[Gringo]

I was working today and bumped into a fellow windy sign written van ionics therma pure system that cost 6k top of the range fitted system was proud to show it off then proceeds to take ladders off roof of van and trads house wi ladder :-o whats all that about feel free to discuss

[Nick_Thompson]

Might of been specifically requested, Swolf

[home6442]

Were the window frames painted wood.

[SPE]

maybe they were his own windows and he wanted to do a proper job

[George P]

mate of mine used to use ladders if customer requested (said that he wanted to keep the work), until he fell off on this job, when i asked him does the customer accept wfp now? he told me he was going to pole 2nd storey and ladder ground and 1st, couldnt make it up,

[George P]

maybe they were his own windows and he wanted to do a proper job

[dazmond]

there is a guy near me who thinks he s alan sugar.big posh flash van,big tank in the back and he and his lads still trad with ladders ALL their domestic work and just use WFP on commercial.

each to there own!

i asked him why he didnt pole domestics.his answer was "my customers wouldnt accept it!"


by the way i lost 4 customers when i changed over and im now about 80% WFP.

[Gringo]

No windows were new upvc do u really do 4 full days a month ont ladders dazmond.

[George P]

there is a guy near me who thinks he s alan sugar.big posh flash van,big tank in the back and he and his lads still trad with ladders ALL their domestic work and just use WFP on commercial.

also dont mean to put a damper on it, but if you trad when you have wfp and have an accident, im sure the h & s 1st question would be - why didnt you use wfp, customer doesnt like it probably wouldnt be a good enough answer, any one employing and doing the above are taking a big chance, (not wanting to start a trad / wfp fight - they both have there place)

[dazmond]

swolf i dont use ladders 4 days a month mate.when i said im 80% WFP/20% TRAD i meant i trad some ground floor windows and the odd upper windows on a flat roof for example during the course of my working month.

trad still has its place on my round for some (mostly ground floor) work but its place is getting smaller and smaller!!


george thats exactly what i was thinking!i dont for the life of me understand why you would use ladders when you have a 650L tank in ya van with staff!

also this fear of customers not accepting WFP has been proven ungrounded in my case as ive picked up lots of work in the last few years BECAUSE i use a pole system!

the mind boggles!!


dazmond