[koopmaster]

yep, start at 8-9 and finish at 16:00. 4 or 5 days a week. I sometimes do a saterday but its getting less and less now as I am enjoying family time.

I was building my round up last year and working 2 jobs so spent all of 2012 working 7 days a week building my business. So I feel I have earned it this year and take it easy.

also you have to think of the winter months and less daylight.

[davids3511]

The secret or one of the secrets with this game is consistency - be it canvassing, dropping leaflets or the actual work. I aim to be out of the house for no later than 8-45 and on first house by 9am - work till 12.30 and rest / eat till 1 then crack on until about 3.30 or sooner if my daily target is reached. ... 5 days a week and 4 weeks a month - if loose a day thru weather then poss work a Saturday or do a few days until 4.30 to catch up.

Plan your day the night before, fill up water if your wfp and make sure van has diesel in it ready for next day.

In scuba diving the saying is failing to plan the dive is planning to fail so to amke the most of your time you need to plan and organise as best you can.

Every now and then I get the cant be a rsed feeling today so just take day off - the work will still be waiting for you  

In the military it's the 7 p's.
Prior
Planning and
Preparation
Prevents
p (iss)
Poor
Performance


Not that the army would have ever had me, I just like the saying.

[davids3511]

I take the total value of the round divide it by 20 and that gives the daily target (money) for 4 weeks, ie mon-fri-x 4 = 20 days, off Saturday, Sunday and then gain the extra couple of days when its a 31 day month.

Have adjusted my technique to spend less time on each house, 15 minutes max per household thats approx 4 houses per hour, roughly 7 hours per day total 28 .
In reality more like 22 due to travelling etc and there is always nice house wife to talk to  

The money target is the one i aim for and once i hit it, approx 3.00pm .....i go home, even if i could fit in another

oh and i stop for a dinner break, 20 minutes or so

What did you change about your technique to save time Bob?

i stopped using water

Increased the flow, i have fan jets this helps you cover a wider area when rinsing and this helped reduce the time rinsing.
i tend to spend less time scrubbing

across the top(twice)
top to bottom, back to the top....move side ways...top to bottom...until the window as been covered,  then a zig zag motion from the top to the bottom
I do this only on regular cleans
practice on your own windows, see the results
my flow rate is about 45-50 psi

Are you lifting off for this Bob or rinsing on?

[PoleKing]

I work two days a week, Monday and Wednesday.

Start early and go home when the work is done,

Enjoy the other three days off, and use them how you please

Do you live with your Mum?
Driving a £30k van on 2 days work a week?!
All credit to you if you're standing on your own two...

[britishwill]

I work 5 days. 8am to when we finish, that can be anything from 2-5pm. My staff do not complain if it is 5pm as we finish early other days.
I email all my clients a week before they are due and tell them the date, also ask if anything else needs attention ie inside windows, gutters, patio clean etc.
We almost always have clients say they are away or can you do an extra job. This mainly evens out but enables us to work on a total money for the day. Everyone knows the amount we need to earn per day so if we are light one day due to rain etc they know we may need to finish later one day to catch up.

We set the days by a monenetry total and as a guide set 5-5.5hours on the glass time. Every job is always timed so we can accurately set the timetable. Each job over time will have 3 different times. time it takes for 1 person, 2 and 3 people. My pet hate is being over stretched with time there is nothing more frustrating than having more work booked in than you can do.

[bobplum]

I take the total value of the round divide it by 20 and that gives the daily target (money) for 4 weeks, ie mon-fri-x 4 = 20 days, off Saturday, Sunday and then gain the extra couple of days when its a 31 day month.

Have adjusted my technique to spend less time on each house, 15 minutes max per household thats approx 4 houses per hour, roughly 7 hours per day total 28 .
In reality more like 22 due to travelling etc and there is always nice house wife to talk to  

The money target is the one i aim for and once i hit it, approx 3.00pm .....i go home, even if i could fit in another

oh and i stop for a dinner break, 20 minutes or so

What did you change about your technique to save time Bob?

i stopped using water

Increased the flow, i have fan jets this helps you cover a wider area when rinsing and this helped reduce the time rinsing.
i tend to spend less time scrubbing

across the top(twice)
top to bottom, back to the top....move side ways...top to bottom...until the window as been covered,  then a zig zag motion from the top to the bottom
I do this only on regular cleans
practice on your own windows, see the results
my flow rate is about 45-50 psi

Are you lifting off for this Bob or rinsing on?

rinsing on on the upstairs windows
Tend to rinse off on the downstairs

[Alex Wingrove]

I work two days a week, Monday and Wednesday.

Start early and go home when the work is done,

Enjoy the other three days off, and use them how you please

Do you live with your Mum?
Driving a £30k van on 2 days work a week?!
All credit to you if you're standing on your own two...

Closer to £16k mate,

Married with a small child.

I probably dont earn any more that you guys, just do it in less time. We dont really bother with lunch breaks, just eat on the go.

Some days we start at 0430, and get home gone 6. And yes I am tired, but dont have to worry about the next day

The only reason I goto work is to earn money, I dont particularly like window cleaning, but it pays well, and I can spend time with my family, and do other things that I enjoy and prefer doing.

Having said that, I do sometimes wonder what car I would have if I wasn't married, and still lived at home. Wouldn't mind the Nissan GT-R

[PoleKing]

Oh-thought they were more...
Fair play to you bud.
I do the long days too but since our 2nd boy was born I'm trying not to start before 6, up at 5.
Seeing 4 on the alarm clock psychologically does me in. 5am is a million miles from 4:59am if you know what I mean.

[ascjim]

I plan my work at £xxx amount per day 8am - 3pm over 4 days and have Friday as catch up day or to do bits and bobs and never work weekends.

[Alex Wingrove]

It was a couple of years old when I bought it, got a really nice price for it,

5am is still an hour before most people even think about waking up.

I would like to leave at about 8.30 but I end up playing with my daughter and either leaving late or not at all.

And when your paying someone to work with you, I want to earn as much off them as I can

[dave0123]

i stopped using water Grin Grin

Increased the flow, i have fan jets this helps you cover a wider area when rinsing and this helped reduce the time rinsing.
i tend to spend less time scrubbing

across the top(twice)
top to bottom, back to the top....move side ways...top to bottom...until the window as been covered,  then a zig zag motion from the top to the bottom
I do this only on regular cleans
practice on your own windows, see the results
my flow rate is about 45-50 psi

That above bit in bold... do you mean you just go across the window like a rinse there?

or do you mean you go across the top twice around the edges of window then scrub across side ways and rinse?

[AuRavelling79]

Prepared to work 4 days per week.

Mon - Thurs 9.00 am - 3.30 pm on the glass is the general rule.

Friday am couple of hours paperwork, bank run or just take the whole day off. Occasionally use it as catch up if run of bad weather stops play too much in the week.

Exceptions every other Monday start about 7.00/8.00 on some light commercials.

March/October will take on extra jobs from existing customers; connies/gutters etc. and book them in separately during the last week of the month.

Exception is December where Xmas to New Year inclusive is taken off.

Don't work weekends/bank hols either.

[bobplum]

i stopped using water Grin Grin

Increased the flow, i have fan jets this helps you cover a wider area when rinsing and this helped reduce the time rinsing.
i tend to spend less time scrubbing

across the top(twice)
top to bottom, back to the top....move side ways...top to bottom...until the window as been covered,  then a zig zag motion from the top to the bottom
I do this only on regular cleans
practice on your own windows, see the results
my flow rate is about 45-50 psi

That above bit in bold... do you mean you just go across the window like a rinse there?

or do you mean you go across the top twice around the edges of window then scrub across side ways and rinse?

Start at the top of the frame, then clean the outer / side frame sections
back to the top of the glass and go left to right back to the left ( or the opposite way)

Then, still on the glass in the left top corner, go from the top to the bottom and back to the top
move sidewards, again top to bottom back to the top, repeat until the glass has been cleaned
From the top i then do a zigzag motion, brush still on the glass finishing at the bottom, i usually go left to right on the bottom section of glass to finish off

Move on