Window Cleaners making £400 a day

[Goaty]

They do earn a good whack for a relatively unqualified, unregulated line of work. With low start up and running costs.However a few I know have had nasty falls and a good friend of mine will never be independant again. It is an instant calamity profession. I personally would chuck it in a week due to boredom and lack of challenge and stimulus.

You can't fantasise over upgrading from a 300mm squeege to the 450mm double swipe anti smear version like you would something with an engine fitted.

 

Money certainly isn't everything!!!

 

I reckon Stephen Blair too would cease to exist after a month of sponge and squeege.

[Treemoose]

I was an employe tree surgeon about 7 years ago on £60 a day. A window cleaning round came up and I bought it and and if I didn't earn £25 an hour I was doing something seriously wrong. I used the round to save up for a few years to buy all my tree surgery kit. Windows is good money but I love tree work and it's much more interesting

[eggsarascal]

Our window cleaner charges a tenner to do the bungalow and conservatory. So I'd guess it would be more if he had to do upstairs/ ladder work.

 

I used to help a mate out window cleaning many years ago (when times where hard) . Forty houses in a day, take some doing! unless they where rows of terraces in the same town.

 

And it's mind numbingly boring.

Edited April 10, 2014 by eggsarascal

[mendiplogs]

Our window cleaner charges a tenner to do the bungalow and conservatory. So I'd guess it would be more if he had to do upstairs/ ladder work.

 

I used to help a mate out window cleaning many years ago (when times where hard) . Forty houses in a day, take some doing! unless they where rows of terraces in the same town.

 

HI EGGS better off on the PUMPS MATE DOWN HERE IN SOMERSET SONIA SISTER OK MATE THANKS JON

[ArthurBottlesworth]

Woman on radio 4 today saying CALL OUT. Charge for mending domestic appliance is £100

 

Presumably + work and parts

[Burgess]

Saw a guy with a ladderless system (a telescopic pole with a jet on the end I think, connected to a water tank in his truck bed) do the front of a 2 story detached house in a minute. No idea what he charged though.

[Goaty]

Woman on radio 4 today saying CALL OUT. Charge for mending domestic appliance is £100

 

Presumably + work and parts

 

Workmate had this recently £60 call out £30 for new oven element instead he paid £28 for new oven element and fitted himself. It was an idiot proof connection that only went one way.

 

I assume these companies work tight geographical areas. Save on fuel do minimum of 4 jobs a day. Take quid coins out washing machine filters out of bimbos washing machines etc.

 

I tend to try and fix which works in most cases or replace.

[Stephen Blair]

I do cleaning of stuff I'll have you know!

it consists of a unimog, pto pressure washer, 2 ibc's ready mixed with filiment remover and a 7m lance.

Oh and a 12m manitu and basket!

There's always a way to over horsepower any job:)

[tractorboy1]

Workmate had this recently £60 call out £30 for new oven element instead he paid £28 for new oven element and fitted himself. It was an idiot proof connection that only went one way.

 

I assume these companies work tight geographical areas. Save on fuel do minimum of 4 jobs a day. Take quid coins out washing machine filters out of bimbos washing machines etc.

 

I tend to try and fix which works in most cases or replace.

 

You been watching too many 80's porn films

[gand]

Saw a guy with a ladderless system (a telescopic pole with a jet on the end I think, connected to a water tank in his truck bed) do the front of a 2 story detached house in a minute. No idea what he charged though.

 

That's what our's use, HSE don't want them using ladders anymore