Re: Window Foil

["Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I remember as a kid, I would take my nails and scrape the pretty >shinny
material on the window at the drug store... Back then, I didnt >know what
that stuff was.. I do now ;o)

Did they beat the devil out of you?

"Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dont get me wrong. I only have foil on my basment windows..All my window
in
> my house are new and I wouldnt put foil on them. But if I have the time,
and
> someone wants it, I personaly dont mind doing it. And the customer I did
the
> other day did not have tons of windows... so it was not that bad..
>
> I remember as a kid, I would take my nails and scrape the pretty shinny
> material on the window at the drug store... Back then, I didnt know what
> that stuff was.. I do now ;o)
>
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> M
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> "ssokoly" <alarmdude01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Matthew Stanley wrote:
> >> 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
> > You're joking right? Foiling is a lost art for very good reasons. 1.
> > Technology has advanced. 2. Most Suppliers don't have foil anymore since
> > Brooklyn Foil went out of business. 3. Headaches Headaches Headaches.
> > 4. There is no 4 5.Window washers.
> >
> > My consensus is usually this, if the customer that we takeover has foil
> > and its in good condition we leave it. If it starts causing a problem
its
> > gone and replaced with Sentrol 5150's or an acoustic glassbreak.
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