start the van shortly,fire up my boiler and by the time i get to my first job ill have warm hoses and hot water.
i forgot how good it is to work with hot water after using cold since feb this year.the hoses are just so much more manageable.bliss.
its still -4 here but forecast to get to 1c this afternoon.all domestics today. :)
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So I put the van on the drive, plugged in my immersion heater, set the timer and went to bed.
I'd stupidly left a side panel door open, so this morning, I've got nice warm water, but frozen everything else.
Radiator heater in their now.
lets hope you ve not cracked a pump!wrap a hot towel around it mate to help it thaw.
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managed 10am-330pm.it never got above -3 until after lunch here.
thankfully its going to be above freezing the next few days which is just as well as ill be back to cold water for a few days. ::)roll
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Whats happened now Daz ???
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So I put the van on the drive, plugged in my immersion heater, set the timer and went to bed.
I'd stupidly left a side panel door open, so this morning, I've got nice warm water, but frozen everything else.
Radiator heater in their now.
lets hope you ve not cracked a pump!wrap a hot towel around it mate to help it thaw.
Boil a kettle and pour the boiling water over the pump or hose to get it going. Some mornings I have to pour boiling water over my door lock so I can put the key in the lock to open it as it quite often has been freezing up overnight
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Whats happened now Daz ???
grippa are driving up with a replacement van and system tomorrow while they sort out my heater (but itll be a cold system).thankfully the weather has warmed up a bit so ill be fine.at least i can keep working.
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Boil a kettle and pour the boiling water over the pump or hose to get it going. Some mornings I have to pour boiling water over my door lock so I can put the key in the lock to open it as it quite often has been freezing up overnight
I just took the day off in the end. I'm hoping for rain today. ;D
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Looks like you got your hope. At least until 2.00 anyway!
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i worked a few hours first thing with my own van then finished off the day in a grippatank van! ;D
all work completed even though it was heavy rain at times. ;)