Quote from: Scottish Cleaning Service on December 27, 2025, 01:03:30 pm

Quote from: Stoots on December 27, 2025, 10:20:15 am

Quote from: Scottish Cleaning Service on December 25, 2025, 09:34:59 am

Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.

One thing ive found in this game is window cleaners are a sucker for marketing, from £1200 hose reels to 5k for a tank with 2 pumps stuck on called a "system"  to gutter vacs that are a rebranded £500 generic machine with "gutter sucker" wrote on it for £1500  the list goes on.

Only thing taking a pounding is your wallet.

If you are making £300 to £400 a day then it makes sense to put it into equipment that makes life easier. At the end of financial year you will pay 30% tax anyway so it makes sense to run with the best. One thing I have found in this game, you only get what you put in. I was out yesterday and today cleaning and the tips kept coming as I chatted away to my customers. Will probably order another PF reel in the future because they are so good. Remember, equipment costs are only heading one way.

You were out cleaning residential on Boxing Day?

Completely believable, I also did a few. Scored a monkey, mostly cash that I overtrousered. Chatted to lots of customers about my mate who invented the hot water 5 man system that I use as a 1 man with 3 spare platinum electric reels, just in case the other 4 break.
I don’t care what you think I’m off to the pub with my mate Walter Mitty.
Cheers.

If you are going to get an extreme pole then put an extreme brush on it.

Doesnt seem much point buying the lightest pole available and putting a brick on it.

The supreame brushes aren’t heavy ,I found the extream brushes very poor no scrubbing power and they don’t like hot water , I have tried most brushes over the years and prefer the supreame, light , good scrubbing power , good splay and long bristles .

Quote from: Scottish Cleaning Service on December 25, 2025, 09:34:59 am

Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.

One thing ive found in this game is window cleaners are a sucker for marketing, from £1200 hose reels to 5k for a tank with 2 pumps stuck on called a "system"  to gutter vacs that are a rebranded £500 generic machine with "gutter sucker" wrote on it for £1500  the list goes on.

Only thing taking a pounding is your wallet.

If you are making £300 to £400 a day then it makes sense to put it into equipment that makes life easier. At the end of financial year you will pay 30% tax anyway so it makes sense to run with the best. One thing I have found in this game, you only get what you put in. I was out yesterday and today cleaning and the tips kept coming as I chatted away to my customers. Will probably order another PF reel in the future because they are so good. Remember, equipment costs are only heading one way.

If you are going to get an extreme pole then put an extreme brush on it.

Doesnt seem much point buying the lightest pole available and putting a brick on it.

The same thing was requested by anglian water.
I pay about 7 or 800 a year.
The looked at my metre reading and found out my amount of usage would make me worse off. So they let the rate stay the same (I think it's based on your property value) so I will be saving money for not having to pay for the meters reading values.
Ask them about your payments and your expectation of having to pay so much more.
Give it a go.