[keen2clean]

Hey to all those experienced beains on here hope business is booming, im still fighting to get started but  beggining to see things come together now a little bit. lol
I am thinking of adding an ironing service to my crrent service list has anyone got any tips for me, were to bu the best iron at the cheapest price or any other pricing advice orgeneral advice any comments would eb well received.
Thansk guys all the best ray

[LRAZEC]

Hi Ray,

I'm offering ironing service as an extra option to domestic cleaning and I do have a few customers that opted for that, all of them having what is needed for that (iron, ironboard etc.). So even that I offer ironing I never thought of buing a iron or an iron board....

Best of luck

Luc

[shelton]

We've been doing the same (adding as an extra to domestic cleaning), but are struggling to come to terms with the right way to price.

There seems to be a few schools of thought on how to charge (and I know this has been discussed earlier, before someone chimes in  ).

At the moment we're selling it as an add-on to domestic cleaning and just charging the extra time.  A family member has a "proper" ironing place do theirs and they get charged by weight.  Others, I know, charge by item.

I keep meaning to do a comparison to see if our ironing service could be more profitable . .. any thoughts?

[keen2clean]

erm i have done some research into it down here in essex most companies charge £1.50 for lb of ironing i havent checked to see how much i could get thru in an hour. Howeer there is professional equipment u can buy for around £1400 which can speed it up to the extent of 20 mans shirts an hour! which could be very profitable lol.
Anyone baught the equiment?
Oh yea and on a completely different note has anyone got any tips on preventing smewaring when cleaning windows?
thanks ray

[Prestige1]

1lb ironing = 3 to 4 gents shirts
We charge £1,90 per pound, but we supply hangers and sleeves, others charge £1.40 don't supply the above. to be honest its more profitable and less hassle then my cleaning contracts, its just hard and slow finding the clients. you don't need any fancy ironing equip just a really good Iron (£150) 2 boards 1 for smokers clothes 1 for non smokers clothes. get your supplys from www.alexreid.co.uk hope this helps kind regards Phil

[Tim Downer]

To prevent smearing on the windows, use a proper window cleaning squeegee to finish the windows off. There will be no water, or lines from the water left on the glass to make you smear them. You just need the scrim to wipe the edges quickly.......job done. Look at any typical cleaning suppliers to see their range of window cleaning equipment.

Regards

Tim

[Paul Kettless]

With regards to smears on glass, if we are doing a domestic job we use a solution of vinegar, water and lemon juice.  Works every time with little labour needed, and very cheap to use.

For the ironing we use a rowenta expert, from memory was approx £200 and is 4.5 bar pressure, superb piece of kit and we would not be without it.