[Moderator David@stives]

We have just cleaned an ofice block inside windows on Saturday, all the windows were like the pic. 600 windows took 2 of us 6 hours. Also took 7 hours driving there and back.

My right hand is now as black as the dirty water, even though I have scrubbed it.

The pane on the left has been cleaned, the right one hasnt.  you can see the colour difference with the building opposite

Pic was taken on one of the first windows, you can imagine the state of the water after a couple of panes

[Moderator David@stives]

YUK !!

[Dave Willis]

So that's thirteen hours @ £30 an hour = £390
Pay for the boy = £130
Fuel = £60

£580 - £600 to make it worthwhile. Pound a window then. Doubt if they paid that for insides only 

[Smudger]

Don't think £600 is unreasonable but would want a higher price with all that travelling

Darran

[gavin pedley]

Now that is a dirty window!

[Moderator David@stives]

Each window had 2 panes, one of those big panes and a small opener.

With the company who provides this work, I dont charge for travelling, they pay well, so I just take the rough with the smooth.

Anyway back to the dirty water, as you can imagine all the drips were black, so we were constantly wiping floor tiles, skirtings desks, you dont realise how much you drip until you see it all black.

We changed the water 6 times even though it needed doing after a couple, also used 24 cloths.

[the bfg]

just out of interest  where was that ?

[Moderator David@stives]

Southhampton

[R W C™]

Southhampton

Bit of a giveaway considering the pic is called Southampton 

[the bfg]

     sorry didn't see the pic name         I thought it was Southampton though as I recall those type of buses there.

I dont live there but have done work there and I have friends who live in Eastleigh and Chandlers Ford which are on the outskirts

[Jack Wallace]

I did a job last week just like that. well when i say "just like that" i mean as dirty.
My job had about 5 windows and I was cursing so I can imagine how you must have felt after the first 5 with 595 left to do.

Funny how all that is forgotten as you are cashing their cheque 

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

did a window a few years ago and me squeezy stuck to the glass it was the nicotine on the glass in the smokers room

[Rob_Mac]

Dave

I cleaned the head offices for Britannia Building Society for about four years. The insides were cleaned twice per year.

Three floors and a lot more glass than that. Every time we went we got exactly the same. I think it has something to do with the exhaled breath!!!!. On one of the floors there were 200 people in the call centre.

Rob

[Dean Taberner]

Dave,

Did it drive you to drink?

Windows can be very distressing at times and it can often lead to drinking.

Dean.

[Moderator David@stives]

Rob
We done one last week 11 floors which was just as bad.
Dean it doesn't take much to drive me to drink

[Smudgeoff Cleaning Services]

Thats good Dave, cos we will av a drink in a few weeks ..... Cornwall here we come

 

[darren clarke]

i done a b and b like this the other week  2 hours to do 11 windows in side and out  hadnt been cleaned in years and use to a farm house so was minging,  but since then picked up a hotel  from there friends i think, as got a phone call,, just to come clean not fused over the price

[tomy jackson]

dont wont to tech you to suck eggs but primark towls on window ledg