Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: supernova77 on November 07, 2007, 05:33:03 pm
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The last 3 days I've found myself finishing off my last house of the day just before it gets dark! In fact yesterday I was still cleaning a conservatory roof at 4:45pm.
It's a nightmare! I'm gonna have to get up 30 mins earlier I think :'(
Andy
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What time do you start Andy?
I never start later than 8 am.
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I also finished at 4.45pm today. I don't normally push it this late but my custies didn't seem to mind.
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Finished at 4pm today. Gonna start earlier myself...
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I've been starting at 9am... I did have my cousin working with me up until last Friday, so I've now got it all to do on my own.
I think that if I start by 8:30 am I should be done by 4ish.
Andy
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iv been starting bout 7 30, getting busy now theres less hours its not fair :'(
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I finished at just gone 4 today. :o
Latest for months!
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I've been starting at 9am... I did have my cousin working with me up until last Friday, so I've now got it all to do on my own.
I think that if I start by 8:30 am I should be done by 4ish.
Andy
From now and over winter i finish at 5 or just after i keep certain houses till last that i know wont mind me cleaning if it gets a bit dark or some i know wont be back from work till 5.30. still starting at 7.30am thats not leaving my house thats cleaning my first customers house which is usually a farm or a customer whos up early, its usefull to know whos up and whos not, thats if you want to make the most of your day, which i do.
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From now and over winter i finish at 5 or just after i keep certain houses till last that i know wont mind me cleaning if it gets a bit dark or some i know wont be back from work till 5.30. still starting at 7.30am thats not leaving my house thats cleaning my first customers house which is usually a farm or a customer whos up early, its usefull to know whos up and whos not, thats if you want to make the most of your day, which i do.
Soon it will be pitch black by 5pm so you'll have to start finishing earlier.
Andy
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I am starting earlier too. The first hour seems to be the most productive of the day.
Other tradesmen start at 8am so why not us?
Wet bristles on glass makes for silent cleaning, so I'm not disturbing anyone.
The trouble with 4 pm finishes, is that I leave for home before most of my customers finish work. I have a hell of a lot of collecting to do tomorrow night. Dai
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From now and over winter i finish at 5 or just after i keep certain houses till last that i know wont mind me cleaning if it gets a bit dark or some i know wont be back from work till 5.30. still starting at 7.30am thats not leaving my house thats cleaning my first customers house which is usually a farm or a customer whos up early, its usefull to know whos up and whos not, thats if you want to make the most of your day, which i do.
Soon it will be pitch black by 5pm so you'll have to start finishing earlier.
Andy
Not unless i have houses that i can do ie if customers arent back till 5.30. its not as if you can do a bad job cos you cant see the top windows properly when your wfp any way. not from the ground.
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get rid of the collecting then ???
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jdmarco are you seriously saying youll clean in the pitch black and be happy??
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I am starting earlier too. The first hour seems to be the most productive of the day.
Other tradesmen start at 8am so why not us?
Wet bristles on glass makes for silent cleaning, so I'm not disturbing anyone.
The trouble with 4 pm finishes, is that I leave for home before most of my customers finish work. I have a hell of a lot of collecting to do tomorrow night. Dai
Dont collect then let your customers know you wont be calling round so can you send a cheque or just keep it for next time. Ive never collected in 4 years of window cleaning. Train your customers well. They wont send it to you cos they know youll be coming round if you dont theyll send it you. otherwise your hourly rate decreases.
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jdmarco are you seriously saying youll clean in the pitch black and be happy??
Yeh, i could clean windows with my eyes shut.
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jdemarco,
I don't think it's very pro to be cleaning windows in the dark.
Andy
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jdemarco,
I don't think it's very pro to be cleaning windows in the dark.
Andy
Im not really fussed what you think. when you have a busy schedule like mine you have no choice. You can clean a window when its dark at 5 just as good as you could if it was light.... if your a pro!
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I got to a customers house the other day @ 7:25am... Yes i was there early. but i was planning to eat mcd's breakfast there and start at 8:00am
The customer comes out in his dressing gown and waves me over...
When i get to the door he tells me 'i dont want it done 2day' i ask 'whys that'
He said 'your to early' just b4 i could say 'well i will do you later in the day' He slams the door... £10.00 off that days earnings....
Should i dump him or bite my lip and keep him?
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I like to be able to see what I'm standing in, or what I'm dragging my hose through. Dai
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Im not really fussed what you think. when you have a busy schedule like mine you have no choice. You can clean a window when its dark at 5 just as good as you could if it was light.... if your a pro!
Fair enough!
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Trailing a hose in the dark would not be safe for you or a customer someone could end up having an accident
I have worked a little later than i should sometimes but never when its totally dark to great a chance of doing a poor job
Dean
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I got to a customers house the other day @ 7:25am... Yes i was there early. but i was planning to eat mcd's breakfast there and start at 8:00am
The customer comes out in his dressing gown and waves me over...
When i get to the door he tells me 'i dont want it done 2day' i ask 'whys that'
He said 'your to early' just b4 i could say 'well i will do you later in the day' He slams the door... £10.00 off that days earnings....
Should i dump him or bite my lip and keep him?
Bite your lip and learn for next time. there are some that wont mind you starting that early. just find out which ones.
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Trailing a hose in the dark would not be safe for you or a customer someone could end up having an accident
I have worked a little later than i should sometimes but never when its totally dark to great a chance of doing a poor job
Dean
Yeah but jdemarco is a pro!
He can see straight in the dark with a blind fold on after he's been spun around 3 times and still make £80 an hour 30 hours a day!
Andy
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I got to a customers house the other day @ 7:25am... Yes i was there early. but i was planning to eat mcd's breakfast there and start at 8:00am
The customer comes out in his dressing gown and waves me over...
When i get to the door he tells me 'i dont want it done 2day' i ask 'whys that'
He said 'your to early' just b4 i could say 'well i will do you later in the day' He slams the door... £10.00 off that days earnings....
Should i dump him or bite my lip and keep him?
Bite your lip and learn for next time. there are some that wont mind you starting that early. just find out which ones.
Thats what i thought, but he is one of these guys that has a face you could slap :D
Thanks
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Trailing a hose in the dark would not be safe for you or a customer someone could end up having an accident
I have worked a little later than i should sometimes but never when its totally dark to great a chance of doing a poor job
Dean
Yeah but jdemarco is a pro!
He can see straight in the dark with a blind fold on after he's been spun around 3 times and still make £80 an hour 30 hours a day!
Andy
:o ;D
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8.30 start 3.30 finish indoors and having a brew by 4 ;D
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8.30 start 3.30 finish indoors and having a brew by 4 ;D
same here, like to be done by 3-30 but today i worked overtime until 4pm
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I got to a customers house the other day @ 7:25am... Yes i was there early. but i was planning to eat mcd's breakfast there and start at 8:00am
The customer comes out in his dressing gown and waves me over...
When i get to the door he tells me 'i dont want it done 2day' i ask 'whys that'
He said 'your to early' just b4 i could say 'well i will do you later in the day' He slams the door... £10.00 off that days earnings....
Should i dump him or bite my lip and keep him?
Don't get there that early I would say, wait till hes at work, if hes in his dressing gown, you may have caught him at it, I start at 9, 8 on some that i know are not there. but 9am everyone that works should be there (well most anyway)
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ive got a little lazy in the last few weeks, lack of sleep with the new baby means im not giving it 100 %, so im finished by about 3.30
still earn what i aim for though, so cannot complain
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Aim to be finished by 15:30 most days and this enough for me....trouble is there are too many days where I am finished earlier.....always have a few hundred leaflets ...so left, right...left right...
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From now and over winter i finish at 5 or just after i keep certain houses till last that i know wont mind me cleaning if it gets a bit dark or some i know wont be back from work till 5.30. still starting at 7.30am thats not leaving my house thats cleaning my first customers house which is usually a farm or a customer whos up early, its usefull to know whos up and whos not, thats if you want to make the most of your day, which i do.
Jdemarco:
I agree with you it's easy enough to clean windows in the dark if you just go through the motions even though you can't see if there is any dirt (bird poo or whatever on the glass) :)
However; if you were to buy one of them hand held 13 million candle power torches from B&Q that you recharge overnight you could work at least 2hours longer every evening and vastly increase your earning potential just to be sued from some nutter who puts in a claim against you for tripping over your hose which they can't see in the dark ;D
(Jdemarco, no offence intended, just having a laugh if you have a SOH :))
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jdemarco,
I don't think it's very pro to be cleaning windows in the dark.
Andy
If the inside light is on, you get a better view of the window in the dark than when it's light. If no light on it's trickyt though. I've found that WFP can be done in worse light than trad.
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I got to a customers house the other day @ 7:25am... Yes i was there early. but i was planning to eat mcd's breakfast there and start at 8:00am
The customer comes out in his dressing gown and waves me over...
When i get to the door he tells me 'i dont want it done 2day' i ask 'whys that'
He said 'your to early' just b4 i could say 'well i will do you later in the day' He slams the door... £10.00 off that days earnings....
Should i dump him or bite my lip and keep him?
Depends on your work situation really. As a £10er, it sounds very dumpable though. Maybe do it on a Sunday next time to REALLY p him off.
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i really think some people talk sh*t ::)
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had a customer insist i clean her house yesterday just as was getting dark
6 bed detached house near the old pebble mill site in birmingham.got spotlights
on every corner of building never seen so much light.not a problem cleaning :)
by the time id finished was proper dark nearly broke my flaming neck tripping
over my microbore when packing up
wont be doing that again >:(
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i really think some people talk sh*t ::)
And of course you never do, do you?
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not on here no! y would i?? im here to give and recieve help not give people false hope or make my self seem bigger or better than i actually am.
my feet are firmly on the ground and has you will see shiner my business info is there for all to see!!
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not on here no! y would i?? im here to give and recieve help not give people false hope or make my self seem bigger or better than i actually am.
my feet are firmly on the ground and has you will see shiner my business info is there for all to see!!
No false hope here my friend! All the time ive been on here ive never made out that im something im not.
I am what i am. So get used to it!
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::) ::)