[JackieW]

Apologies in advance to those who think 'here's another stupid question' on Cleanitup.

Window cleaning  some of my  large detached houses with a large conservatory the traditional way,  I normally start at the front and work my way around until I come back to the front in one big circle.

If you are water fed pole how do you approach this? Do you start at the furthest point at the back and then work towards the front, say on the left side, then go back to the furthest point at the back on the right side and work towards the front on that right side? Splitting the house in half effectively.

Or do you start at the front and work your way around in say a clockwise direction until you come back to the front but this means dragging the hose all the way around the house but  then having to retreat back again?

I hope I have explained this understandably.

[SB Cleaning]

I reel the hose out to the furthest point of property then work back, I do this on all jobs.

[CLEANCARE WC]

I WOULD PROB DO ALL THE TOPS AT THE FRONT,THEN TOPS AT BACK,THEN CONSERVATORY,BOTTOMS AT BACK,BOTTOMS AT FRONT. THUS MINIMISING THE CHANCES OF DRIP CONTAMINATION.

[Blue Frog Systems]

front door first if cleaning, then back to front

[Carl@Cwc]

front door first ,then uppers on front, lowers on front, round back do conny uppers 1st ,then uppers on house ,conny bottoms , house bottoms , back door .get paid / slip door wind in hose get gone.

every house is so different though to be fair .
so many variables flat roofed bay windows , tiled fronts etc etc...

really is best to do it how you think is best , then time will tell u how to do it.

[GB Window Cleaning]

I reel the hose out to the furthest point of property then work back, I do this on all jobs.

me too (well mostly anyway)

[Smudger]

I always go for the furthest point - found it easier to reel out hose in one go than keep pulling a few meters off
at a time - uppers first ( esp. those over ground floor windows ) of rear or 1st side - then lowers and work round
doing uppers & then ground floor

Darran

[AS Window Cleaning]

go furthest point first, then work back. the less pull reel out is usually easier, so will prob do all the back, then side, then front and other side. tho each house/shape/ obstacles are different.

you need to leave a couple of mins, occasionally more, before do window below one that you've just cleaned upstairs, but again that can be unique to each house, or type window, sometimes water runs down the wall and needs longer maybe 4 or 5 minutes, sometimes 30 seconds can be enough.

[rscleaningservices]

Id say do it how you want as long as you clean it and get ya money but would do tops first lol which you would know anyway as the water will drip down onto ground floor aint that right Mr Bones !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Smudger]

go furthest point first, then work back. the less pull reel out is usually easier, so will prob do all the back, then side, then front and other side. tho each house/shape/ obstacles are different.

you need to leave a couple of mins, occasionally more, before do window below one that you've just cleaned upstairs, but again that can be unique to each house, or type window, sometimes water runs down the wall and needs longer maybe 4 or 5 minutes, sometimes 30 seconds can be enough.

Interesting - i would say that your overwashing if water it reaching the lower windows by running down the wall - the brickwork should have absorbed any water well before getting that low.
The one's to watch are houses with vines/wisteria etc growing under the upper windows - these can drip for ages onto lower windows

Darran

[Smudger]

go furthest point first, then work back. the less pull reel out is usually easier, so will prob do all the back, then side, then front and other side. tho each house/shape/ obstacles are different.

you need to leave a couple of mins, occasionally more, before do window below one that you've just cleaned upstairs, but again that can be unique to each house, or type window, sometimes water runs down the wall and needs longer maybe 4 or 5 minutes, sometimes 30 seconds can be enough.

Interesting - i would say that your overwashing if water is reaching the lower windows by running down the wall - the brickwork should have absorbed any water well before getting that low.
The one's to watch are houses with vines/wisteria etc growing under the upper windows - these can drip for ages onto lower windows

Darran

[AS Window Cleaning]

yes, vines and ivy are the worst, and the water dripping off them is dirty too.

the ones I have that run down the wall are sort of plastered, and smooth. so the water runs down, but if forgotten  ones with climbers and bushes are worse still.

[Paul Coleman]

Depends on the house layout rteally.  I usually pull the hose out to the furthest point first before connecting the reel to the van.  This is because the hozelocks that I use don't always cope very well with spin.  After pulling the hose to the furthest point, I may even backtrack and start at the front.  You see, sometimes it's a good idea to work things so that you have a bit of "dripping" time after doing the top deck.  Therefore, it may be better to do all the windows first that sit above another window.  Such a tactic may give three or four minutes extra "dripping" time - usually enough to ensure you don't have drips from above on a window you've just cleaned.  This may sound picky but on a house with painted walls, it becomes more essential as the paint can run sometimes.  It doesn't show on the paintwork but it does on the lower windows.