[macmac]

And there's drips from the top windows to consider.

tony

[Mike 108]

macmac

What about your views on my topic   "WFP - that little bit of frame above the openers?"

Mike

[mark dew]

What am I doing wrong only been going two weeks so maybe not fast enough, most of mine are large houses and taking 1hour. As its the first time I am taking more care. but I have still noticed that ive been getting been faster (I think) and I am begining to think about how to do things quicker. For instance doing upstairs fron then downstairs fornt, same again with sides and back. then today it hit me when i go round the back have to come to the ftont again with the hose to pack up, so from tommorow going to do all upstairs right the way round front to back and then back to front downstairs. To you boys doing lots of houses this might be second nature, but to me being new these are things you need to figure out. My clients are averaging at aprox £26 each so they are decent prices. But has anybody got any tips  that will help me save more time???

i start at the back on the furthest upstairs window. Do all the upstairs at the back and then go along and do the downstairs windows. Repeating at the front.
Once you have turned up at a job a few times, you will get quicker cos you will learn that some windows want to be clean regardless of how much faffing around you do. Others might require more of a rinse along a line at the top of the glass.
I know i will reach a point where i am going round quicker than the job requires but until i do i go as fast as i can. And be gone.

[macmac]

macmac

What about your views on my topic   "WFP - that little bit of frame above the openers?"

Mike

I never clean a top frame, IMO it's asking for trouble. You need a rectangular brush, pencil jets & a bit of practice. have the brush angled at 90 degrees to the glass or even pointing down a wee bit (plastic angle adaptor, perfect). put brush on glass, apply a bit of pressure & use the top beading (the bit of plastic that holds the glass in) as a stop with the tops (not tips) of the bristles. run the tops of the bristles back & forth along the beading a couple of times to get any dirt off (this just wets it & doesn't soak it). scrub as normal (steadily) but don't push water above the beading onto the frame. to rinse, push brush in same way as before to top left corner of glass & move along to right then lift off. It may take a few tries to get into it but once you've cracked it you'll save time & hassle & it'll become second nature.
In this case you will still have to clean the bottom frame piece of the top openers but not the sides or the middle piece. job's a good 'un.

Tony

[Alex Wingrove]

some jobs there is a certain window that you have to start at, i find these are the ones with a bay window below, and no pitched roof, so it drips for ages and ages,

also the hose is such a big problem, knowing where to put etc etc,

but i remember i could do the 3bed semi we was talking about 8-10 windows in 20mins easy but most of the time less, if i wanted 15mins,

unless you have alot of houses in a row this is where the pole can fall shy of ladders in speed retrospective

[Helen]

What is a small house and what is a large house?
House are all different sizes and should be treated and priced individually

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

how many houses can be done in a day wfp,in particular those who have a trolley system?
Ive always been maybe over careful but know i am full time i need to quicken up so give me some bench marks.......for instance if your day was full of 3 bed semi's all within a 5 mile radius of your home

I usually knock out between 20 and 25 houses a day when i just do houses, that is by the

old fashioned method of using ladders.

I am now in the market for a wfp and just tring to decide which one to buy, hopefully i will be able to

knock out more houses when i am up and running, as at the moment i am turning work away..

Darren

[windowwashers]

some jobs there is a certain window that you have to start at, i find these are the ones with a bay window below, and no pitched roof, so it drips for ages and ages,

also the hose is such a big problem, knowing where to put etc etc,

but i remember i could do the 3bed semi we was talking about 8-10 windows in 20mins easy but most of the time less, if i wanted 15mins,

unless you have alot of houses in a row this is where the pole can fall shy of ladders in speed retrospective

Agree to that in a lot of ways on smaller houses