Who is who......

[kevinc250]

captain pugwash for me

 

[Part Timer]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

9

WFP OR TRAD? 

WFP

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

No such thing

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

van system

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

PF

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

On board

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE 

800l  - 0

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

CLX27 45CM Flocked

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

57' Modular

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

hot water

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL?

TFR

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

Decent driver

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

High ones 

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

CLX27 

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

To have another drunken night with @Den

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Bribery

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[dyson123]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

8 months

WFP OR TRAD? 

WFP

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

70L Trojan Trolley WCW

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

Will be self building van set up next month 

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

On board

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE 

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Extreme 22

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

Extreme 35

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold for now 

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL?

No nonsense degreaser 

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

Rotating roof vent

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

First clean flakey paint sash above a big conservatory 

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

CLX 4 on ground floor in work, stealing money!
 

THIS YEARS TARGETS
Van mounted set up, website, double my customer base from 80 to 160 with a view to going full time 

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Facebook but looking into a website 

 

[AW Services]

I thought I'd do this as a bit of fun and to get to know people a touch better, play along by just copying and pasting the questions (so you don't have to type them all out) and fill in your own answers... Here goes

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

less than one ?

WFP OR TRAD? 

wfp all the way

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

moarman liquidator 2.0

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

van system

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

self build

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

500l on board, 1000l home capacity 

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Gardiner clx18 with a gardiner medium 35cm universal sill brush. 

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

Gardiner slx 35 with double extension.. I think 47ft working height. 

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

hot water

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

virosol

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

changing heater for a smaller one. 

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

old wooden ones with side openers and flakey paint 

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

spring one shot remote. 

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

continue growth to fill out remaining slots available to find a nice equilibrium between work life and home life. 

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Facebook. 

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

5 years 

WFP OR TRAD? 

Traditional & wfp 

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

Unger ErgoTec with the Splus channel 

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

Self built comprehensive trolley system with remote control and a van build in the process 

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

self build

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

210L baffled onboard tank, trolley 200L trolley comprising of 8 25L barrels. Home 2000L twin IBC system 

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Unger Nlite One section with HiFlo Radius brush 

Bladeright Boss HB 22, 22F Hybrid pole with 11" phantom Nylon brush 

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

22 foot 

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold. Love not feeling my fingers 

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

Elbow grease 

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

Finishing the van build 

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

A smashed one of retail store with stickers and signage affixed 

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

Spring Europe Ltd Black label V11 controller 

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

Keep fighting my PTSD depression anxiety and combat stress. Work smarter not harder 

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Word of mouth / recommendations 

 

[mike007]

Interesting the amount who use Moerman  squeegees....like me, especially when reading some of the negative stuff on here in some posts about them.

 

[CHWS]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

By myself 10 years, helped my family in the summer when I was about 10

WFP OR TRAD? 

wfp and trad

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

moarman liquidator 2.0 as much as it has it’s pathetic lines

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

van system

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

self build and waiting to put in a bought setup

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

250 on board going up to a 700. 1000l home capacity 

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Phantom hi mod 22 with ultimate dupont 

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

Gardiner slx 22 with double extension.

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold !

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

Screwfix degreaser or tfr 

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

Lengthening my pole hose for tubeless, need about 2 inches on it ?

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

Black inked white pvc fames 

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

Electric reel

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

New van and setup and have extra work so looking to work slightly later per day 

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Word of mouth 

 

[Bart90]

Interesting the amount who use Moerman  squeegees....like me, especially when reading some of the negative stuff on here in some posts about them.

I've concluded that the moerman squeegees are like monsters that just need to be tamed ? .  Once you've got the 'knack' for all their idiosyncrasies you get through the work so much quicker.  Getting to that point though takes a while!

 

[Baldmonkey]

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

Keep fighting my PTSD depression anxiety and combat stress. Work smarter not harder 

You keep fighting that fight dude, no retreat and no surrender ??

 

[Suhrly]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

6 years 

WFP OR TRAD? 

WFP now (2 years) 

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

Unger ErgoTec with the Splus channel it's all I ever used

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

Pure Freedom van system

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

Bought

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

Ob board

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

800L on van 

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Gardiner SLX22 with Gardiner Ultimate medium

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

22 foot 

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

Screwfix Degreaser

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

None as yet 

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

Double top openers hate those fookers

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

Electric Reel

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

Balancing work and life (more to life than work)

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

I don't market, but probably Facebook if I did

 

[Dave B]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

29 years

WFP OR TRAD? 

Both

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

moarman liquidator with fliq pad

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

Backpackamd van mount

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

self build

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

1000l at home

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Various Gardiner poles and an ov8

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

About 50 odd foot with extensions

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

Hypo

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

Putting quick release connections on pressure washer extension hoses

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

All easy

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

Liquidators 

THIS YEARS TARGETS ?

new guy starting march.. want another by august

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Work comes to me so not that bothered although leaflets when I can be arsed.

 

[Martyn]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

23 years

WFP OR TRAD? 

Both

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

SPC (Sorbo)

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

Van, Backpack for awkward access.

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

Both

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

500l van 1000l at home

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Gardiner SL-X18 + Universal sill brush

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

Emporium ultralight, about 45'

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

TFR, sometimes Hypo

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

I've only had it a year so it's a rolling project.

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

Old flakey wood

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

SL-X

THIS YEARS TARGETS ?

Improve the round for better efficiency

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Website and Faceache

 

[Five star cleaning]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

ten

WFP OR TRAD? 

wfp, trad for insides

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

moarman liquidator

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

Used to be a trolley but now a van system

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

self build

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

purchase

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

neither

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

500L

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Extreme 22 with xtreme stiff brush

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

Extreme 22 with 2 extensions (never use them)

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

cold

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

Screwfix no nonsense degreaser

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

None...all good

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

Anything that involves step ladders (eg windows over large extensions)

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

The light weight of Gardiners Extreme poles and brushes

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

Hopefully, when the silly season starts, I won't meet as many #@£!; as last year!

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Website

what size/number of steps stepladder

do you use

 

[HWCS]

HOLT WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES 

North Norfolk based

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

10 Months

WFP OR TRAD? 

150ish customers WFP

2 customers Trad

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

12" & 6" Unger its the only one ive ever had.

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

Backpack but in process of buying parts to make van system, just Battery and a couple of sundrie items yo get.

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

self build

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system 450gpd

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

550ltr in van

1300ltr at home

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

CLX-22 with Gardiner Sill brush

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

only 1 pole atm, CLX-22 c/extension #6 so 26/27ft total

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

TFR-CC from David Kemp, not found anything it wont shift.

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

New van needs the walls ply lining & old floor ripping out and Bullyliner applying.

Tidying my trad box.

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

Ones on new estates that are still building sites ????

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

SkyVac Atom, its an absolute must for anybody to have a gutter vac imho, easiest money to be made is gutter vacuuming.

THIS YEARS TARGETS ?

300 customers by 2021 March-August im hoping to see alot of growth as i will be target marketing again.

Newer & bigger van ✔

Have gone from trad in my Zafira in April 2019 out grew it in 8 months so went to WFP in a Vauxhall Combo in November 2019 but even that was to small but ok as a stop gap, wrote it off on 27th January (2 days after a service ??) so gone to a Vauxhall Vivaro now.

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

The wife has been essential to my growth, over 10k leaflets hand delivered round local towns and villages, followed by facebook selling pages.

 

[wezza13]

The wife has been essential to my growth

*Snigger* ?

 

[Clisty1989]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

5 years

WFP OR TRAD? 

Both

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

Liquidator

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY

Van

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD? 

Self build

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

Single di (tds only 50-60)

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

200 in van

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

Streamline xr100 30ft (freebie) gardeners supalite flocked (discontinued) 50 degree fans

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

Streamline 54ft (30 quid 2nd hand)

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

Cold

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

Screwfix no nonsense degreaser 

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

Bigger tank, internal racking

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

Old wood

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

Goretex trousers (I know, technically  not part of my system but true)

THIS YEARS TARGETS ?

2nd van ?

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

Old school Canvassing

 

[Teaboy]

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WINDOW CLEANING? 

7

WFP OR TRAD? 

wfp

FAVOURITE SQUEEGEE? 

unger all i know

IF WFP, VAN SYSTEM OR TROLLEY? 

van system

BOUGHT SETUP OR SELF BUILD?

bought have streamline / xline

PRODUCE WATER OR PURCHASE WATER? 

produce

ON BOARD WATER FILTRATION OR HOME FILTRATION.?

home system

VAN CAPACITY AND HOME STORAGE CAPACITY? 

3x (800/800/600) + 2000 stored

GO TO DAILY MAINTENANCE SETUP? 

30ft ova8

LONGEST POLE IN YOUR ARSENAL? 

We have a streamline hi mod 55ft and xline carbon 65ft. 

HOT WATER OR COLD WATER? 

hot water

FAVOURITE GO TO CHEMICAL? 

(we have our own hard surface made up its brilliant)

WHAT JOB ON YOUR VAN/SETUP REALLY NEEDS DOING BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT OFF.?

insulating tanks

WORST TYPE OF WINDOW TO CLEAN.?

new build commercial or rotten wooden

ONE THING IN YOUR SETUP YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT? 

mobile

THIS YEARS TARGETS? 

Crack on with some proper growth

FAVOURITE MARKETING METHOD?

word of mouth