[Ian101]

Pulled up at a house today and just got ladders set up for 1st window within in seconds  another window cleaner turned up to do next door house (couldnt had been timed better) except he was WFP thought this will be interesting but no worries as him and his missus were very chatty ... anyways he done the back of his house before I had even done the second front window ..... now Im not the fastest but defo not slow neither ... then he had the front done within minutes.

Not wanting to start wfp v trad argument but flipping heck apart from the safety angle with WFP it will save me loads of time or at least increase my rate by nearly double I rekon. DEFO going WFP early next year 

Guys name is Mathew Maxwell and his lovely missus is called Emma told them about this forum and rekon he may join. Had a good chat and showed me all around his Brodex system ... was good to see a friendly rival window cleaner for a change instead of all the stares or just a grunt when i stop and say hello 

[Paul Coleman]

Pulled up at a house today and just got ladders set up for 1st window within in seconds  another window cleaner turned up to do next door house (couldnt had been timed better) except he was WFP thought this will be interesting but no worries as him and his missus were very chatty ... anyways he done the back of his house before I had even done the second front window ..... now Im not the fastest but defo not slow neither ... then he had the front done within minutes.

Not wanting to start wfp v trad argument but flipping heck apart from the safety angle with WFP it will save me loads of time or at least increase my rate by nearly double I rekon. DEFO going WFP early next year 

Guys name is Mathew Maxwell and his lovely missus is called Emma told them about this forum and rekon he may join. Had a good chat and showed me all around his Brodex system ... was good to see a friendly rival window cleaner for a change instead of all the stares or just a grunt when i stop and say hello 

Oh yes, the "on the glass" time drops dramatically job for job once you've got to doing maintenance cleans.  However it needs to because there is a lot more financial outlay and there can be a lot more out of hours time devoted to work.  However, even allowing for the hidden stuff, it is still a much better earner using WFP.  My turnover has gone up by much more than my outgoings.
The faster speed of getting through individual jobs becomes much more pronounced on the larger ones.

[Jack Wallace]

Pulled up at a house today and just got ladders set up for 1st window within in seconds  another window cleaner turned up to do next door house (couldnt had been timed better) except he was WFP thought this will be interesting but no worries as him and his missus were very chatty ... anyways he done the back of his house before I had even done the second front window ..... now Im not the fastest but defo not slow neither ... then he had the front done within minutes.

Not wanting to start wfp v trad argument but flipping heck apart from the safety angle with WFP it will save me loads of time or at least increase my rate by nearly double I rekon. DEFO going WFP early next year 

Guys name is Mathew Maxwell and his lovely missus is called Emma told them about this forum and rekon he may join. Had a good chat and showed me all around his Brodex system ... was good to see a friendly rival window cleaner for a change instead of all the stares or just a grunt when i stop and say hello 

Oh yes, the "on the glass" time drops dramatically job for job once you've got to doing maintenance cleans.  However it needs to because there is a lot more financial outlay and there can be a lot more out of hours time devoted to work.  However, even allowing for the hidden stuff, it is still a much better earner using WFP.  My turnover has gone up by much more than my outgoings.
The faster speed of getting through individual jobs becomes much more pronounced on the larger ones.

Your not wrong!  one of my lads was complaining today his water kept shutting off. So I had to replace his battery @ 65 quid. 

Never had that when we used old rags and a bucket of dirty water 

[LWC]

Everyone knows WFP is far superior to trad.

[windiewasher]

done 6 houses in 50 mins yesterday all on the same road and that includes set up and put away!
average of £8 a house!
loved every minute of it!

[Llaaww]

Pulled up at a house today and just got ladders set up for 1st window within in seconds  another window cleaner turned up to do next door house (couldnt had been timed better) except he was WFP thought this will be interesting but no worries as him and his missus were very chatty ... anyways he done the back of his house before I had even done the second front window ..... now Im not the fastest but defo not slow neither ... then he had the front done within minutes.

Not wanting to start wfp v trad argument but flipping heck apart from the safety angle with WFP it will save me loads of time or at least increase my rate by nearly double I rekon. DEFO going WFP early next year 

Guys name is Mathew Maxwell and his lovely missus is called Emma told them about this forum and rekon he may join. Had a good chat and showed me all around his Brodex system ... was good to see a friendly rival window cleaner for a change instead of all the stares or just a grunt when i stop and say hello 

If you are thinking of going wfp don't wait until next year, do it tomorow. You will not regret it. A simple off the peg setup will pay for itself in no time at all. If you are going to go ahead best advice would be to get a carbon pole. The carbon poles put fibreglass back in the stone age. ( in the same way wfp does for trad)

Always nice to see a friendly face

[windowswashed]

I've done 2 houses faster wfp than 2 trad cleaners doing one house opposite before

[taylored]

just got going wfp  do it dont wait, faster,safer,cleaner. 3 days in im looking forward to the next day and the day after that

[birdymiller]

Ive done 3 houses trad whilst a wfp guy did the front of one house.

[clearlyclean]

Great not going up ladders and one of my customers was well chuffed because I told her that there was no detergent only pure water,she has awkward bay windows and slippery stone slabs,Less time up a ladder the more money in your pocket and if you fall off a ladder takes a while to get back up to speed 

[dave0123]

To be fair I'd go back and take a look at the windows tomrrow! See what the qualility of the windows are!!




Dave!

[Sean Dyer]

ive been doing all wfp this week 1st time ever usually have alot of trad work, and its great , plus custy said windows are great ! happy days

only thing is back pack is a nightmare filling, carrying etc looking forward to getting a van asap

[SB Cleaning]

I clean a small 3 bed semi detached house.

Pull up outside the drive, use 12m of hose pulled out in a straight line to reach the back of the house (open gate first)

Back windows:
1st floor: bedroom/ bath room windows = 2 large pane of glass
Ground floor: kitchen window/ French doors = 3 large panes of glass

Side windows:
1st floor stair, hall window = 1 medium pane of glass
Ground floor: Backdoor window/ WC window = 2 panes of glass

Front windows:
1st floor: 2 x bedrooms = 2 large panes of glass
Ground floor: Front door/ living room = 4 panes of glass

Total: 11 windows & 14 panes of glass Time actual cleaning less than 60 seconds when rushed, usually takes between 1-2 minutes.

Total time to completing the job, from pull up to drive off, 7-8 minutes

(The bedroom window above the front door makes this job very awkward if done trad, that one window would take 2 minutes)

7-8 mins thats going some mate!!!

I been going about 3-4 months now takes me about 25 mins to do a house that size

[Ste M]

yes got to agree with you here, i can fly round houses with good access, i usually do all the tops first now to save on putting my pole up and down and causing unneccesery wear on the pole, i then fly round the ground floor no problem, my hourly rate and houses per hour have nearly doubled since i have gone wfp from a van

[Londoner]

I clean a small 3 bed semi detached house.

Pull up outside the drive, use 12m of hose pulled out in a straight line to reach the back of the house (open gate first)

Back windows:
1st floor: bedroom/ bath room windows = 2 large pane of glass
Ground floor: kitchen window/ French doors = 3 large panes of glass

Side windows:
1st floor stair, hall window = 1 medium pane of glass
Ground floor: Backdoor window/ WC window = 2 panes of glass

Front windows:
1st floor: 2 x bedrooms = 2 large panes of glass
Ground floor: Front door/ living room = 4 panes of glass

Total: 11 windows & 14 panes of glass Time actual cleaning less than 60 seconds when rushed, usually takes between 1-2 minutes.

Total time to completing the job, from pull up to drive off, 7-8 minutes

(The bedroom window above the front door makes this job very awkward if done trad, that one window would take 2 minutes)

7-8 mins thats going some mate!!!

I been going about 3-4 months now takes me about 25 mins to do a house that size

Don't worry about that. Its a very fine line between being quick and splash and dash. Take your time, do them to YOUR satifaction. Its not a race. 

[EVER CLEAN]

Everyone knows WFP is far superior to trad.

DONT TALK S**T

[G Griffin]

I agree being quick is about having a technique, slash & dash is working without any thought.

 I agree. I don`t think anyone should do this.

[tom2009]

I clean a small 3 bed semi detached house.

Pull up outside the drive, use 12m of hose pulled out in a straight line to reach the back of the house (open gate first)

Back windows:
1st floor: bedroom/ bath room windows = 2 large pane of glass
Ground floor: kitchen window/ French doors = 3 large panes of glass

Side windows:
1st floor stair, hall window = 1 medium pane of glass
Ground floor: Backdoor window/ WC window = 2 panes of glass

Front windows:
1st floor: 2 x bedrooms = 2 large panes of glass
Ground floor: Front door/ living room = 4 panes of glass

Total: 11 windows & 14 panes of glass Time actual cleaning less than 60 seconds when rushed, usually takes between 1-2 minutes.

Total time to completing the job, from pull up to drive off, 7-8 minutes

(The bedroom window above the front door makes this job very awkward if done trad, that one window would take 2 minutes)

7-8 mins thats going some mate!!!

I been going about 3-4 months now takes me about 25 mins to do a house that size

same here. Perhaps quicker on the easy access modern cubes.

[Pj]

Sorry to go slightly off topic here - but -

 Ewan says,  "Prioritise: Glass 1st, sills 2nd, side of frames 3rd, top of frames 4th"


No No No No No nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

[AuRavelling79]

Sorry to go slightly off topic here - but -

 Ewan says,  "Prioritise: Glass 1st, sills 2nd, side of frames 3rd, top of frames 4th"


No No No No No nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Agree with PJ there ... please explain Ewan because to my mind doing the top frame last will bring down any muck.