Danswindowcleaningservices
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Hi all!
I've been doing traditional window cleaning on the side for three years now, mostly just on Saturdays. I started from nothing, and taught myself as I went along!
Customers are very happy with my work, problem is that I'm way too slow in my opinion!
On a VERY good house and on a good day, I can just about turn over £20 in a hour, but for the most part, a £10 house (10 windows) takes an average of about 45 minutes for me to complete. A £20 house took me two hours to complete today.
My speed has increased over time, but any improvements levelled off for me over a year ago. I don't really know where else I could improve, though I have some thoughts I'd like to run past you guys.
- When squeegeeing, I quite often leave a line of water around the edges of the frame, which I then have to wipe off, which is time consuming. Is this bad technique, or just down to the type of window?
- How do you know when a squeegee rubber is worn out? Been using the same rubber for over a year since I bought my current squeegee, and it doesn't seem to be leaving any streaks or anything. Would I be surprised with the difference if I changed it?
- I clean like so: First I wipe down the frame quickly with a microfiber, then I scrub the glass, squeegee the glass, and go around the edges with a detailing cloth, as well as rubbing off any remaining little marks on the glass like from spider webs. Finally I mop around the frame again to remove the water, before giving the sill a quick scrub with the microfiber and a wipe dry. For each window, I always use a large detailing cloth, a wet microfiber for scrubbing marks off the frame, and a dry and clean microfiber for mopping up water on the frame at the end. Does this sound ideal? (Customers always complement my work quality at the end, it's just the speed)
- Would say my physical speed is average to slightly slower than average, but I struggle with keeping the quality if I try and bump it up a gear, and can't seem to keep up a higher speed for extended periods of time anyway. To keep trying to do so feels quite stressful almost. Any tips here?
- Does my pricing sound reasonable? I price £1 per window, thats for the glass, sill and frame. £2 per sliding glass door, £3 for bay windows. Then I may adjust the price slightly if there is difficult access, or hard to clean frames etc.
Many, many thanks to you all!
Dan
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I've been doing traditional window cleaning on the side for three years now, mostly just on Saturdays. I started from nothing, and taught myself as I went along!
Customers are very happy with my work, problem is that I'm way too slow in my opinion!
On a VERY good house and on a good day, I can just about turn over £20 in a hour, but for the most part, a £10 house (10 windows) takes an average of about 45 minutes for me to complete. A £20 house took me two hours to complete today.
My speed has increased over time, but any improvements levelled off for me over a year ago. I don't really know where else I could improve, though I have some thoughts I'd like to run past you guys.
- When squeegeeing, I quite often leave a line of water around the edges of the frame, which I then have to wipe off, which is time consuming. Is this bad technique, or just down to the type of window?
- How do you know when a squeegee rubber is worn out? Been using the same rubber for over a year since I bought my current squeegee, and it doesn't seem to be leaving any streaks or anything. Would I be surprised with the difference if I changed it?
- I clean like so: First I wipe down the frame quickly with a microfiber, then I scrub the glass, squeegee the glass, and go around the edges with a detailing cloth, as well as rubbing off any remaining little marks on the glass like from spider webs. Finally I mop around the frame again to remove the water, before giving the sill a quick scrub with the microfiber and a wipe dry. For each window, I always use a large detailing cloth, a wet microfiber for scrubbing marks off the frame, and a dry and clean microfiber for mopping up water on the frame at the end. Does this sound ideal? (Customers always complement my work quality at the end, it's just the speed)
- Would say my physical speed is average to slightly slower than average, but I struggle with keeping the quality if I try and bump it up a gear, and can't seem to keep up a higher speed for extended periods of time anyway. To keep trying to do so feels quite stressful almost. Any tips here?
- Does my pricing sound reasonable? I price £1 per window, thats for the glass, sill and frame. £2 per sliding glass door, £3 for bay windows. Then I may adjust the price slightly if there is difficult access, or hard to clean frames etc.
Many, many thanks to you all!
Dan
Sent using the http://Window Cleaning Forums mobile app
