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JKP Detail - A change
Effective from today, I am unable to offer a fully mobile service for valet and detail work. I can still undertake jobs but would need to have a chat with you first prior to any agreement between us.
I still offer a collect and return service within a reasonable distance of the EH47 postcode, which quite a few of you have used over the last couple of years. I'm fully insured for this, as I have been since day one and provide proof upon request.
I'm not wanting to go into any detail behind it, but suffice to say HSE has gone mad. You work to build something up and along comes a man in a suit and tie, hell bent on whipping the rug from under you.
Anyway, I'm off to rant at the wall, as it's making more sense to me at the moment.
Anyone want to buy a van?
15th Dec 2009 12:38 am
NeilD
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I guess its all the dangerous chemicals you use to clean cars with.
BTW, has anyone ever done a HSE risk assessment on an HSE risk assessor ?
I imagine its a dangerous job these days
15th Dec 2009 1:24 am
Ken
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JKP wish you the best if you need guidance drop me a line we have done most of the ground work
15th Dec 2009 10:29 am
PaulP
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FFS.....that alloy wheel cleaner (that a 5 year old can legally buy and spray into his own eyes without anyone stopping him) is obviously far too dangerous for a professinal detailer to use safely....
I'm sorry to hear about this John.....I hope you can get things sorted instead of some spoiling everything you've worked to build up over the last couple of years.
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15th Dec 2009 10:34 am
DigitalJunior
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How do all the mobile van valets do it around where we live then ? There are 000's of them doing cars on peoples drives. SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
15th Dec 2009 12:03 pm
npinks
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hope this can get sorted and the HSE can shove it up their A R S E
Been regular reader over on DetailingWorld, i have seen a few of the pro's on there saying their expending and getting a building to detail in, one guy selling up all his stuff on eBay and getting out of the game, i wonder if they are been hit by the HSE themselves etc
15th Dec 2009 12:33 pm
Renton
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Is this a polution issue??
Actually I believe there are rules in Holland as well for washing your car on the driveway. Idiots.
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15th Dec 2009 12:34 pm
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I think you might be on the right track there Renton. Maybe John is being affected by the scottish equivilent of the Environment Agency rather than HSE perhaps 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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15th Dec 2009 12:54 pm
PaulP
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You can be fined in Spain for washing your car in the street....talking to JF Lux this summer, I believe it is the same in Luxembourg.
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15th Dec 2009 12:55 pm
Renton
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Ok that's it! I'm off and gonna wash both my cars twice today. I will leave the cars running so I can warm my hands on the bonnet, use extra shampoo and hot water.
While I'm at it gonna change the oil and let it drain into the sewer.
F k em.
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15th Dec 2009 1:00 pm
countrywide
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Yep, no washing cars in Holland, you have to go to a car wash with proper waste traps.
How will this affect the mobile painters such as Chips Away etc.
F**k that, what are you supposed to do - pay some bl**dy Poles to scratch it
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15th Dec 2009 2:08 pm
jkp
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Thanks for the words of support chaps, its appreciated.
Yes I had a visit from the men is suits, with waste regs being the main issue. So in the interim my mobile side of the business is limited until I sort it out.
It's a big thing now as the fixed sites have been jumping thru hoops for a few years now and it's been coming. It's a major topic in the industry and a lot of folks saying it all a big joke and refusing to accept they need to comply as the car owner can wash his own car on his own drive without risk of falling foul (yet!)
Guys who continue to work and ignore the regs are at serious risk of prosecution, as ignorance of legislation as a business owner is no defence as most of you chaps will know and the potential penalties sorry but I don't want to be in guantanimo all by myself
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spoiling everything you've worked to build up over the last couple of years.
sorry but I don't want to be in guantanimo all by myself 
