I was listening to Ken Bruce the other day on his Greatest Hits Show whilst cleaning a block of 36 apartments when a song I remembered from the 70's came on. It was called Hold your head up by a group called Argent. I thought it was an appropriate song for the job we do.
Other than the George Formby song does anyone have any others they would like to share so as I can make a new playlist?

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The tories said they would scrap the petrol/diesel  ban due to come into force in 2030 if they got back into power.....let's hope they get back in....

Shame the site doesn't have a dislike button.

Ive got no desire to go electric at all and hopefully the next government will see sense and abolish it.

The whole green agenda is nonsense.

However, we’ve had a brand new Kia EV3 since August and its hands down the best car we’ve ever owned.

I’m a massive, and I mean massive, petrol head, but there is a place for EV’s.

For our type of work, and EV van is pretty much perfect, unless you’re doing loads of motorway miles.

Disclaimer - I absolutely despise the green agenda and owning and ev is purely based on what we wanted rather than ‘saving the planet’

I like using a diesel heater for window cleaning which will be a pain if im forced to lease an electric van. I just can't go back to cold water cleaning

Well there’s nothing stopping you having a diesel heater? Sure, you’ll need a separate tank, but that’s no big deal.

That’s not a reason to dislike EVs.

I agree with you the net zero policies are absolutely ludicrous, we are systematically destroying our own country over it.

Having a separate diesel tank in the van will have to do but it's much easier/convenient to run a diesel heater in a diesel van.

Having a seperate diesel tank for your heater means you can run it on red diesel too. Win win.

If you are using a diesel air heater to heat your van, then you may use red diesel.

If you are heating water to only heat your van with radiators, then you can use red diesel.

If you are using your heater to heat water to clean your customer's windows, then you aren't allowed to use red diesel. You can't use red diesel for commercial purposes.

One of the garages in Stockton-on-Tees sells red diesel. You have a form to fill out with all your details declaring the intended use of the red diesel you are purchasing, completing it with a signed declaration for HMRC.

Leisure boats, such as canal boats, have to split their diesel fill up into heating and propulsion elements. Propulsion will account for 60% of the bill, taxed at the standard diesel tax rate, and the remaining 40% of the same diesel for heating at the lower tax rate.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reform-of-red-diesel-entitlements/reform-of-red-diesel-and-other-rebated-fuels-entitlement

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Running diesel heaters on red diesel is not recommended at all. It cokes up the burner prematurely...

Urban Myth i'm afraid. Running something like that is exactly what red diesel is for.............. non taxable plant stuff, agriculture use etc....

It’s not an urban myth Wabasto themselves say not to use red diesel in them as it soots them up this is especially so in there fitment  into boats most boatyards will not work on them if they have been run on red , I don’t understand why red diesel does  this as its basically white diesel  with a dye in it , but that’s what the manufacturers say

Ive finished now until 5th January. Schedule moved forward 2 weeks and worksheets download ed to phone for the new year and even printed slips out for the Monday!

£430 up to now but fully expect to get more as customers continue to pay me online over the xmas period. I could hit £500 this year. I usually get a few in the new year too during first week back.

Happy Xmas everyone!🙂👍

Makes more sense to use Kevlar being lighter than fibre glass as insulated sections. I have a No.6 section made completely of Kevlar and weighs next to nothing in comparison to carbon pole extensions.

Every window cleaner is suppose to do a risk assessment for every individual job and to be aware of the dangers around. Racing around like an idiot putting profit before safety is a sure way of expecting accidents to happen through incompetence.

100% agreed.

Didn't know about the insulation properties of Kevlar. Thanks