UNINVITED GUESTS Cleaned A Patch Of My Clients Roof, And Wouldn't Leave Until She CALLED THE POLICE!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Roof Cleaning By Pressure Washing & Soft Washing Cambridge.
Welcome all to a roof cleaning job that has a, frankly disturbing reason for me being hired.
This job came from a customer that explained to me she previously had a couple of men knock at her front door, asking if she would like her roof cleaned, and offering a test patch to show her how clean they could get it. My customer being very kind and quite timid, and in her mind, not wanting to offend the men by saying "no not interested" like a lot of people might, simply said she hadn't really thought about it, and that it's unlikely she could afford it, in the hope that would put them off and they would then leave. But they didn't. They took her trying to be polite, as someone they could bully and harass into accepting the job. So while one of them was giving her a sales pitch as to what they would do, how it would benefit her, and that they'll give her an example, the other man had turned on their pressure washer unwinded their high pressure hose, got out a step ladder and proceeded to pressure wash a patch of her garage roof.
So before she really new what was going on, my customer had this very noticeable test patch in the middle of her garage roof (sadly they do this deliberately to try and force people into accepting the job) and one of the men saying to her quite forcibly, that they will carry on, and they'll do it for this price, so on and so forth. By this time my customer was feeling extremely intimidated, so she asked them to leave, which they wouldn't, proceeding to tell her that they would do it for half the price they originally quoted, now that they're already set up and have started. It took my customer telling them to leave her roof alone and then to start dialling the police for them to actually pack up their stuff and get off her property.
Unfortunately this is not an uncommon story you hear happening to people in the UK. Only last year I did a video about this when a couple had the very same thing happen to them with their driveway.
Don't get me wrong, if a legitimate company approaches people in a friendly manner, and doesn't try to intimidate, or has been invited, I don't have any issue with test patches, they're actually a very good way to win jobs. But not when they've been carried out in the shameful manner in which these men carried this out. All it does is just give our industry, especially roof cleaning, a bad name.
Thanks for reading this explanation behind the video, and I hope you enjoy watching the transformation. And on a lighter note, the customer was extremely happy with the end result, and is content in knowing that no one else will knock on her door anytime soon offering to clean her roof, as it's now impeccably clean, and will stay that way for many years to come ❤️.
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I had the council tell me that all the roofs and gutters in my area were being pressure washed.
Around a month later, the pressure washer guys turn up.
They go out back after asking to look at the job, said they’d go grab their ladders, got back in their van and drove off…….The council paid them for the job 🤦🏻
Then I had a guy from the council call to ask how the job went…….I was like, “well they were here and they did look at the job….But I’m still waiting on them coming back with their ladders.” 😂🤣🤦🏻
Dudes got paid for the 40 houses in my area and all they did was tell people they were just gonna grab ladders, then took off. 😆😂🤣
most honest british businessmen
Yes. This is what is called a scam.
Bunch of r*tards employed at councils, they should be going out to check on the work as it's getting done, lots of horror stories about!
I somehow doubt it they paid up, at least not the full amount, besides, they can take legal actions, if they can be bothered that is.
Councils are just filled with incompetent people. They have had experience with people doing this exact shit (claiming government funds for work not completed or substandard) for decades. Just look at the green energy initiatives like insulation, rendering and double glazing. It's happening with solar installations right now too. If they haven't built protection into their system of processes then in my eyes they're not looking after our money and from my time working for DWP it is imperative that government servants work with fiscal responsibility. Highlights the state of this country.
I find it a bit terrifying when the idea of getting unemployed people to do loft insulation is raised... Sure lots of unemployed people are decent and honest, but you know no effort by the people who end up running the scheme will be put into sorting the sheep from the goats so the government will be putting characters out of trainspotting into the homes of tenants and the elderley.
I have been in exterior cleaning for over 30yrs, jokers like this have always made it an uphill struggle to win work. Fortunately after all this time I seem to have plenty to keep me busy, but it still makes me angry to see stories like this. Crack on and keep raising the profile of our industry, its good work.
Well said Evan, glad to hear you're keeping busy. Really appreciate you awesome feedback, especially from a fellow Evans 😊
In some cases vandalism and trespassing changes could be made. Possibly Intent to "extort" type of thing? 😢
@@linw7320
The fact that she had to call the law would seem to indicate possibility of charges. I hope they were at least reported to relevant licensing agencies.
The same happend to my 90 years old father , he said "NO" and went back to his backgarden , afther 15 minuts they ring his doorbell again and said "look we cleansed 1m2 of your roof you have to pay for it" .
This happend in Belgium where this happens a lot and sorry to say so it's always Brits (speak English and plate on van is uk) .
i feel like it is the least damaging form of vandalism though.
1) I'm glad she called the police. A similar scam happened to my sister. I had asked the city to prune our street trees and they hired a contractor that then hired another contractor. An employee of the second company came onto the lawn, hacked off about a third of a tree, and asked my sister for $400. When I complained to the city, they were unable to tell me which company was involved. It was very frustrating.
2) It's too bad the neighbor didn't also hire you at the same time.
Had some from our Traveling community try this on me. Guy power washed a small section of my drive and rang the door bell to get me to pay him to clean the rest. Little did he know that I couldn't give a monkeys what my drive looks like. So much fun telling him no.
Tell them the house is a rental property. They won’t come back.
You are polite! PIKEYS!
they love their power hoses
Let's all thank the grifters for gaining an honest man the contract and the homeowner for being savvy enough to not engage their services. Hope they drove by later to view Nick's lovely work LOL.
She wasnt smart enough to call the cops as soon as they started fucking around
@Hellequin Maskharat Including in the UK. I believe it's called hawking?
@Hellequin Maskharat She didn't alow it, read the description, or at least the start of the video: "two uninvited men carried out a test patch ... even when she said no"
It is still illegal in the U.K. and would probably come under ‘criminal damage’ if you could catch them.
Classic gypo trick
Nice job there Nick a trillion times better than those scammers would ever have done. Good on her for calling the police 😊.
Hi Polgara, many thanks for your kind comment. I do apologise for my lack of response to your last comment on my previous video, i've been a little under the weather, but feeling better now, and back at it. All the best, Nick 😊
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning no need to apologise!! No one expects you to answer every comment x
I hope you are feeling better now. I sympathize, my delightful children have kindly shared their germs with me and I have not been too well myself the last few days
@@polgarauk5606 So sweet of you ☺️. Don’t you just love it when your children come home ill, and you know that in a few days you’ll probably be sick too - not 😆
I’m almost certain that’s exactly how I got it in the first place 😆
I can't even imagine how much of a killer on the arms that must be.
Will be amazed if the neighbours don't get in touch to have their roof done too. Brilliant job as usual. Thanks for the upload and have a great week :)
Hiya mate, my apologies for the lack of response to your last comment on another video, i've been feeling a little under the weather. feeling better now though and back on it. Thanks for the awesome comment as usual though. Top man 🤝
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning oh mate no worries at all. You can’t reply to everyone. Glad you’re on the mend 🙂
Yes I was wandering as a woman of 60th no sure I can do this? Beautiful and satisfying job 😊
I did something similar when cleaning my solar panels. I could only work for 10 minutes at a time before having to take a break and swap my arms around. You do get a surprising amount of thrust out of the nozzle which helps. You've just got to make sure you are prepared for the thrust to disappear when you turn the pressure washer off or the end will slam into the roof.
@@heleneroberge2934 As someone older than you, I suspect that you might well be able to do this if you had the right tools and are in reasonably good shape. I could do it at your age. I'm male, but I don't really think that would make all that much difference. The trick here is that he isn't holding up the whole weight of that pole. The water jet at the end is lifting it up, and he can move it back and forth just by tilting the stick slightly. You would probably still be holding around 10 pounds (or 4 kilos) in your arms for a while though.
I know, I know... that's what the roof was supposed to look like and it's better for the roof to be cleaned and it's a great color change... But I like the look of the greyish, slightly mossy roof from before better^^
I think the owner didn’t mind the color which is why they never had it cleaned before…
I happen to agree with you. I also question how long before it goes back to dark…
Yeah. I was wondering, why would you clean the roof? It looks fine. Is the lichen dangerous? Do the tiles rot or decompose? Iam not very knowledgeable about roof cleaning, as you can probably gather and have never seen it done before.
Yeah I know of a lot of dodgy so called roofers and cleaning people that have done this kind of thuggery and worse to get jobs and bully people into things they didn’t ask for. Makes it harder for the real workers and law abiding citizens that just want to earn a decent living.
I had this happen to me but it was my drive they left a patch on. I must have told them 20+ times that I didn't want it done but they started it anyway. I can't tell you how distressed I was when they eventually left.
I'm really sorry to hear that Pam. That must have been a horrible experience. But take comfort in that you didn't back down, and you eventually got them to leave, good on you 🫡 ❤️
I'd have cut their bloody pipe!
@@PrestigeExternalCleaningsuch a horrible experience. Bone chilling. God you people are pathetic
I do pressure washing for driveways and I do not do such an act. It's a scummy way to almost try to force your customers to take your services. It's clever but unethical.
Its not clever, its vandalism.
Really impressive how you manage to get such a straight edge line with the neighbour’s roof with that massive long pole. It can’t be easy with a pole that length, especially with it being slightly bendy. Nice work!
I had the same problem when I was younger, but with experience comes knowledge.. now I can handle my long pole quite adeptly.
@@andrewclayterman6230
If someone did that test patch on my roof without my consent, I definitely wouldn’t employ them no matter how cheap! I’d also explore legal advice in an effort to sue them for having to get the whole job done seeing as they unlawfully defaced my property in the first place! Mongrels!
Nice job and great ethics Nick ❤ 😊
"Oh yeah sure, Ill let you do this. Just give me the info of your company!"
This is exactly it, I'll never get a person that just rocks up to the house to do anything, I'll contact them if I want work done, I've a sign at the door and the travellers still constantly knock
I get them all the time. If they do return, tell them it’s a rented house. They never came back.
It is a scam they are running. Well, maybe not these specially who cleaned up the patch, but many others. They clean your roof and then force you to pay for the work done. They do it to older people more often than not, and can become very aggressive if you tell them you never wanted their work to begin with. A lot of people get burned this way. The owner was spot on to chase them away
Some companies still knock on your door because they know some people forget stuff, even if there is a sign. So instead of waiting for that person to remember that they needed the roof cleaned and contact a random person, they hope to get the job. But then there are people that are too in need of money and will use any methods to get a job/money.
I had a traveller knock on my back door asking if I wanted the guttering cleaning.... I was upstairs and when I came down I caught him with his face up against the glass panel in the door trying to see if he could see anything inside... It took me nearly half an hour to get rid of him. I will try the rented house reply if they ever come back.
@@jamesbeckwith3639 I’m a renter. Cleaning gutters tends to be a job for the tenant. So not the best excuse to use lol.
Why not combine sidewalk cleaning with your roof cleaning business? Give 'em a package deal...
Glad you caught the signs of a weak roof repair. That certainly was a spectacular color change. You happened to bring up a side-view, which is that keeping an elders property clean helps prevent bullying, whether from scorn, fines, labor trickery, deterioration of a home or neighborhood, etc. Always enjoy your quality and thoughtful work. That is such a nice transformation. Looked like there are more roofs needing doing nearby. Hope the sight of your "miracle" nudges some others to call.
Love that famous Ben grime line!! Spectacular results! Shame on those so called professionals, both the pressure washers and shoddy roofers. You are the consumate professional, splendid work! My arms hurt for you also! Always caring about your customers! Lovely human being, you are❤ All the best Nick, always!😊😊
Hello my lovely Sandi, thanks so much, your feedback is so very important to me. God bless 😘❤️
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning oh my Nick, you make my heart smile! Amazing work, and concern for your customers. You are a blessing young man truly!😇
@@sandisnead1540 hugs 🤗 and big kisses to you Sandi ♥️💕
As a prevoously approved contractor for London Borough Councils, I applaud your professionalism and the way you look after your kit. Kudos to you sir. Only one thing I would probably have done and that would have been to do the small roof last for fear of detritus falling onto it after having just cleaned it. But that is a small thing and no doubt you checked it afterwards anyway. I loved how you cleaned up after yourself. All my guys had cleaning kit onboard, and never left a site occupied or unoccupied anything other than clean enough to eat your dinner off. Great video and great work.
What a different! It’s a shame the neighbors don’t get together and do their roofs at the same time. You’d probably give them each a discount!
I would have asked told the neighbors you were cleaning this part of the roof and asked if they would be interested in having theirs done at the same time. Having to come back and setup again is a lot more work.
Plus then they wouldn’t need to be influenced by a patch test being done on their own roof, they can just check his work by looking next door.
@@nopenope9118 this almost is like a test patch lol going to make their side look awful . At least before you can pretend that’s just the color. Now you can’t
What about, rerecording your words after you finish the job, as a voice over, so there's no competing for sound space, and leave the sound as is when not speaking. ?
Просто поразительное изменение- какая чистота и буйство красок- прекрасная работа)
Я представляю каково это на вытянутых руках держать такой длинный шест..
Вы просто герой! Я счастлива , что в этом мире есть такие люди как вы! Храни вас Господь! ❤️❤️❤️🙏👍
That was a good explanation. Gave just enough of the info needed to understand the situation. I like how you take care of your equipment and also tidy up when the job is done. That show that you are a true professional who takes pride in his work.
Thanks very much C G, I really appreciate comments like this ❤️
I've no idea why I clicked on this video but it was so satisfying to watch 😂
Beautifully done, though I’m terribly sorry your client went through that.
That looks right nice!
I wonder if the neighbor's in the other half of the building will now decide they want their roof cleaned too?
Good for your client ! Those bullies should be arrested for harassment ! You made that roof look new !
If someone came on to my property uninvited and was meaning to do a test patch cleaning I would be willing to bet money I could get them to leave in record time. You should have seen me get rid of a Kirby salesman. He wanted nothing more than to get away from me.
Shame on those who tried to pressure your client into a sale, that is crappy of them. You did a fantastic job!
So nice of you, thanks ☺️
I must say the roof looks so much better. Living here in Texas we don't keep our roofs long enough for anything to grow on them because of the massive hail storms that we have here during the spring. Great job sir. 🤠👍
I actually sorta liked the dirt/patina on the tiles.. it matched the copper gutters. 🤷♂️
I have been up on old metal roofs and I think to they get too hot for any growth.
Why not get kevlar roof tiles?
@@nczioox1116 because the insurance companies won’t pay for that and they will pay for new asphalt composite shingles. We could move to class 4 shingles to help stop physical damage with hail up to about 2.5”, however if you get hailed on while structurally the shingles are fine they look like someone with a hammer went up and beat up your roof. They won’t pay to fix aesthetic issues. So you get to be that house that looks like the moon. lol. We have little over 12,500 sq feet of roof area and with 12/12 and 18/12 steep pitched roofs it’s really expensive to replace. I would love to put metal roof on but the HOA won’t allow it.
That was a LOT of hard work that the client apparently wasn't planning on having done. It's too bad the guys who cleaned that patch, which forced her to have the whole roof done, weren't liable to pay for it. She must be thrilled with the end result though!
I think she can sue em for defacing her property, and ask to be reimbursed for the cost of fixing the 'damage', but it would probably be too much of a hassle. Not to mention, there is no guarantee she will ever see any money from the kind of people who did this to her roof even if she won. It might just turn into a massive waste of time and money with no return...
@@N0xiety I'm glad she went with someone else & the didn't see any of her money.
@@N0xiety The problem is they didn't deface her property, they will simply argue they cleaned it
Defacing generally means adding to the appearance, seems like a grey area to me
@@deepmystic6739 I mean, you can draw a dick figure with a pressure washer on someone's roof, and technically claim you are only cleaning too. But if law takes intent into question and differentiates between the dic figure and the perfect square patch, then wouldn't you be able to just go to someone's house, paint a small patch of the wall to show how good the colour looks, and try to make them pay you to paint the rest of the house? Would intent taken into account then? Would that not be defacing? And if it is, what's the difference between painting a small patch and 'cleaning' a small patch? How about sand blasting a small section of the wall to 'clean' the dirty paint then?
All of these actions altered the appearance of the structure, and ultimately needs money to be 'fixed'. Idk if law takes such technicalities into question, but if it does, kinda ridiculous tbh. At the end of the day some form of damage has been done, which requires fixing, whether you call it 'cleaning' or not should be irrelevant. But yea, i know that sometimes law can have such grey area loopholes, no idea if this is really one of those tho.
No shit, its vandalism, she shouldve called the cops right away
My arms are aching for you! The result is amazing, night and day. 💜💜💜
It'll certainly keep you fit this roof cleaning game 😄. Thanks for the great comment Anita ❤️
Can’t understand why anybody would ever allow anybody to carry out work on their property without consent !!!! Unbelievable cheek. I’d sling their arses into the road.
I really like your scaffolding.
Fantastic job, hopefully the adjoining neighbor called you to do their roof as well. Either way very satisfying to watch.
Excellent work. Though it's always gunna bug me to leave half the roof unfinished. Ever thought about contacting the neighbor and asking if they'd be interested in getting their half done as well? Maybe offer a discount to both houses if they agree?
Yeah lol that’s just awful. Makes BOTH sides stand out now.
Also, why didn’t the grifters do a patch on both? LOL or a patch right in the center line
have you ever consider to talk with the side neighbor to do all the roof with special price for both?
Hi, looks absolutely mint now 👌
I’ve seen so many comments on other videos stating that roof tiles shouldn’t be pressure washed as it damages the surface & blows cement out from the ridges etc…. Can you give your opinion on this if you’ve got time? Is it a case of some tiles are ok whilst others aren’t? I’m genuinely confused as to what’s right or wrong.
Thanks
Wow scaffolding is way cool. Thanks for showing us.
Another class job my brother especially with the weather 👍too many cowboy roofers and dodgy workmen up your way lol
Hey my man, I hope you're all well bud. Yeah too many dude 😕😛😁
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning yeah all good thanks mate and you ? Yeah theres a couple of cowboys round by me but there all builders lol in wouldn't have half of them make me a mix although lay a block lmaooooooo 🤣🤣👍👍
@@daleyboyo3145 😂😂 yeah better now mate, was rough as hell last week, sorry for not responding to you last comment on my other video. 👍
They would have to deal with 80 pound black female German Shepard!
The people who left the test patch are scamming. As if people will just leave the test patch looking stupid for years until it returns to that look. I hope she sued them. Also now it's split I definitely prefer the weathered look and the split however expertly done still looks meh.
All those Lichen need to be treated humanly. Give them a new place to live 😥
Great video. Very relaxing to watch. Just wondering what type of equipment do you use, especially the pole washer thing. Live in Ireland and was thinking about starting a business like that. Cheers mate.
I would have covered the patch with moss and dirt again.
I never get tired of watching your videos and you always do a super job!!!
Aw thanks Alina, you're so lovely ❤️
They’d have a different threat if they tried that in the US!
😂 the patch pikes strike again even at that low level of roof the patch looked shocking until the pro turned up and now cracking job all round.
I swear, if someone made a test patch on my roof without my consent, I'd be doing a resilience test on their work vehicle with the first powertool I got my hands on in the garage.
The sheer audacity itself is upsetting.
Had this happen to me, the one bloke even told me to sod off. So i did, into my house, and came out with a 12 guage loaded with salt.
I am now the owner of a rather upmarket pre owned pressure washer 😏
I would hate to be the neighbor with that black roof
After washing no roof sealer?
Came out lovely in the end mate, cracking job! Nice to see you show some of the challenges & clean up too. Hope all is well buddy!👍👍
Hey Richard, cheers mate. Yeah I took some advice from @PartridgeExteriorCleaning suggesting I should show more of exactly that, the hardships of the job, rather than show it all looking smooth sailing. It was good advice, and will be doing more of it. Nice one Rich, i hope you're well too bud ❤️
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning Yours are always good, honest videos buddy, and a pleasure to watch believe me! Yeah, I'm fine thanks, just busy as I hope you are too 👍
@@richardhenderson9126 luv ya mate 😊
Great job !!! Would you mind to share the list of the equipement that you use?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!!
I have watched a few channels that do this roof cleaning over there and it seems like these (What we call Duplex Homes in the U.S) are very common as well as row housing. I was wondering, do many cleaning companies offer discounts if the two neighbors (or entire row) want to split the cost of an entire roof clean? Or do they avoid discounting because the washed half/portion makes the other side look so horrible it almost shames the neighbor(s) to pay full to wash their side/portion?
Another question, after cleaning is it part of the cleaners service to squeegee water off the skylights and glass tops of sunrooms?
What happens to the Sodium Hypochlorite run off.? Is it permissible to let the Sodium Hypo to overflow into the stormwater drains?
It goes into the drainage system, which is then joined to the sewer, which then gets treated with sodium hypochlorite once all the crappy bits have been filtered out, to make it safe for consumption again.
A major reason I would not like living in a town house set up. The smart thing is for homeowners to cooperate and get the whole roof done in one shot by the same company/person.
Nick I've said b4 mate if u get stuck shout me up. I've got a 50ft phantom, were in the same area and seem to have the same ethos of how we do things etc so always happy to help each other out
Nice one mate. Appreciate the offer. Really should get myself a bigger pole really, that's not the first time that's happened 🤦🏻♂️
Hi man, you need to get yourself a soft wash system could’ve done that job in 40 minutes with no scaffolding from the ground I clean clay tile roofs all the time 5 to 7% chemical SH chlorine with a surfactant would be enough to remove all mildew off of those tiles spray it on and let the rain take care of the rest. Doing a good job. Working hard for your money but you could be working easier.
I appreciate that you're trying to be helpful, and I can only assume you're from the US or Oz, because that's not how we work here in the UK. I have soft wash system, I soft washed the tiles after pressure washing them, with 4% SH and surfactant, it's in the video. The system the Americans and Australians use is completely unsuitable for the UK, , using long range jets to spray SH on the roof from the ground, the risk of the overspray getting caught in the wind, landing in other peoples gardens, killing their plants, entering their ponds and killing their fish, landing on their kids or pets, is way too risky because of the way our buildings and houses are so tightly packed in together when built. Our health and safety laws would have any company caught doing that in the UK shut down quicker than you can say "massive fine"
I also pressure wash the roof first, using low pressure, because customers, in my 12 years experience want instant results, because they are sick and tired of lumps of moss landing on their floors and blocking their gutters, they don't want to wait 3-6 months for the moss to fall off in bits and pieces. Hence, that is why I do nearly all my roof cleans like shown in the video 👍.
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning Dang that’s crazy. I did not know. We just Pre wet the surroundings that’s it. Chlorine is biodegradable. I am in US Florida 11 year’s experience. Here as soon as you put the treatment on it is a night and day difference. And it rains every afternoon here in Florida anyways so it gets washed off pretty quick chlorine in the US is deemed safe for the ground as long as it is diluted. I personally use it around gardens and fish. All the time the solution to pollution is always dilution. Thanks for the response. Can’t wait for the next video.
Great way to get me to hire a competitor lol
While I understand why the house owner cleaned the roof I think it would of been fun to make the cleaned bit in the front onto a roof art piece. Nice job
I've seen this done before, only 1 group of "protected people." Try this tactic.
Indeed 👍
Absolutely know the type too.
WOW! Those tiles POP now. Very nice job. 👍🏼
I’m curious - how long will a cleaning like this last before it goes back to the previous condition?
Many thanks 👍., It's taken over 40 years to look like this before cleaning, but it will likely be another 10 years before it starts to noticeably get darker again.
I've had numerous people saying they will clean my driveway for me, they really are intimidating and forceful thankfully since I've put a sticker warning against unsolicited sales etc that number has dwindled significantly.
Good job there, some comments about strain on the arms, how about mounting a little caster wheel on a short stub that you mount on the rig under the nozzle, take the strain a bit. Great vid well done.
i really like the idea of using scaffolding instead of a ladder. seems like a real hassle but so much safer
Totally agree, it is much safer, but yes it's way more hassle than a ladder 👍
I would bet its more comfortable than being on a ladder though as well
@@DarnComputer Definitely 👍
Do you ask the neighbours if they want theirs doing at the same time or just wait for the call after they see the results? 😊
Yeah I was wondering the same thing
I tucker poled a big 5 story office park building in a long day... It was with one of the old aluminum ones, not the newer carbon fiber ones and the top floor needed a 12 ft addon extension. And I thought that job was brutal... Working a 30 ft pole over a roof on a scaffold would be so much more brutal... nice work.
i dont imagine the neighbours are gonna complain if you did a tile or two over to their side but its good proffessionalism to only do your clients side
Stunning job Nick👌you must have arms of steel 💪another great video😊
Hey Angie, many thanks, I hope you're well ❤️
Anyone who uses scummy practices like this ought to be able to be taken to court by folks like your client to make them pay for the mess you had to clean up.
What if they did that to someone who genuinely couldn't afford to have the work done? It's just a bullying tactic- making the homeowner's house look uglier so they can push their hand to let them 'finish the job'.
Looks fantastic!
😂If I lived next door though, I'd want you doing mine now faster than you could say "book me in!!"
Great job 👍
Exactly my thoughts 😂😂😂
Great Job at cleaning! Not required as roof would have been good for another 25 years. But makes them look better than neighbours and gives you work.
Great job mate
Hey Ray, nice one mate, much appreciated 👍
Shotgun didn't work?
Now the neighbors are left as the dirty ones who don't take the time to keep their roof clean. XD
Its interesting to me how common semi detached homes are in Britain. Here in the US, they are called duplexes, and are very uncommon in most parts of the country for middle class folks. I learn so much watching videos!😊
We have a lot more terrace houses.
Semi detached houses are for the slightly better off. Detached houses are for the definitely better off.
Overpopulation
@@johnballe considering we can only grow enough food for 50% of our population but we had streets for of semi detached and terrace houses long before that.
It's only since we started letting so many boat people in.
@@Gingerrrrsnapps if you own a house you own the hole house.
If you own a first floor flat then someone can own the 2nd floor flat.
@@jamingaming9251 SPOT ON!!! Automatic dole recipients and pedo groomers !!
Great job done.Always best with the professionals
Awesome, thanks John 👍
Back in the 1960s/70s/80s a friend of mine was a very successful chimney sweep, down in Kent, but even then there were cowboy sweeps who not only broke health and safety, by not doing any, amazing they didn't break their necks, but damaged a lot of pots by scrabbling around on roofs, interfering with flashings etc. He often saved customers £££ by spotting damage when out and about. I bet you were good at Tetris, eh?
Does the pressure of the water coming out of the nozzle help you hold the pole? My arms would be in so much pain if there was no help haha!
EDIT: The reason I wonder is because of Newton's Third Law where every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
You’re a 100% correct. The water pushing down on the roof takes most of the weight. People assume that I’m taking all the weight, but I’m not. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still physically hard work on arms and shoulders, but for different reasons. I used to try and explain this, but I would get the same comments repeated over and over, so just gave up on explaining in the end. Thanks for the great comment, I think you’re the first one to recognise this and make a comment about it 👍
Mid-1980s, some geothermal power sales guy came around and was pushy and wouldn’t leave. My mom left the room and came back with a revolver. He left. 😂
Just out of curiousity. Is there anyway to report this to the police or sue? In the end they did do "modifications" to the house without prior consent. This led her to require a roof cleaning due to the patch job. Just curious.
It's actually more costly to hire armatures, because then you have to hire the pros to fix the job right, anyways. You clearly have good work ethics. If I lived in the U.K., I'd hire you. Oh, and I'm pretty sure what those other guys were doing is extortion.
Identifying the people who do this hopefully might encourage the justice system into making the perpetrators clean the rest of it AND pay the owner for doing the entire job...properly. This type of consequence has a very good chance of making more than a few manipulative "cleaners" think twice about "creating work".
I liked the untouched roof.. the natural weathered look it lovely and needed nothing.. they made a patch causing unnecessary work, and now the neighbours have to look at a patchy 50/50 roof or have it done... what a mess..
I'd have rubbed some dirt into the small area and tried to match it that way...
I'm sure you offered the next door neighbor a discount to clean their roof at the same time?
Where I'm at (USA - Virginia), I've never had to do a tile roof, but I've assisted a friend on two of his jobs. Everything here (almost) is asphalt roofing. Could you have soft washed that section and just told the customer you didn't feel safe using a pressure washer on that section because of the risk of damage?
I had a job something like this. It was a gable roof with horrible GM staining, and a lot of moss and lichen. She wanted the forward facing flat asphalt cleaned, and the front of her garage. The roof was in such horrible shape I gave her a full roof cleaning quote. She called me back about a month later after two guys (rookies) came and pressure washed the front/flat surface on the wall, but the garage roof was too steep to walk on, so they tried pressure washing from a step ladder. All they managed to do was blow debris under the shingles. At the end of the job the two guys were standing there at her door in the dark, of a woman home alone with a small child, so she was afraid not to give them the check, even though it was crap work, and they asked for double what they quoted because it was a harder job than they anticipated. I was pissed and told her to call the bank and cancel the check. But, that one section they pressure washed looked so much better she saw my logic in cleaning the entire roof. I still had to come back and clean some of the cleaned roof. Then I did a half and half photo of the front garage roof the guys had supposedly cleaned and sent to the customer so she could see how little they did. I cleaned that for free just as a "SCREW YOU" to the guys there before me. I think I'd have taken the guys contact information and called a lawyer and sued them for the cost of the roof cleaning for her roof and the neighbors since cleaning one part would be an eyesore. I really hate unethical people like this. That's a great sales tactic, but not if you don't get permission first. You could go so far as to say that pressure washing would erode the surface of the tile, and see what could be done from there in the courts.
They were lucky the house-owner didn't shoot them. It's his/her property after all and they would have it coming. On the other hand, that would have been a great lawsuit for "causing damage to property" because maybe, just maybe, I like my roof with organic growth? :D
In the US we would establish an attachment point at the ridge and use harnesses and ropes to stand on the roof and spray it down from the top. It's a lot of work because you have to remove tiles to set boards horizontally to use as foot holds, every 4 foot (a little over a meter) then remove tiles for the set point, then re-place (that's re... place, hopefully not replace) them and clean those tiles. Some contractors may use your system, but I've never seen those power washer extentions that long before in the US... but I was never part of a true for a dedicated exterior washing service, rather I was part of a crew for a demolition and remodeling crew that offered exterior washing has one of our services, so there's that too, but we did power wash two tile roofs while I was there (two years)... and probably about 20 shingled roofs.
What they are doing is trespassing on private property. What would they do if they damaged the roof and not just leave a spot behind that stands out like a sore thumb?? Maybe it did need cleaned but it is ultimately up to the homeowner ALL of what happens on their property. I just wish they were home and caught them setting up and sternly told them to get off the property!! It is one thing if you called them out there to do work but showing up uninvited or anything like that is just not OK for me anyhow. Unless the whole roof is done it looks awful and these people knew it! Because of doing it without permission they should have to finish the job free of charge!
I just read the back story you added for this video, and WOW! So glad you were able to help ease her mind by doing this without incident. I will never understand how some ppl can be so shady.. Distracting some poor woman while the other messes around the back w/o permission😡 Homie would have met his maker if that were my house, well more like my 3 Rottweiler's house😂😂 That roof turned out amazing, so great job! Much love from California🤙🏼❤
Some people love the patina of their rooftop and that kind of patch would be considered “heavy damage” to someone like that. How dare they step on someone’s property and execute such a thing. It’s probably a neighbour that wants to force the homeowner to “clean” his roof, the cheek of people.
I've unfortunately had a similar issue with my garden over the past couple of years. Just because it has been overgrown for a while, seemed to give certain people looking for work the "balls" to just come onto my property and attempt to start work without permission and without a contract drawn up and signed. They think if they do a little bit the owner will just give in and let them do the rest. Problem is there _are_ enough home owners - especially the elderly - that would give in to that pressure and let them continue. And then be stuck with a huge bill when these unscrupulous people invariably end up massively overcharging for their shoddy work. Unfortunately for them, I'm neither elderly nor a pushover so I'm always able to tell them to stop and refuse them further access or future work on my property. And then I get actually decent folk like yourself to do the work, and it's always a better result at an actual decent price done by a true professional
It kinda reminds me of the rain gutter mafias in Poland. Basically a group of criminals would target a victim and “attack” the victim when they’re leaving the house. The victim would get asked if they want their gutters replaced. Even if the victim denied, the mafia would proceed with replacing the gutters and when the victim comes back, they would demand a pay for the new gutters. Often the victim would want their gutters to be changed back, for which the mafia would require additional money. If the conflict continues, the mafia would start threatening the victim.
My Dad's idea of telling about the birds and the bees growing up was a bucket of soapy water a sponge and his big ass Toyota Landcruser saying washing a car is like a woman. You start at the top and work your way down (geez Thanks Dad- He didn't know that I was already doing the hokey cokey with Lisa C in the village at 12) So how come when you treat the roof after you don't start at the top ?
at this point when you done half a roof, I would go to the neighbours and say : " look at your neighbour their roof looks great! " I can give you the same treatment for X. and the work speaks foritself , if they are willing.
Before and after pictures in one shot. Customer says”I love my clean roof” Neighbor says “Patina on my roof looks so much better”…..rubbish!
Damn, man. Your arms are quite the sight. Massive props to you, and the best of health too!
Not british so I'm not used to the building codes over there, but the glass gazebo thing is kind of odd to not have any drainage inbetween the roof? Seems like it should have decent gutter space and maybe be slightly higher to not allow for water ingress?
At first i was sceptical about the color change, but the house actually looks better with the orange tiles!
I know I'm from away but didn't you just play the neighbour? Seems like half a haircut. Delightfully styled but still, a little off plumb.
I had this happen too, i told them they could do as they pleased but I wasn't interested in their service and wasn't going to hire nor was i going to pay them. They left... It's a scam to get people annoyed by the patch in hopes of being able to charge a ridiculous amount of money in the hopes the homeowner gives in out of annoyance.
You did a nice job btw👍
These dodgy flyby nighters are what makes real professionals jobs harder. I bet they will be laughing on the other side of their faces when next they drive by and see someone else got the job. I am amazed how well you can control the long pole with the pressure nozzle at the end. Great job.
I remember the good old days when you could just shoot the guys off your roof.