[*strawman69]

hi been seeing a lot of ads lately for the self cleaning glass does anybody know anything about these new self cleaning windows and do they really clean them self also has anybodys customers told them there thinking of replacing their windows with the self cleaning ones. thanks

[Helen]

yip, had one customer who had just one window installed with this "special" glass.................doesn't work i'm afraid....it stills requires cleaning

[*strawman69]

thanks thats nice to know it doesnt work otherwise we could all end up with a lot less work

[Easyclean Windows]

How many people will really have their windows replaced at around 20-30 grand?? none work it out if you charge £20 a month thats £240 per year to clean their windows thats 80 plus years of cleaning their windows so its cheaper for you to clean them than them changing them.

I clean a building that has self cleaning glass........180 feet long x 47 feet height sheet glass all self cleaning at a cost of 200,000 and im cleaning it..

[busydaffodil]

Hmm.....Having been in the UPVC trade for a number of years (selling to trade), one of the guys I employed to cover South Wales is now one of the Reps covering the area selling this glass.

I do not know if it works, though I do know that they originally manufactured the glass with a sticker logo on it.    The glass ate the sticker....and they now dont make them with stickers on.   Would be interesting to see.

I need new glass panels, I might contact him & be a guinea pig for you all.

[Helen]

we live near a "large" supplier of windows/conservs' etc and they sell SC glass and have it in their own office windows.....been one pane that has been dirty for 6 months now....yes we have contacted them, but no reply! Guess there are some red faces about that one!

[Easyclean Windows]

The building i clean that has "self cleaninf glass" is a multi million pound super car manufacturer i have been cleaning thier office window for 3 years and the stuff is absolutley covered in grime when i get there.

Oh and i thought that self cleaning glass works with rain water hitting the glass and breaking up the soil????well up untill now weve had hardlly next to no ain for months so what happens if there is no rain?? not self cleaning

[JM123]

approx 20%, yes 20% of our customers have self cleaning glass,also have a few that have been treated with everclean - its the con of the decade, it needs the right conditions to work and even then only very light dust will be removed.


A waste of money, and I'm not being biased about it.  I would love someone from Pilkington to come on here and challenge me about it, I could take hundreds of photo's of customers windows that are filthy, if anything the film on the window actually grips the dirt.

[Pat Purcell]

Its a catch 22 for the window cleaner as we know it doesnt work but if we tell our customers they think we are afraid that it will work,they have been installing it here for a long time if anything its harder to clean and is damn near impossible inthe sun, It seems like it is better suited to wfp but i dont use one so dont know for sure

[Squeegee Clean blackpool]

It isnt self cleaning it needs rain or to be hosed down. It is a non stick surface so it dosent need elbow grease to move dirt.

[LWC]

i also clean a house with this "speacial" self cleaning glass

they are filty every month...more so than others...

[dave0123]

am the same i have got a few on my books with this glass!.... its quite funny seing its bin a total waste of money but i dont say that 2 the customers

one woman was getting ready to complain and another said they havent been cleaned for a about 3years and they were aboustly in a terible state!

i dont no why people spend the money just the word " self cleaning glass " sounds like it wont work just a load of crap lol.l

Dave

[Squeegee Clean blackpool]

Em i apply it now

[LWC]

there is no way anything thats outside in weather 365 days a year can stay clean...its just not possibe

[Clive McDonald]

I've just picked up a domestic with self cleaning glass. They were more concerned that I clean the frames and sills.

When I had a look at the site (pilkington) it said it used sunlight to break down algea, so I assumed this was more a cons roof product.

[David Seaman]

Due to being asked more than once to clean the stuff I have emailed Pilkington on five occasions and asked them to supply the proof that their self cleaning glass works. Never did get a reply from them. Seems that nobody from the company wants to actually stick up for the product. My conclusion therefore is: Self Cleaning Glass - MY AR$E!!!

[poles apart]

all my windows are self cleaning glass..............
















.............well that's what I told my wife!

[borg]

i have just picked up a new custy she has got on con roof it does take it of but it still needs cleaned she said it was a waste of money and she would never get it again so thats nice 2 hear.