In the back of a wfp van!

[Remy]

hi, my first post on the forum I'm currently installing a wfp system in my van! Reading the threads on here have been a great help sure iv learnt a great lot so thanks too all. But what else do you keep in the van to help i.e. chems,type of cloths, spares parts things like that? i like to do a job right and even tho i have no experience of window cleaning I'm sure ill get it right (hopefully lol) i was a roof slate and tiler since i left school for 12 years but snapped my ACL in my knee 1 1/2 years ago and after a reconstruction and a long hard of rehabilitation iv decided in a new occupation thats easy on my knee but still outdoors and physical enough too keep me happy! any useful info for a newbie is all welcome cheers

 

[Smurf]

Hi & welcome @Remy

I'm guessing you are not so keen on ladders now?

 

[Remy]

lol not really smurf even though i snapped my acl playing football I'm going wfp allmthe way but will still offer gutter clearing off a ladder

 

[Tuffers]

I snapped my cruciate ligament playing footy. I walked off the pitch and drove myself to the hospital. They operated the next day. No stretcher for Tuffers :thumbsdown:

As for what you need in your van; tools like pliers, screwdrivers, a knife, things like that really. Always have spare parts of things that may break like connectors.

 

[Smurf]

Best you don't get a small van would be my first bit of advice as you will soon outgrow it,

lol not really smurf even though i snapped my acl playing football I'm going wfp allmthe way but will still offer gutter clearing off a ladder

 

[Dave B]

Hi Remy

At last another ex roofer to prove to smurf we're not all psychotic nutters intent on killing ourselves

 

[Smurf]

No but is funny to hear roofers turn to window cleaning instead as they can make a killing doing roofs surely? /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Remy]

tuffers do you keep any bottles of products and cloths? iv got a 12 plate vivaro smurf iv already thought about growth of the business I'm putting a 2man 800L tank in the back

 

[Dave B]

I gave up years ago when i moved out of london away from my mums other half who i worked for

 

[Smurf]

Its dangerous work as I've known personally 3 roofer that never came home to their wife and kids.

 

[Dave B]

I have known a couple

It is usually down to bad safety practices

 

[Remy]

roofing is some serious graft if your doing it properly! but you need good young lads around you to make some serious money tho! but after the recession the **** fell out of the trade and its not really recovered

 

[Dave B]

My mate is a builder and says pretty much the same thing

Especially with our eastern block friends undercutting him

 

[Remy]

put it this way after my apprenticeship i was just what you called a (tilers mate) i was on £450 a week at 19-20 year old, no worries no stress of running a job sorting lads out and material! 10 years later and your struggling to earn £500 pw with all the stress and working a lot harder

 

[Smurf]

I was on the trowel back in the eighties and H&S seemed none existant back then. I've seen way too much nasty stuff over they years so that's why I'm a bit of a H&S freak now.

 

[Remy]

yeah construction industry leading the way with h&s! but too the point where its replacing common sense!!! half the even if you do get a good price for a good they want it doing in a way that just crazy and time consuming so a good price turns into a shite price

 

[Tuffers]

tuffers do you keep any bottles of products and cloths? iv got a 12 plate vivaro smurf iv already thought about growth of the business I'm putting a 2man 800L tank in the back

Yes, loads of scrim, sill cloths, microfibres, Virosol, uPVC solvent, Ecover, sticky stuff remover and cream cleaner, oh and WD-40.

 

[Smurf]

I was trying to find some pics of my old berlingo van but gave up in the end

 

[abs]

Welcome m8, I find its best to double up on everything that's breakable and thus usually is the case after a year or so ,I've a tub with all sorts in just incase , I find green pads, cream cleanser, virosol just some of the usual stuff I take daily aswel as a big bag of microfibre clothes I usually use 3 daily ,Allen keys, plies and screwdrivers also come in handy for pole repair and maintenance.

 

[Smurf]

Glad to hear you have got yourself a bigger van than what I started with as when you start offering other services could quite esaly end up looking like this

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[Smurf]

That was tidy on a good day /emoticons/biggrin.png