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What to do in the rain ???

moonpig

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Hey guys haven't posted in a while. What do people think on cleaning in the rain ?? I've been tempted to as I haven't worked since Wednesday and it's getting to me and we all know now coming into winter things are not going to get any better. What do you all do and what sort of response e do you get from custys ?? Thanks

 
If I was WFP I would have one of those yellow coats the fishermen wear and I would be out there cleaning in hurricanes without a care in the world.

 
at the end of the day our bills have to be paid!!I clean in light to moderate rain."thats it".i do one of two things.look at the weather forecast ahead to get a basic picture of the weather.(not always right)when you have a mixed week you have to" hammer "the dry days.early start late finish.other thing. if I know its going to be a bad week.heavy rain etc.its gutter vac time.you can easily get loads of gutter cleaning jobs & work in the rain.it works.youve got to be cheeky & sell yourself.

 
Yeh I get where your coming from in the gutter cleaning department thing is I hammered my custys all summer for them haha and mostly all of them have allready had them done. And like you I tend to clean in light rain but still get odd looks as if they saying wtf are you doing hear in the rain lol I do always say to them tho of it doesn't dry like it always does then to call me within 24hours and I will come back. Never had anyone phone so must be ok. But I was wondering in the slightly heavier rain what to do still just smash on like always and say the same thing or is it best to leave it. ?

 
that's a decision we can only make on our own!!heavy rain all day,im out.especially wind & rain.on another forum they will tell you they work all day in the rain and earn massive amounts:whistle:

 
So far this year i have taken two days off due to bad weather. If the weather in unworkable IE high winds and rain and the finish of window will be rubbish then i have a list of work that i can just turn up and start cleaning.

My current list of rainy day weather is ;

5-10 Conny roofs

2-3 solar panel jobs

Countless fascia cleans.

The customers are asked if there is any rush. Usually it's a no. I then say i will do them when its raining. I "sometimes" give a discount. On a £225 job that was 4 hours non stop in rain which was actually hurting my back i gave them 10% off. They were over the moon!

The last day i took off was actually this Wednesday gone. I have worked countless Saturdays this year and i am fully booked on Saturdays until Christmas. So a day off didn't go a miss.

Today i finished my work early and it was a lighter day for a change. As i was packing away customer paid me and said early finish. I replied yeah, all up to date. If you want anything cleaning on your house let me know now as i can fit it in. We both looked up at F/S/G and we agreed a price and off i went cleaning.

Having to take time off from work due to weather in my eyes is poor planning. I have either hit or exceeded my monthly target for about 3 years now. I had a small blip with illness but sorted that.

Of course i don't want to work in the rain its horrible. This is why i rarely go on forums when its raining or facebook. Its filled with people saying.

" Oh its a paper work day today coz of rain "

" Another rained day off"

I check forums throughout the day as i am sad, except when its raining as it just winds me up HA!

A sole trader has X amount of working hours per day/week/month/year. How you fill them is up to you.

I could go on and on. A lot of the time its in your head. Most customers don't bat an eye lid to rain. Its England! Make a joke of it!

I had one customer today question cleaning in the rain. I said i am here to clean the windows of all the dirt that build up between cleans, i am not here to guarantee clean windows for 5 weeks. I also said it wasn't raining 2 hours ago. So what if i had cleaned your windows 2 hours ago in the dry, they would still get wet. I wouldn't risk my reputation for a few £. I know the windows will dry fine and they do!

The most important part of working in the rain is keep dry, keep going or as i tell my good friend matt "Head down, crack on"

 
just ask yourself this question?if you took on a window cleaner & he was charging say £15 to clean your house & it was ******* it down.would you pay him or say anything?i like many have cleaned in the rain with no cancellations, just snide remarks.each to there own

 
i try an book gutters in when its raining ect i wrk the shops as long as its not to bad i dont clean damestic tho un less its just very lite drizzel most of mine dont like u cleaning in rain

 
Yeh maybe I'm just being slack then need to get my waterproofs on and "head down and crack on" and like you say this is England so it's always raining !!! I was just curious as to what you guys thought on the situation..

Tench me and you work the same areas after seeing some of your photos I've seen your van about. Haha small world.

 
Quick burn his van out lol

We all have customers who we wouldn't clean in the rain. But to have a round full of them is suicide. I would replace with work who don't care /emoticons/smile.png

 
Well as a fail safe when I canvass new work or get people phone ect I do always say we clean in rain and they don't say anything then. Maybe just in my head that there going to blow out.

 
Yeh maybe I'm just being slack then need to get my waterproofs on and "head down and crack on" and like you say this is England so it's always raining !!! I was just curious as to what you guys thought on the situation..
Tench me and you work the same areas after seeing some of your photos I've seen your van about. Haha small world.
realy what van do u have m8 i probly c u about

 
I'm the same in all seriousness moon pig, but i would work in the rain if I needed the money enough, but to be fair it doesn't rain all that much here, so sometimes the odd day off is quite nice, other times, it's ridiculously boring...

I should really work through more rain, but i usually end up meeting up with another windy at a pub/grill for some food instead...

 
I usually work in rain but for a change thought id have the day off today to tidy my garage. Picked up a tin of paint, the handle snapped, paint everywhere. I then knocked over one of my motorbikes smashing the back light. :eek:. In future I will work even if there's a tsunami:D

 
Yeh jake me too haha tell the wife I'm working and just go for a breaky then say I get rained off.

Tench I drive a white transit van with white powder coated wheels it hasn't got sign writing tho. I even think I asked you once if you had some work for sale on Exeter raid in tignmouth.

 
I find it slightly embarrassing if I turn up and it's phishing down. If I'm already on a job and it's raining I'll crack on like today.

Tomorrow I have an industrial unit to clean, the forecast is :turd: but I'll clean it as no one will be there :hehehe:

 
Usually the cleaners who say customers will moan or cancel are the ones who don't clean in the rain.

Not lost a customer to cleaning in the rain ever.

I get a warm welcome from most, they may well see it as i "need" the beet money. More fool them.

 
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