Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jonesy5 on November 27, 2003, 10:04:03 pm
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Im finally sick of the ladders and need help with prices etc to set up reach and wash just need advice on how others have done it on a budget or if any one has bits for sale or where to go. All help be fantastic thanks.
jonesy5 :-/ :)
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If you are interested in used, refurbished or ex demonstrator Reach & Wash Systems please contact reuben@ionicsystems.com
for further information on new systems please look at ionicsystems.com for system info and uk distributors
Reuben Reynolds
Ionic Systems Ltd
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contact mike at www.cleantech.co.uk
website a bit dated but this probably due to him being busy advising newbies like me about pole systems. this is an unsolicited testimonial but the help,advice and service that I have received from cleantech has put them on my christmas card list!
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Thanks a lot lads, i will give both ideas a go ;D
jonesy5
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I too am really interested in buying water fed poles, can anyone give any pricing tips though? For large buildings do you price per window or roughly work out how long the job will take and price accordingly?
Also, if a large house would be say - £25 for an example if you cleaned it using ladders/squeegee etc, would you charge the same, more or less using poles/reach and wash? Taking into account that you'd do the job quicker.
Any advice/tips would be appreciated! ??? ;)
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fez,
Feedback from Reach & Wash customers has been you can reduce the time on cleaning by upto 75% on Commmercial work and 50% on Domestic, depends on the individual job i know but this feed back has been an average.
I would charge the same as you would conventional methods with the benefits of cleaning the frames and from the safety of the ground.
regards
Reuben
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I USALLY PRICE ON THE MY HOURLY RATE PLUA A BIT MORE FOR A NICE PROFIT
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We charge the same as conventional then what you gain by being quicker justifies the extra expense of this equipment
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I have been investigating pole systems for a while. Tucker and Ionic have the best brochures but unfortunately even their budget systems are a little rich for me. Peter at window-tools replied to me the fastest and offered some good advice. Ultimately I have put my own system together with some help from Gav at Hi-Lo in Cheltenham: 300 litre ro/di with 18' and 35' poles for about £1250. When the business really picks up then I'll treat myself to a Ionic Systems Vito based jobbie at £18k!
ps If anyone wants a 1000l tank in a ally cage I can get 'em for about £75, not sure about delivery costs.
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hi all you people who are in a right pickle about pole systems!!
calm down, pure water systems are easy to make, easy to use and can be really cheap. i know, i use and make pole systems. i am a window cleaner like you and was ripped off once, but never again!!!
If you want a cheap system, how does this sound.................
1 x 460 litre baffled tank
1 x de-ioniser vessell
3 x bags of de-ioniser resin
1 x tds (total dissolved solids) monitor
1 x 60 psi 12v shurflo pump
1 x 8 foot pole
1 x 18 foot pole
1 x 30 foot pole
1 x 40 foot pole
only £1300 + vat !!!!!!
you buy the hose, the reels and all the hose lock fittings. i will talk you through it all, you can even get your own tank and baffle it yourself!!
it is simple, dont get sucked in!!
call me at Ultima Cleaning Ltd 01239 621821 or on my mobile 07970 918641
Ben Giles
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I'll supply you with a crash tested system, plus i'll beat anybodies price on a like for like system, saving you money just in time for christmas !!!
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ken i have sent you a private e-mail regarding 1000ltr tank
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I thought i would look into making these pure water systems and start marketing them as a low cost alternative to the main players. I spoke to a friend who was a lawyer about my idea and soon learnt that to make something to use for yourself is ok as an owner user, but you are liable to all sorts of things if you supply equipment and things go wrong.
I had a demonstration from OTT The Reach & Wash System they showed me the crash testing they had undertaken, i didnt think much about it until i saw they had crash tested a competitors system where the tank had let loose. The results were horrific i dont know which system it was they didnt tell me. It put me off building my own system and i wouldnt want to be sued by a grieving family to make a quick buck by making them to sell.
I still have not taken the plunge and got a full system yet.
I see that there are two crash tested systems on the market has anyone seen the pure 20 system, looks ok on there web site.
pure 20 claim they can beat any price with a crash tested system it sounds to good to be true. :o
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I was very tempted with the cheap alternative but like yourself safety first whats the point of having cheaper system that could kill you!!! Sadly the one thing you can never get away from is that money talks and the more talking it does the better quality you are going to get. Go for the safe system at hte end of the day the tax man is going to help pay it, possibly most of it so what have you or i got to lose.