[4S Cleaning]

I posted on another part of this board that I was buying a small run ...well things have moved on ..now buying 2 small runs £250 each per month & in jan 13 one worth £1000 per month two cleaned once per 4 weeks & one of the small ones fortnightly ...i still have a full time job and hope to manage the small runs at the weekend but in Jan will have to go full time with the window cleaning  ..I intend to offer once established & known to my customers window & door repairs as I have over 25 yrs in double glazing , I thought this might come in handy in poor weather, any help & advice for a newbie welcome ..like what I will need to purchase tool wise for cleaning ladders,squeeges, buckets...ect

[DG Cleaning]

I'm part time and I've done the first 18 months trad and I'm glad I did so I've now got the speed and skills. However I'm shortly going van mount wfp. January is a bit dodgy to go full time on ladders if the floor is damp like it usually is that time of year. I'd say go wfp sooner rather than later. For the time being you'll need a few scrims, sill cloths, ladder prob 3.5m long (ladders online are exellent) squeegee (I used to use 14" but now I use 12" and hardly do any detailing) t bar for mopping windows, rectangle bucket glass scraper. Best thing you can do is go work with a trad window cleaner for a couple of hours to learn the ropes. I did and it sped me up no end saved well over an hour a day.

[richardlingard]

are you going to be trad or waterfed pole, if trad look up a rojak ladder stopper, it will save your life ;-)

[4S Cleaning]

Thank you both for your responce, I will be doing it traditional, I am already going out with a window cleaner he says I am doing fine & that the speed will come, I find once I have been out for a couple of hours that I get quicker I seem to get into a rythym & get quicker.


I will look up the ladder stopper 

[robertphil]

dont Ever trust a rubbermat outdoors mate .    soon as its a tad damp they lose grip like sh/t off a shovel

[richardlingard]

they arnt a rubbermat

[G Griffin]

they arnt a rubbermat

I think he meant the Laddermat. I don't think Bobby's post was a response to yours, more to the OP.

[Bay View WCS]

Damn - thought this was a thread about swimming. My bad 

[richardlingard]

lol sorry