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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Moderator David@stives on January 10, 2008, 08:27:45 am
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What level of wind do you work in ?.
Today near me the wind is 40 miles per hour gusting to 55mph.
Would you work in it or wait for it to die down ?.
Just interested to get your views.
Dave
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I work in that...if I have to (in other words if nothing's urgent I'd wait for it to die down), but definitely not above 1st floor.
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It's a tough one for me, 'cos if we don't work, Wor Lass is making me go shopping; groan.
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You're not having a spot of bad weather on the SW coast are ya Dave? ;D Windy in Surrey here and by all accounts p'ing in the midlands at the minute and heading this way. It REALLY IS just the kind of start to the New Year we wanted isn't it? As if motivation was a question before..it sure is now.
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Alex has gone out. He only stops work if it's lightening or torrential rain. Then again he's got us lot to feed!
Mrs A
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I have got the lads out but had to reschedule and send them on commercial and a nursery school we do inside and out, so hopefully the weather will die down when they have done and they can go back on domestics.
It has started raining since the first post so that puts another slant on it.
this year is not the worst for a bad start in the new year, i can remember about 7 years ago , i hardly earnt a penny for about 2 months, in the end we had to auction our antiques to raise money to live on. ;D
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im home, its very windy here
to be honest, i dont need the money ( though i could do with it this month ) and all the posts about spots on windows in high winds ( with the dust getting blown around before they dry ) leads me to belive im better off not working in the rain
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If things get really bad you may have to go out to work yourself Dave! :o
Most of the interior of your Porsche is probably edible if you get really hungry ;D
Look at the time!! I'm off
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I have got the lads out but had to reschedule and send them on commercial and a nursery school we do inside and out, so hopefully the weather will die down when they have done and they can go back on domestics.
It has started raining since the first post so that puts another slant on it.
this year is not the worst for a bad start in the new year, i can remember about 7 years ago , i hardly earnt a penny for about 2 months, in the end we had to auction our antiques to raise money to live on. ;D
The worst week I remember was the start of October about 12 years ago. I remember when it was because it was the start of my accounting year. At the end of week 1 of my accounting year my turnover was a grand total of £10 - and even that customer complained ;D .
It was torrential all week long and the £10 was earnt first thing in the morning during a brief pause.
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it is now raining horizontal here now with what seems like 70 mph winds, the lads are still out and i am grinning from ear to ear knowing i am dry and warm and money is still being earned.
Thank the lord for employees,
I dont have to face the customers looks of discontent, the lads do,and if i lose one or two customers well thats ok, at least i can still put bread on the table this week.
Dave
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it is now raining horizontal here now with what seems like 70 mph winds, the lads are still out and i am grinning from ear to ear knowing i am dry and warm and money is still being earned.
That's what you think.
I bet they're sat in a cafe somewhere chatting up the girl behind the counter. ;D
It's just started raining here, and thank god, at last.
I've got a doctors appointment at 11.30, and my work this morning was going to be about 3 hours worth about 6 miles away.
I knew it was going rain at some point, and I didn't want to have to make a second trip up there.
But for the last hour or so I've been feeling a bit guilty, as it's been dry.
I can relax now. ;D
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Weather front is just coming in here a little later than forecast. Today i decided not to work and was beginning to think the weathermen had cocked up again.
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Just rung Alex - he's soaking, my poor baby :'(
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Just rung Alex - he's soaking, my poor baby :'(
lol, you better give him a big :-* for putting food on the table ;)
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:)
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Howling it down here, wind and rain, just what I need after the Christmas break and then a touch of the flu :(
Only got 3 days in so far this year :( :( :(
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I couldn't work yesterday because of the wind its just too dangerous to work in high winds if its a strong breeze its okay but then results can vary due to dust/dirt/debris sticking to wet windows
Dean
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I don't work in windy weather, apart from the potential danger, it can cause problems giving you spotty windows, I don't like going over work twice, so I stay home in the warm.
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Just rung Alex - he's soaking, my poor baby :'(
Just tell him your expecting another addition to the family to make him work harder ;D ;D
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Personnaly I no longer work in this weather as the high winds contaminate the windows and you have the customer ringing you back. You then have to go over the work all again which is not cost effective.
Has happened to me a few times so decided not to work in strong wind and rain.
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wind not to bad in southeast but i,m home because a lady decided to reverse off her drive without looking and smashed into the van , what a start to the year
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wind not to bad in southeast but i,m home because a lady decided to reverse off her drive without looking and smashed into the van , what a start to the year
Ooooh nice is it bad can you still work from it??
Dean
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yes i can still use it but i had a real problem trying to shut the rear doors , took it to a pal of mine and he adjusted the doors so they close , not too much damage but he still thinks its £500.00 worth , all that aggro with the insurance to look forward to and i,ll have to work saturday to make up for it
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just finished very windy and heavy rain here in south yorkshire looks like we may get flooding again :'(
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What level of wind do you work in ?.
Today near me the wind is 40 miles per hour gusting to 55mph.
Would you work in it or wait for it to die down ?.
Just interested to get your views.
Dave
As soon as I feel the wind blowing the pole, I'm off home :'(
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This is why Im glad on occasions I have over bits to fall back on, done £450.00 this week so far and there'll be another ton tomorrow whatever the weather ;D
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Just rung Alex - he's soaking, my poor baby :'(
Just tell him your expecting another addition to the family to make him work harder ;D ;D
I'm back home now. Another addition? Don't give her any ideas!
It was awful out there today. Fortunately I had a couple of commercial jobs that were reasonably sheltered so we were able to work but we got absolutely soaked. By about 12 o'clock, it cleared right up, wind dropped and were able to carry on with the rest of the day as scheduled. If the wind hadn't dropped I would have had to give up as one of my last jobs was a 4 storey apartment block on Falmouth seafront and even I'm not that daft.
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Hey Alex
We did a 4 storey apartment block on Falmouth sea front yesterday !
Coincidence, wasnt Grove place was it ?
Dave
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Yes it was Grove Place - windows were filthy so they called in a professional ;D
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which one was it ? the big blue building ?
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I haven't the foggiest what colour it is, I'm looking at the glass. If I tell you, you might nick it :)
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I wont knick it you cheeky man !
Have you had it less than 12 months ?
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No, I've had it longer than 12 months.
You'll appreciate this though. You know the contract you quoted for (as did 50 other people!) that I ended up losing - he rang me up this week to ask my advice on how to do some of the trickier windows and how he can get his time on the job down to a more reasonable level. Unfortunately I had to inform him that, that was how long it took, it didn't get any easier and he'd under-priced it.
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Was that the big big building which should be at least a million pound a week ?
You should go and demonstrate a superlite to him because he WILL need one for that one, I bet you invented that pole for that job.
Dave
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Yes it was that trillion pound a week job. The reality of that property is that whatever pole you use, you end up with an aching back by the end of the day. It's a nasty job.
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it is now raining horizontal here now with what seems like 70 mph winds, the lads are still out and i am grinning from ear to ear knowing i am dry and warm and money is still being earned.
Thank the lord for employees,
I dont have to face the customers looks of discontent, the lads do,and if i lose one or two customers well thats ok, at least i can still put bread on the table this week.
Dave
So much for health & safety from the APWC then :o
tony
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it is now raining horizontal here now with what seems like 70 mph winds, the lads are still out and i am grinning from ear to ear knowing i am dry and warm and money is still being earned.
Thank the lord for employees,
I dont have to face the customers looks of discontent, the lads do,and if i lose one or two customers well thats ok, at least i can still put bread on the table this week.
Dave
So much for health & safety from the APWC then :o
tony
he is fully safe and getting a healthy return aswell ;)
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Had a big gutter/window cleaning job today, the morning was o.k but about 10 a.m the wind started to pick up but was halfway through the job, had someone footing me but still scared poopless, here and there had to hold on to the gutter to be safe :( made sure we finished up and went home asap!!!!