How much water

[SkulBlaker]

hey guys, how much water am I likely to use WFP on 13, 4 bed detached houses 2 with connys? Will be doing frames and front and back doors too. Want to make sure I've got enough for when I go out for the first time.

 

[brianbadonde]

At a rough guess I would use 35-40 litres per house on a maintenance clean on houses this large. With conny windows then a bit more. I would say at least 500 litres. You will need more if they are first cleans as they will take a bit more time.

 

[Natty1972]

If it was me going , I would take aleast 300 litres

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

How long is a piece of string?

How high is your controller? What type / size jets are you using.

How big are the houses, how many windows, how big the connys, how dirty, and on and on.

The only answer I can offer based on the info you provided is ti take as much as you can (safely) cary in your van and hope it's enough. :thumbsup:

 

[Eddie dragon]

Take as much as you can. If the conservatorys are a real mess. Go over them first using customers tap, just to get thick grunge off. Then swap back to pure for final quick scrub an rinse.

 

[SkulBlaker]

Should have stuck a pic of the houses, this is one of the 13. I've been told that they were last cleaned over 5 weeks ago, old window cleaner is not coming back as he's stopped altogether.

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[David K]

As others ! Load up max. Do it for the first time ! Then you'll know you probably use a bit less next time ,after the first cleans and the fiddling around at a new place .

 

[4Weekly]

depends, on my last first clean 4 bed house with conny on the back i used 75L of water because it had :turd: baked on the glass and hadnt been done for ages.

where as another house the same kinda size i used 50L.

i always normally have 50L ( 2 barrels ) to every new clean i take on.

 

[Clisty1989]

I use 25-30l on a house that size without the Conny so your looking at 400l +

 

[craig at pure]

I do 16 to 20 house a day, i take 650l with me but always come home with 100l or so. take what you can hold and go from there

 

[Phildeeney]

I use around 80-100 litres on 12-15 houses a day tradding bottoms

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[A.K WINDOWS]

i prob use 150-200 a day on 13 to 15 houses depends on cleans. maintenance or 1st cleans

 

[4Weekly]

i use 20-25L per house normally

 

[SkulBlaker]

I use around 80-100 litres on 12-15 houses a day tradding bottoms
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Well went out with the shiny new kit today, decided to WFP the tops and trad the bottoms (it's something I enjoy doing) took along 175l and only used half of it as had to leave after 7 houses due to son being unwell at nursery. Back out tomorrow for an hour or so to finish off the last 6 of the new street I got.

Will be buying a sack trolley for the back pack and a spare drum as found it to be cumbersome lifting it and carrying the pole along with my trad gear. A customer was telling me that the last windie was using normal tap water to clean them using the WFP and was leaving them a mess.

 

[Marko067]

I started by just doing the tops with wfp. Mainly this was to conserve water as I was working from a car and could only carry 200 ltrs. But like you I found it cumbersome carrying my trad gear as well as pulling my trolley, so as I became more confident and found I was using less water I was only too glad to switch to fully wfp. Well nearly. I can now do a solid day's work with about 200-250 ltrs. The houses I clean are mostly the 2 up 2 down type, terraced, semidetached and a smattering of flats.

 

[Dave B]

I can work all day wfp as i don't use much water

However i like to wfp bottoms as i enjoy it

Been working this week with 5.2lpm pump on full and still doing a few houses tops with a 25l drum

Doesn't take me that much longer on bottoms but i tried wfping everything for a couple of months and although quicker the spring had gone in my step as i felt like i was just going through the motions

As i said on another thread for me it is not all about the money per hour but the money per day while enjoying my job

 

[CleanerWindows]

How long is a piece of string?
How high is your controller? What type / size jets are you using.

How big are the houses, how many windows, how big the connys, how dirty, and on and on.

The only answer I can offer based on the info you provided is ti take as much as you can (safely) cary in your van and hope it's enough. [emoji106]

Apparently its twice the length from the centre MrGreen.. [emoji12]

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[C Rose Cleaning Services]

I'm using about 250 - 300L a day doing full WFP. Depending on the size of the houses I'll clean 8-15/16 a day. I've always got some water left in my 350L tank when I get home.