[Pete10]

 ...got stung today, hadnt twigged an £80 quid outside i do was quite difficult georgian squares....quite big but still in square sections,  quoted 80 quid...still on it 5hrs later!!!....georgian squares....whats the quickest way? i just scrubbed with wet microfibre then scrimmed dry, took an age as hadnt been cleaned for 2 years, lesson learned....any tips chaps? spray bottle & fan?  whats the quickest way to trad the small squares? got arm ache!!!!!:'(

[PurefectWindowCleaning]

I spent 9.5 hours on georgian today, 1 house.

I used squeegee for all insides

[FCS]

spray bottle with pure water in it and lots of clean microfibres..

or if they're big enough , squeegee em!

[bobplum]

spray bottle with pure water in it and lots of clean microfibres..

or if they're big enough , squeegee em!

cut a squeegee down to size and A SPRAY BOTTLE WITH PURE WATER OR FAIRY

[bobplum]

and spray them first and let them soak

[dazmond]

or refuse the insides or put  your day rate price in and scare them off!!

[MWC]

or refuse the insides or put  your day rate price in and scare them off!!

Thats the best idea, sometimes forget how long it takes

[Frankybadboy]

if you never worked out after 5hrs what would be quicker then i pack up.

[Pete10]

........cheers chaps, sounds good to soak with a spray first, will invest in a small squeegee and mop so will give it all a try if asked again in six months, will put price up a bit and try to speed up....not the best work but customers very happy in a road of 80-120 quid houses, its a good advert.

[Ian101]

...got stung today, hadnt twigged an £80 quid outside i do was quite difficult georgian squares....quite big but still in square sections,  quoted 80 quid...still on it 5hrs later!!!....georgian squares....whats the quickest way? i just scrubbed with wet microfibre then scrimmed dry, took an age as hadnt been cleaned for 2 years, lesson learned....any tips chaps? spray bottle & fan?  whats the quickest way to trad the small squares? got arm ache!!!!!:'(

sounds virtually identical to the job I cocked up about 18 months ago.

Outside not been done for about 10 years and insides prob longer except I quoted £80 for the lot .. had to do outsides twice as 1st time came up really bad and insides took forever as minging.

Learnt from it though so just one of those things.

[Tom White]

A light spray and wipe off with kitchen roll.  You need shed loads of kitchen roll, but it's better than microfibre or anything else. 

[Pete10]

.....sounds good, will give the kitchen roll a go......I think sometimes you have to eat a few hours to get a new customer on the round, within reason. Appreciate the advice chaps, P

[rosskesava]

I found kitchen roll leaves loads of little bits all over the glass.

I use 2 microfibres. One is wet (dump in bucket, then wringe out as much as possible), wipe over glass, dry with other microfibre.

It's really quick and effective.



Tosh - Ive spent the week with the hose on the outside of the pole just to try it. Brilliant suggestion. I can't understand why I never tried doing this before now.

[H S and Son]

Use a squeegee to a similiar width as the panes. The price needs to be at least twice the outsides.

[Paul Griffin]

I do it the same way as rosskesava but i use scrim instead of microfibre and its really fast...

But it's like everything else what suits one person may not suit another...

[Tom White]

Tosh - Ive spent the week with the hose on the outside of the pole just to try it. Brilliant suggestion. I can't understand why I never tried doing this before now.

Yeh, it's so simple - better than an aqua dapter - cheaper, less problems (aquadapters break sometimes), less dirt up your pole, shorter closed pole length and of course; it's lighter.

I also think it's physically easier too, you can rest the butt of the pole on the ground while closing or extending, rather than having to keep it off the ground.  It's only minor, but hour-after-hour, day-in-day out, I'm sure that makes a difference.

Pole hose needs to be a stiff kind of type that'll cut the water flow when 'nipped'.  Gardiners yellow stuff won't do it.

[rosskesava]

Yeh, it's so simple - better than an aqua dapter - cheaper, less problems (aquadapters break sometimes), less dirt up your pole, shorter closed pole length and of course; it's lighter.

I also think it's physically easier too, you can rest the butt of the pole on the ground while closing or extending, rather than having to keep it off the ground.  It's only minor, but hour-after-hour, day-in-day out, I'm sure that makes a difference.

Pole hose needs to be a stiff kind of type that'll cut the water flow when 'nipped'.  Gardiners yellow stuff won't do it.

I use the soft 6mm (or is it 8mm) yellow streamline microbore.

Yup. Opening and closing the pole is such a doddle and easy and quick and as you say, no grit in the pole what so ever which also means the pole and clamps will last longer.

I removed the flow tap as I now don't need it.

I've also found if I 'whip' the hose around the pole after it's extended, especially for 2nd floor stuff etc, as it wraps around the pole, it catches on the clamp nuts and holds the hose in place.

As for 'nipping' the hose, it's never more than a few inches from your hand.

All in all, life is so much easier window cleaning and as a suggestion, 9.9 out of 10.

Thanks for posting that idea.

[Mike #1]

  Trad em it bewilders me that some windys dont have trad gear for inside work  and probably dont have a clue how to use it . Mike

[Ian Rochester]

We do a big old farmhouse with Georgian panes (12 to a window) we charge £240 for the insides (+£120 outsides) it takes three guys around 3 hours for insides and out every 3 month, use Astonish glass cleaner for the insides with a microfibre.

[PurefectWindowCleaning]

Yeh, it's so simple - better than an aqua dapter - cheaper, less problems (aquadapters break sometimes), less dirt up your pole, shorter closed pole length and of course; it's lighter.

I also think it's physically easier too, you can rest the butt of the pole on the ground while closing or extending, rather than having to keep it off the ground.  It's only minor, but hour-after-hour, day-in-day out, I'm sure that makes a difference.

Pole hose needs to be a stiff kind of type that'll cut the water flow when 'nipped'.  Gardiners yellow stuff won't do it.

I use the soft 6mm (or is it 8mm) yellow streamline microbore.

Yup. Opening and closing the pole is such a doddle and easy and quick and as you say, no grit in the pole what so ever which also means the pole and clamps will last longer.

I removed the flow tap as I now don't need it.

I've also found if I 'whip' the hose around the pole after it's extended, especially for 2nd floor stuff etc, as it wraps around the pole, it catches on the clamp nuts and holds the hose in place.

As for 'nipping' the hose, it's never more than a few inches from your hand.

All in all, life is so much easier window cleaning and as a suggestion, 9.9 out of 10.

Thanks for posting that idea.

What is this idea you talk of?