Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Temple cleaning services on January 30, 2009, 04:30:45 pm
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hi i lost my 1st house today due to self cleaning glass being installed,just wanted your opinions on it?
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hi i lost my 1st house today due to self cleaning glass being installed,just wanted your opinions on it?
It won`t last,as soon as the frames and sills start to get dirty and the spiders start nesting in the corners they`ll be begging you to come back,then it`s "price rise time" ;D ;)
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Bet they sold it to them saying you'll save money by not having a window cleaner.
Dont worry they'll be calling you back in 3/4 months when it looks like s*!t, That pilkington stuffs eubbish
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I got a new clean yesterday with a conservatory in self cleaning glass , the customerr said " dont quiot for the con as its self cleaning" It was filthy I could se the dirt fron 20 foot away ....... but it was "self cleaning" so it couldnt be dirty , m spose he could have been partially sighted ?
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as i understand it, self cleaning glass is brilliant.
IF
you live in forida and have brill sunshine most of the year and rain that comes in horizontal every couple of months.
if you don't meet these criteria?
not so great ::)
it's amazing the thousands people will spend to save a few £ a month
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I got a new clean yesterday with a conservatory in self cleaning glass , the customerr said " dont quiot for the con as its self cleaning" It was filthy I could se the dirt fron 20 foot away ....... but it was "self cleaning" so it couldnt be dirty , m spose he could have been partially sighted ?
I would have done one pane free of charge.
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hi i lost my 1st house today due to self cleaning glass being installed,just wanted your opinions on it?
It only works under ideal conditions - when it works the crud goes on the cills as usual. They'll be back when the husband admits he was wrong to fall for it. (Usually about five months when as mentioned above the spideys and crud make the missus tell him to get the w/c back!)
In fact if you want to keep an open door/and make a point to them I'd put a note in as follows:-
Dear Mrs Gullible,
Thank you for informing me about your new "self-cleaning" glass. You must be very pleased with your new windows - they always look good when new don't they?
I believe this glass works well in shopping malls roofs etc and that it can reduce the frequency of cleaning where a lower standard of cleanliness is often acceptable.
I have found that in domestic situations that the build up of dirt and spiders nests in the corners and on the frames and cills can still present a property in a less than flattering way and that even the glass itself needs ideal conditions for it to work properly.
If in the future you require my services please do not feel embarrassed to ask me.
Yours sincerely,
Stickitin, Yerpype & Smokit
Window Cleaners to the gentry!
;D Only half-joking!
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Self cleaning glass does work.
All it requires is that fairly heavy rain should fall on the whole window at least once a month.
And the chances of that are nil. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Hi Chaps cant see how it removes birds crap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Load of rubbish self cleaning glass
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i have no experiance of it as yet but surely you can just get the hose out to clean it if no rain hits it
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It will still spot - rain is nearly pure
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cheers guys i just had a feelin you would say its rubbish! :)
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I've never seen it rain on 4 sides of a house either!
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The stuff is a con if you ask me. How hard can bird poo be to remove if left to bake in the sun? I doubt the rain we had here during the floods in Tewkesbury would of got it off let alone normal rain.
Bet they sold it to them saying you'll save money by not having a window cleaner.
Dont worry they'll be calling you back in 3/4 months when it looks like s*!t, That pilkington stuffs eubbish
And thats the time to tell them that their glass will require specialist cleaning and it will now cost them 3 times as much per clean ;)
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This gimmick was out in the 80's and was advertised in yellow pages.
I,m still cleaning windows 20 years later, I wouldnt worry bout it, although i remember worrying at the time.....Laters
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2 of my customers have it on there con roofs and they are an absolute mess, they want me to start doing it for them....... WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!!!!
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I have been asked to quote for cleaning a school with self cleaning glass, (they are filthy!!) Do you clean them the same as normal glass??
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Yeh..... cos like I say its a gimmick, Ive cleaned glass after after it has apparently been applied... when the customer has asked for them to be cleaned.
Mop & squeegee or WFP, knock yourself out!
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Self Cleaning Glass = S C G
= Some Customers Gullible ;D :D ;D
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It would probobly work better in somewhere like Scotland because it rains a lot and birds mess wouldn`t have enough time to go rock hard.
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Surely if it rains alot...........................................Oh never mind, I;m off to bed.