Good for you terry but i for one am happy doing houses and wouldnt touch "blue chip" with "the climate of money". Wfp dosent cost you loads mate £500 tops. My custys are happy im safer.
I have and still am looking at WFP but "£500 tops" is just not true. You say that like it’s the maximum it will cost you, yet some say you could spend that alone on your water bill for WFP. As for the systems they are very pricey if you look at the likes of ionics. But yeah, get a DIY system; you could get one for £500. Pure water has been used in the cleaning industry for a long time, if you look at car valeting companies. Aquariums use RO and DI kits for there fresh water fish, so its not necessarily a new idea.
I guess my view on this topic, is good luck mate and I am glad you are happy. Take every precaution that you can, and I wish you all the best.
Trad? Its funny when I hear people, call a squeegee and a bucket trad, when 100 years ago, it was chamois leather. Its wasn't until the 30's that the squeegee came into fashion, and now for close to 80 years of using squeegee’s people are moving to water fed poles. I have heard stories of how WC's who used rags, where unsure of the squeegee. Could this be the case with WFP, could WFP be the next tool of the trade.
Going by this forum, it would seem that it is, however when I look at the WC's in my area, and see the only WFP user, doing his residential from a ladder, I wonder if maybe it isn't.
There does seem to be a divide between WC's on here, each trying to justify there method. WFP users slagging the very method that they started with, and Trad WC slagging a method they in most cases have never used.
It seems that this sort of topic could go on for a long time yet on this forum, but it only goes to show that it is not a clean cut as some might make it out to be. The very fact that people are trying to come to some conclusion as to which is better as a standard business model for all WC's, and not coming to any kind of decision or final conclusion to these topics say to me that the industry as whole has not yet decided that the squeegee should be put back on the shelf of the local museums.
I think that we will see both of method used for a long time to come. If WFP ever does become cheap and most importantly cheap to run and maintain, as well as being a tool useable for any WC, not just them in back in front doors, or will garages, and the insurance goes down, I might see WFP taking over trad, but in truth that isn't going to happen and you all know it.
gerard
