Window Cleaners - Anything to be careful of?

TheCyclingProgrammer

Our window cleaner uses a filtered water pole system. Does the job nicely, leaves no streaks. Don't understand this "make sure they use a bucket and ladder" nonsense. If you're in Essex, I can happily recommend http://www.zealwindowcleaning.co.uk

Horizon81

TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »

Our window cleaner uses a filtered water pole system. Does the job nicely, leaves no streaks. Don't understand this "make sure they use a bucket and ladder" nonsense. If you're in Essex, I can happily recommend http://www.zealwindowcleaning.co.uk

How can you get equal and good pressure on a squeegee at the end of a 4 metre pole versus one in your hand at eye level.

+1 for the ladder and bucket method.

Davesnave

pendragon_arther wrote: »

Don't use one who plays a ukulele.

:T The reference is a bit obscure for the younger readers...

When I did that song with my 11 year olds, they really loved the risque lyrics! :rotfl:

EssexExile

Horizon81 wrote: »

How can you get equal and good pressure on a squeegee at the end of a 4 metre pole versus one in your hand at eye level.

+1 for the ladder and bucket method.

They don't use a squeegee, just filtered water & a brush on a pole. It's the results that matter & the results are great.

TheCyclingProgrammer

As the person above says, they don't use a squeegee. They clean them using the brush on the pole with the filtered water and then leave them to dry naturally, which it does without leaving any water marks or streaks (which is the whole point of using filtered water in the first place, to avoid leaving a residue).

jellie

Another happy customer of a filtered water and brush method window cleaner. Mine does a great job.

Jonesya

Furts wrote: »

A typical house can have an upstairs window above a flat roof, or above a tiled porch or above a garage. Window cleaners tend to jump on these roofs and cause damage in the process. There are countless broken roof tiles on the houses around me caused by the friendly, local window cleaner.

I'll second this. I live in an estate where all the houses have a single story tiled roof running along the front, beneath the upstairs windows. Seen several window cleaners walking on these.

I'll risk walking on the tiles every few years for maintenance, flashing repairs etc but too risky to do it every month or two for cleaning the windows.

Furts

Jonesya wrote: »

I'll second this. I live in an estate where all the houses have a single story tiled roof running along the front, beneath the upstairs windows. Seen several window cleaners walking on these.

I'll risk walking on the tiles every few years for maintenance, flashing repairs etc but too risky to do it every month or two for cleaning the windows.

For countless people to be considering a window cleaner raises a wider question. Pvcu windows are everywhere, and easy clean hinges have been fitted to them for years. It is child's play to click the hinge and open the window for self cleaning. Yet instead people pay window cleaners to work off ladders, and walk on roofs accepting the risks that this entails. It is not in accordance with the Money Saving ethos, nor a common sense ethos, but such is life!

KayTM

We're planning to DIY clean the windows which can be done from the inside, but (in this rented house) the front windows are old-fashioned and have to be done from the outside. Rather than mess about with a ladder, it just seemed easier to hire someone else to do it.

I don't really care about how great a job it is, as long as it passes the end of tenancy check-out.

Well, they should be arriving soon and I'll be interested to see how they do it.

For the DIY job, any advice?

I used to find that crumpled up newspaper was good for removing streaks. Is there a better way?

lstar337

Furts wrote: »

Pvcu windows are everywhere, and easy clean hinges have been fitted to them for years. It is child's play to click the hinge and open the window for self cleaning.

What are easy clean hinges, and how do you know if you have them?