I definitely second everyones feelings about rain…hate it almost as much as I hate storms (windows, that is…)my residential customers dont want us to clean in the rain…I dont particularly care to either, but commercial jobs dont seem to mind as much…but i say if theyre clean and then it rains theyre less likely to dry dirty. It seems like the solution prevents the rain from spotting as bad…as least thats what I seem to notice when I do my own windows
When we have solid periods of rain like what your speaking of I offer a 2% discount to a very few select customers that have been with me for a couple of years. I arranged this with the customers ahead of time but they let me do inside cleaning with an hours notice for a 2% discount and then finish the outside on off hours. That way it doesnt put a crimp in your future schedule. Whats crazy is this is the only time ever in my business that I ever offer a discount. With all the snow we get in the winter on the Illinois and Wisconsin state line I prefer to stay overly busy during every waking hour of the window cleaning season.
It doesn’t rain much here out of the year. I’m glad. Ladder work would seem like a pain! 
Do you guys wear/have special shoes for traction? Something similiar to rock climbers… Just curious.
Nice thing about wfp you can work in the rain. No problem. Raining here in TN everyday. Have not missed any work.
I’ve found Salomon trail shoes to be the best grip so far, ladders wet or dry, and dry metal roofs. I tried out Mad Rocks approach shoes because of the whole “Mad Rubber” or whatever they call it, good playing around the rocks but they were bad news on metal roofs!! Also I’ve found some Vibram soles to be bad on ladders, you definitely have to look for the softer rubber, the harder stuff is like standing on a balance board on each rung:eek:
The way I explain it to customers is its not the rain that gets the windows dirty, you may notice more after the rain because the dirt gets moved around by the rain. If they are clean there is no dirt for the rain to move. I think this is how its explained on the ACWC website or I read it someplace else.
Good to know. I currently use a shoe that has little rubber spots on them. Kind of like cleats but not. They seem to hold pretty well. I’m going to have to look those shoes you talked about up. See if they have any here.
What would you advise for working in brown rain?
hate to ask…why is it brown?!
Sahara sand.
On a positive note. When it rains like it has been lately we normally get two or three calls a day for gutter clean outs.
