[Richard iSparkle]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

[deeege]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

Employ proper window cleaners?

[dave0123]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

Employ proper window cleaners?

+1

[andyM]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

 

Employ proper window cleaners?

[Mick Kent]

please tell me i have read this wrong??? You have windowcleaners who cant use a squeegee?? That is ridiculous im guessing you cant clean trad either otherwise surely you would have shown them when you first employed them as only takes a few mins for the basics and with practice it comes as 2nd nature, i showed my daughter how to trad at 8 and now at 10 she details like a pro doing them.
I can understand the ladder part for which a scaffold tower would do the trick.
Employing Window cleaners who cant use a squeegee has realy made me laugh.

[ascjim]

its got to be a wind up

[Perfect Windows]

Thinking you're a window cleaner because you can use one of these new-fangled squeegees is pathetic.  I'm of the opinion that anyone who can't just rag a window clean isn't worth knowing.

And don't get me started on anyone employed as a van driver who can't also drive a horse and cart.

Vin

[Mick Kent]

So you would feel confident in 1 of your franchisees who cant squeegee to do an inside clean for 1 of your customers then would you vin?? Or would you instead simply show him how to do it so he can do the inside clean without asking an alternative way to clean the inside?

[Window Lickers]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

Why can't you do it instead?

[Spruce]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

We have a new internal job that requires the use of an applicator and squeegee on a row of windows 28' high and another row of windows at 35' high. Both of these rows of windows are on first story floors so don't come all the way to the ground. We have done them once.

Just because you can use a squeegee doesn't mean that you can use one at these heights working from the ground.

One operator (son) soaps up the window with an applicator on an Unger Teleplus pole. I use a 0 degree Unger swivel squeegee and can get a good result with horizontal strokes, tapping the squeegee on the lower soaped up part of the window to remove excess water from the blade. Son holds the applicator below the squeegee to catch excess soapy water.

Access is difficult but there are a couple of windows that can be squeegeed vertically in one movement. We then can 'polish' out any streeks with an Unger Flexiclamp and a towel or scrim. It is a slow process.

I am looking at other possibilities. I have purchased an Unger indoor cleaning pad kit (CK05G purchased from Wintecs) and hope that we can speed the process up by 'ragging' the windows. The Unger pad will screw onto an angle adaptor so I can fit that to my SLX22 and SLX40 with the brushes removed.

I am also looking at a wider s channel and rubber. The longest s channel that Unger do for that squeegee is 55cm. I'm currently using at 45 cm channel.

We found that Fairy liquid was better than Ecover that some are raving about, but will do some homework regarding other liquid solutions that may work better in this instance. Fairy has always worked well for us with the occassional internal cleans we do.

[Perfect Windows]

So you would feel confident in 1 of your franchisees who cant squeegee to do an inside clean for 1 of your customers then would you vin??

Or would you instead simply show him how to do it so he can do the inside clean without asking an alternative way to clean the inside?

None of my guys ever use a squeegee.  If a job truly required a squeegee for an interior clean (and I've not come across one yet) then we wouldn't do it.

Vin

[rosskesava]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

The answer is so blindingly obvious.

[Spursboy1972]

speechless!!!Everyone should be competent with a squeegee, end of!!!

[8weekly]

Just another perspective. My dad was a window cleaner in the late 60s and right through the 70s. He did shops and houses. He always squeegeed shops, but used a chamois and scrim on houses. Outsides that is. I find that most windows are quicker with cloths. Only very large ones are quicker with a squeegee. Mind you, a wc that worked with squeegee and ladders might well be quicker with a squeegee.

[cgh window cleaning]

One of the easiest ways to clean most internals is squeegee and applicator.
The very basics of window cleaning is how to use a squeegee,window cleaners who can't are like
Painters that can't use a brush or brickies that can't use a trowel.

In answer to the question look at maybe the dragon fly or vikan easy shine kits they may help unger may also have a something.

[8weekly]

One of the easiest ways to clean most internals is squeegee and applicator.
The very basics of window cleaning is how to use a squeegee,window cleaners who can't are like
Painters that can't use a brush or brickies that can't use a trowel.

In answer to the question look at maybe the dragon fly or vikan easy shine kits they may help unger may also have a something.

That's daft. You can't put up bricks without a trowel but you could work full time as a wc and never use a squeegee. That said, I do think every wc should be able to use one. Where it gets grey is speed. If you worked ladders with a squeegee you will be quick. I never did and whilst I can use a squeegee and fan, I am slow. Average domestics inside are quicker with microfibres for me.

[Richard iSparkle]

Thinking you're a window cleaner because you can use one of these new-fangled squeegees is pathetic.  I'm of the opinion that anyone who can't just rag a window clean isn't worth knowing.

And don't get me started on anyone employed as a van driver who can't also drive a horse and cart.

Vin

made me laugh thanks Vin

[Richard iSparkle]

hi,

any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.

i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..

thanks

R

Why can't you do it instead?

i don't climb ladders or know how to use a squeegee either! i don't really work on the van anymore anyhow..  office (or sofa) based nowadays 

[Mick Kent]

Sounds more like you have ran before you can walk! Are you serious you cant use a squeegee?.
You and vin should join forces! 2 half a cups will make a full one 

[Richard iSparkle]

Sounds more like you have ran before you can walk! Are you serious you cant use a squeegee?.
You and vin should join forces! 2 half a cups will make a full one 

i am quite proud of running before walking. why waste your time walking about 

dead serious about never having used a squeegee.  no need to use one.. just moving into commercial work and some of it is coming in with internal requests so that's why i'm considering it now.