[dazmond]

a good way of fixing hose reels in your van is by fitting a piece of chipboard(cover in black plastic sheeting and stapled)at the back of your tank and fixing your reel to it,saves drilling holes in your van floor....works for me.....

[Cookie]

I just want to make the working environment in the van a bit more pleasant there's two really horrible hose reels that need bolting in I want to replace and obviously I can just replace those in the new van I also would like another hose reel pointing sort of diagonally through the van side I was thinking because sometimes there is a property to be cleaned forwards and there's parking issues.
I just want it done properly I tried finding a handyman ages ago and he didn't do a good job he basically fiberglass the wood water goes underneath the wood and obviously causes problems in the cabin I will be replacing the van and I was hoping maybe for the new tax year so it's still a while away meanwhile I'm happy to spend some money to get it done by someone who knows what they're doing. Because I'll just get stuck On Every Corner it will take that person a very short amount of time and it will probably take me bloody months

Sounds like you were a bit unfortunate last time...

Do you have a friend, relative or even a customer who's handy at DIY? There's quite a few retired folk/handymen round my way  (many of whom help the old dears with the odd bit of DIY)  who'd love a little project like this, they would probably do it for peanuts as well...

[dazmond]

It would do you the world of good to jump out of your comfort zone and try new things. Everybody makes mistakes in life but then we learn from them through knowledge or wisdom, that's life. When you overcome your challenges, the rewards are so more appreciated. The only real challenge would be fitting the tank through the flooring and most garages would do that on your behalf safely for peace of mind.

I took down a conservatory 4m x 4m Edwardian style a few years back. Never had any experience before so I googled everything I could, there wasn't much but I managed it safely without breaking a single pane of glass and even transported it safely. I was really chuffed with myself after I done it all.

When I moved in to the place I live in now back in 1990 it needed rewiring, badly. Not being a sparky I was a little flubbergusted about it all. Anyway, one day I got up, turned the lecky off at the wall and proceeded to pull out all the existing wiring. That done I sat back and realised the only way I was going to get a brew was to start to rewire the place again.

Sometimes the only way to learn is to start at the beginning.

sod that..........id of got an electrician in......

[Stoots]

Get stuck in.

ive just decided to cancel my web hosting and try to re install my website on a new host

yesterday i was learning how to backup a wordpress site edit a config php file and next to learn about FTP and try to upload the files to my newly configured SQL database, final step to change the name servers.

My point is, i knew NOTHING about websites so decided to LEARN ON THE JOB

Jump off a cliff and learn how to fly on the way down 

[Slacky]

It would do you the world of good to jump out of your comfort zone and try new things. Everybody makes mistakes in life but then we learn from them through knowledge or wisdom, that's life. When you overcome your challenges, the rewards are so more appreciated. The only real challenge would be fitting the tank through the flooring and most garages would do that on your behalf safely for peace of mind.

I took down a conservatory 4m x 4m Edwardian style a few years back. Never had any experience before so I googled everything I could, there wasn't much but I managed it safely without breaking a single pane of glass and even transported it safely. I was really chuffed with myself after I done it all.

When I moved in to the place I live in now back in 1990 it needed rewiring, badly. Not being a sparky I was a little flubbergusted about it all. Anyway, one day I got up, turned the lecky off at the wall and proceeded to pull out all the existing wiring. That done I sat back and realised the only way I was going to get a brew was to start to rewire the place again.

Sometimes the only way to learn is to start at the beginning.

sod that..........id of got an electrician in......

Listen dipstick, I was bladdered, sparkies we’re out of the equation, booze was more important 🤣🤣

[dazmond]

It would do you the world of good to jump out of your comfort zone and try new things. Everybody makes mistakes in life but then we learn from them through knowledge or wisdom, that's life. When you overcome your challenges, the rewards are so more appreciated. The only real challenge would be fitting the tank through the flooring and most garages would do that on your behalf safely for peace of mind.

I took down a conservatory 4m x 4m Edwardian style a few years back. Never had any experience before so I googled everything I could, there wasn't much but I managed it safely without breaking a single pane of glass and even transported it safely. I was really chuffed with myself after I done it all.

When I moved in to the place I live in now back in 1990 it needed rewiring, badly. Not being a sparky I was a little flubbergusted about it all. Anyway, one day I got up, turned the lecky off at the wall and proceeded to pull out all the existing wiring. That done I sat back and realised the only way I was going to get a brew was to start to rewire the place again.

Sometimes the only way to learn is to start at the beginning.

sod that..........id of got an electrician in......

Listen dipstick, I was bladdered, sparkies we’re out of the equation, booze was more important 🤣🤣

we ve all been there matt!! ........thank God we dont have to live like that anymore.....although i do miss some of the casual w*h*o*r*e*s  that i used to attract back then though!

[Smudger]

£350 you bring it to me. Cash.

I edited  my reply because I thought you was was a bit naughty afterwards lol but I really appreciate the offer

I know

You originally wrote this “Listen I said is negotiable do you want to do it let me know what you want to charge “

Edited again lol listen I'll take it into consideration 350 is a little bit steep I could do the painting myself I think I can do that it's pretty idiot-proof then just a few pumps moved and things like that hose reels screwed in I want a friendly happy-go-lucky window cleaner who isn't as rich As You Are and enjoy the little bit of socialising haha

NO! - your not - what you want is a pukka job, and someones valuable time and skills and pay next to nothing for it.

On your posts in this thread you should have no issues with customers who expect you to clean a 4 bed detached for £5

- sorry to be blunt - but many of your threads revolve about trying to get things done on the cheap or bemoaning about tight customers  - stand up and be counted ask for a favour, but at least reward the person to make it worth their while

you are the one to benefit with a decently fitted system

Darran

[Crystal-clear]

£350 you bring it to me. Cash.

I edited  my reply because I thought you was was a bit naughty afterwards lol but I really appreciate the offer

I know

You originally wrote this “Listen I said is negotiable do you want to do it let me know what you want to charge “

Edited again lol listen I'll take it into consideration 350 is a little bit steep I could do the painting myself I think I can do that it's pretty idiot-proof then just a few pumps moved and things like that hose reels screwed in I want a friendly happy-go-lucky window cleaner who isn't as rich As You Are and enjoy the little bit of socialising haha

NO! - your not - what you want is a pukka job, and someones valuable time and skills and pay next to nothing for it.

Sorry now I'm going to be a little bit Blunt
No!! Same can be said about you wanting a pukka job from your employees and considering the amount of money They're gonna make for you you are paying them next to nothing for their valuable time and skills correct? Do you pay your employees 150 £200 for pretty much half a days work? Correct me if I'm wrong but I think everyone will agree that the amount I'm offering is a lot more than your offering for that particular half day or day.. obviously you're offering full-time employment regardless I do believe that a person who is earning £100 a day for a long day and has the skills and the tools and the 3 time would be over the bloody moon to earn more than that for basically less work
So your analogy there is a little bit flawed I'm afraid


what I'm looking for is somebody's time valuable or free time however they decide to deem it for extra money would ideally suit somebody who's good at this and who is self employed not a bussniess for what may be peanuts to you is sometimes a couple of months council tax to some people. Yes I indeed want to save money but hopefully it may just kill two birds with one stone
And I can end up helping somebody as well
 so I can fully disagree with this statement.

On your posts in this thread you should have no issues with customers who expect you to clean a 4 bed detached for £5

(I think you're really jump into some conclusions here you're thinking too much about it only because some have a lot of vans on the road for those a couple of £100 is literally wasting time I can tell you now there's a lot of people that would be over the moon to earn that on a weekend especially people that are good at this but lack window cleaning work or just want to do it . Paying £5 for a semi-detached house I think you know is extremely underpriced and everyone knows that as well


- sorry to be blunt - but many of your threads revolve about trying to get things done on the cheap or bemoaning about tight customers  - stand up and be counted ask for a favour, but at least reward the person to make it worth their while

(Again this is not true I actually don't spend a lot of time moaning about any underpricing well not for a long time really I had plenty of posts which have recently spoken about the laws regarding self employment employment ,vat questions granted I have a lot of questions occasionally I put my input or opinions on subjects just like other people on the forum I try and keep my conduct posetive as much as i can. Again.. the reward would be that somebody earns quite frankly a lot of money for a little bit of work that they enjoy and yes I did mean it when I said socialising that's exactly what I meant... not trying to take advantage of somebody because paying somebody a couple £100 or something like that yes in the real world is alot of money.. it isn't for you and that's fine.
I don't have a six figure annual turn over like some I'm sorry that this post has got your back up just because some people can afford to drive into the mainstream fitters and part with 4 figures for re aligning pipes pumps odds and sods. It's something I really want to avoid in the future if you catch my drift

you are the one to benefit with a decently fitted system
 indeed am the 1 to benefit and I hope you read correctly that I was looking for a tidy up not for a brand new fitted complete system...


If i may add if i was good at these things and i had free time and or fancied the job and if i could help someone out i wouldn't look into it like you have just now id offer to do it give advice or say nothing as what your saying doesnt help the situation

Appreciate your feedback
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year

Darran

[Smudger]

Nothing wrong with being blunt but let’s get things correct...

Your comparing apples and oranges with regard to the staff - without going into loads of things being PAYE is different from a one off bespoke service for starters they get 28 days a year paid holiday ( I think you would fret yourself silly while the staff got paid while sunning themselves on a fully inclusive Jamaican holiday )

One minute you claim it’s JUST an alteration, yet you want ply lining ripped out - van painted ( I assume you mean protectorkote not b&q emulsion ? ) and everything refitted - well what is it a few bits screwed down or a refit ? To faff with a system can take as long as doing it from scratch - either way you seem unable/want to weld a brush and screwdriver yet willing to pay someone who can - and yes at £100 it’s peanuts in exchange for a well fitted, safe and reliable system

You don’t quite get the cheap cleaning price so I’ll refrase for you - you clean a customers windows, at the end they pop out and say can you JUST wash over the soffits/fascia for me, I’ll pay you a fiver, after all it’s easy, you have the equipment and you’ll have it done in a hour - that’s how you come across

Again, multi van operations are erelevant it’s about attitude, look on here far more owner/operators have top kit, extreme poles, hydro heat than multi van operators - I hold Daz one up as an example here, several years ago he was anti wfp etc....  but now look, he’s embraced things and understands that investment in a decent van and equipment pays dividends in the future of trouble free operation  - it’s about valuing some one else’s time and skills not penny pinching

I’m not nieve enough to thing everyone earns £*** per hour, for some it’s hard to make ends meet, been there, but be upfront and ask for help not pretend that your doing someone a favour offering a few quid for what is a fairly time consuming job, which you get the benefit from

Hope you have a great Christmas
Darran

[Kev Martin]

I have a set of golden rules!  I never mess with electricity, braking systems, steering or anything that could involve loss of life.  Everything else is fair game👍

[Crystal-clear]

Ok don't really want to turn this into some discussion it was initially a post for help yes.
That said I really appreciate everyone's effort in helping me to try and resolve. And everyone's feedback
Perhaps my mistake was I put a price out there and it was a bit confusing as to what I wanted..
best thing to say is
Yes I require help happy to pay a fair price I put a 3 figure sum out their based on half the day's work sort of thing but again everything's negotiable.

Anyway im just putting it out there if anyone is reasonably close and wants to help has any free time at all and ofcourse make some extra money please drop me an email. That's pretty much it that's all there is to it. I appreciate getting a professionally installed system is worth it in the long run as well

Email visible in previous post
 
I'm going to lock this thread now 

[AuRavelling79]

a good way of fixing hose reels in your van is by fitting a piece of chipboard(cover in black plastic sheeting and stapled)at the back of your tank and fixing your reel to it,saves drilling holes in your van floor....works for me.....

Use plywood, not chipboard.