[Elfyn]

I was in the main steet of my local town yesterday morning at around 6.30am when I saw a local window cleaner cleaning shop windows.
Now, it's fair to say that the main street was fairly well lit by street lights, but would you clean windows in the dark???

[Ronnie Bryce]

Done it for ages, not a problem on shops and no one get's in the way.

[C o z y]

Same here. minimum light needed for shops fronts. Some need to be done in pedestrian areas so you have to be finished by 6.30 and gone. Not a problem.

[jarvy]

Start at 4:30-5:00am some days,at 6:30 the day is nearly over!!

[roundbuilder]

Quite reguly clean before 5am in the fffffreeezing cold and dark.

[jamie bennett]

Yeah we clean in the dark and as said earlier if its in a pedestrian area it needs to be done, I did a block of flats above some shops thismorning at 6 am, all the residents know its regualr and never compalin and thats 4 stories high

[PoleKing]

Yeah. Always have done.
Never make any money in winter otherwise

[keyser soze]

always like to get shop work done as early as poss .so in winter the get done in the dark... safer that way.never been  a prob

[SPE]

yes, can't say I enjoy it either. Roll on the lighter mornings !

[Rayleigh Window Cleaning Services]

Always have. Could do them with my eyes shut. 

Steve

[dazmond]

never,never,never!!

i never start before 8am.usually its 9am-10am in winter and i still make a decent living!

i started window cleaning originally so i didnt have to get up at 6am(which is what i was doing landscape gardening).im still the same today.

i would absolutely hate having to get up at 5am-6am to clean windows in the dark freezing cold!!


fair play to you guys who do.someones got to clean em but its not for me!!


best wishes to you all


dazmond

[Elfyn]

I've never tried it myself and wondered if it was possible to see if the windows were clean.
I had a look at the windows that this guy had cleaned, once it was light, and they were   c**p - didn't even wipe the sills.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

never had a problem yet 

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

you just a beginer at this are you
or do you think the window cleaning fairies
do the vast majority of the high st 

[Elfyn]

No not a beginner - been window cleaning for about 6 years, but don't do any shops.
Just commercial and a handful of larger domestic.
Window cleaning fairies aside, I wouldn't be happy cleaning where I couldn't see what I was doing.

[PoleKing]

Elfyn-cleaning at height, you cant actually see what you're cleaning.
IMO 50ft you can 'see' higher than that-someone on here has as their strap line
"we clean by faith not by sight when working at height"
same in the dark IMO
Aside, we clean at 5 floors a job in the dark with a street light right in the middle of where we stand, light shining in our eyes, dark everywhere else-can just about make out the glass from the cladding! But we do inside the following day-been doing it 6 years now and it's (nearly) perfect-everytime.
If you're the sort of person who doesn't mind working in the dark-give it a shot, you may make a few $ out of it. It's not for everyone though

[Tom White]

Once you've cleaned upteen-thousands-of-windows, you kinda just trust your technique.  

If you're too prissy, you're making more work for yourself at the expense of making more dosh.

Clean windows just have to be clean enough; perfection is for people with insecurity problems.

[Dean Taberner]

Clean windows just have to be clean enough; perfection is for people with insecurity problems.

Ha,

Very true Tosh.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

Clean windows just have to be clean enough; perfection is for people with insecurity problems.

Ha,

Very true Tosh.

Though iv seen deans work
In the light and it's not pretty
I had to shut the blinds quickly
The results very nearly shocked me
And I'm quite un shockable !!!!

[GB Window Cleaning]

Once you've cleaned upteen-thousands-of-windows, you kinda just trust your technique.  

If you're too prissy, you're making more work for yourself at the expense of making more dosh.

Clean windows just have to be clean enough; perfection is for people with insecurity problems.

true indeed