[The Jester of Wibbly]

Was thinking how long ago it all started and how it came about.

I have been wfp now for 10 years and even when I got my first set up I was told a few are trialing hot systems.

How long have you all been wfp set up?

Share your history.

[Splash & dash]

Been window cleaning 20 years wfp 15 started with cold ionics pro 5 system 650 ltr , last 4 years have added another one but this time 1000 ltr with a Grippatank 9kw boiler and modified filtration system . When I bought my first system off ionics they were doing a hot system that was gas fired but that was  out of my price range at the time , but the diesel ones are very good

[Smudger]

Tucker are usually credited with starting wfp in the states

Over here I think ionics formally ott were the first to provide “ professional “ equipment - lots were doing  diy stuff.

Been going 10 years -9 WFP  and Alex was just getting established (thankfully) and the likes of Dazmond claiming trad was best and wfp was sh!t 😂

Darran

[jk999]

Roughly 20 years wfp

[jonboywalton75]

My mate bought a Merc Vito with a Tucker system about 17 years ago, that's in the UK.

[lal]

   


          6 Years WFP - 7 months Hot

[Dry Clean]

WFP doesn't work, any traditional hot PPB and snake oil user will tell you that, luckily in 12 years of WFP cleaning none of my customers/clients/accounts have said the same.

[Slacky]

11 years WFP with 9 years trad before that.

[nathankaye]

Close to 18yrs experience window cleaning but last three on wfp

[SB Cleaning]

Tucker are usually credited with starting wfp in the states

Over here I think ionics formally ott were the first to provide “ professional “ equipment - lots were doing  diy stuff.

Been going 10 years -9 WFP  and Alex was just getting established (thankfully) and the likes of Dazmond claiming trad was best and wfp was sh!t 😂

Darran

I have been wfp about the same time and also remember Dazmonds posts  ;D

[dazmond]

8 years WFP and 17 years on ladders before that.......been hot and cold for years!

hot at the moment.....

started with a 50l PF trolley,orange glass fibre pole and 10 barrels,moved on to a 350L rachet strapped down tank ,CLX,SLX and a pumpbox,2 old vans(kangoo then a connect t230),messed around with various gas shower heaters, then finally to a 500L professionally fitted diesel hot water system fitted into a brand new van with all the trimmings,electric reel,xtreme poles etc....

[M & C Window Cleaning]

41 Years window cleaning so far. The last 11 wfp.
Started wfp with a PF trolley intending to get a small van system at some point, but the trolley worked so well for my work that I never made the change and probably nevr will.
I'll never forget the early days with wfp. The fibreglass poles with the heavy vikan brushes. The splinters in the hands were a nightmare and the poles seemed to only last 5 minutes. Now it's much more tuned to our needs it's much more enjoyable.
I can safely say that I wouldn't still be in the game if it weren't for the introduction of wfp

[The Jester of Wibbly]

I did come across my first pole at back of garage.  Fibre glass heavy and bendy.  I picked it up and felt the weight and could not believe I used to use it.

If there is any advice for my old self I would say don't bother with cheap poles.

[Dry Clean]

I went from a 25ft fibreglass Xtel with a brick on the end to a 25ft Brodex hydra alloy with a brick on the end, luckily I then joined this forum and discovered Gardiner poles which saved my joints, would say Alex Gardiner has saved the NHS a fortune by not having to treat us all for Brodexes of the joints. lol

[lal]

  My first Pole six years ago was an  18ft Brodex hydra alloy with a brick on the end too  , then a year
  later i bought a  25ft SLX  , i could not believe the difference.

[windowswashed]

window cleaning 21 years and 18 on wfp. First two poles were a 60ft Tucker pole and Ionic 45ft pole

[KS Cleaning]

Started out trad in 2003, wfp since 2010, if I remember correctly my first pole was an N-tech 22 glassfibre pole with a breeze block on the end.....ouch!

[Go]

4 years in. Or maybe 5.

[mjm]

11years      5 years wfp

[Roy Harding]

I stated in 1985 ratail mops and chamois leather and squeegee's, houses were a £1.50 - £2.00. Accounts were done in a simplex D accounting book, see photo of my 3rd week in December 1985. There was a supplier called Diswinco and Corwords for the window cleaners jackets. I still have the brass Diswinco squeegee from that time. I have been wfp now for about 20yrs, and it really did bring a big change to the window proffesion. I have enjoyed every day window cleaning, the reasons are every day you choose when you start and finish, you choose how much you want for a job, everyday is a pay day, working in fatastic country side, above all customers become friends. 

Start my 34yr 1st of December

Dont laugh to much over the earnings back then

What a fantastic place forums like this are, how now you can share and help others.



Roy