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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dean Aspects on October 15, 2007, 07:51:41 pm

Title: Bus Shelters
Post by: Dean Aspects on October 15, 2007, 07:51:41 pm
Does anyone here clean them
The ones around this way are filthy and it could be an opportunity to add extra money when i am not so busy or when its raining
Who owns them is it the bus companies or the council?
And what sort of price would you charge for them?

Dean
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: Davew on October 15, 2007, 08:04:39 pm
I had a brainwave once - I thought about the millions of roadsigns that perhaps need cleaning or need the foiliage cutting back from them. That's as far as it went though just a thought. :-\
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: ronnie paton on October 15, 2007, 08:15:04 pm
a company has the contract for all the maintence and cleaning but i cant remember the name of them??
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: m.b.s. on October 15, 2007, 08:19:05 pm
the ones that clean them in leeds w yorkshire i thinc are called nic
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: SonOfFormby on October 15, 2007, 08:21:37 pm
Does anyone here clean them
The ones around this way are filthy and it could be an opportunity to add extra money when i am not so busy or when its raining
Who owns them is it the bus companies or the council?
And what sort of price would you charge for them?

Dean

A friend of mine cleans them, he got the work through the local parish council, so the shelters he cleans are only in this small district. All the bus shelters in my town are own by a company called ADSHEL, don't know if this is the case nationwide tho.

Hope this helps

Lee
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: matt on October 15, 2007, 08:23:35 pm
i clean 1 on 1 of my area's

all the old dears stand use the stop, 1 day one of the old dears said it was really dirty and she brushed up against it and got dirt on her cream coat

of course i dont get paid for it and many will think im a mug for doing it, but it only takes me 10 mins and a few of the old dears know i do it and allways thank me
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: macmac on October 15, 2007, 08:58:48 pm
i clean 1 on 1 of my area's

all the old dears stand use the stop, 1 day one of the old dears said it was really dirty and she brushed up against it and got dirt on her cream coat

of course i dont get paid for it and many will think im a mug for doing it, but it only takes me 10 mins and a few of the old dears know i do it and allways thank me

Nice one matt
That has to be good for your image locally dude, i have found doing little favours very often pays off in the long run, sometimes you don't realise till ages after you got that new job from that little favour for someone. ;)

tony
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: tacky on October 15, 2007, 08:58:58 pm
up in gwent . s.wales .council van does them .with pressure washer equip .looks a easy number if u can get it
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: Sir Squeaky on October 15, 2007, 09:09:37 pm
I saw a bloke doing phone boxs the other day.
That's another one.
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: colley614 on October 15, 2007, 09:41:32 pm
MITIE do the bus stops around my area
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: zeusjazmin on October 16, 2007, 08:36:41 pm
ocs do them in my area
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: jouk45 on October 17, 2007, 12:44:58 am
this is the new generation, just think of the millions of street lamp advertising that is to come, they are going up by the hundreds every month
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Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: Dave hook on October 17, 2007, 08:36:05 pm
I drove past a guy cleaning a shelter in warrington and his van had ADSHELL on the side so they must be national.
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: Dean Aspects on October 18, 2007, 09:22:18 am
I dont know if all of them are done by nationals as i have just remembered that a few years ago a small cleaning co from dundee came to angus and did the ones here
i knew one of the workers and he told me it was him and his bro that did them but havent seen anyone doing them for a long time
I think i will investigate further Oh and thanks for the replies

Dean
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: williamx on October 18, 2007, 10:36:40 am
OCS in Birmingham, they use wfp.
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: windowwashers on October 18, 2007, 11:26:10 am
I saw a bloke doing phone boxs the other day.
That's another one.
Think I will stick to window cleaning, and sitting in the libary  :o
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: S.A.J on October 18, 2007, 11:37:52 am
Jcdecaux cleans all the bus shelters in Plymouth. All the ones in the city centre have to be cleaned every day by 8 am. They too use a similar setup wfp to clean all the shelters.

Stuart
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: colley614 on October 18, 2007, 02:35:34 pm
I drove past a guy cleaning a shelter in warrington and his van had ADSHELL on the side so they must be national.

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I noticed the same firm doing some in my town centre although there was a MITIE van doing them on my top road basically the main road into town. So there must be a few companies doing them. 
Title: Re: Bus Shelters
Post by: pjulk on October 18, 2007, 11:49:35 pm
Adshel and JCdecaux own the bus shelters and take care of there own maintainence and cleaning.

Adshel are also know as clear channel,
More group uk, transsomethingorother,

If you want to clean bus shelters you need to go to the council some councils have some.