would you clean the frames on a

« **on:** January 28, 2007, 09:28:09 pm »

hi leading on from another post i thought i would set this post , i personally will only do frames on a £10 mininum house but earlier some have said that they do frames on every house which i find unrealistic as i have 300+ customers some at £5 per fortnight and i only clean the glass , but i have got many £15 houses where i will clean the frames also so what do the majority do

gary

« **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:31:27 pm »

I allways clean the frames even when i was trad.

Bazz...

« **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:34:15 pm »

Quote from: Bazzy1999 on January 28, 2007, 09:31:27 pm

I allways clean the frames even when i was trad.

Bazz...

hi bazz would you still clean them on a £5 house if it took you 15 mins to just clean the glass

gary

« **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:36:42 pm »

me aswell frames all the time i had over 5000 customers & they all got ther frames cleaned, but now ther is only 2 of us i nly have abt 1000 customers & they still get frames cleaned every time.

« **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:38:24 pm »

it dont take any longer to clean the frames than just the glass its only seconds per frame,

« **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:45:24 pm »

Gary if it took me 15 mins to clean just the glass then it wont be £5

Bazz...

« **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:47:13 pm »

Mike im with you it only takes a few seconds to wipe the frames

Bazz...

« **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:51:25 pm »

i used to employ 8 men but had trouble with them not being as fussy as me frames etc, fair enough i made loads of dosh but the standards were slippling & it was my name on the van, so i finished them all & went back to 1 van,sold 4000 customers to 6 different lads, now i know all frames sills doors get done every time, my fone is much quiter my life is much happier,

« **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:11:57 pm »

I always clean the frames (wfp) but I don't have any £5 houses. In fact my minimum charge is now £10 for new business.

« **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:16:49 pm »

lucky u lol, my cheapest is 60p 1 window done it for abt 10 yrs,

« **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:19:37 pm »

Quote from: Malc(G)old on January 28, 2007, 10:11:57 pm

I always clean the frames (wfp) but I don't have any £5 houses. In fact my minimum charge is now £10 for new business.

Ditto

Without a doubt

Chris

« **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:21:32 pm »

DITTO 60p or ditto £10

« **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:33:34 pm »

Quote from: mike richardson on January 28, 2007, 10:21:32 pm

DITTO 60p or ditto £10

Well he's quoting me ...

« **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:35:41 pm »

youve lost me ?

« **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:37:04 pm »

I think there trying to say £10 is there min charge.
But Malc will be glad if you quote him 60p.

Bazz...

« **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:37:15 pm »

I have lost count the number of customers i have gained through word of mouth because guess what "i clean the frames and sills as well"

« **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:37:20 pm »

Quote from: mike richardson on January 28, 2007, 10:35:41 pm

youve lost me ?

OK - Chris Cottrell is quoting me when I say min. charge £10 ...

« **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:41:39 pm »

My cheapest is £2.50 ( 3 minutes work) and always do the frames.

« **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2007, 11:04:30 pm »

My rate is not as good as all of yours just because I take my time (I am in no rush and still learning). But the frames are sometimes black with dust. I rub em round and they look great again. Now do not get me wrong, those grey stains from years of build up do not get 100% shifted first time if it is too hard work. I work on them a few seconds or so each time and eventually they look sparkling.

I tell my customers, because the last window cleaner neglected the sills and frames so much it might take a few more cleans but they should see an improvment every time.

The £5 customer could well lead to a £50 customer. If the job is priced right I do not see how the price difference matters.

« **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2007, 11:26:10 pm »

Quote from: KarlJones on January 28, 2007, 11:04:30 pm

The £5 customer could well lead to a £50 customer. If the job is priced right I do not see how the price difference matters.

Agreed - but for me I have no full houses (all windows, front, back, sides, doors) that I will take on for less than £10. But whatever I do take on has it's frames and cills done in the price.

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