How To Price & Tackle Your First BUILDERS WINDOW CLEAN! // Partridge Exterior Cleaning
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Never underestimate these jobs folks and always try to manage the customer expectation, good luck!
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Another great job done well done Sid looks great
Thanks buddy not long till we can put the tools down for Xmas now 👍
Wow such a beautiful house! Great tips, keep the videos coming! 😄 xx
I know right! Xxx
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Great job and video again. I think over all builders cleans are bit too much hassle. Some of the new large glass sliding doors can be difficult. The ones I see are covered in silicone, after the fitters . Great information again. Cheers mate.
They definitely can be mate but someone's got to do them! Always charge crazy high so if y ou get it it's worth the damn headache :D
Thanks buddy take care
Silcone is actually easy - you use Melamine foam sponges and it comes right off.
Excellent vid. Have you got any tips for conny roofs mate?
Blast it with some tfr or razrwash from window cleaning warehouse, agitate with a brush, leave it to sit for 2 minutes then rinse it all off with a hose or your wfp. will come up a treat, rare i spend longer than an hour on one these days!
Great to see a new build clean. Looks like anodised ali frames? Any tips on removing render and plaster from those frames?
Cheers buddy, I find they just wipe clean with a big of elbow grease but make sure you go back and recheck once theyve dried because the wet render dust blends in when its wet so may need to go over them again.
A triumph scraper with plastic blades from miniscraper.
Nice job Sid see that you used a liquidator and Unger ninja squeegee which one do you prefer and what rubber do you like the red razor or the moerman blue best.
To be honest they’re both well different, I’ve found the ninja best for smaller windows and the liquidator best for large windows. And always loved the razr reds!
Nice job mate, doing one at the moment.
The labels are a pain but i am not so keen on chemicals, much prefer elbow grease.
@@englishgrandad3298 me too :Dbit of scraping and scrubbbing and jobs a gooden.
@@PartridgeExteriorCleaning if you do use chemicals what's normally the best ?
Great video again. Try using fine steel wool and a plastic scraper . I never use steel blades on glass .👍
Where do you get your wool from? I've been meaning to buy some to be honest. I've always used the blades and they work great but I can imagine it would be quicker with the wool as you dont have to worry about being too careful.
What you want is grade 2 steel wool you can get it from any builder providers . B&Q. Home base. Woodies. Ebay. It won't
Scratch glass I never never use a steel blade. God bless keep up the good work
bronze wool is what ya need 0000 grade from amazon
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Same here. Also eraser sponges, oil flo and so on.
Great vid mate, lovely house & mossive!! I haven’t done a builders clean for years now, too much of a ball ache & people in general don’t want to pay what it’s worth I find so if they won’t pay what I want which is x3 minimum of what a maintenance clean would be I wouldn’t do it. I’d sooner pass on them. Great job tho 👍🏻
Cheers Neil 👍👍👍 and yes mate anywhere from 3-6x the regular price I usually charge depending on how bad it is so they come few and far between
@@PartridgeExteriorCleaning If I ever get asked again I’ll quote x6. I’ve never seen a heart attack right in front of me 😂. I used to get the “what planet u on face” with a x3 quote 🤣
@@neilpalmer9691 xD Extreme circumstances but it has worked a few times in the past :D
I have 150 tools for CCU or builder's clean and it's not worth low balling them - they're simply the hardest work out there on many occasions. I charge 5x-8x traditional cleaning - that is frames, tracks, doors, glass without using metal blades.
I don't think there is a point in charging less and using metal blades because the majority of modern glass scratches. Even professional window cleaners are scratching up miles of glass without realizing it. This is because the new standards for insulated glass put special coatings and the glass itself is changing. You won't realize you've done it - it is only when the angle of sunlight is low in the sky you'd suddenly realize every window is scratched. Even if you are super careful - changing the blade, doing selected areas - what happens is the water enters the scratch. When you squegee the water remains in the grooves while the rest of the window is dry. If it is dry you'll only notice several hours later there are white lines appearing because it takes a long time for the water to evaporate.
I say go for the high end of the market and leave the rest to suffer. It is sad though that the work is so unappreciated when it is this difficult and risky. In the end a lot of builders are going to lose their shirts over this - it's going to take a long time for them to update buying the cheapest labour is an expensive mistake.
Great videos why do you scrape roofs rather than pressure wash them ?
I find it a gentler and safer option, I don’t fancy the overheads of causing any water damage to a property just because it’s faster. I also work alone so would need someone to man the machine really.
I’ve pressure washed garage roofs but wouldn’t want to risk a house one just in case. Would rather spend longer on it and not worry about any damage :)
Have you got a pdf of a scratch waiver
Hi mate it's something I write up as and when as all of the jobs are different, just have your name, logo time, date, explain basic method you're using to clean the windows and that you will not accept liability for any pre existing damage caused to the windows including scratches, dented frames etc.
And then if you can make sure to take before and afters of how bad they are so its plausible that its not you. and obiously get their signature too. its something to definitely go over but tread lightly when you talk it over in person and just say you have to cover yourself, but be strict in your waiver.
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This is why I went to a zero scratch method using a combination of tools so I don't have to use metal blades - but I won't offer all that for 3x the price. The job itself isn't a problem - it's just a serious lemon market where the majority of sellers and buyers have no idea what they're talking about. In future I'll be going to a new business model here where I offer several levels of finish like plasters do and the customer can elect which they prefer.
@@colonynaut1627 Yeah sounds like a smart plan mate