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Call yourself a window cleaner?

Well Im just starting out. Wfp only. No intention to climb a ladder whats point of that ******** to humping ladders on an off van roof and wobbling away 15ft off ground. Just seems daft when u dont need to. I think the technology side of things is more interesting with poles as well. Probably try trad for sake of learning it at some point maybe come in handy. I have a cleaning business that includes window cleaning so dont really consider myself a windy just someone who offers a window cleaning service. As for a professional no more than you would consider a factory worker a professional factory worker. Not really bothered whar I am or arent or what others percieve ill just do it the way I want. Only people I have to please is my custies and myself

 
i have been washed my windows for last 3 years every single week..May I called myself PRO-AMATEUR, my wife didn't pay me enything:(...............yet:rolleyes:

 
i have been washed my windows for last 3 years every single week..May I called myself PRO-AMATEUR, my wife didn't pay me enything:(...............yet:rolleyes:
You need to give your wife an increase in her housekeeping budget :eek:.....don't panic :hehehe:......

as doing this will not only show that you appreciate all she does :love:.....More importantly, it will make her feel so good within herself, now that she'll be able to give you a few quid to go and enjoy a couple of well deserved beers /emoticons/wink.png.....:whistle:.....:rofl:.

 
at the end of the day....if the window was dirty and you leave it clean however you do it ...your a professional

now if you want to see an amautuer..welcome to my wife cleaning the hall mirror...:eek:

your cloths too bloody wet I tell her...but it doesnt sink in..

 
if getting paid for doing something makes you a professional then there's a lot of dodgy professionals out there.

personally I'm glad a lot out there cant blade as just last week I got 4 good jobs with balconies that cant be reached by wfp & the last lad wouldn't/couldn't do them & 1 of them saw my add in the parish mag so binned him

 
If you can't use a squeegee and windwash (including on a 15ft pole) you're not a window cleaner in my opinion, you're just a waterfed pole operator. Sorry to sound harsh but the amount of people around my way that just waggle the brush round but can't trad is unreal, I've picked up about £100 per month off one particular company as they won't do insides on the odd occasion, all good paying businesses too.

 
If you can't use a squeegee and windwash (including on a 15ft pole) you're not a window cleaner in my opinion, you're just a waterfed pole operator.
Don't agree with this one.

if the window was dirty and you leave it clean however you do it ...your a professional
This is how you determine if someone is a window CLEANER.

If let's say a new cleaning method came up in a couple of years time, where you could just sit in the van, and a robot on a jetpack controlled by you did the work for you, would we be saying, 'oh how unprofessional is that, he can't even use a wfp'?

I did trad for a couple of days some years ago, learned how to use a squeege and applicator, it does come handy when doing insides, but then again someone might just do simple horizontal/vertical strokes instead of the 'professional' moves and the window will be just as clean.

I don't mean to be disrespectful to anyone on this forum, but I wouldn't really say window cleaning is any more of a skilled job as a factory worker, as someone said earlier. I don't mind if people think I'm 'only' a window cleaner as if that would determine my intelligence etc One lady actually said to me once 'you look educated' :laugh: so you see what I mean, people think window cleaners are dumb. I'm fine with that, as long as I earn more money than them sitting in an office 9-5./emoticons/biggrin.png

All in all what I'm saying is, it's nice to take pride in your work, always aiming for high standards, a professional job, but at the end of the day it's not rocket-science as they say.

 
oh I dont know heyho I ve only ever cleaned windows and....

IM STILL LEARNING..../emoticons/biggrin.png

mind you ...I am learning..

when to do a runner....:rolleyes:

and of course come monday ..thats what I will be doing..

and the number of custys that say to me.....oh I cant clean windows....

some of the cheeky buggers ask how do you do it.?

er...naff off its my job you aint pinching it....

I always say....we use new equipment all the time ...it shuts em up if they have to dip into their pocket...

 
I would say exterior house cleaning is a skilled trade, so practitioners are skilled tradesmen (people :))

It's easy to mess up a job, and requires skills not everyone can get, and pride in ones equipment and methods to do a good job.

 
Cheapncheerful, i get people asking me that too. How do i get windows streak free and they cant ? I always say ' its taken me years of experience'' ...

That shuts em up lol

 
I use a karcher window vac that does the same job:D

I can do both. No time for WFP'ers who can't trad. I saw one the other day doing an internal with an Unger microfibre pad. Sheesh, get a mop and blade ya cowboy!
 
@daveyboy1 just wondering if that new liquidator comes with a vac option too? :laugh:

 
Being hybridized i can customise each job, i find some need ladders while others need wfp but i always squeegee bottom windows with modified tools too.

So yes i call myself a window cleaner :thumbsup: ive been called other things too mind you :eek:

 
How about.. Professional semi automated hybridised external aquaclean domestic solution specialists incorporating H2O technology ;-)

 
I will pass on that one as I switched off after the word professional /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
How about who cares what you are called, window cleaner, pole waggler, ladder monkey, scumbag, its all the same a bloke who does some work for brass at a higher level than some but ******* than other most likely

 
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I'm so glad you got that of your chest @adamangler as I agree it don't matter. I've also been called a few of those names in the past too...Best you take a deep breath now and relax /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
Looks like I can actually call myself a professional after my first internal clean next week then " Hip Hip Hooray" :BS: ::p:::p:::p:

 
Cleaning a pane of glass trad isn't a skilled trade but cleaning glass frames fascia conservatory gutters and walking away with a very happy customer is a skill

Same with stick waggling..you can squirt and run and say the window is clean but do what smurfy does for a living and then tell me he isn't skilled

 
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