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zesty

  • Posts: 2452
Weather is just shocking
« on: June 09, 2024, 07:32:53 am »
Imagine this is your first year window cleaning, you’d be demoralised by the rain, wind and autumnal conditions, in JUNE!!!

Rant  over.

Want lots of bbqs, but it’s like November half the time.

😡

Arnold Palmer

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Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2024, 08:17:10 am »

AuRavelling79

  • Posts: 25378
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2024, 08:46:17 am »
Lovely down here.
It's a game of three halves!

zesty

  • Posts: 2452
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2024, 08:51:29 am »
Sunny here now, but it’s not gonna last .

This week looks naff for everyone.

windowswashed

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Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2024, 09:41:53 am »
Weather has been the dullest from October to May in Devon, since then it's been ideal for window cleaning.  February in the past use to be the coldest and driest but for the last 4-5 years it's gradually becoming warmer and wetter. This February was the warmest and wettest almost every day.
Thank goodness I get my pension next year, it's getting more difficult each year to maintain a regular window cleaning routine all year round. It's forecast to getter warmer and wetter in this country thanks to climate change.
Weather affects the mood of our customers as well as ourselves and they tolerate us working in light rain but not heavy rain blowing sideways. As we get older our new customers become younger and their attitude to clean windows is not as  high a priority as it use to be in my opinion.  From experience I find the biggest loss of customers has been from cleaning windows through persistent spells of rain.
I use to enjoy this job regardless of weather all year round but I can honestly say the joy has gone now and it's more a case of working more efficiently earning more in less time and focusing on other things away from work, the joy is slowing diminishing and I put it down to longing to retire after 26 years too long in this job.

Scottish Cleaning Service

  • Posts: 383
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2024, 01:06:15 pm »
I find I work with the weather all the time now. If I know a day will be constant rain then I will visit the bank, order or collect materials for other jobs and visit first cleans. Handy, having indoor painting as a side line because always fit it in when weather is bad. Try and get van in garage also but the weekly weather forecast is good for only a few days now.

dazmond

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Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2024, 06:49:09 pm »
Sunny here now, but it’s not gonna last .

Strange weather.its very warm when sun's out but cold when it goes cloudy and the breeze picks up....

No rain at all today even though it forecast it.....

This week looks naff for everyone.
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2024, 07:04:01 pm »
Weather has been the dullest from October to May in Devon, since then it's been ideal for window cleaning.  February in the past use to be the coldest and driest but for the last 4-5 years it's gradually becoming warmer and wetter. This February was the warmest and wettest almost every day.
Thank goodness I get my pension next year, it's getting more difficult each year to maintain a regular window cleaning routine all year round. It's forecast to getter warmer and wetter in this country thanks to climate change.
Weather affects the mood of our customers as well as ourselves and they tolerate us working in light rain but not heavy rain blowing sideways. As we get older our new customers become younger and their attitude to clean windows is not as  high a priority as it use to be in my opinion.  From experience I find the biggest loss of customers has been from cleaning windows through persistent spells of rain.
I use to enjoy this job regardless of weather all year round but I can honestly say the joy has gone now and it's more a case of working more efficiently earning more in less time and focusing on other things away from work, the joy is slowing diminishing and I put it down to longing to retire after 26 years too long in this job.

I just won't tolerate customers who skip cleans because of rain,they get dumped....

It's just not possible to NOT clean in the rain occasionally these days so I don't want them as customers
price higher/work harder!

Scottish Cleaning Service

  • Posts: 383
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2024, 07:08:48 pm »
I have a roof spray on tomorrow so more interested in the wind speed. Might be better starting at 9am before any washing is hung out and its cloudy.

dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2024, 03:38:00 pm »
No rain again today! 8)

Coolish but mainly sunny for most of the morning

£340 better off for 4 hours work.👍
price higher/work harder!

JandS

  • Posts: 4267
Re: Weather is just shocking
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2024, 08:11:34 pm »
Forecast rain here today cloudy but no rain this morning, blue skies this aft.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.