Ross,
My tongue was very firmly in my cheek on that one post (I enjoy winding Roger up, including sending him texts to his phone
) Was a humorous post from beginning to end.
And bear in mind that this thread in particular is all about point scoring for one method or the other, and as such should not be taken to seriously.
All of us know that there are times when you still have to use trad methods to clean, and shoddy work can be done using both methods.
Roger is also wrong (he usually is where WFP is concerned
) once a month I have 3 good offices I do on the same day, and a 4th I do on the following day.
The first 3 I can do in 2 and a half hours, £180.
Pre WFP that would be approx 7/8 hours, but thatwould not have included the frames, this was always separate and more than doubled the time taken + it was almost impossible to get the windows spot on with trad methods.
Roger did the one office block many times when he worked for me and regardless of who cleaned it, there were ALWAYS noticable mistakes. Quite horrible glass to clean.
I now do it in way less time for far less effort, to a much higher standard.
My biggest boost in earnings comes from the £400 or so per month of domestic work I have I have picked up since going over to WFP.
Pre WFP I had dropped all bar 2 of the domestic accounts I had.
I do one account that Roger dropped because it wasn't worth his time cleaning it. Pulling up to driving away it takes me 15 minutes-£8.00.
Rog reckons he can do it at least as fast...but he still dropped it.
Very awkward with a ladder, access irritating, narrow path, sloping garden and 20 minutes not 15 a more realistic time with a ladder. you might well do it quicker, but you'll be going at full race pace to do it.
Whereas with WFP the pace is comfortable and sustainable all day every day.
This house has 15 windows, actual cleaning time is about 12-13 minutes.
An average window-1 opening light about 3ft by 8inches and 2 panes about 3ft bt 4ft will take you about 90 seconds to clean. Longer if you wash down all of the frames.
Time yourself from the ground to up the ladder, clean and back down again, you'll find I'm not far wrong, and many of you will find that a struggle too.
WFP will take no more than 30 seconds max to do this window, and there is no ladder to climb first. Plus of course you have washed the frame down too.
If you are fussy then you will also have done a good job too.
That goes for both methods, trad or WFP.
Some of the work I have picked could be done just about as quick with trad, but its so much bloody EASIER with WFP.
I have mentioned a stand alone bungalow I can do in 10 minutes from pulling up to driving away. 16 windows, 3 full georgian doors.
You will not do that quicker with trad, and that is a bungalow (about 6 of the windows you would need a pointer to clean)
And I only have a handful of accounts where the angle I have to use the pole at could be considered high risk with regards injuring your back, and even on those, it is only one or two of the windows.
For the most part the movement is no more unnatural than using a sweeping brush.
How many of you, whilst squeegeeing a patio door will just bend from the waist to clean the bottom half of the door eh?
Now that is real bad news for the back, few of us will bend sensibly from the knees.
Look at the time!
I have lots of shops and offices to clean
Ian
