[Cliff perkins]

Hi all

Got asked by a custie today can i clean her air vents inside out,she didnt like the dirt inside them,
Has anybody had this request before and what did they do/use to do this job.

I have visions of all the crap flowing back in and all down the windows if a reach wash used etc.

Ta cliff

[PoleKing]

You're right. Plenty of water. Leave it to dry. Come back and do it again.
Proper, proper PITA.

[Michael Peterson]

on the inside i would imagine a steam cleaner would do the better job still though rather you than me bud

[Cliff perkins]

Hi
I thought of saying to her not possible,only thing i thought was to suck it out with a hoover and a brush attachment (simular to henry )

If the only answer is to wash leave and then come back wash again i think 2 cleans equals x2 payments


She seems to think she might be able to squirt it through from the inside the day before i clean them.I think i will leave her to do that then clean next day.

Cheers cliff

[Slash]

A bit OCD if you ask me,who looks at dirt in the inside of vents anyway,just clean the outsides as normal!

[GB Window Cleaning]

A bit OCD if you ask me,who looks at dirt in the inside of vents anyway,just clean the outsides as normal!

Agreed run a mile, well... Just refuse to do it i would. OCD menace! 

[Cliff perkins]

Lol i did rfuse at 1st but thought i better go round check them incase it was something i missed.
I did explain it was an unusual request that i havnt had before.

Even said might be better to remove vents and wash in bucket and put back but i wouldnt do it incase i broke them 

Just texted her and shes going to do it from the inside before i come,i can only imagine the mess that is going to happen with the crud running down the inside.

Cheers cliff

[Slash]

I once had a customer who asked me to do insides and went to hand me a mop duster for the cobwebs  that draped down from the corners of the room,I left immeditey and I had customers that insisted I wipe the sills after WFP  and cleaning the frames and sills as normal...WTF !!!!!

[Cliff perkins]

I once had a customer who asked me to do insides and went to hand me a mop duster for the cobwebs  that draped down from the corners of the room,I left immeditey and I had customers that insisted I wipe the sills after WFP  and cleaning the frames and sills as normal...WTF !!!!!

lol 

I try to please all my customers doesnt take much to get a bad reputation,but i have learnt that you cant please every1 no matter how hard you try.

Cheers cliff

[Slash]

Don't get me wrong Cliff as I like to please everybody too but there is a limit!

[Spruce]

Most of these vents can be 'cleaned' with a wet brush and no water flow. Just get the brush bristles into the vents and agitate the dirt loose. Clean your brush lower down on the window with the water flow on, switch it off and go back to the vents and brush them again. You may have to do this several times.

We have found that with most vents, rinsing above the vent will help to rinse it out with water ingress, so use the opportunity to clean the frame the vent sits in at this time. Again switch the water flow off and brush the excess water off the vents.

You will have to come back to clean the windows later, this time just the top edge of the glass and then everything else below it.

It takes time, so change extra for the service.

There are some vents on our round that can't be cleaned that way that I would stay away from; we are window cleaners not ventilation specialists. The ones I am referring to are recessed horizontally into the upper window frame and reply on a drip plate trim above to prevent water ingress. But the drip plate isn't for water fed pole jets spraying water horizontally.

[Cliff perkins]

Hi spruce

Good advice i will try it on my own vents 1st see how i get on.

Cheers 

[formb]

We clean out vents as part of the first clean.. only if they are in mind!

[DeLuce]

Most of these vents can be 'cleaned' with a wet brush and no water flow. Just get the brush bristles into the vents and agitate the dirt loose. Clean your brush lower down on the window with the water flow on, switch it off and go back to the vents and brush them again. You may have to do this several times.

We have found that with most vents, rinsing above the vent will help to rinse it out with water ingress, so use the opportunity to clean the frame the vent sits in at this time. Again switch the water flow off and brush the excess water off the vents.

You will have to come back to clean the windows later, this time just the top edge of the glass and then everything else below it.

I use this technique and find it works very well 99% of the time.