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Title: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: one eyed window cleaning on April 17, 2013, 07:39:28 pm: When I started this window cleaning malarkey ten or so years ago, my windows were allways cleaned every four - six weeks trad then. This winter it must have been three and a half months, spring and summer every two months, if there lucky ;-) And with wfp
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: dazmond on April 17, 2013, 07:46:32 pm: roughly every 2 months.i clean 3 of my neighbours windows for free at the same time as well. ;) :) :)
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Seers on April 17, 2013, 07:47:07 pm: Hi,

Must admit ours only get cleaned whenever the wife collars a passing window cleaner.

Cheers,

Huw
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: gavinb on April 17, 2013, 07:47:18 pm: Sod that I dont wanna make a rod for my own back like .
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Post by: PoleKing on April 17, 2013, 07:49:34 pm: +1 Dazmond except you must be a bit more charitable than I. No freebies here.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Ian Rochester on April 17, 2013, 07:52:23 pm: Every 4 weeks, its on the round!
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Richard Shepherd on April 17, 2013, 07:59:41 pm: Quote from: Ian Rochester on April 17, 2013, 07:52:23 pm
Every 4 weeks, its on the round!

Ditto..

Plus if ours were dirty and neighbours were clean I would be sleeping in my van :P
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Mike55 on April 17, 2013, 08:01:11 pm: My window cleaner comes every five weeks or so.

Can't be ar**d to do my own ;D
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: mlscontractcleaner on April 17, 2013, 08:05:20 pm: I clean the estate I live on so every four weeks just like the rest of them.

Yet to be paid in 22 years and sometimes I even have to pop in and make my own cuppa :'(
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Post by: formb on April 17, 2013, 08:06:14 pm: Every Friday.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: one eyed window cleaning on April 17, 2013, 08:18:54 pm: Nice to see that its not just me ;-)
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Post by: Tomboler on April 17, 2013, 08:20:45 pm: I do the fronts every 2 weeks (pretty much), I like them to look sparkly for those customers who put payment through my door
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Post by: sunshine windows on April 17, 2013, 08:23:53 pm: When they get minging
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Post by: Fin Clearview on April 17, 2013, 08:35:30 pm: When I need a all night pass from the mrs
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Post by: p1w1 on April 17, 2013, 09:01:46 pm: every leap year :D
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Tomboler on April 17, 2013, 09:29:30 pm: Quote from: p1w1 on April 17, 2013, 09:01:46 pm
every leap year :D
dirty baskit :D
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: DG Cleaning on April 17, 2013, 09:45:21 pm: Never my mate Dave does them 2 weekly ;D
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Post by: S.A.J on April 17, 2013, 09:57:53 pm: The staff do mine 😃 ;D
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on April 17, 2013, 10:26:52 pm: Well lets see?....

Been here two years?.....

Once.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: SteTecs on April 18, 2013, 06:47:55 am: Quote from: Rawhide on April 17, 2013, 08:20:45 pm
I do the fronts every 2 weeks (pretty much), I like them to look sparkly for those customers who put payment through my door
Me too
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: robertphil on April 18, 2013, 08:13:52 am: once a month by me and also they are done every 6 weeks by the guy who does above me using wfp and he then does mine trad for some reason .
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: H20cleaning on April 18, 2013, 09:10:43 am: haha im 20, and my mum constantly asks me to do them but i just have no motivation, as we have no easy way of getting round the backs. Its either climb the garage or go through the neighbours garden( wich then i have to offer to clean theres) lol
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Post by: Klean07 on April 18, 2013, 09:24:55 am: Did mine yesterday after a resin change. First time for 4 months mind! :o
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Johnny B on April 18, 2013, 10:25:36 am: About every 6-8 weeks for me. Will probably do them today as my van refused to get up for work and they are due.

John
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: andyM on April 18, 2013, 10:29:17 am: I probably only do mine about 3 or 4 times per year inside and out.
If I had a window cleaner I would only have them done every 8 weeks or so, ideally every 3 months. ;D
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Post by: C o z y on April 18, 2013, 10:55:34 am: Never, my wife does them.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: *Hector* on April 18, 2013, 11:55:50 am: Quote from: Chris P Bacon on April 18, 2013, 10:55:34 am
Never, my wife does them.

That is because she wants them doing properly :P :P :P

;D ;D
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Post by: HampshireWindowCleaning on April 18, 2013, 07:02:07 pm: Quote from: h20cleaning on April 18, 2013, 09:10:43 am
haha im 20, and my mum constantly asks me to do them but i just have no motivation, as we have no easy way of getting round the backs. Its either climb the garage or go through the neighbours garden( wich then i have to offer to clean theres) lol

Ok, we get it, you're 20 years old :D
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on April 18, 2013, 07:05:48 pm: Clean my windows? That's an odd question. ???

What on earth would you want to do that for?
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: G Griffin on April 18, 2013, 07:15:31 pm: Quote from: h20cleaning on April 18, 2013, 09:10:43 am
haha im 20, and my mum constantly asks me to do them but i just have no motivation, as we have no easy way of getting round the backs. Its either climb the garage or go through the neighbours garden( wich then i have to offer to clean theres) lol
You weren't born last time I did mine.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: one eyed window cleaning on April 18, 2013, 08:33:23 pm: Quote from: h20cleaning on April 18, 2013, 09:10:43 am
haha im 20, and my mum constantly asks me to do them but i just have no motivation, as we have no easy way of getting round the backs. Its either climb the garage or go through the neighbous garden( wich then i have to offer to clean theres) lol

Why dont you just run the hose through the house or use a back pack?
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Johnny B on April 18, 2013, 10:12:12 pm: Quote from: Johnny B on April 18, 2013, 10:25:36 am
About every 6-8 weeks for me. Will probably do them today as my van refused to get up for work and they are due.

John

I couldn't be bothered in the end. I might have to dump myself and get two more.

John
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: DaveG on April 19, 2013, 07:16:15 am: Every time I go to clean my windows I say, "Can you leave it this time, it looks like its going to rain/be too windy/my cats ill/I've got flu"

I think I might dump me, bloody messer!
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: mark turton on April 19, 2013, 08:04:55 pm: good topic ad
when i started it was almost weekly incase cuties come round to pay, now its when i feel that i really should lol

i dont get paid for me own lol
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Post by: deeege on April 19, 2013, 08:14:57 pm: Cleaned mine in n out today for the first time (and probably the last) this year!
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Tom White on April 19, 2013, 09:24:17 pm: I did the first clean on them about six years ago.

Wor Lass does the rest, about once-a-fortnight.

She's mental.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: steven ainger on April 20, 2013, 09:40:40 am: i clean mine when i clean the neighbors, about every 6-8 weeks
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Mike #1 on April 21, 2013, 06:00:02 am: when my wife nags me ;D ;D. Mike
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Ian101 on April 21, 2013, 08:03:51 am: Quote from: M & M Window Cleaning on April 21, 2013, 06:00:02 am
when my wife nags me ;D ;D. Mike

used to be the same for me but got a neighbour on books who is every 2 months so do mine at same time.
Title: Re: How often do you clean your own Windows
Post by: Pureclean Essex Services on April 21, 2013, 09:17:22 am: fortnightly for me, I sometimes stick a call back card through ;D, but the missis don't ever pay up lol.