Re: Window Foil

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Using window foil means that you have to know the local glass man too.
Whenever he finishes his job, yours starts. If he thinks he can squeeze it
in before 5 PM, you know it'll be 6 PM or later before you're finished. Even
on new jobs you had to wait until the end of the day to apply the varnish in
high customer traffic areas, just so it wouldn't get screwed up. There were
always certain window cleaners who would knock off at least one foil take
off block every time they cleaned. There isn't much I miss about window
foil. I especially don't miss dragging a long wire around a building to find
where the open is when all the windows, maybe 15 or 20, are on one zone. It
is good to know that when a GBD trips during a break in, that when the glass
compnay rolls out in the middle of the night, you'll be sleeping until
morning.

"Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qjJ9j.55117$eY.34841@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I know one customer who still has window foil on all windows. When I took
> the account over 3 years ago, I tried to get him to use another product.
He
> would not. He told me he likes it because from the street, people can tell
> he has an alarm system or they may think he does. I kind of agree... so, I
> keep a roll of it around just in case I have a problem.. But when I took
the
> account over, I made sure the polyurethane over the foil was in good
shape.
> Since then, I have given the system another coat just to be on the safe
> side.
>
>
>
> So far so good. My basement windows which I just installed in the fall,
all
> have window foil on it as well. I guess some people may not like it...It
> might take too long, but I think it's something that, if well taken care
of,
> it can actually be a really good protection tool for any alarm system....
>
>
>
> M
>
>
>
> "Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:47675ae9$0$6947$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Yes, I am sure it's sold on line. When I say parts houses I mean local
> > ADI,
> > Tri-Ed type parts houses. I haven't seen Window Foil there for years. I
> > don't think the newer parts guys would even know what it is anymore.
> > Now, get back to the tar pit with the mastodons and saber toothed cats,
> > where you and the other window foilers belong.
> >
> >
> > "Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:476757e1$0$8870$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> www.alarmfoil.com
> >>
> >> Jim Rojas
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Roland Moore wrote:
> >> > Window foiling is a dead art I am afraid. I don't know any parts
houses
> > that
> >> > even stock the stuff necessary to do it anymore. Things like foil
take
> > of
> >> > blocks, shim brass, foil protector varnish, camel hair brushes, etc.
> > don't
> >> > live there anymore. You should have been around in the 70's. You
could
> > foil
> >> > all you wanted back then, except in the winter or any cold rainy day
> > when
> >> > the windows started to sweat. I think using foil now makes you look
> >> > like
> > an
> >> > eccentric, or worse. As a practical matter almost any GBD can cover
> >> > more
> >> > square feet of glass than window foil on a dollar per dollar basis.
And
> > what
> >> > about service calls for broken foil? That is a real PITA to deal
with.
> >> > Better bring your foil splicing tool. I might be talked into
repairing
> >> > a
> >> > foiled window, just for giggles, to see if I could still do it
(solder
> > foil
> >> > without burning it). I might even do one from scratch, you know, if
the
> > guy
> >> > was old and had a dinosaur system and a bunch of other foiled
windows,
> > and I
> >> > felt sorry for him, and otherwise wasn't too busy that day for some
> > reason.
> >> > Foil should NOT be a part of normal window protection technology
> > anymore.
> >> > And how much should you charge? The cost of one time machine with a
> > lifetime
> >> > maintenance contract.
> >> > Just mentioning the words 'Window Bug Glass Break Detector' should
get
> > you
> >> > beheaded.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:rGH9j.36$lo5.34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> I did a window foil job today for a customer I have. He has a store
> > front
> >> >> that has 4' wide by 8' tall single pane glass windows in the front.
A
> >> > total
> >> >> of 4. 2 on each side..
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> My question is, how many guy out there still do foil jobs and what
do
> > you
> >> >> charge?
> >> >>
> >> >> Hourly, by each window, by job etc......
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm kinda interested because I would like to do more foil jobs. I
have
> >> >> always liked foil over window bugs and what not.
> >> >>
> >> >> M
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
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