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dazmond

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tradding more ground floors?
« on: November 25, 2010, 05:10:28 pm »
are any of you guys tradding more ground floors due to the very cold weather?ive been cleaning nearly all ground floors trad today and salting the odd doorway(below a window ive just wfpoled).i was surprised!its not slowed me down one bit!! :D :Dmind you i was fully trad for 17 years before wfp!i also use a bottle on a belt so no carrying bucket.



dazmond
price higher/work harder!

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2010, 05:24:28 pm »
dazmond , once youve been using wfp on any window never go back to blading it in the winter , youve spent time getting all the soap and crap off it ,now youll just put it back on,

AuRavelling79

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2010, 05:25:53 pm »
Only front doors on the shady side of the houses today. A good wfp'er can easily get rid of a bit of soap from doing it trad.
It's a game of three halves!

Paul Coleman

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2010, 05:29:52 pm »
I did trad a few ground floor ones last Winter but only on very vulnerable paths - particularly if an older person lives there.  Remember, a fall is much more likely to kill an older person.  There are only a few paths where it is necessary (IMO) though.  I think it's about using your skill and judgment in playing it right.  I've already got a fair supply of rock salt in.  I got some of it over a week ago but as it's become clearer that there is likely to be a cold snap, I bought some more.  I don't want to be left without like last year.  All tax deductible too remember.

dazmond

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2010, 06:03:24 pm »
ive just cleared out the local shop of salt(22 bottles of it!!)it cost me just under a tenner.hopefully ill be ok for a few weeks.the woman behind the counter was  not impressed with me clearing out her stock though!she started ranting at me then realised she was showing herself up in front of a big queue of people! ;D ;D



im sure i wont have too many problems with reverting back to wfp on ground floors once the weather has warmed up a bit!!just a good extra rinse should do the trick.

im just not prepared to leave big puddles of water around every custies house(just small puddles!)in this freezing weather.also i enjoyed the change!wfp is too messy sometimes IMO!! ;D ;D


DAZMOND
price higher/work harder!

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2010, 06:34:22 pm »
you might as well start tradding the tops as well ;D

james44

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2010, 10:43:31 pm »
DAZMOND if you have to trad use ecover+pure water as it leaves no film on the windows,
 it`s  easy to wfp the next time!

dazmond

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2010, 10:56:13 pm »
i use squeegee off or gg3.never had a problem wfpoling them again next time.just give an extra scrub and rinse. ;) ;D ;D



dazmond
price higher/work harder!

♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2010, 11:43:58 pm »
Only front doors on the shady side of the houses today. A good wfp'er can easily get rid of a bit of soap from doing it trad.

Spot on! It's the biggest myth in wfp anyway! ;)

I have windows I trad one month & wfp the next.

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2010, 06:26:12 am »
why would you do that  ???.get all the custys on side regarding wfp and then start using a blade every other time . no thanks

Londoner

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2010, 07:21:50 am »
I quite often trad big windows (patio doors etc)  downstairs because its actually the one type of window that is better done trad. You save on water ( a throwback to the days when I had a trolley), its just as quick and you have the confidence of a visual check that nothing has been missed.

These are "eyeball" windows, marks get noticed and they are most likely to attract  sticky handprints, pigeon hits, snail trails etc.

james44

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2010, 01:05:38 pm »
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I quite often trad big windows (patio doors etc)  downstairs because its actually the one type of window that is better done trad. You save on water ( a throwback to the days when I had a trolley), its just as quick and you have the confidence of a visual check that nothing has been missed.

These are "eyeball" windows, marks get noticed and they are most likely to attract  sticky handprints, pigeon hits, snail trails etc.
;)

Sir Squeaky

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2010, 02:48:34 pm »
I quite often trad big windows (patio doors etc)  downstairs because its actually the one type of window that is better done trad. You save on water ( a throwback to the days when I had a trolley), its just as quick and you have the confidence of a visual check that nothing has been missed.

These are "eyeball" windows, marks get noticed and they are most likely to attract  sticky handprints, pigeon hits, snail trails etc.
Spot on. I do on some of these too

Newannaive

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2010, 05:10:13 pm »
just sprinkle pure water on your mop and your away!! dont need detergent  ;D

james44

Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2010, 05:35:32 pm »
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just sprinkle pure water on your mop and your away!! dont need detergent

Not another cowboy! ???

♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2010, 06:18:57 pm »
why would you do that  ???.get all the custys on side regarding wfp and then start using a blade every other time . no thanks

Two houses next to each other. one is a large 5 bed detatched on 2 monthly the other is a small bungalow. When I do them both I wfp them both, when it's just the bulgalow it's faster trad! ;)

I've done countless builders cleans trad then wfp from next time, no problems with soap. I could give you many examples & I've never had any "issues" regarding soap from previous cleans. ;)

Newannaive

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Re: tradding more ground floors?
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2010, 10:12:44 pm »
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just sprinkle pure water on your mop and your away!! dont need detergent

Not another cowboy! ???
i sometimes blade it off  :-*