[seanpaul]

Just done a customers house (well friday) for the first time with WFP and was all for it. Even though it used to be done traditional. He's a builder by trade and knows a bit about WFP. Yet he told me he just renovated a house that had this 'self cleaning glass' installed. He reckons it's fantastic, but it's the first time he's installed it. I don't know the cost of this compared to normal glazing, but in the long run, will we be affected? And how good is it......

[windowwashers]

Just done a customers house (well friday) for the first time with WFP and was all for it. Even though it used to be done traditional. He's a builder by trade and knows a bit about WFP. Yet he told me he just renovated a house that had this 'self cleaning glass' installed. He reckons it's fantastic, but it's the first time he's installed it. I don't know the cost of this compared to normal glazing, but in the long run, will we be affected? And how good is it......

it is bad, one bird poop and it goes out the window, flys are another. It is a selling point that imo will be short lived, I have loads of customers that have it

[karlosdaze]

Most companies claiming this have now changed the name to low maintenance glass. It still needs cleaning, but we are worse off for it. I would advise to get a waiver signed before cleaning the new glass- it seems they have specifics on how to clean it. I reckon the safest way is wfp.

[alanwilson]

self cleaning glass has a coating of TiO2 (titanium dioxide), it needs about 8 hrs of sunlight to activate the coating as far as I'm aware. 

there are other types of self cleaning glass that decrease the surface tension of the water to make it run off completely so therefore no water drops = no marks,  but none of these work very well.

I'd be more worried about my local not having any irn-bru in for the weekend to wash down my vodka

[kris martin]

i read ages ago that it works best on angled glass, i have a customer who got it on there con roof, oh my god its a mess after a month, the customers are gutted because they paid a lot of money for it..

[M & C Window Cleaning]

Bout a month ago I lost a custy because they were having 'self cleaning' glass fitted. Ten minutes later (no exageration) I picked up a new one who was complaining that her 'self cleaning' windows was getting dirtier faster  than before she'd had them fitted. They were plastered in bird muck and were a dull grey colour.

[Neil Williams]

It works under very strict conditions.
Lots of direct sunlight to loosen the dirt
then Lots of water to wash that dirt away.
Works best on vertical glass not where there's a slight angle involved.
Only works on one side of a house at any given time, because when was the last time rain hit all 4 sides at the same time?
The coating is very sensitive to anything abrasive (cloths included)
The instruction do say in very small print that they should be washed from time to time with water no higher than 160 ppm