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AuRavelling79

  • Posts: 25405
Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« on: June 07, 2015, 05:46:47 pm »
Got any top tips - anything that makes work a little more professional or a little less hard work?
It's a game of three halves!

Small but perfectley formed

  • Posts: 1744
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2015, 06:01:42 pm »
Buy a top quality hose reel they will last longer and out perform
Spit and polish

Dave Willis

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2015, 07:03:24 pm »
Pay the drums with Extreme poles.

Perfect Windows

  • Posts: 4179
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2015, 07:18:29 pm »
Stop and smell the flowers once in a while.

Vin

SB Cleaning

  • Posts: 4287
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2015, 07:28:16 pm »
Vision  8)

SeanK

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2015, 07:43:55 pm »
There's no substitute for a bit of common sense.

Phil J

  • Posts: 639
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2015, 08:57:30 pm »
Charge more and work less  ;)

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2015, 09:05:57 pm »
When rinsing, don't have pressure on full blast, this can cause splashing when you don't want it - sometimes resulting in spotting

TomCrowther

  • Posts: 1965
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2015, 09:15:25 pm »
Dump the messers immediately, they slow your progress and only irritate you to distraction. Dump and replace with two more.

wpclean

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2015, 09:18:59 pm »
Don't eat the yellow snow !

chris turner

  • Posts: 1492
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2015, 10:18:33 pm »
Don't eat the yellow snow !

Your not playing the witcher at the moment are you?
I keep seeing this message on my loading screen  :D

Ian101

  • Posts: 7887
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2015, 10:25:00 pm »
Consistency

dazmond

  • Posts: 23987
Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2015, 10:29:35 pm »
Get a van mount and a backpack straight from the start.
Use carbon poles.
Fixed reel in  your van.
6mm hose.
Price higher and work harder.
Use  computer software for admin.
Signwrite and vinyl wrap your van.
Logo d work wear and good waterproofs and boots.
Decent pro looking business cards/leaflets.
Work in most bad weather.customers get used to it.
price higher/work harder!

wpclean

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2015, 10:53:41 pm »
Carry a watering can in the van, so when you need a wee your old man fits perfectly in the funnel  ;D

Mike #1

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Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2015, 06:24:24 am »
Dazmond has near enough covered it all  ;D ,

Dont convert to wfp expecting the magic water to  dissolve dirt and work like magic and for you to be twice as fast as trad on every job .  Technique first then speeding up will come in time

paulben

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Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2015, 06:44:33 am »
Don't f*rt when you have diarrhoea
Do not steal the government hates competition

wpclean

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2015, 07:52:53 am »
Don't f*rt when you have diarrhoea
The technical term for that is a Shart !

dazmond

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Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2015, 08:43:12 am »
take a packed lunch and flask every day to work.it saves money and cuts down time faffing about going to sandwich shop/chippy.

dont try and cram in too much work in a day as you ll suffer the next day(6 or 7 hours "on the glass"a day is enough for me)

use shoe covers for any inside window cleaning.looks more professional than taking your boots off!

always carry a good stock of clean dry cloths/cleaning chemicals/brushes etc

have a toolbox with lots of spares(connectors/tape etc)

have a spare pump, hose reel, hose and emergency back up pole in your shed/garage/storage space

price higher/work harder!

Rich Wilts

Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2015, 08:54:49 am »
Stay in bed.

lal

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Re: Top Tips and things learned along the way.
« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2015, 09:20:55 am »
Dazmond has near enough covered it all  ;D ,

Dont convert to wfp expecting the magic water to  dissolve dirt and work like magic and for you to be twice as fast as trad on every job .  Technique first then speeding up will come in time

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