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Poll

How many times do you brush over frames & glass?

once over frames & once over glass
once over frames & twice over glass
twice over frames & twice over glass
twice over frames  & three times over glass
three times over frames and three times over glass

GB Window Cleaning

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water fed pole technique
« on: January 07, 2012, 04:28:21 pm »
okay so i know this as been asked before but im always interesting in keeping upto date in what others are doing!

this question is assuming the clean is a regular maintainance clean. 4,6,8 or 12 weekly clean, whichever frequency you provide.

i'd really appreciate if you took a couple of seconds to vote. it means alot to me!

many many thanks

george

bobplum

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2012, 04:32:12 pm »
what ever it takes :D

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2012, 04:37:07 pm »
what ever it takes :D
but how can you tell what its takes? thanks

dazmond

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2012, 04:51:05 pm »
ive been scrubbing and rinsing a lot more the last few days and i think itll continue for a month until im round all my work!!the windows are so much more dirty due to the bad weather we ve had plus im late getting round  with the xmas break!! :( :( ;D ;D ;D
price higher/work harder!

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2012, 05:09:47 pm »
yeah i know what you mean daz with the wind we have had the windows have been very dirty.

but i'll be honest i mostly dont really notice how dirty they are (unless they are very very dirty like as of late) because you cant really see the 1st floor or above and when your doing the ground floor there wet from the drips so you cant really see if there dirty either when there wet!

thanks mate

king marko

Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2012, 05:15:05 pm »
I've got No set in stone hard rule for scrubbing - i don't really  think about how many times I go over the glass/frames to be honest - I just scub till I'm satisfied it's clean
It's probably a couple of times with each tho coz I hate hanging round too long!! :)

wfp master

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2012, 06:12:59 pm »
I've got No set in stone hard rule for scrubbing - i don't really  think about how many times I go over the glass/frames to be honest - I just scub till I'm satisfied it's clean
It's probably a couple of times with each tho coz I hate hanging round too long!! :)

as above until i think its clean.

Richard iSparkle

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2012, 06:15:36 pm »
okay so i know this as been asked before but im always interesting in keeping upto date in what others are doing!

this question is assuming the clean is a regular maintainance clean. 4,6,8 or 12 weekly clean, whichever frequency you provide.

i'd really appreciate if you took a couple of seconds to vote. it means alot to me!

many many thanks

george

once over frames and glass, incorporating the frames in the glass where possible.  we clean 4 weekly.  as bob says tho, if it needs it i'll spend longer...  but when its not at ground floor level you cant always see.

iSparkle Window Cleaning

www.isparklewindowcleaning.uk

gary999

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2012, 06:16:48 pm »
depends on circumstances bad weather,house on main roads
always dirtier take more work.i just take it as i find it.

Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2012, 07:00:30 pm »
after reading some of posts on here been wondering if spending too long! go over frames once, maybe couple time on top bar. then glass once or twice.

I tend to have water on low as it seems to clean better, but if it's too high it uses a lot of water.

ps glad to be of service gb! anything to make you happy!

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2012, 07:07:22 pm »
so to illustrate my point this video is what i mean by "twice over glass"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfchUvavPxs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

thanks for watching

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2012, 07:17:21 pm »
okay so i know this as been asked before but im always interesting in keeping upto date in what others are doing!

this question is assuming the clean is a regular maintainance clean. 4,6,8 or 12 weekly clean, whichever frequency you provide.

i'd really appreciate if you took a couple of seconds to vote. it means alot to me!

many many thanks

george

once over frames and glass, incorporating the frames in the glass where possible.  we clean 4 weekly.  as bob says tho, if it needs it i'll spend longer...  but when its not at ground floor level you cant always see.


yeah thats what i do but i go over the glass twice on anything above grounbd level but the frames only once regardless of height
thanks mate

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2012, 07:26:44 pm »
after reading some of posts on here been wondering if spending too long! go over frames once, maybe couple time on top bar. then glass once or twice.

I tend to have water on low as it seems to clean better, but if it's too high it uses a lot of water.

ps glad to be of service gb! anything to make you happy!
thanks as  ;D

firefly123

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2012, 08:34:32 pm »
when it looks clean ;D ;D ;D ;D
shiney one

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2012, 08:58:56 pm »
when it looks clean ;D ;D ;D ;D
but what about high work! you cant see when its clean so you must have a method of working then? thanks for your input

stuart mc

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2012, 09:03:57 pm »
you can see by the way the water reacts, and feel it on higher stuff, it is hard to explain, you just get a feeling

SB Cleaning

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2012, 09:07:58 pm »
so to illustrate my point this video is what i mean by "twice over glass"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfchUvavPxs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

thanks for watching
In my eyes that video is a very good technique although a little slow.

Spruce

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2012, 09:42:35 pm »
He didn't clean the top frame or the transom bar in the middle. Asking for trouble if you ask me.
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail!

The older I get, the better I was ;)

Simon@ Clearview contractors

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2012, 09:46:00 pm »
Alittle slow???

This guy's prices must be astronomical to make money at that speed...

gary999

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Re: water fed pole technique
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2012, 11:00:42 pm »
if thats general maintenance cleaning far too slow like
stuart said you can generally tell on most windows how
the water reacts when flowing down if you missed anything