[eddie d]

i found that when i fell from a ladder and had 3 pins in my foot , and being told i had a 70% chance of having a fixed foot .in other words not being able to walk again ,quite stressful.but luckily that didnt hapen.
so my answer is ,i found wfp a god send .,despite its maintenance

[Dean Taberner]

i found that when i fell from a ladder and had 3 pins in my foot , and being told i had a 70% chance of having a fixed foot .in other words not being able to walk again ,quite stressful.but luckily that didnt hapen.
so my answer is ,i found wfp a god send .,despite its maintenance

Same here mate,

I had 5 pins in my ankle 4 yr ago and theyre still there.

Also broke both of my feet too

Dean

[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

well i must confess something.

when i converted to wfp three years ago i swore i would never go back to ladders....but my brother was way behind his work and asked me to give him a hand, but on ladders......no way i said......anyways he says i can do the bottom flats on the ladders while he does the tops...ok...easy......did a full days work traditional and loved it, got my old muscles moving again and felt as if i was actually working, anyways the next day he says to me i can give you an easy run of tops and bottom flats if you want.....ok i will give it a go.....did all the 50 flats in one day (got me 200 quid in cash for it) and came home knackered, but for some odd reason i felt that i had actually done a hard days work, best bit was i looked in the mirror the next day and hey presto my beer belly had shrunk rapidly.......dont get me wrong i aint converting back to trad anytime soon but if he wants me to help him again then i will have no probs doing it.

[dave.e]

I think the way things are with all this wfp we will all look like pop i on the top half and tellytubys on the bottoms . ps sorry about the spelling guys

[Sir Squeaky]

Wfp is a pain in the bottom.

Every house or so I have to get air out the system.
I've got through 4 batteries, and my current one is flat by 11.30ish.
On with the jump leads...
Broken countless poles.
Leaks in hose get me wet.
Connections splitting.
Varistream doing as it pleases and "varying" the flow.
Back and forth to the van to turn it up or down.
The list goes on, and and grows every day...

But...and it's a big but...I'd still rather it than up and down ladders, scrubbing windows by hand and getting repetitive strain again.

[kevin James]

This isnan excellently worded thread! Gets right to the essence of why we do what we do.
It's made me think hard about job satisfaction & I've come up with why trad can feel more rewarding:
1) there is nothing to think (worry, same thing) about apart from applicate, squeege, admire reflection.
2) you walk straight to the job & get on with it. No anxiety/frustration bout tubing runs.
3) no mechanical failure worries.

BUT...... You always want to earn more! Which is why most of us converted.

So how do we achieve the same satisfaction we had with trad?

1) double up with mechanical bits so if it fails, you're back working in 5. ( I've found pump issues the worst. & have now found that the quad (4 chamber) flojets are brilliant. They have temp cutouts, never block with bits & have the. Quick release O ring ports. I keep a spare right alongside so changeover is seconds)

2) keep the tubing runs simple with clever parking. ( the quad bike has really paid dividends here cos parking anywhere is not an issue)

3) don't fall into the trap of going full pelt! I did, and I lost the appreciation of how much easier wfp canbe. You don't gainmuch in productivity but lose a lot in chill factor! Keep reminding yourself that Its so much easier than ladders so enjoy it!
4) make small improvements to your setup, that quicken your rate without you actually, physically upping your tempo. ( a good examle is electric rewind reels)

Wfp can be fun( especially with a quad bike!). If something gies wrong, analyse it & beat it by making sure it don't happen again. It's not a mistake, it's a way of showing you how to improve!

Kevin

www.lifeonaledge.co.uk