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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: matt on January 03, 2009, 09:44:48 am
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it was rather cold ;)
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-4 here matt at the moment :o
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Just a question...no having done alot of trad and certainly not in this type of cold weather...how do trad guys cope?
Dave.
-4.9 (10:54am)
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i do both ,if im trading i just put screenwash in and carry on as normal
saves any down time 8)
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Well i can beat you all lol, i went out to start car for me wifey and it was -7 eek
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So given that the weather is not really wfp combatible what are we going to do to earn the pennies...?
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It was -6 showing this morning. Yesterday, I took the precaution of bringing equipment inside. Also, I opened the pump box up. I then stuffed some of that fibre glass matting (insulator) into a carrier bag, packed it around the pump, and screwed the box back up. The pump was working this morning whereas it froze up last week when the temperature wasn't quite as cold. Hopefully, my rather tacky looking solution was the answer.
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sorry gents its 75 o in the canaries at the moment glad ive another week of it yet :D
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Just a question...no having done alot of trad and certainly not in this type of cold weather...how do trad guys cope?
Dave.
-4.9 (10:54am)
As said, screenwash in water, i find trad better in sub zero temps than wfp. ;)
Tony
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So given that the weather is not really wfp combatible what are we going to do to earn the pennies...?
ive been on the phone to a few of my commercail customers saying i can sqeeze in some insides, funny enough, they allmost all said " great stuff "
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Looking balmy for monday - a scorching +2!
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Looking balmy for monday - a scorching +2!
MINUS 3 though at night, so it might take till 11 to warm up from freezing
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Crazy how its better up north at the minute, been around 1-3 degrees, i worked trad all morning as was fine :) Dont know about monday though, gonna check met now :(
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So given that the weather is not really wfp combatible what are we going to do to earn the pennies...?
Just thinking the same as you mate, I have some lucrative commercial stuff waiting to be done, but it won't get done in this.
Another month like this and I will have to think about getting the ladders out. I bet the decking would be lethal on the north side of houses too, sod it ,I'll wait till it warms up.
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i had an office clean this morning needs doing wfp but it was hopeless so i got all my pipes indoors 2night will try again tomorrow
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Looking balmy for monday - a scorching +2!
MINUS 3 though at night, so it might take till 11 to warm up from freezing
So long as the water still flows through the RO and the pipes dont freeze whilst out 5 hours'll do me!!
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Looking balmy for monday - a scorching +2!
Shorts on Monday then!
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Oh dear, its -8°C and Im in Hampshire.
-8°C !!
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Went shopping today and the sound of ice in the water tank was erring, it sounded like I had the ice berg that sank the titanic on board.
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Looks like its heading for a winter to forget :'(
and we still got feb and march hope we dont get buckets of snow.
Nearly finished my accounts so dont know what I am going to do next week ???
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+5 mon and weds where i am
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/eastbourne_forecast_weather.html
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I've had my tube heater (60w) switched on day and night for the last few days in my van - hoses and pump have been fine but damp cloths three feet away were frozen solid. Did a couple of jobs today and the water froze on the ground within seconds.
Van doesn't want to start either so looks like a new battery will be the next expense.
Not a good start so far.
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I've had my tube heater (60w) switched on day and night for the last few days in my van - hoses and pump have been fine but damp cloths three feet away were frozen solid. Did a couple of jobs today and the water froze on the ground within seconds.
Van doesn't want to start either so looks like a new battery will be the next expense.
Not a good start so far.
that is what bothers me, the water on the floor freezing, its just not safe for the customer
did you just carry on then ? ?? or put something down
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I pack up and go home, its not good karma having you customers breaking their neck :o
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Yes I was thinking as I was out the back there this evening with my trusty fish-keeping thermometer whilst collecting wood for the burner that it could actually be worse, we could have a foot of snow on the ground.
Saying that, December was cold (although not as cold as the period between christmas and new year has been) and dry; it seems to be continuing in that vein, the long range weather forecast is for a continuation for at least 10 days.
It does IMO seem to be panning out into a year we'd probably rather forget even if simply for the prolonged sub-zero temperatures we've been experiencing.
Matt
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quite handy for me, i've had to pitch in selling hats and gloves. When it's cold like this it goes beserk.
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I've had my tube heater (60w) switched on day and night for the last few days in my van - hoses and pump have been fine but damp cloths three feet away were frozen solid. Did a couple of jobs today and the water froze on the ground within seconds.
Van doesn't want to start either so looks like a new battery will be the next expense.
Not a good start so far.
Sorry to hijack thread but whats a tube heater?
Cheers Dave
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I've had my tube heater (60w) switched on day and night for the last few days in my van - hoses and pump have been fine but damp cloths three feet away were frozen solid. Did a couple of jobs today and the water froze on the ground within seconds.
Van doesn't want to start either so looks like a new battery will be the next expense.
Not a good start so far.
Sorry to hijack thread but whats a tube heater?
Cheers Dave
Tube heater - have a look at Screwfix they sell them as greenhouse or shed heaters. I got mine from ebay i think. Pretty low wattage so fairly cheap to run.
I carry a bucket of rocksalt in the van to chuck down Matt, the council put it near any steep hills. I figured i've already paid for it so i'm entitled to the odd shovel full. ;D
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I've had my tube heater (60w) switched on day and night for the last few days in my van - hoses and pump have been fine but damp cloths three feet away were frozen solid. Did a couple of jobs today and the water froze on the ground within seconds.
Van doesn't want to start either so looks like a new battery will be the next expense.
Not a good start so far.
Sorry to hijack thread but whats a tube heater?
Cheers Dave
I carry a bucket of rocksalt in the van to chuck down Matt, the council put it near any steep hills. I figured i've already paid for it so i'm entitled to the odd shovel full. ;D
i thought of that and had a bag last year, i cleaned posh house and she said " will it not freeze on the floor, im expecting guests "
no i replied, BUT incase it does i will put down this salt
she went mental about having the salt on her front steps and people walking it though her house, so i binned that idea
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it could actually be worse, we could have a foot of snow on the ground.
Its snowing now ::)
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It Was -1 at about 3 o'clock today