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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Van/equipment maintenance?
« Last post by Stoots on January 04, 2026, 11:06:40 pm »Snowing here now.
Yep snowing and frozen outside and minus temps till 11am tomorrow. Should be an interesting start back.
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Yep snowing and frozen outside and minus temps till 11am tomorrow. Should be an interesting start back.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Light weight poles
« Last post by windowswashed on January 04, 2026, 10:30:03 pm »Arthritis about 5 years osteoporosis 5 months ago. Hopefully at least another 7 years not ready to down tools yet as cant be doing with being at home all the time
Sorry to hear of your illness. You're stuck between a rock and a stone as in you need to keep exercising without over doing things. Cut down on your strenuous work and concentrate on picking up easier work.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Van/equipment maintenance?
« Last post by JandS on January 04, 2026, 08:37:31 pm »Snowing here now.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Light weight poles
« Last post by jk999 on January 04, 2026, 07:55:46 pm »Arthritis about 5 years osteoporosis 5 months ago. Hopefully at least another 7 years not ready to down tools yet as cant be doing with being at home all the time
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Anyone moved from CP to squeegee?
« Last post by deeege on January 04, 2026, 06:08:20 pm »I never used cp to record expenses as that was too much hassle. I would have to remeber every time I ordered something or went in a shop to update it on cp or it wouldn't match my bank. Rather than having to be totally accurate with expenses and payments in cp I just use it as a tool to organise my round and see debts.
Always found it easier to just download a bank csv file year end open in spreadsheet. See my turnover easily by summing the incoming column.
Then with the outgoings just match them to receipts I either had online or in paper form.
Took about 2 hours once a year rather than having to record data ongoing through the year. 1 mistake in cp and it wont match my account. What actually goes in and out of the bank is what matters not what ive recored in cp so thats where i prefer to get the data from. That's still the way I do it now then send it to my accountant because im Ltd.
But that can't possibly work if you pay for some expenses in cash.
It works perfectly well if you don’t pay for anything business related in cash, which I don’t.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Purefreedom Reelmaster
« Last post by dazmond on January 04, 2026, 05:55:16 pm »Is there a way to switch off power to the digital display or does it stay on all the time?
Of course you can turn it off but obviously the reel won't work if it's turned off!🙂
It works just like any other digital display just hold the right hand button down until it turns off.
I turn mine on in the morning and put it on battery display and turn it off after my last job. I run mine on 99 all day.👍
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Anyone moved from CP to squeegee?
« Last post by dazmond on January 04, 2026, 05:47:49 pm »I never used cp to record expenses as that was too much hassle. I would have to remeber every time I ordered something or went in a shop to update it on cp or it wouldn't match my bank. Rather than having to be totally accurate with expenses and payments in cp I just use it as a tool to organise my round and see debts.
Always found it easier to just download a bank csv file year end open in spreadsheet. See my turnover easily by summing the incoming column.
Then with the outgoings just match them to receipts I either had online or in paper form.
Took about 2 hours once a year rather than having to record data ongoing through the year. 1 mistake in cp and it wont match my account. What actually goes in and out of the bank is what matters not what ive recored in cp so thats where i prefer to get the data from. That's still the way I do it now then send it to my accountant because im Ltd.
But that can't possibly work if you pay for some expenses in cash. I regularly pay for diesel in cash for example when i fill up,sometimes I've done that for servicing my van and MOT too.
It's so simple to log an expense in the CP app on my phone,I do it straight away as soon as I spend any money on my business whether it's card or cash.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Purefreedom Reelmaster
« Last post by KS Cleaning on January 04, 2026, 04:23:21 pm »Is there a way to switch off power to the digital display or does it stay on all the time?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Nightmare customers
« Last post by AuRavelling79 on January 04, 2026, 02:33:41 pm »The key is to set your stall out at the start.
Mine is ...
No cancellations.
No late payments.
No weather or holiday dependent skipping.
If they break those rules without a blisteringly good reason - dumped.
Don't care whether they live in a council house or a mansion.
Mine is ...
No cancellations.
No late payments.
No weather or holiday dependent skipping.
If they break those rules without a blisteringly good reason - dumped.
Don't care whether they live in a council house or a mansion.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Anyone moved from CP to squeegee?
« Last post by Stoots on January 04, 2026, 01:38:27 pm »I never used cp to record expenses as that was too much hassle. I would have to remeber every time I ordered something or went in a shop to update it on cp or it wouldn't match my bank. Rather than having to be totally accurate with expenses and payments in cp I just use it as a tool to organise my round and see debts.
Always found it easier to just download a bank csv file year end open in spreadsheet. See my turnover easily by summing the incoming column.
Then with the outgoings just match them to receipts I either had online or in paper form.
Took about 2 hours once a year rather than having to record data ongoing through the year. 1 mistake in cp and it wont match my account. What actually goes in and out of the bank is what matters not what ive recored in cp so thats where i prefer to get the data from. That's still the way I do it now then send it to my accountant because im Ltd.
Always found it easier to just download a bank csv file year end open in spreadsheet. See my turnover easily by summing the incoming column.
Then with the outgoings just match them to receipts I either had online or in paper form.
Took about 2 hours once a year rather than having to record data ongoing through the year. 1 mistake in cp and it wont match my account. What actually goes in and out of the bank is what matters not what ive recored in cp so thats where i prefer to get the data from. That's still the way I do it now then send it to my accountant because im Ltd.