[DASERVICES]

Staff in A&E see many patients with very serious injuries. They also see patients whose injuries could have been prevented by simple precautions. Results from the regional trauma database at the Royal shows that in the last two years 133 patients sustained life-threatening injuries from falls. Half of these patients were
injured at home mostly through window cleaning, with the remainder of people injured at work or in a public place.

Taken from:-

http://www.royalhospitals.org/images/annual_report04_05.pdf

[Templar]

One of my current business colleagues on learning that I was venturing into window cleaning told me about his next door neighbour. He thought that his window cleaner charged too much and finished the windows far too quickly with the result that he sacked him and decided to do them himself.

You already know what I'm going to say don't you?

These are large properties and involve a flat roof at the back. He missed his footing when trying to get back on the ladder and ended up with bone sticking out of his leg. This led to extended time off work and eventual bankrupcy to his small business. His wife left him during this period of stress and the house had to be sold. He now has permanent arthritus.

I only have poles with applicator/ blade at moment but will be fully WFP just as soon as I can. I suppoes I would still have to access the flat roof though.

[S_RICHARDSON]

One of my current business colleagues on learning that I was venturing into window cleaning told me about his next door neighbour. He thought that his window cleaner charged too much and finished the windows far too quickly with the result that he sacked him and decided to do them himself.

You already know what I'm going to say don't you?

These are large properties and involve a flat roof at the back. He missed his footing when trying to get back on the ladder and ended up with bone sticking out of his leg. This led to extended time off work and eventual bankrupcy to his small business. His wife left him during this period of stress and the house had to be sold. He now has permanent arthritus.

I only have poles with applicator/ blade at moment but will be fully WFP just as soon as I can. I suppoes I would still have to access the flat roof though.

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Should have left to the professionals!!  toot toot!!       

[Londoner]

Another reason why customers shouldn't clean their own windows is because they use stuff like Mr Muscle which leaves smeary film all over the glass. Then along I come with my WFP and the windows all bead up like the bonnet of a car thats been wax polished. And it takes quite a few cleans before it goes.

[fishman]

My wife is a radiographer at one of the largest hospitals in Manchester, and regularly has tales of amateurs attempting to save cash by doing their own windows.
Most recently one guy broke his hip because he used the top three rungs of his ladder against a wall full of moss!  you guessed it,  he overstretched, across himself, left hand over to right and there he was two seconds later on terra ferma,  luckily he didnt break his mobile