Matt steel 118
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so i keep getting jobs with filthy conservatories and was wondering how much you guys charge for these types of jobs ? cheers matt .
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Size, access and how dirty is the key to the answer. Never had a conservatory that I've had to pressure wash. Had a loads where I've used customers outside tap and degreaser chemicals.so i keep getting jobs with filthy conservatories and was wondering how much you guys charge for these types of jobs ? cheers matt .
Do not pressure wash the roof!so i keep getting jobs with filthy conservatories and was wondering how much you guys charge for these types of jobs ? cheers matt .
I always quote higher than hourly rate or there is no point not doing regular houses while wasting time doing a conny.Yeh definitely wouldn’t risk pressure washer a cony roof. I’ve had one or two leak before just using a wfp. Just give it a soak, cover it in degreaser, use a stiff brush go over everything, then use a medium brush, go over everything again, then give it a ‘final rinse off’ about 3 times lol. Plastic ones, even if they’re filthy are ok, I try to avoid doing filthy glass ones. If it’s self cleaning glass don’t use any chemicals.
Price wise take a guess at how many hour(s) it’ll take, then whatever your hourly rate is: £15ph/£20ph/£30ph/£50ph etc etc. I’m aiming for £35ph on everything at the moment, so if I wanted the job & thought it’ll take 2hrs for example, then £65/£70. If I didn’t really want the job I’d say £80/£90.
If you’ve not cleaned many I guarantee it’ll take maybe 25%-50% longer than you thought if it’s a biggish glass one. I remember quoting one, thought it would take 3hrs, took me 5!! It was massive & dirty! But half way through I considered just going home and taking a loss hahaha
Oh really?? Fair play if so, I have used weak ubix before and even though it’s been fine, I didn’t want to recommend it.I always quote higher than hourly rate or there is no point not doing regular houses while wasting time doing a conny.
Self cleaning glass is fine with a bit of hypo to kill the muck.. that's what I regularly use.
I have a minimum price of £65 for any conservatory roof and for that it would be small bigger ones are £100-150 just for the roof , whole conservatory clean in and out start from £250 upwards , not interested for anything less , it’s a lot of work to get it spotless as many customers find out when trying to do it them???Yeh definitely wouldn’t risk pressure washer a cony roof. I’ve had one or two leak before just using a wfp. Just give it a soak, cover it in degreaser, use a stiff brush go over everything, then use a medium brush, go over everything again, then give it a ‘final rinse off’ about 3 times lol. Plastic ones, even if they’re filthy are ok, I try to avoid doing filthy glass ones. If it’s self cleaning glass don’t use any chemicals.
Price wise take a guess at how many hour(s) it’ll take, then whatever your hourly rate is: £15ph/£20ph/£30ph/£50ph etc etc. I’m aiming for £35ph on everything at the moment, so if I wanted the job & thought it’ll take 2hrs for example, then £65/£70. If I didn’t really want the job I’d say £80/£90.
If you’ve not cleaned many I guarantee it’ll take maybe 25%-50% longer than you thought if it’s a biggish glass one. I remember quoting one, thought it would take 3hrs, took me 5!! It was massive & dirty! But half way through I considered just going home and taking a loss hahaha
Doesn’t sound like much , but minimum price is minimum price , if it was a very good customer or oap I would probably do it for less if we had a bit of spare time , problem is you can end up with a load of very poor paying extra jobs if you arnt careful and end up with little money at the end of the day especially if employingBlimey fair play.
I have a tiny plastic one on my round which I do twice a year, it’s tiny, just one sided and takes about 10 minutes, no chemical just pure. All from the ground no ladder needed. Would you charge £65 extra for that?
Yeh fair enough. I’m trying to implement a minimum price of £30 for the gutter vac, but when it’s just the front of a 2 bed bungalow that needs doing for a sweet old lady it’s hard sometimes etc.Doesn’t sound like much , but minimum price is minimum price , if it was a very good customer or oap I would probably do it for less if we had a bit of spare time , problem is you can end up with a load of very poor paying extra jobs if you arnt careful and end up with little money at the end of the day especially if employing
We have a minimum price of £65 for gutter vac work I like £65 ??? but in a situation like what you have described we always do 6+ jobs per day so would do it last job of the day and do it a bit cheaper .Yeh fair enough. I’m trying to implement a minimum price of £30 for the gutter vac, but when it’s just the front of a 2 bed bungalow that needs doing for a sweet old lady it’s hard sometimes etc.
I saw a flyer a while ago, it came through my door, gutters cleared from £69.99!We have a minimum price of £65 for gutter vac work I like £65 ??? but in a situation like what you have described we always do 6+ jobs per day so would do it last job of the day and do it a bit cheaper .