Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: S.A.J on November 18, 2006, 12:06:12 pm
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Here is some before and afer pics of a small conservatry roof i cleaned today.
Feel free to download these pictures and use.
Stuart
SAJ Window Cleaners Ltd
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and some more.....
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and another one.
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how much did you charge for that if you don't mind me asking?
also what methods did you use WFP? something else??
It looks good by the way. The White plastis has come up well!!
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We only charged the little old lady £20 :o cos she has had a hard time latley. so we felt sorry for her. Normaly we would charge £40.
Only took 45mins to clean using wfp and a bit of elbow grease.
Stuart
SAJ Window Cleaners
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You dont mind me using these pics for a web site?
Steve
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Not at all mate go ahead and use them.
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Oh the cheek of some people
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Hi done a great job.
Can you tell me how to download the pictures.
Thanks Robbie - Clearshine harrogate
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Looks great, the standard i like to work to. ;)
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Robbie to download click on the wording at the bottom of each picture.
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Nice job!
Do you use just pure water or do you dip your brush in GG4/Fairy/whatever first?
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Nice work stuart. I could have done with those pics a couple of weeks ago.
Michael
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Good enough result, but 45 minutes? :o
It would take half that to do it by hand. At the most...! :-\
£10 job.
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Squeaks,
You wouldn't bring it up as good as that + all the white plastic bits in 20 / 25 minutes doing it by hand. Even though you would say you could. :-*
Andy
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Here is some before and afer pics of a small conservatry roof i cleaned today.
Stu
Did you do the windows and frames or just tops??
When you do cons do you clean gutters out or just do outside of gutter???
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Squeaks,
You wouldn't bring it up as good as that + all the white plastic bits in 20 / 25 minutes doing it by hand. Even though you would say you could. :-*
Andy
I'll tell you now mate, I did one last week bigger than that and just as green.
Took about 20 minutes.
Absolutely mint finish. ;)
Quickly splash roof with washer all over, 2 or 3 mins.
Clean frames and windows below, 6 or 7 mins roughly.
Scrub (now soft) green stuff with washer on a pole, 5 mins.
Hose off, 3 or 4 mins.
Job done. 20 minutes max. :-*
If you can't do it in those times you're doing it wrong.
That's not rushing.
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Is it the wrong time of the month Rog, ::).
20 minutes, LOL
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Macc, don't tell me you'd need longer than that too. ;D
I've always thought you were one of the pros...
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I reckon a washer on the end of a pole and a hose can be as quick as wfp if not quicker, especially using soap to break down the dirt quickly.
Think how you wash your car or wash the pots , you use a cloth and rinse on both, I would use a wfp but did plenty by hand when i was trad.
It looks like one of them jobs where you could get 95% of the dirt off in the first 15 minutes , but the quality is in the detail which takes the longest.
Some people would stop after 95% and think it was clean , the true proffesional would carry on for another 20 mins to make sure it was 100% clean.
Remember one persons "clean" is another persons "dirty", so you cant really compare times.
Dave
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I reckon a washer on the end of a pole and a hose can be as quick as wfp if not quicker, especially using soap to break down the dirt quickly.
Think how you wash your car or wash the pots , you use a cloth and rinse on both, I would use a wfp but did plenty by hand when i was trad.
It looks like one of them jobs where you could get 95% of the dirt off in the first 15 minutes , but the quality is in the detail which takes the longest.
Some people would stop after 95% and think it was clean , the true proffesional would carry on for another 20 mins to make sure it was 100% clean.
Remember one persons "clean" is another persons "dirty", so you cant really compare times.
Dave
How would you do the plastic parts in between the panes traditional style? :)
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Dave you beat me to it!!!!!
I was also going to add i do quite a few of these, some on a regular enough basis but seeing what others are cherging i think i might have to look at my pricing strategy!
The £20 for the old gal was that for just the roof or what?
How much do you charge, say, for each panel to include the plastic trim, etc!?
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How would you do the plastic parts in between the panes traditional style?
Exactly the same , washer on a pole and then rinse or clean off with a scrim, i did years of cleaning gutters with wet and dry scrims, also i reckon i could cope without an extention pole on that particular job
Dave
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How would you do the plastic parts in between the panes traditional style?
Exactly the same , washer on a pole and then rinse or clean off with a scrim, i did years of cleaning gutters with wet and dry scrims, also i reckon i could cope without an extention pole on that particular job
Dave
Hm, interesting....could you also hook yours up to an external tap or something? Or was it just a pole with a brush and dip in in your bucket? :)
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Did you do the windows and frames or just tops??
When you do cons do you clean gutters out or just do outside of gutter???
We gave the gutters a very quick wipe over with a scrim to get rid of dirt that had spilled over.
No did not do the inside of the gutter only do that if they ask.
Gave the bottom windows & frames a once over aswell.
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It looks like one of them jobs where you could get 95% of the dirt off in the first 15 minutes , but the quality is in the detail which takes the longest.
Some people would stop after 95% and think it was clean , the true proffesional would carry on for another 20 mins to make sure it was 100% clean.
Remember one persons "clean" is another persons "dirty", so you cant really compare times.
Dave
Dave you are right. We got 95% of the green of in 15-20 mins and when you stood back and looked at the roof from the outside it look clean, but when we looked from the inside there was still traces of green in the corners and black crap in the groves.
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Nice job!
Do you use just pure water or do you dip your brush in GG4/Fairy/whatever first?
We just used pure water to do the job.
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GQC
I am not sure what you mean but a strip washer is a very versatile tool, which can clean as good as a wfp on most roofs.
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GQC
I am not sure what you mean but a strip washer is a very versatile tool, which can clean as good as a wfp on most roofs.
I thought you ment that you had your own makeshift wfp but then connected to an outside tap lol
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Macc, don't tell me you'd need longer than that too. ;D
I've always thought you were one of the pros...
Me too, LOL
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I'm with Squeeks on the 20 minute Job.
This semi had three sides done each took half an hour and that was up and down the ladder, and all done by hand.
The rear of the house took me longer as I had to do above the consevatory with a Brush and pole, connected to mains water. this took 45 minutes.
The third shot is just to show how dirty it was.
The fourth picture is the rear of another house and the standards I like to work to. all done by hand using good old fairy and a ladder with stand-off ;D
If anyone want to use them help your self.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jeffo_01/gutteringpics015.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jeffo_01/gutteringpics003.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jeffo_01/gutteringpics018-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jeffo_01/workpics010.jpg