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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: steve k on February 02, 2007, 04:10:07 pm

Title: how many hours a day?
Post by: steve k on February 02, 2007, 04:10:07 pm
My average day begins at the first house at about 10am usually and I am home most days about 2.30pm and I consider myself full time...I`m usually pretty knackered anyway. I do a lot of work in those hours.
Sometimes, I drop my son off at school at 8.30am and go straight to the first house if I am in the area starting about 8.45am and it feels pretty good to be out at that time...but generally I must be a part timer!!

I find in the summer that I get a second wind about 3pm and happily stay out till 5-6pm.

What hours do you all work?
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: Richy L on February 02, 2007, 04:24:50 pm
i usually start my first window at about 9:30 and finish my lst one about 3:30 with half an hour for lunch.
So i work about 5 and a half hours a day. Its alright for us window cleaner eh?
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: steve k on February 02, 2007, 04:30:17 pm
yes...there is a limit to how long I can stay enthusiastic working on my own looking up all day so once I have reached or got pretty close to my daily target...I generally call it a day.
If I worked 7/8 hours a day..I really think I would be pretty wealthy!
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: Richy L on February 02, 2007, 04:37:47 pm
i have someone else work with me, it keeps me out longer.
When i was on my own, i used to come home about 2!!
I found getting someone else to work with me has helped me a lot. Now I have no problem whatsoever with staying out all day.
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: Adam Boss on February 02, 2007, 05:03:12 pm
I do 7am till 2pm. That,s enough for me. my wife thinks I am part time cos in the summer I am in the garden getting a tan with a beer when she comes home at around 6pm.
It's a hard life.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: steve k on February 02, 2007, 05:06:43 pm
yes, I have found I have really worked the hours when I have had someone with me but after 3 attempts at finding someone with the same work ethic and standards as me have failed, I am back on my own.
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: supernova77 on February 02, 2007, 05:11:54 pm
Recently I've been starting between 8:30am - 9am and finishing at around 4:30pm.

Andy
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: Paul Coleman on February 02, 2007, 05:35:03 pm
My average day begins at the first house at about 10am usually and I am home most days about 2.30pm and I consider myself full time...I`m usually pretty knackered anyway. I do a lot of work in those hours.
Sometimes, I drop my son off at school at 8.30am and go straight to the first house if I am in the area starting about 8.45am and it feels pretty good to be out at that time...but generally I must be a part timer!!

I find in the summer that I get a second wind about 3pm and happily stay out till 5-6pm.

What hours do you all work?

It varies a lot for me.  I have been known to start a non residential job at 6 AM in the Summer to get as much done before things heat up too much.  This time of year it's generally anything between 8.30 or 9.30 until 4.00 or 4.30.  This can change though.  Some jobs need to be done when there are no cars parked beneath windows or before the shopkeeper puts all his fruit and veg out in front of the shop.  Depends what jobs I've got on really.
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: mike richardson on February 02, 2007, 05:37:11 pm
lucky you we start at 7.30 & finish when its dark in winter & 5pm in summer usually manage to get 9 hrs a day in, sometimes start at 7 in summer, the harder i work now the sooner the mortgage is paid the sooner i retire,
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on February 02, 2007, 05:38:38 pm
How many hours a day?

About six usually!

(Tho' if I need to I'll do eight)
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: RO-Sheen on February 02, 2007, 05:43:10 pm
I start between 10 - 10:30 and finish about 4ish with an hours break.
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: steve k on February 02, 2007, 06:55:20 pm
RO sheen...couldn`t answer on the other post as the topic has been locked for some reason.
I average about 300 litres a day so 1500 litres a week, 6000 a month, 36000 every 6 months.
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: matt on February 02, 2007, 08:21:44 pm
9 till 4.30 ( or 5.00 ) 3 days a week

once a week i do a comercial and start at 6.30 / 7.oo depending on my alarm, how many time i hit snooze

i consider myself part-time but work close to full time hours
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: macc on February 02, 2007, 08:40:28 pm
I wont work more than 25 hours a week.

I wont work any more because my tax bill will start going through the roof.

Macc
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: crystal.clear on February 02, 2007, 08:41:37 pm
today i started on commerical at half 6 and finished at half 4. but on a normal day i start at 8 and finish at 4.30
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: pjulk on February 03, 2007, 01:54:19 am
I usually start about 9ish and finish about 3.30 - 4pm

Sometimes nip home for half an hour about dinner time to get a bite to eat but then i can never really get going again and don't seem to do much in the afternoon.

Paul
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: J. Deans on February 03, 2007, 03:58:59 am
Do 'Build Cleans' - job and finish!

Sometimes takes 3 hours. sometimes 8! xxit happens!

In general, get on site just in time for T-break (10 am) and long gone before the rest!

We love our job!

UP THE CLEANERS!
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: mike richardson on February 03, 2007, 09:58:43 am
are you all making a good living form 4-6 hrs a day, if so well done,

i like money lol, so do at least 40 hrs  per week, but dont work weekends,

i have expensive hobbies & invest in houses for my retirement,

so think if i wrok hard now it'l pay off soon.

then i to can think about less hours, maybe !

Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: Ian_Giles on February 03, 2007, 11:42:54 am
I'm up at 5am every day, 6am start and all day doing commercial (shops, pubs etc) on a Monday, home for an extended lunch at 1pm and back out at 4pm to do a couple of shops I have to do at the end of the day.

Rest of the week its a few commercial accounts and then on to domestic stuff, the commercial stuff ensures I'm up and about nice and early, usually finish around 3 or 4 in the afternoon.

currently earning more than I've ever earned before...seems I have finally got the ballance just right  ;D

Ian
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: lee_dewing on February 03, 2007, 11:45:30 am
I start at 9.30 mon-wed drop off daughter to parents.
Thursday fri I start at 9 work until 4-5pm depending on daylight.
lee
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: aztec on February 03, 2007, 12:55:22 pm
start at 6am finish 4pm you lot are all part timers!!!!
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: LSB on February 03, 2007, 03:24:17 pm
i work 7 hrs    8.30 - 3.30   most of my round is domestic , so i dont think i could start any earlier !
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: darren_smart on February 03, 2007, 03:57:14 pm
I cant be charging enough !!  always start by 8am  finish  5ish ....and have about 20 mins for lunch !!!
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: simbo on February 03, 2007, 04:04:52 pm
8 till 5! i would be going mad, 9 till 2-3 is enough for me earn twice what i used to for 8 hours so not bothered
simbo
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: C.F.P on February 03, 2007, 04:17:37 pm
I get grumpy after 5 hours  ;D

If I get a lot of work, I'll bring in other people to help...hopefully it works out as to where I can do other things and not clean windows at all. I put in my 12 years   :P
Title: Re: how many hours a day?
Post by: brett walker on February 03, 2007, 08:04:52 pm
When i was trad i used to work 8 til 4 but now im wfp i work less hours and earn more

Brett