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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windowcleanomano on October 22, 2006, 10:19:43 pm

Title: Doing Painted Rendered houses?
Post by: windowcleanomano on October 22, 2006, 10:19:43 pm

Hi everyone.

I want to expand my customer base to include bigger (more money) houses as nearly all my work is on housing estates and am limited on what I can charge to some extent.

In looking for bigger properties, I have noticed a great deal of houses (400k—1million) have painted render, white, blue, cream allsorts of colours.

My question is, are these sorts of houses a bad idea for WFP as the water may stain the render? My worry is that I will get the job only to have them complain about the mess I have made to their walls.

Another worry is that it works ok to start with, then a year down the line they are asking me to pay to have the stains removed. (£10.000 paint job)

If any or you understand what I’m asking and have experience with this sort of render, I would really like to get your comments.

Thanks in advance

Martin

Title: Re: Doing Painted Rendered houses?
Post by: pjulk on October 22, 2006, 11:25:34 pm

I do a lot of these type of houses and never had a problem with  the water staining there walls

Paul

Title: Re: Doing Painted Rendered houses?
Post by: TERRY AB on October 23, 2006, 06:54:05 am

Martin,

Look at this way, the only dirt you remove (which subsequently runs down the building) could and would most probably be washed down through normal rainfall!. You are not using any chemicals therefore cant be made responsible to any changes that occur.
Im sure any customer who would try to make you pay for any acclaimed damage would have an almost impossible taks of proving your guilt.
Explain up front to the customer that this method is no more aggresive than the normal rain, washing off the muck and that there are noc Chems used.

Title: Re: Doing Painted Rendered houses?
Post by: macc on October 23, 2006, 09:55:17 pm

Hi Martin.

As Paul said, you are using no chemicals so no problem. If wfp is going to cause a problem when it rains that will cause major probs.

I made the comment to a customer about putting a umbrela over his house when it rains because he was moaning about his bricks getting wet & it could damage them. He smiled, grunted something & walked away. Came out when i finnished to pay with a coffee.

I know its a bit off topic but the principle is the same.

Macc