[simon knight]

Just taken Mrs K to work (thank God one of us is earning!). It's a 3 mile drive and skidded twice on the ice. No way I'm going up ladders in this so have decided to resign myself to taking an early Easter break and start afresh next Monday when hopefully things will be a bit more conducive to trad window cleaning.

Having just lashed out £££s to IR this comes at a bad time for me ...what a poxy job!!!

[pingu]

We have just had about 3 weeks of this weather in Holland and it does get you down...I have been starting at mid day just to make some money..some is better than nothing...but spring will be here soon...keep your chin up.

Dave.

[LWC]

2 weeks off at xmas, 1 week off at start of year due to frost, 3 good weeks on windows...loads out to IR then this...whatever next.

[tomy jackson]

thers never a good time for IR

[Skyglide]

Hopefully newbies will take note of this thread, price right, save for periods like this and realise the job is not a constant £hundreds a day.  Lack of cash flow is the biggest killer of businesses.

[trevor povey]

yup can,t see much getting done this week,the paths  are all frozen over and hazardous  and the customer will not really be expecting to see you in these conditions...best day seems to be saturday.

[johnny_h]

if you did work with all the ice/snow still around most peoples houses and had a fall would it really be worth the 6/8 weeks off with a broken arm? although i feel guilty not being out there self preservation says no so off out window shopping with the enemy as shes home coz the schools shut

[smearo]

same here weds now and there must still be 4--5in in untouched areas plus its frozen under the snow.. roll on next week and to better weather..   

[dai]

I have managed to work all week no problem, then had a call from the little ones school this morning, closing because the water was off. Its my Mrs's collage day, so I had to pack in 9.30 and drive 30 miles home. Another £100 plus down the pan.

[mlscontractcleaner]

It's been okay in Plymouth, a little snow on Monday and Tuesday and bloody cold, but that's about it. It rained this morning but it's dry at the moment.

I've worked fine, just wrapped up and the neoprene gloves never came off; they're a God send!!

I wouldn't fancy having to dunk my hands in a bucket of water all day though; WFP has definately made me soft 

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

Cleaned the windows on 2 pubs Monday morning, 2 pubs Tuesday morning and 3 pubs Today (Wednesday), so i am not scared of a little snow or the cold but there was no ladder work on any of these jobs.

Had other work to do but i won't be using ladders in this weather

How can people use a ladders in weather like this.

Have they not heard of  HEALTH AND SAFETY

[ccmids]

ive only done one day so far

[br00ksy]

Worked tuesday and today, trad. Cold but not hazardous where i am. Poled all upstairs no ladders just been lucky from what i have heard on here.

[Phil Mitchell]

I've worked the last two saturdays due to the weather. This has taken the pressure off this week, thus I'm sorted. Just plan ahead and get out at the weekends, it keeps the old stress at bay.

[matt]

next week looks bad now aswell

[Niall McAllister]

won't lie could have done no trad today, but now I have the WFP got 4 hr work (after defrosted  ) and did what would have been full day trad.
i still feel there is a place for trad, but wish I'd got  WFP before landing on my head.
Niall