I take Ross's point that as more and more convert to WFP in some area's, because of the 'potential' to be so much faster then prices may well plummet.
Although if customers are then going to be prepared to pay much bigger money for windows done trad, then conversely it will also mean that people will also continue to pay a similar amount for WFP done correctly and to a high standard.
The get rich quick brigade will also realise very quickly that you WON'T get rich charging cut price prices!
So they will try to go even faster and cut even more corners.
A downside of WFP is that it is just so EASY to wet a window, but this doesn't mean you have CLEANED the window!
And this is what will happen as (if) prices get slashed.
Initial purchase price will always be relatively high compared to trad,as will running costs.
Unfortunately the reputation of WFP will continue to be tarnished by those who...I won't call them cowboys, though some might, I'll stick with calling them the get rich quick brigade...who slash their prices to compete for work and then out doing dreadful work.
I don't log into the 'other forum' anymore, to busy on this one, but at one point they were having hardly any posting done, and they had separate trad and WFP sections, so splitting window cleaning into separate sections won't necessarily work.
Lets hope that all those with trad questions keep posting them here!
As one of the moderators I do try to keep a trad question a trad thread with trad replies
Though sometimes the question needs a WFP reply...
Ian