Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: gerard mcmanus on September 02, 2008, 08:55:46 pm
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just looked at the metoffice and it look like its gonna be a bad day tomorow, there is nothing worse than sitting on your butt looking out the window at the crap english weather knowing your gonna have to work when your not meant to to catch up...
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Personally i dont like working in the rain but i will if its to finish a job or an area of work if i am not going to be there over the next few days
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I will always finish a job unless it's absolutely bucketing, and will work on for the rest of the day in medium rain. I'll start a day in light rain. If it's heavy I'll sit in the van and check the weather on my phone on the internet and then decide what to do, no point looking at rain drops all day long.
This is the site I go by.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/
Simon.
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When I look like a drowned rat and can wring my socks out ;D
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Did a few houses today in quite heavy rain, and said when I knocked to collect, "bad timing with the weather, my apologies" and none of them were in the slightest bothered, I think they've worked out that it doesnt really make a difference.
I try to avoid working in heavy rain... but if its near the end of the month and I have a lot of work to get through, I just carry on :(:(
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I dont normally work in the rain unless its finishing a job off.
From reading some of the articles on this forum I think I will be working in the rain from now on.
Dont know how my custies will like it though.
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I dont normally work in the rain unless its finishing a job off.
From reading some of the articles on this forum I think I will be working in the rain from now on.
Dont know how my custies will like it though.
I was a bit nervous at first... but I think its something you have to do sometimes :( Just explain to anyone who asks that you'll return to correct any problems if they let you know relatively soon after the clean. They'll be impressed :) They are when I say that, it must sound quite professional :)
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reasons for not cleaning aside, that could be a different poll, but when do you stop working, in reference to rain. :-*
Answer to that NO why stop, no reason with wfp, trad yes because you cannot get the finish in a down pour as scrim hold dirt. We stop only if it is a thunder/L storm
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I just carry on up to medium rain. If it gets too heavy I will pack up - except on commercial jobs. nly ever had one cancellation due to this and this was a complaint that it "always" rains AFTER I clean. She decided this even though no-one's ever at home when I clean so was presumably looking for an excuse anyway.
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Have any of you guys seen your work the day after you have cleaned in the rain?
If so what was your verdict?
This is mostlikely a daft question as you would not do it if it was not any good!
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I generally don't clean in the rain, but today I stuck it out and worked round the showers and ended up with a good day.
Customers don't normally complain, in my experience, especially when the weather is so bad for so long.
But it is a pain, sat in your vehicle, reading all the naff bits of a newspaper that you wouldn't normally read, waiting for the rain to stop lashing down.
However, if window cleaning was a job which entailed a nice working environment, there'd be far far more window cleaners about and you wouldn't be to price as good as what you're capable of.
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worked this morning,started chucking down at dinner,went back,paid for up coming holiday,went in asda,still raining so called it a day
I was on for a stonking day today, got to dinner, done what usually takes till mid afternoon, stopped for dinner, then went to get out of car, and heavens opened, and i mean properly, i couldnt see out of my windscreen even with wipers on, i was gonna do a big house that would of taken an hr or so and they wouldnt of minded, but they werent there to open up which was a first, as its an office too, so i just went home, i was doing trad, otherwise wud of carried on, but it was too wet!!!
But i am the first to go home when the rain comes, find it to easy to talk myself out of work!! then sit at home 30 mins later when its stopped thinking should be at work!!
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Windy
off topic, i'm asking here because there been a few rows about stating earnings. My question is;
I can do average 13 jobs daily alone, but reckon I could do 20 with a workmate on none compact work does this sound right?
How many (average) can you do alone and with mate?
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Windy
off topic, i'm asking here because there been a few rows about stating earnings. My question is;
I can do average 13 jobs daily alone, but reckon I could do 20 with a workmate on none compact work does this sound right?
How many (average) can you do alone and with mate?
With a mate you could easily do 20 houses a day of a substantial size aswell,when you think about it when you both know where your going with hoses etc you`ll only be doing 20 fronts or 20 backs,when you look at it like that your 20 houses dosen`t sound a lot but if priced right i don`t think you should be having to do 20 houses it should be your choice to do 20.I dread to think how quick you`d be with 2 of you knowing what your doing on the pole from 1 van,although over time i think that 1 in each van is more productive longterm.
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Thanks for the replies and sorry for hijacking the topic but i feel if started this as a topic it would turn abusive because people are so sensitive over earnings. My av price is £15.
Two vans more productive? maybe, but I've worked my tates off for two years I want someone else to take the strain. Plus to tax insure depreciate another van costs, plus the weeks when it would be standing idle.