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chris scott

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It's a bit boring on here
« on: February 21, 2015, 07:47:16 pm »
It's a bit boring on here…where have all the "pro's" gone. :'(
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Aqua Power Solutions

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2015, 08:00:42 pm »
Chris, I'm back from a holiday in Jamaica But not a pro ... Ed
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FRESHER

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 08:33:53 pm »
Plenty Amateurs on here though,,  :D
I did not become someone different
I did not want to be

But Im new here
Will you show me around?

Neil Jones

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2015, 08:50:57 pm »
Pressure washing doesn't pay eh. Jamaica!!!

Matt Gibson

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2015, 09:07:07 pm »
Jamaican me so jealous talking about your holidays..

Jettaway

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2015, 09:48:49 pm »
Too many clueless add on merchants here.

All the pressure washers have moved on.

Aqua Power Solutions

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2015, 09:57:38 pm »
Neil,Matt on Facebook a local guy is advertising £1 sq mtr for pressure washing ...
I'm selling up  ;D
Ed
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BDCS

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2015, 10:19:09 pm »
I would suggest it maybe the repeated :-
Are Locin any good ?
Chinese washers are just as good and much cheaper
Do I really need more than 5hp
Whats hippo and can I buy them in poundland
Brick acid gets everything off
I always do decking with the FSC and I love doughnuts
I did my decking with hot and its curling up at the edges - why
I drink red bull before I clean a roof so I don't need fall arrest
Explain the relationship between flow and pressure and does it lead to Cross gender tendances
Why is one forum member called "sprout" ? He's young and green  ;)
Why is one forum member called "Orville"? Cos he's young green and nobody lobves im  ;D
Its only an add on so there is no need to spend more than a packet of fAgs cos its only to make the dole money last longer.

More time is now spent on trivia and the interesting professional type threads have dried up. Who on here would be prepared to list the chemicals they carry ?

I got the mono out to clean a alloy wheel refurbishers floor and let the painter loose with it - you realise the skills you develop when I can talk on the phone - he was sweating like a paedo in court with two hands.

The threads do get tiresom and I can understand some members loosing interest

CleanClear

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2015, 10:41:34 pm »
Against the advice here, i bought one of them cheap chinese jet washers off Ebay for £175. Fits in the van great, sucks water out my tank or runs off a tap. Great for washing vehicles, great for washing the odd sick spill away from the occasional shop or restaurant before i clean their windows, and the odd small terraced house back yard. Done the odd canopy/roof with it too, much quicker than WFP . Wouldn't be without it. Mines about four years old. Advice here is, don't touch one with a bargepole.......................
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BDCS

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2015, 10:50:09 pm »
There you go - add on earning fAg money, where do you buy the valves from at yearly service intervals ? poundland  ;D ;D ;D

CleanClear

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2015, 11:19:06 pm »
There you go - add on earning fAg money, where do you buy the valves from at yearly service intervals ? poundland  ;D ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D

And i've also now got a nice electric start Lifan, running a AR pump for my proper vehicle washing. Sweet as a nut in my trailer.  ;D

Not a "Genuine Honda" and not an "interpump "....!!  ;D

Horses for courses.....
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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2015, 08:01:25 am »
I would suggest it maybe the repeated :-
Are Locin any good ?
Chinese washers are just as good and much cheaper
Do I really need more than 5hp
Whats hippo and can I buy them in poundland
Brick acid gets everything off
I always do decking with the FSC and I love doughnuts
I did my decking with hot and its curling up at the edges - why
I drink red bull before I clean a roof so I don't need fall arrest
Explain the relationship between flow and pressure and does it lead to Cross gender tendances
Why is one forum member called "sprout" ? He's young and green  ;)
Why is one forum member called "Orville"? Cos he's young green and nobody lobves im  ;D
Its only an add on so there is no need to spend more than a packet of fAgs cos its only to make the dole money last longer.

More time is now spent on trivia and the interesting professional type threads have dried up. Who on here would be prepared to list the chemicals they carry ?

I got the mono out to clean a alloy wheel refurbishers floor and let the painter loose with it - you realise the skills you develop when I can talk on the phone - he was sweating like a paedo in court with two hands.

The threads do get tiresom and I can understand some members loosing interest
;D

JetVac Cleaning

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2015, 09:50:53 am »
Crack on mate! With all that top end gear I'm sure you will make your million before the years out whilst we all struggle to make ends meet because we have all invested way too much in having the correct equipment to offer a professional service. Might stick all mine on ebay so I can buy a kiam! :)

Rob@Blast off

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2015, 09:55:13 am »
Crack on mate! With all that top end gear I'm sure you will make your million before the years out whilst we all struggle to make ends meet because we have all invested way too much in having the correct equipment to offer a professional service. Might stick all mine on ebay so I can buy a kiam! :)

 ;D


CleanClear

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2015, 07:25:42 pm »
Crack on mate! With all that top end gear I'm sure you will make your million before the years out whilst we all struggle to make ends meet because we have all invested way too much in having the correct equipment to offer a professional service. Might stick all mine on ebay so I can buy a kiam! :)

Here we go . First class example of the mind numbingly boring........"just get a genuine Honda, they're a great workhorse". I'm cracking on. I do not offer a Proffesional jet washing service. I just happen to have one or two for what i use them for. But you will not be able to think out of your own box.
 And everytime Karcher makes a sale, its generally not a potential customer less for me. Unless they buy a window vac of course !!  ;D  So you carry on with your jet wash snobbery, and leave the people who do give the advice and help to it. Not that i see your rushed off your feet offering any other advice, besides crack on and you'll be a Millionare.
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chris scott

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2015, 07:59:23 pm »
I vote for a return of the nozzle…the big nozzle. Where art thou big nozzle ?
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JetVac Cleaning

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2015, 08:16:48 pm »
That's the first a window cleaner offering advise to people who do pressure washing. You all come on here tring to get every piece of information about how you can all add this to your services but as soon as somebody who does pressure washing who wants to start window cleaning you go all territorial ! See it all the time. I suggest you get your head out of your ass and stay inside your own box

Jakey boy

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2015, 09:31:50 pm »
That's the first a window cleaner offering advise to people who do pressure washing. You all come on here tring to get every piece of information about how you can all add this to your services but as soon as somebody who does pressure washing who wants to start window cleaning you go all territorial ! See it all the time. I suggest you get your head out of your ass and stay inside your own box

Absolute rubbish, the window cleaning section  is far more helpful than this. I've been on clean it up 5 years, and I don't recall a time where the window cleaners get territorial! You lot are terrible for it. We're all happy to help.

Take my post. I asked a few questions, and the pressure washing guys have just been completely ridiculous about it. Aren't forums designed for advice? You guys are obviously scared of us window cleaners!!!

CleanClear

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2015, 10:18:36 pm »
That's the first a window cleaner offering advise to people who do pressure washing. You all come on here tring to get every piece of information about how you can all add this to your services but as soon as somebody who does pressure washing who wants to start window cleaning you go all territorial ! See it all the time. I suggest you get your head out of your ass and stay inside your own box

I'm not offering advice to people who want to do pressure washing. Yes i have asked advice here, but again i do not do pressure washing. I do however clean vehicles with a pressure washer, but by "pressure washing" in the context used here we're really reffering to hard floor cleaners and i don't really do them. I am not territorial over window cleaning, nor anything else. I am however an ex mechanic, and whilst it does not qualify me for anything here it does help my understanding of pumps and engines. Which are generally the questions i'll ask on. And, when provoked, like now, i'll give a response on. Cheap Chinese jet washers are fine, for what they are intended for. i.e NOT to compete with Proffesional cleaners using higher spec equiptment. But they are fine for a window cleaner as an  add on for certain stuff. Yes i've heard the horror stories, they're usually down to user error. They do require a little bit of prior knowledge etc, but they're fine. There's fellas here (mentioning no names ;D ) , who'll tell you to get a diesel washer at every opportunity he can as they're cheaper to run. Fine if you're using one five days a week, not so fine when you realise they rattle apart unless to tighten all the nuts up every fortnight. And seeing as you only wanted to clean the odd patio etc every week the extra outlay for a diesel wasn't really worth it !! ;D
 So you're right i'm on my way to making my millions with my cheap chinese washer. Its four years old, i've cleaned conservatorys with it and allsorts. And luckily for me its got me started on my truckwashing contract. And now i've bought and made a new one !!! I even shared my limited knowledge of what i've done  and what i paid, see i'm a good guy !!  ;D
 You however just seem, to me anyway, to want to shout at anyone who hasn't paid three grand for a Honda !!
But lets get it right. Honda do not make pressure washers. They make engines. Loads of other people make equally good engines a lot cheaper. Now, here's where as a mechanic,or ex one, i do know what i'm talking about !!! Also,  can't speak for Interpump as i have not bought a brand new one yet!!! The quality AR Italian pump i bought was built, just like the engine i bought from Germany, in............yep !!!........China.   ;D

   Don't be a snob, relax, lighten up, give some helpfull info. Oh, hang on, you're from Essex.......am i right ?  ;D
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Jettaway

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Re: It's a bit boring on here
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2015, 10:39:57 pm »
So you clean conservatories with a pressure washer?

Because it's an add I  does that mean amateur equipment is acceptable?  If your gonna do something then do it properly,otherwise dont bother.