I had a Gutter day the other day, One 4 bed house, & then a big mansion afterwards, almost 3rd floor gutters which are always full of water, got two vacs on the go, I kept asking the customer if I can do it before it gets to icy for gutters, but she’s waiting for all the leaves to stop falling, Finally got to do it, I knew it was gonna be about 4 degrees, but I didn’t notice it was gonna be down to -2 the night before🤦‍♂️ First job, everything frozen, had to get up ladder, break it up by hand, nightmare, Got to last job, thinking sun is out, it’s now 11am, so all that leaves & water should be melted by now…wrong! The property backs onto a park, cold area, still frozen! One inch of frozen water on top of all the leaves, all the way round, Gutter Vac blocking up with frozen pieces, took way longer, even with an industrial vac & a smaller vac on the go, nightmare, Next day temp was back up, would have been better to do it then, But it took a lot of organising FFS🤦‍♂️

Go for seal skin mounting bike gloves. There expensive but worth the money

Hey mate, Try the new Unger Gloves !(Unger Ergotec Glove GLO2) Greetings from Germany

Is the hot water expensive?

For cold weather. I just use the brown jersey/garden gloves. They just hold that little bit of heat to keep your hands from freezing, especially when handling a ladder. Buy them in dozen packs.

Shower Temres 282 gloves, waterproof and seamless to take on and off, best ive tried over 20 years on cleaning windows. Although it was expensive to fix my webasto diesel hot water unit, u just cant beat working with hot water no matter the season…theres less to go wrong esp in winter, i find myself working in all sorts of weather now.

Sealskinz socks and gloves dry all day!

20 yrs i still haven't found a pair of gloves lol

A lot of great businesses come from family, where there is extreme loyalty. I remember working with family and barely getting paid for 2 years, part time work provided my main income. The business paid off the business premises, equipment and delivery vans. Then it was a lot easier afterwards with enough capital to make plans to simplify and digitize. The stress was indeed through the roof initially.

I feel your pain. Went from just me to a team of 5 and back down to me solo, a team of 2 and an admin. Lots of scary things happen when hiring people. You pointed out and explained a lot of the pain points I have dealt with this year also. Awesome video man. Keep em coming!

Dan, awesome videos. Do you deal with very many 2 and 3 story houses when cleaning gutters and fascia? I have been considering getting a skyvac but right now my team just pulls gutters either from a latter or from the roof by hand.

Wise choice mate your family means more than £ no good being the richest in the graveyard

Where's the link to the course and does the price inc vat? 😜

Hi Dan ive bought sealskinz for the winter £36 a pair but totally waterproof,windproof, and you can use the phone with them on.

Is it something to bare in mind with hot water cracking windows in the freezing cold or not really an issue

I know your pain mate. Ive been rhrough a few staff over the years and the fear of being in my own made me put up with alot of tardiness. Luckily my customers are amzing and there happy to wait a couple of months if needs be with me working solo. Got over 600 houses and not lost 1 in 5 years if being solo.

Seal skins

Yep, certified lunatic over here 😂 no gloves, 0 degrees, working at 7:45 in winter 😂 fair play to you lad. I use the Showa temres 282 gloves, best I’ve ever used.

Showa Gloves TEMRES 282

Great video Dan I feel your pain. Can I ask you dose it cost more on your insurance having your hot water system in your van

Good content Dan Can't believe you're 14 in and haven't sorted the gloves 😅 Showa Temres 282 Keep'em coming Dan, always interesting to us happy old shiners..

Dan Gloves Showa 282 best I have used in the 30 years I've been at this.

Hi Dan keep the videos coming mate👍 my daughter has Raynaud's so she feels the cold a lot too. I do as I am getting old lol 😂 not fun feels like -9 and holding ladders

I’m vice versa, more productive in the winter than the summer !

Can you make like a staff training video on how to clean a window efficiently (fast)

No such thing as good window cleaning gloves, they all break after 1/2 months 🫣

What time do you go to bed to be up and about at 5:30 am? Skytec Argons gloves are a good balance - warm but the backs are breathable so not too sweaty but if you get water on back of your hands they will get wet and cold.

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You're not really under pressure!!!! Seems quite good working for yourself 👍

clip gloves mate waterproof and warm

Gloves I use are showa temres 282

Hi Dan Love the content, keep up the good work! 👏 Quick question can them units be bought anymore from pure freedom would you know? Thanks

All the best for 2025!!!!!

What power is the generator?

I know two guys that own large successful window cleaning businesses and both do a lot of other external cleaning which makes it all work. The regular window cleans are what help keep the business sellable in the future in terms of ARR and perform as a gateway to the higher margin services like pressure washing, gutter cleaning and roof cleaning. Most people are happy just owning a job, but some want something they can work on, not in and/ or sell, horses for courses.

You get days like that, get the odd jobs done clean the WFP's change connectors ect do a bit of admin. Maybe do a bit of door knocking. Then not a completely wasted day. D

Great video, thinking of expanding myself. You are always looking for the hidden downsides before you make that step. Thanks for sharing your experiences, a brave thing to do. Cheers D

Good luck with the future venture 👍🏻

This is what KZbin is all about. Real people explaining real stuff. Love it.

Great video as always Dan. I recommend getting your van sign written. It took me 5 years, but when I did I looked back at my van and felt really inspired.

It's a good story.I enjoyed it this one

I am a man with a van business and i have 1 employee and he cant even come to work with water. Expanding just seems like hell.

Genuine question, is it common to actually hire window cleaners via PAYE? Taxi drivers, brick layers etc will be self employed but "work" for a big company, just not via PAYE

I've left 2 messages with window cleaning warehouse and still no call back 🤷‍♂️ awesome set up. Looking at adding this servife to my company still researching and got no idea who does the best start up kits etc 🤔

Probably roof cleaning

Over the past five years, we have passionately focused on driving organic growth for our website by harnessing customer referrals. Alongside this, we've engaged in warm outreach, cold calling, and distributed local leaflets to further expand our reach.

The moral of the story. Don't try and setup a business in the UK. As the system is against you. Get a civil service job, with a nice little pension.

I’ll happily buy hose and equipment from you ;) nice to see you back Dan.

How are companies like Pryor's doing it?

Make sure who ever u employ first will know how to do everything really well. Pay him/her well so they are motivated and focus on high ticket jobs