How to improve hourly income ? Read a great quote it said " you need to do 1000 things 1% better, instead of doing 1 thing 1000 % better ". I find that with tools and procedures, keep streamlining procedures and buying excellent quality tools, your productivity goes way up, which improves your bottom line. My 2 cents worth.
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I wonder if you can redo that link itās not working. Appreciated 
No problem as soon I get back this evening ill find it and repost it this evening.
Got about 20 posts deep. Sorry if redundant.
Where I live is rather āwell to doā, however I know plenty in the heartland getting the same or more.
$3.00/pane was what my employer charged in 1995!
I started at the same and scraped by for years. Once I evaluated our wc price structure I nearly doubled it (I doubled it the following year) and our close rate increased.
that was 2010/20011. If using the $3.00 per/pane (no track, no screen) we will quadruple that in 2017 and still be busy.
clarify please, are you saying that you charge 12 per pane not including track or screen? and is that per side or both sides?
Steve,
Thank you. That is a good thread. I had a route for 5 years that I sold
30 years ago. Itās nice to read tips rather than figuring it out again.
Much appreciated.
Best,
Blake Canedy
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$12 per pane?
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That is funny Dave because the guy who trained me was still charging what he did in the 90s. He finally raised his prices this year after my encouragement. He might be at 4 a pane now but the guys cleans at a smooth $90 an hour pace even at those cheap prices. Since starting this post I have increased twice and will be increasing again here soon. Iāll be around 12-16 a window with all included( screens and tracks). I will probably do little price increase tests regularly to see what the market will bare. I also will be adding a crew next season so I assume Iāll have to adjust again once I figure in how much it will be to operate.
$12 will be a little high but very close to where we will be I believe.
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Hire someone, if you pay them $15/hr they should make you $75+/hr. Raise all old customers to current rates. Easier said than done, you may lose some but the ones that stay will make up for it.
Be efficient, have everything ready to go, so when you pull up to a house you can start cleaning. My friend who cleans windows takes an average 15min before he cleaned his first window on a jobā¦he was screwing around with the squeegeeās(putting new rubbers in) making his water at the house, etc
Do all the hard windows first.
MASTER your technique! Get a set way of doing a window and repeat the process. I spent 1 yr working on my technique and process of cleaning a window. Basic I know but makes a huge difference in time!!
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Dean, so where you at now pricewise?, If you donāt mind me asking
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so $24 for a double hung?
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yes
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So I am at $4 a pane and $3 for tracks. So $11 for single hung and $14 for side to side sliding ones. But Iām raising that in the spring. Also have a $75 minimum but thinking of just $100 for a minimum. ( except in this little retirement community) I do a little cheap there but thatās it.
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I agreeā¦ Get them out of the way while you have energy and patience reserves, then fly through whatās left.
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Yeah thatās kinda what I do now. I have a technician who is still in his first couple months so I usually just take all the hard tall ones and then the job is done because he comes through and does all the other stuff
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Thatās great Dean. Definitely raising the minimum will help big time.
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