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Title: customers out windows are left open what do you do
Post by: mark blundell on April 21, 2011, 06:54:03 pm
hi all i have come accross a few customers houses where they are out but have left there windows open what do you lot do??
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Post by: mikecam on April 21, 2011, 06:59:18 pm
knock them closed with my pole.
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Post by: DaveG on April 21, 2011, 07:00:31 pm
knock them closed with my pole.


ditto
Title: Re: customers out windows are left open what do you do
Post by: mark blundell on April 21, 2011, 07:08:53 pm
yeah? does the water go inside the window?
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Post by: LWC on April 21, 2011, 07:17:21 pm
I knew someone who pushed window to but it went inwards aswel, as he went to pull pole back it shut on the pole all of the time he had the water spraying  ;D lol

Just push em shut to...what would they have done it rained
Title: Re: customers out windows are left open what do you do
Post by: woody1 on April 21, 2011, 07:20:56 pm
on the ones that are open push close with pole and leave he top frame that time simples
Title: Re: customers out windows are left open what do you do
Post by: mark blundell on April 21, 2011, 07:21:44 pm
cheers lads i will do that from now on been i right pain i have left them and returned later
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Post by: Helen on April 21, 2011, 07:57:51 pm
push them shut but don't have the water turned on......... ::)
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Post by: Dave Anderson on April 21, 2011, 08:02:19 pm
Push them shut and if they are windows above it...the above will not get done..customer is billed full price.

Cheers
Dave.
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Post by: bad trippy on April 21, 2011, 08:21:53 pm
Over in Keynsham the shiners over there would just enter into the house and steal all the custys possesions
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Post by: matthewprice on April 21, 2011, 08:26:01 pm
ones with windows left open and i cant close i get there mobile no.and text the night before
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Post by: dave0123 on April 21, 2011, 08:44:25 pm
how do you shut them with your pole if your using a superlite pole?  i nock them shut with my pole but use a x-tel  pole up to now
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Post by: Dave66 on April 21, 2011, 08:45:52 pm
ones with windows left open and i cant close i get there mobile no.and text the night before
for them to say leave em this time thanks bye...
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Post by: matthewprice on April 21, 2011, 08:46:19 pm
pole seems to bend if the window is stiff ;D
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Post by: matthewprice on April 21, 2011, 08:49:35 pm
in 2 years the ones i text have never said dont do them,but it is only the 20 or so that never shut  there windows ;D
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Post by: BORBRYCE on April 21, 2011, 08:52:13 pm
Many a window will open inwards and can not be closed from outside. Clean them as they are and expect big trouble from the owners. These just have to be left till next time.
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Post by: Tom White on April 21, 2011, 09:49:39 pm
how do you shut them with your pole if your using a superlite pole?  i nock them shut with my pole but use a x-tel  pole up to now

A superlite is robust enough to 'tap' a window shut.  Don't push, just 'tap' it a few times and all but the stiffest window will close.  And some windows are fine to clean while they're open.
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Post by: Londoner on April 21, 2011, 09:55:37 pm
as Tosh said. It amazes me how many people leave open windows.Even ones above flat roofs.  Had one the other day where I knocked the back door handle as I was cleaning the door and the back door was unlocked. No sense some people
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Post by: GoodFella2006 on April 21, 2011, 10:09:58 pm
hi all i have come accross a few customers houses where they are out but have left there windows open what do you lot do??

Get in.Make a cup of tea.Search the kitchen for biscuits  ;D
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Post by: wpclean on April 21, 2011, 10:19:05 pm
To make a point I like to poke the brush through the window, and aim the jets of water to initial my name on the wall !
Title: Re: customers out windows are left open what do you do
Post by: Rogue Trader on April 22, 2011, 08:12:41 am
tap them shut or just clean them while they are open. Once you have been doing it a while you can be very accurate with your brush head. If they are sashes and you dont want to leave it then get the ladder off climb up and shut them (ive only actually done this once!)
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Post by: ascjim on April 22, 2011, 08:48:21 am
hi all i have come accross a few customers houses where they are out but have left there windows open what do you lot do??

Get in.Make a cup of tea.Search the kitchen for biscuits  ;D

Best thing to do
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Post by: Paul Coleman on April 22, 2011, 09:37:18 am
hi all i have come accross a few customers houses where they are out but have left there windows open what do you lot do??

See if they've got a better TV set than me.
Title: Re: customers out windows are left open what do you do
Post by: Paul Coleman on April 22, 2011, 09:41:01 am
To make a point I like to poke the brush through the window, and aim the jets of water to initial my name on the wall !

I just clean but do glass only if there's a risk of squirting water into the house.  You can usually push them shut with the pole anyway.  Sashes may have to be closed manually.  Apart from that, it can be tricky if you have an open window below a pane and it won't push closed.  Generally, I just use a tiny dribble of water on the higher pane and wash glass only below it.
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Post by: GB Window Cleaning on April 22, 2011, 09:48:10 am
on the ones that are open push close with pole and leave he top frame that time simples

i do this too
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Post by: Johnny B on April 22, 2011, 09:31:42 pm
In direct answer to OP's question, I clean them.

John
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Post by: Klean07 on April 23, 2011, 06:44:16 am
like them open myself,gives you something to hold onto and go up another rung instead of streching  ;)
Yawn Yawn. Those were the good old days.  :o