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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Window cleaning related song
« Last post by KS Cleaning on Yesterday at 12:13:00 pm »Mr Clean, The Jam
Look Through any Window, The Hollies
Look Through any Window, The Hollies
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Window cleaning related song
« Last post by dazmond on Yesterday at 11:20:11 am »Van morrison 'cleaning windows'
He was an actual window cleaner before he hit the big time...
He was an actual window cleaner before he hit the big time...
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Window cleaning related song
« Last post by NBwcs on Yesterday at 11:17:30 am »"clean". By Taylor Swift.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: EV Van Drivers, give us an update…
« Last post by CleanClear on Yesterday at 10:47:11 am »
Running diesel heaters on red diesel is not recommended at all. It cokes up the burner prematurely...
Urban Myth i'm afraid. Running something like that is exactly what red diesel is for.............. non taxable plant stuff, agriculture use etc....
It’s not an urban myth Wabasto themselves say not to use red diesel in them as it soots them up this is especially so in there fitment into boats most boatyards will not work on them if they have been run on red , I don’t understand why red diesel does this as its basically white diesel with a dye in it , but that’s what the manufacturers say
Webasto say do not use BS2869 which most people call heating oil.
Webasto say to use EN 590, which is available as "RED diesel " from loads of places.
https://www.beesleyfuels.co.uk for example, sell both. As do most fuel suppliers.
Maybe a moot point, as Spruce has pointed out, it doesn't look like its legal to use it anyway.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Are we about to be regulated
« Last post by Stoots on Yesterday at 10:25:28 am »I thought of this because the other day i cleaned on a new build estate, the house i was about to clean had overhead power cables not far away. I mean proper power cables on pylons, they were clearly insulated and i estimated the top of my pole was maybe 10m away at most. It was an overcast damp day and i just decided to not do them, i had cleaned that house 3 times before and never really noticed them but for some reason the other day i did and they made me nervous enough to just leave it.
I think if theres to be any education it should be on how to spot a live cable because apart from the obvious ones sometimes its a guess, i clean near a few thin cables that ive always assumed are telephone wires and not dangerous but in reality i dont know for sure .
I think if theres to be any education it should be on how to spot a live cable because apart from the obvious ones sometimes its a guess, i clean near a few thin cables that ive always assumed are telephone wires and not dangerous but in reality i dont know for sure .
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: EV Van Drivers, give us an update…
« Last post by Scottish Cleaning Service on Yesterday at 08:38:29 am »The way it is going, soon they will do away with red diesel but our food will cost more. The way the Gov is going for the farmers then i guess that will be the next step. I would do away with it and give the farmers a rebate on the amount of diesel they use. This red diesel compliance is a bit of a mine field. LPG for vehicles used to be half the price of petrol and now its 99.9p. The Gov needs money to pay for welfare and pensions so nothing is going to get cheaper, that's the reason I buy equipment for my business and hold on to it.
The 5p a litre on fuel is coming back in April so everything will go up and push up inflation a bit. After that there is not much the Gov can put up without getting folk angry. I believe the next step will be Vat heading for 25% like Sweden so the best thing we can do is buy any equipment that we need now. Someone was telling us about the old price of PF electric hosereel and what it cost now. I'm thinking of buying one as a spare in the future.
The 5p a litre on fuel is coming back in April so everything will go up and push up inflation a bit. After that there is not much the Gov can put up without getting folk angry. I believe the next step will be Vat heading for 25% like Sweden so the best thing we can do is buy any equipment that we need now. Someone was telling us about the old price of PF electric hosereel and what it cost now. I'm thinking of buying one as a spare in the future.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Window cleaning related song
« Last post by Klean07 on Yesterday at 08:27:07 am »I was listening to Ken Bruce the other day on his Greatest Hits Show whilst cleaning a block of 36 apartments when a song I remembered from the 70's came on. It was called Hold your head up by a group called Argent. I thought it was an appropriate song for the job we do.
Other than the George Formby song does anyone have any others they would like to share so as I can make a new playlist?
Other than the George Formby song does anyone have any others they would like to share so as I can make a new playlist?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: EV Van Drivers, give us an update…
« Last post by AuRavelling79 on December 19, 2025, 10:37:41 pm »Thanks for the clarification Spruce.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: EV Van Drivers, give us an update…
« Last post by Spruce on December 19, 2025, 09:19:29 pm »The tories said they would scrap the petrol/diesel ban due to come into force in 2030 if they got back into power.....let's hope they get back in....Shame the site doesn't have a dislike button.
Ive got no desire to go electric at all and hopefully the next government will see sense and abolish it.
The whole green agenda is nonsense.
However, we’ve had a brand new Kia EV3 since August and its hands down the best car we’ve ever owned.
I’m a massive, and I mean massive, petrol head, but there is a place for EV’s.
For our type of work, and EV van is pretty much perfect, unless you’re doing loads of motorway miles.
Disclaimer - I absolutely despise the green agenda and owning and ev is purely based on what we wanted rather than ‘saving the planet’
I like using a diesel heater for window cleaning which will be a pain if im forced to lease an electric van. I just can't go back to cold water cleaning
Well there’s nothing stopping you having a diesel heater? Sure, you’ll need a separate tank, but that’s no big deal.
That’s not a reason to dislike EVs.
I agree with you the net zero policies are absolutely ludicrous, we are systematically destroying our own country over it.
Having a separate diesel tank in the van will have to do but it's much easier/convenient to run a diesel heater in a diesel van.
Having a seperate diesel tank for your heater means you can run it on red diesel too. Win win.
If you are using a diesel air heater to heat your van, then you may use red diesel.
If you are heating water to only heat your van with radiators, then you can use red diesel.
If you are using your heater to heat water to clean your customer's windows, then you aren't allowed to use red diesel. You can't use red diesel for commercial purposes.
One of the garages in Stockton-on-Tees sells red diesel. You have a form to fill out with all your details declaring the intended use of the red diesel you are purchasing, completing it with a signed declaration for HMRC.
Leisure boats, such as canal boats, have to split their diesel fill up into heating and propulsion elements. Propulsion will account for 60% of the bill, taxed at the standard diesel tax rate, and the remaining 40% of the same diesel for heating at the lower tax rate.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reform-of-red-diesel-entitlements/reform-of-red-diesel-and-other-rebated-fuels-entitlement
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: EV Van Drivers, give us an update…
« Last post by Splash and dash on December 19, 2025, 06:28:19 pm »
Running diesel heaters on red diesel is not recommended at all. It cokes up the burner prematurely...
Urban Myth i'm afraid. Running something like that is exactly what red diesel is for.............. non taxable plant stuff, agriculture use etc....
This is part of Wabasto s instructions to there fitters
