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green and gleam
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« on: February 09, 2010, 12:49:11 AM »

have any off you thought about doing a bin cleaning business along side window cleaning ??
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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 01:12:15 AM »

nope
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 01:32:39 AM »

Around our way its 3 quid a bin once a month. Down our road the fella that does the bins does around 6 of the 10 houses. Think he does quite well.
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 09:47:25 AM »

yes I'm hoping to start up in July, just got all licence info back for disposing of waste water etc and been planning how i'm going to build the wash bay etc, it need to recycle the water, or at least filter into a waste tank ready for disposal.
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 11:11:30 AM »

there's a few business arround me tht do bin cleaning and one i know does windows also so it must be a good earner
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 05:28:35 PM »

the only problem i can see is you will av to follow the bin men around
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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2010, 06:01:00 PM »

I think if you can get the custies then it could be quite profitable, same as the windows really.

We have had a company canvass the area promoting just that windows and bins. The custie of mine that they tried to quote wasn't interested but listened to there guff anyway.
They were quoting jobs over the phone, which to me seemed silly as nearly all jobs are different in some way or another.
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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2010, 06:05:46 PM »

Thought about burning the bloody things when they get in the way of my ladder. 3 bins to every house round my way. No fun when your doing forecourted terraced  Angry
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2010, 08:22:00 PM »

Thought about burning the bloody things when they get in the way of my ladder. 3 bins to every house round my way. No fun when your doing forecourted terraced  Angry

maybe you should offer to clean them you might like them then  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2010, 10:48:09 PM »

This is a hit or miss opportunity if you can do it good on you not for me though,in my area some guys where about using a large van just after the bins appeared on a local council estate but Iv not seen em since after only 2-3 months maybe the work wasnt there ? may have been the very business which was up for sale around the same time  soon after not seeing them again Huh?
There is another guy about I more often see his car parked not working so guess unlike windows some people may just get them done a few times or once only as they dont look at them the same way as window cleaning.
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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2010, 10:58:21 PM »

This is a hit or miss opportunity if you can do it good on you not for me though,in my area some guys where about using a large van just after the bins appeared on a local council estate but Iv not seen em since after only 2-3 months maybe the work wasnt there ? may have been the very business which was up for sale around the same time  soon after not seeing them again Huh?
There is another guy about I more often see his car parked not working so guess unlike windows some people may just get them done a few times or once only as they dont look at them the same way as window cleaning.
I think there is a big call for this in my area, in peterborough there is well established businesses and if you look on ebay i see business going along with £1000 of work per month, i think waht puts people off is the smell Grin Grin dificulty collecting money, not unlike window cleaning can be, plus licences and conditions of what is done with water in some area including mine. if you look up bin cleaning trailors, van etc, they are very expensive. I am going to build my own which will cost a fraction of them and do the same job. also only doing this as add on 1 maybe 2 days per week, see what happens
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 11:08:00 PM »

ex window cleaner round my way does it. he moved up from the south of england and realised it rains all year round up here so decided to do the bins instead. downside is you cant have holidays unless you have staff because the only days bins dont get emptied is bank holidays, and if the bin men go on strike your stuffed. also with the weather in my area some bins werent emptied for weeks on the rural routes. that said he does alright
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