Short history on myself, My name is Wills and i started "cleaning windows" for summer money as a teenager on houses thanks to my mom (she has her own cleaning business and would often have house sales prep jobs).
Our (me and my sister) reputation grew in a decently sized retirement community and we'd get a decent amount of repeat jobs almost every winter (snowbirds would come back in town :) ) However, at this time we developed a passion for auto detailing and well...long story short, became very good at auto detailing ( Thus the name Windows and Wheels) and recently opened up our own shop after having detailed mobile for several years (I'm now 29). This did draw us away from doing any advertising or growing the window side of our business though.
Well, now that im in a fixed location i find myself looking more into how to continue to build revenue and when looking at my hourly for doing windows....i find it crazy to not pursue it.
Ive only done single story residential my whole "window washing career"...i know, spoiled. That being said...i need to go about building my arsenal of window cleaning tools and then go about building my client base to use those tools on and learn more on pricing and technique (as well as build employees...but first things first...equipment).
I only have the basics...a couple of Sorbo quick release squeegees with 12" and 18" blades..a small 4" cheap squeegee, a couple of microfiber mops, extension pole, 3 pump sprayers and a window washer bucket. And of course a ton of microfiber towels.
If I could get some suggested equipment set ups (and how many of each piece its suggested i buy) I'd truly appreciate it. I like going into things prepared and already this forum has proved to be a great resource. I'm enjoying reading and studying the threads and hope to continue to learn more.
Thank you all in advance and sorry for the lengthy post.
Our (me and my sister) reputation grew in a decently sized retirement community and we'd get a decent amount of repeat jobs almost every winter (snowbirds would come back in town :) ) However, at this time we developed a passion for auto detailing and well...long story short, became very good at auto detailing ( Thus the name Windows and Wheels) and recently opened up our own shop after having detailed mobile for several years (I'm now 29). This did draw us away from doing any advertising or growing the window side of our business though.
Well, now that im in a fixed location i find myself looking more into how to continue to build revenue and when looking at my hourly for doing windows....i find it crazy to not pursue it.
Ive only done single story residential my whole "window washing career"...i know, spoiled. That being said...i need to go about building my arsenal of window cleaning tools and then go about building my client base to use those tools on and learn more on pricing and technique (as well as build employees...but first things first...equipment).
I only have the basics...a couple of Sorbo quick release squeegees with 12" and 18" blades..a small 4" cheap squeegee, a couple of microfiber mops, extension pole, 3 pump sprayers and a window washer bucket. And of course a ton of microfiber towels.
If I could get some suggested equipment set ups (and how many of each piece its suggested i buy) I'd truly appreciate it. I like going into things prepared and already this forum has proved to be a great resource. I'm enjoying reading and studying the threads and hope to continue to learn more.
Thank you all in advance and sorry for the lengthy post.
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