In all my short time cleaning with a w.f.p., it has never occured to me to measure or time how many square feet a one man operation can clean per hour with a w.f.p.
Now I have a larger commercial project that would be nice to put a bid on, and I don’t have any ratios or metrics to use to factor into my bid.
Does anybody out there have any general metrics to share in regards to how many square feet of glass they can clean with a w.f.p. at different heights?
Such as one-story work? Two story, three story, four?
As with trying to evaluate any WC’ing job, many variables come into play – condition of glass and frames, logistics at service location, intervals between windows, terrain, etc.
I think you’d see a wide range of answers.
Are you being asked to bid on an existing property by the square foot?
No, I’m not being asked to bid by the square footage, but it would be nice to have some of these metrics on hand. For instance, I’m currently establishing a large bid for a couple of commercial buildings but it is difficult to estimate because I haven’t done any wfp work over 45’ before. And the 45’ is with a tucker and it is extremely slow. But I’m wondering how much faster a 56’ superlite or some other fancy carbon fiber can clean in comparison to a 45’ tucker.
If I could get a feel for how much slower 4th story work is in comparison to 3rd, 2nd, or 1st story, I could do a lot better job putting in estimates.
As it is, I shy away from many projects due to my lack of experience.
Do you have experience with carbon fibers over 45’?
Do you have a feel for how much slower 2nd story work is compared to 1st, and 3rd story compared to 2nd? Perhaps you could then take a WAG at 4th versus 3rd.
I’d venture that no one calculates productivity in terms of square feet per hour, especially at varying heights. Me – I increase my price per story such that I continue to hit my hourly goal consistently.
Little, though I will have some extensive work starting this weekend with my new Gardiner SL 56, including a bunch at it’s limit.
I’m seriously eyeing that 56’ superlite. Nice snag on buying that Larry. If you had the time, you ought to shoot a photo or two of that thing in action.
Do you think that a 56’ will reach the top of this building (see first pic- also the landscape drops off about 10’) or would I have to add a couple sections to the bottom (which I hear voids the warranty).
What about the second pic, how many feet do you figure it is to the top?
I can’t eyeball the height of a building for the life of me.
Chris I noticed that some of the windows on the NW side of the building are right next to the street and sidewalk. Are you gonna have any reclaim problems with you water if it starts hitting the sidewalk and going into the gutter?
Ya Chris just wanted to give you a heads up on that one cuz I had to give up a job in Huntington Beach because of reclaim issues. It totally is such a headache. Even though its just water with a little dirt mixed in. Things are good man, my wife just gave birth to out second son this sat. So ive got my hands full.
Good luck with that proposal bro. I hope you get it.
Just wanted to put in my 2 cents on the height issue. I have done a few condo buildings that appear to be of similar height and my Xtel 56’ was long enough with a little to spare on the last section. You can see the Handicapped parking signs in the second picture…those are usually 8 ft to the bottom. Maybe you can use that as a reference.
