[edd]

IN 30 YEARS OF WINDOW CLEANING I THOUGHT THAT I HAD MET ALL THE PLANKS I NEEDED TO BUT THIS GUY IS ONE REASON I CARNT BE BOTHERD TO READ ANY MORE CRAP LIKE THIS WFP AND BLADING OFF WHAT A PRATT!!!!!! SORRY BUT COME ON

[clean]

I`m convinced it`s the biggest wind up of the year

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

I`m convinced it`s the biggest wind up of the year

theres only one way to find out lol

[paul rulton]

i think the lammster is in on it  :   

[The Jester of Wibbly]

Getting board of this thread now. Joke over

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

i think the lammster is in on it  :   

was quoting cookie lol

[richard jagger]

I am not cleaning glass anymore just going to replace all glass its a lot easyer and a lot more cash. Also changing my Business name to Slap Glass refurbishing.I am on to big things, Mates. Dragen Den there I come.

[GMG]

I have to say only an idiot would blade after cleaning with wfp

[Martin ccs]

i think this bloke is trying to do everything v different to the rest and bangs on n on about his dial a clean! thats a joke aswell.

he says hes doing v well and fare play to him - but what is doing v well? i suppose  thats only your own opinion on how well you think your doing. says he would be able to take alot of customer off other wc cuz he blades the windows after. i bet he wouldnt get a single one of my customers.

i cant see the point in wfp and then blading off at all - its one or the other - simple!

[Clean Rite]

LSD comes to mind!!!

[pure tech]

I quickly blade easily accessable ground floor windows after wfp on occasions.
I just get a gut feeling that the window wont come up 100% usually because of beading.
Extra time involved in minimal.

[barry mallett]

dear god hear we go again. how on earth is it faster to take your blade out then take the water off with it , instead of a 2 second rinse while your brush is there already. you say you will pick loads of work up this way . but your missing 1 big point . i for one dont need any more work especially when its gonna be harder and longer and more pratting about to do . it sounds to me you are really desperate and you will try any ridicolous idea to try and pick some work up . maybe if you did the job properly in the first place you would pick your extra work up from recommendations . you really do come up with the most pathetic ideas .thing is there could be some new guys reading your crap . is that why you offer dial a clean as well cos you cant keep regular custys .             nearly forgot have you heard anything on the grapevine lately.   

[Paul Coleman]

My view on this is that such customers need educating - not cosseting.

[window11]

maybe you should all look at my post dragons den blade off

[dazmond]

i dont generally blade off after wfp but the odd kitchen window or a window i know tends to spot i quickly blade off sometimes.it takes seconds!i have my blade on me all the time!

to scrub a window and then blade off instead of rinsing is madness IMO!you might as well just trad the ground floor windows if your going to do that!!

im 80% WFP /20% TRAD.most of that trad work is ground floor windows that are in tight spaces or in bad condition or dare i say it!customer preference!!but on the whole i dont blade off after wfp.waste of time!!

[dazmond]

ill be out shortly.10 am starts at the moment due to avoiding traffic and frost.(and i like a few hours in the morning to wake up properly!)

fair enough james if you want to blade off after wfp.me personally i cant be bothered!a quick scrub and rinse and move onto the next window!i do wipe down ground floor ledges with a sill cloth and trad some doorway windows which seems to keep the customers happy!

i dont have many problems with leaving the windows wet.a lot of my custies are either out at work or dont care as long as they dry nice and clean!

[Paul Coleman]

Dazmond if you are out working today see how long it takes you to rinse and how long it takes to blade!

Remember i am not talking about blading as if you were doing it trad just downward strokes is all that is needed,

I have my blade attached to the other side of the brush like the reach around,

customer preference!!

Yes dazmond and that is to have the windows left dry!

if you and i were working in the same street both wfp and take the same amount of time on a house and i leave them dry dont you think your customer would be asking questions as to why you have not dried them,

Week after week people post on here and it is usally that they or the customer have dropped them because of the windows being left dry and runs or spotting issues! blading them does away with all these issues!

And it is not just recent posts right back to 2003 there have been many posts where people have dropped customers or they themselves have been dropped because of the issues i have mentioned.

What they should be asking is why you have bladed them.
A number of customer are prejudiced against WFP.
I don't see the point of pandering to such a prejudice really.

[formb]

We've been WFP 6 years now and we had similar problems for about 3 of those.

We now no longer squeegee ANY out side windows.

We pratted about with the occasional old folks bungalow who resisted the change, squeegeeing them or drying off the WFP. But we stopped that now, Waste of time, effort and resources.

If I get a complaint nowadays it normally goes:

Cust: "1 of my windows was missed"

Me: "Oh sorry, is it dirty?"

Cust: "No but it's not wet"
 

[formb]

i will try to explain the way i put this into practice!


(1) wash all top windows at the back of the house then do all bottoms!using the brush and blade method at the bottoms only

Move to front and do the same by the time i have finished my last window all the others are dry!

Any akward window like above conservatories i would do the normal brush and rinse

So..........

You do one upstairs window one way and the bedroom next door another?

[formb]

If your customer is happy that this window is clean how on earth would they go about complaining about the other windows?