[NWH]

Weather nice down south cold though in the wind

[nathankaye]

For the ones who say you couldnt work in rain for this reason or that. Have you actually worked in the rain?? Im guessing a good majority havent and the others who may have done and moan at customers complaints, it might be a case of looking at your technique. Stop throwing dummy out at the ones who have invested in this method because of being tired with traditional methods and loosing plenty of days off due to weather. It makes me chuckle the trad workers who work in rain, because that is totally a waste of time and should be turned away. Look into it, before calling me on this point!!
For ones who wfp and it rains after we have cleaned, whos windows are spotted, trad windows or wfp? Provided technique is good on wfp, it certainly wont be wfp windows. Thats also with the rain splashing on the walls etc etc as someone posted earlier. Its like the moaners who say its hard to clean wfp in direct sunlight as it dries with spots, what the heck!! Why dont we dry the water off again? Oh yes, its because its purified and dries clear!!

Its more about how much the operator wants to get wet? However personally, when its hammering itself down and windy, ild sooner take the day off.

[Dave Willis]

I just find these bragging posts cringeworthy. I don't know why mature people do it, probably a deep seated reason somewhere. Small genitals perhaps?

[SeanK]

For the ones who say you couldnt work in rain for this reason or that. Have you actually worked in the rain?? Im guessing a good majority havent and the others who may have done and moan at customers complaints, it might be a case of looking at your technique. Stop throwing dummy out at the ones who have invested in this method because of being tired with traditional methods and loosing plenty of days off due to weather. It makes me chuckle the trad workers who work in rain, because that is totally a waste of time and should be turned away. Look into it, before calling me on this point!!
For ones who wfp and it rains after we have cleaned, whos windows are spotted, trad windows or wfp? Provided technique is good on wfp, it certainly wont be wfp windows. Thats also with the rain splashing on the walls etc etc as someone posted earlier. Its like the moaners who say its hard to clean wfp in direct sunlight as it dries with spots, what the heck!! Why dont we dry the water off again? Oh yes, its because its purified and dries clear!!

Its more about how much the operator wants to get wet? However personally, when its hammering itself down and windy, ild sooner take the day off.

Nathan nobody's talking about working in the rain or between showers as we have all done it, its about working in stormy
conditions that will destroy the quality of the clean on the day, and yes I have tried and tested the results as I'm sure have others.

[JandS]

If they don't want them cleaning in the rain not a lot you can do.
To be honest I wouldn't want to think  I was paying for mine doing in the rain....it's not pure after all.

[Shrek]

If they don't want them cleaning in the rain not a lot you can do.
To be honest I wouldn't want to think  I was paying for mine doing in the rain....it's not pure after all.

That's the whole point! If the custys said don't clean them then they wouldn't get cleaned! it's you that's decided not to clean in the rain not the customer, instead , the customer brings coffee out and biscuits!!

[Tosh]

He said pretty much the same thing yesterday.

Yes yes we know, you can’t clean in the rain and rainwater isn’t pure; despite the fact that a few cleaners on here harvest their rainwater and use it to clean with. Its a lot purer than you think and certainly up to the job.

You’re going to dispute that, I know, but you’re just showing your ignorance when you do.

[martin hulstone]

Surely people who use rain water polish it off with resin?
My rain water varies between 8 and 20s.

[Tosh]

Same as mine. I don't polish it if it's going in a half filled tank of pure. 

[Matt.]

Jesus ......... 

Doing the outsides now of a big job,
Current weather conditions are hail stoning and lashing down, half 6 at night and am slogging it out.

Who says ya can't work in the rain ffs guys we live in the uk, window cleaners would be out of work for weeks if that was the case 

Those of us who have commercial work have no choice but to crack on regardless of the weather
I would post a pic but the nasty mob will turn gangster on me

[LT carpet cleaning]

Yes its the same old nonsense, if they're not puffing out their chests blowing about earnings they're blowing about
working in horrendous weather conditions.
Next week they will be bragging about being able to get the higher earnings by offering a better service than the five quid
cheapo who has to work in all weather conditions just to keep afloat.
I work for me to my standard and if I believe the windows wont be clean when the customer picks up my posted clean slip then I
wont be cleaning that day, I don't care what the weather does after that because its beyond my control.
Price right, don't fill your round to busting, work to yearly targets instead of from day to day and missing a few stormy days
wont be a major concern.

Don't forget the new one - who's got the biggest emergency fund saved up ! 

Haha I noticed that too!!


£10,000 and a penny here. Do I win?

[JandS]

Thought the idea was to clean with pure but never mind.
If your cleaning in this at this time of night one word springs to mind

[SeanK]

Surely people who use rain water polish it off with resin?
My rain water varies between 8 and 20s.

You would certainly want to put it through a sediment filter to remove any sediment that might dry on the glass,
The water in my tank is around 29ppm which I polish off with resin, bypassed the resin a few days back and tried it on my
own windows which came up perfect.

[richard groves]

Jesus ......... 

Doing the outsides now of a big job,
Current weather conditions are hail stoning and lashing down, half 6 at night and am slogging it out.

Who says ya can't work in the rain ffs guys we live in the uk, window cleaners would be out of work for weeks if that was the case 

Those of us who have commercial work have no choice but to crack on regardless of the weather
I would post a pic but the nasty mob will turn gangster on me

Yeah but there's a huge difference isn't there between commercial work and residential ?
A big job you say, probably needing to be done out of hours ? doubt it comes out of any single persons monthly income - more a case of out of an allocated budget. Consider then Mr and Mrs Smith with their 3 bed semi on a fixed income that you clean once a month for them, they are going to expect value for money and a good service. Whats going to secure customer loyalty to  you and not given reason to try out your competition ?
One possible answer could be not turning up in a howling gale with the rain lashing down. Any sensible person would question this and to be honest I wouldn't be happy paying my hard earned either.

I cannot think of a single time in nearly 15 years where I have been out of work for weeks because of bad weather. Remember we are talking here about storms, high winds and lashing rain and hail not general run of the mill weather . Jesus........

[richard groves]

Yes its the same old nonsense, if they're not puffing out their chests blowing about earnings they're blowing about
working in horrendous weather conditions.
Next week they will be bragging about being able to get the higher earnings by offering a better service than the five quid
cheapo who has to work in all weather conditions just to keep afloat.
I work for me to my standard and if I believe the windows wont be clean when the customer picks up my posted clean slip then I
wont be cleaning that day, I don't care what the weather does after that because its beyond my control.
Price right, don't fill your round to busting, work to yearly targets instead of from day to day and missing a few stormy days
wont be a major concern.

Don't forget the new one - who's got the biggest emergency fund saved up ! 

Haha I noticed that too!!


£10,000 and a penny here. Do I win?

Nah, I've more than that and a cupboard full of tins of beans and powdered eggs. 

[Frankybadboy]

love cleaning in the rain,it means that i get wet between the ears 

[Positivity]

I just find these bragging posts cringeworthy. I don't know why mature people do it, probably a deep seated reason somewhere. Small genitals perhaps?

It's usually Dazmond who starts it. Maybe deep rooted lack of self esteem or something,  got to big himself up all the time.
It can't be your last suggestion with his super fit girlfriend surely.

[dazmond]

got to first job today around 915am and the hailstone,sleet and thunder was unbelievable!luckily it was an inside and out.by the time id finished the insides(an hour).it had stopped but ground was pretty icy.thankfully this is where a hot water system comes in handy esp for thawing the ice on the velux windows!

the rest of the day was ok really with only the odd shower.all scheduled work cleaned and weekend off.

if i hadnt of worked yesterday id have to either work tomorrow(i very rarely work saturdays anymore)or squeeze a day in next week which would be impossible as im too busy next week with other scheduled work.

[dazmond]

i just still find it amazing that even in crappy weather i can still earn a good wage day to day thanks to WFP.

dont forget ive spent 23 years window cleaning and most of that i just about scraped a living together.i nearly went out of business a few times,debts etc.

them days are over and sometimes i still pinch myself how  ive managed to build a much better business for myself.

[AuRavelling79]

That's the spirit Dazmond!

You clean when you want to - just because others won't is no reason for you to change.

Reminds me of when I was in sales and the particular products we were selling didn't usually sell too well in the run up to and around Xmas as buyers often went on holiday and meetings of decision makers got delayed until the new year. All us old hands "knew" that December sales tended to wind down around about the 20th December making it a "short month".

A new kid joined the team in the October and he was out push push pushing and got a couple of massive orders a day or two before Xmas eve. He had the best sales month of all of us and when the Sales Director handed out the prizes (on top of all the commission he would have earned) he asked him to explain how and why he had done so well.

The successful lad said "I suppose it's because I didn't know December was supposed to be a bad month."