[Peter Fogwill]

But surely if you are cleaning the windows faster than in the video, then not enough water would be going on the glass, to allow it to cause a problem on the window below?  Keeping in mind I was replying to someone asking about the water dripping on the window below, AFTER the window below has been cleaned.


Peter

[groundhog]

Err If you clean an upstairs window with a high flow rate then the water is going to drip onto the window below!! Its called the law of gravity mate!!! 

[windowwashers]

Err If you clean an upstairs window with a high flow rate then the water is going to drip onto the window below!! Its called the law of gravity mate!!! 

you start one end do all tops of house, then bottoms after, you must know this :

[NWH]

It makes hardly any difference in the drying time of sills with a heavy flo rate or low flo rate,the idea is to clean the windows quicker with a higher flow of water,if you stand there twice as long with a lower flow of water your probobly using the same amount only it`s taking you longer.If you use the correct amount of water you spend hardly any time at any one window,well i don`t anyway.

[groundhog]

Of course I know this, it is what I do!!! But Peter for some reason thinks that there are no drips when he cleans an upstairs window and that it is perfectly ok to simply clean the window below immediately after cleaning the one above it!!!!  

[nat]

Of course I know this, it is what I do!!! But Peter for some reason thinks that there are no drips when he cleans an upstairs window and that it is perfectly ok to simply clean the window below immediately after cleaning the one above it!!!!  

it is fine. we do it all the time with no issues

[NWH]

I hardly ever have any of these dripping issues.

[Peter Fogwill]

Of course I know this, it is what I do!!! But Peter for some reason thinks that there are no drips when he cleans an upstairs window and that it is perfectly ok to simply clean the window below immediately after cleaning the one above it!!!!  

Yes definitely.  So you have cleaned the top windows, then at what point do you clean the bottom ones underneath?  Do you go for a coffee to let the water finish dripping?  Of course not, you go straight from a top window to the window below, unless you are doing a lot of unnecessary walking. 
Peter

[[GQC] Tim]

Of course I know this, it is what I do!!! But Peter for some reason thinks that there are no drips when he cleans an upstairs window and that it is perfectly ok to simply clean the window below immediately after cleaning the one above it!!!! 

Yes definitely.  So you have cleaned the top windows, then at what point do you clean the bottom ones underneath?  Do you go for a coffee to let the water finish dripping?  Of course not, you go straight from a top window to the window below, unless you are doing a lot of unnecessary walking. 
Peter

Might work on some windows, but I don't see it working on all! If they have a little overhang that's fine, but only 30% of my round has that.

[windowwashers]

Of course I know this, it is what I do!!! But Peter for some reason thinks that there are no drips when he cleans an upstairs window and that it is perfectly ok to simply clean the window below immediately after cleaning the one above it!!!!  

Yes definitely.  So you have cleaned the top windows, then at what point do you clean the bottom ones underneath?  Do you go for a coffee to let the water finish dripping?  Of course not, you go straight from a top window to the window below, unless you are doing a lot of unnecessary walking. 
Peter

If doing this on painted houses you get spots from the drips coming down on some, if you are cleaning with stone ledges again same problem. if its dripping a lot I move to next window along.

Ian

[Peter Fogwill]

The whole point of all this is don't use so much water that it will run down in the first place,  and you won't have any problems. Yes a splash or drip may hit the glass underneath before you start to clean it, but so what, it has still to be cleaned.  Anyone who has a problem with water dripping on the bottom window after they have cleaned it should seriously look at trying to reduce the amount of water they put on the window above. Rinsing on the glass will help to achieve this.

Peter

[geefree]

I think i use too much water then.... but i am happy with my flow rate as i can get the speed i desire for the frames and the glass......

water does drip below... i seriously dont think that can be avoided,  unless you are not using enough water to rinse...

i do a top window, .....its generally dripping more or less straight away...... then i clean the sill.... and then run the brush along the sill flicking the water off...... then move straight on to the next uptairs window at the side of it......(whilst the first window is stopping dripping)......

Then on to the downstairs window below the first upstairs one!....

i would say that is quicker than doing one upstairs, then going straight to the one underneath (still dripping).........

also dropping the pole to either a smaller size, then up again.... or swapping for a downstairs pole.. then up again is surely going to be harder work... and slower.
... oh and by the time i get to a bottom window... the drips have stopped.

gary.

[geefree]

sorry , thats just how i work.... not how i think or expect it should be done.

[Peter Fogwill]

Gazza, I wasn't meaning you would clean 1 top window then the one underneath, then back up to the top window.  What I was meaning that if there is two or three top windows you would clean these first,  then you would drop the pole to the window underneath the last top one you had just cleaned.

Yes and by the time I get to the bottom windows the drips if any have stopped, and that is my whole point, if you don't use too much water then there is no problem cleaning the window underneath the one you have just cleaned.  And surely it is quicker cleaning the one you just cleaned, than to walk to the one underneath the first one you cleaned.  Might not be much time but it all mounts up.

Years ago when I first started cleaning windows my mentor used to clean the front windows on a house, then he would walk round the back of the house with the ladder, only to return back to the front to get his bucket.  I couldn't understand why he never took it with him in the first place.  Again not much time, but over the course of the day it adds up to a considerable amount.

Peter

[geefree]

Hi Pete,

Thanks, good ponts and examples of speeding things up and not wasting time,

i see your point that it  would be quicker and  to drop straight to the window underneat,.... but i think as it can still be dripping, firstly i dont want get get wet..... and secondly, if it was still dripping to a point where it may splash up and dirty the window... then i would rather do another dowstairs window first......come back and then do it then......

that way i have peace of mind, and i know i wont need to come back to check, or even clean that window again......

and that time wasting, would cancel out the savings.

Cheers.

[Peter Fogwill]

Gazza, I wouldn't expect anyone to want to change the way they work if it was only saving a few seconds, I was only giving the example to defend the way I work. 

Peter