My word...lol, I thought that would get some replies
Peter has been WFP cleaning longer than most of us, and you will find that the windows have been rinsed!!
I guess this thread kind of ties in with the ongoing debate about rinsing on or off the glass, but Peter has a very high flow rate, and you must also remember that the window is being continually rinsed as it is being washed.
Quality is basic, but it is only there to show the speed that an experienced WFFPer can work at.
Now I find that probably 90% and above of my monthly repeat cleans are barely dirty enough to warrant cleaning again.
By the way, I believe in keeping the windows clean, not waiting until they get dirty to clean them.
I also find that fly poo washes of glass very easily indeed, bird poo is noticable at a glance, and when you see it then you spend more time washing it off.
Looks easy doesn't it?
but as some of the comments made have already shown, even those that now have WFP express doubts as to how those windows can be cleaned properly in that time.
Easy?
No it isn't you really do have to know what you are doing to do a proper job in this kind of time, you simply won't achieve this overnight.
But as I have pointed out on several occasions now, 30-40 seconds per window is very achievable.
you will also need to work with a very high flow rate to achieve it too.
I'm working at well over 2, maybe 2.5 litres a minute, but it has taken a long time for me to be comfortable working with such a high flow rate.
For a long time my flow rate was half of that, I simply couldn't cope with that much water gushing out of my brush.
Watch an experienced trad window cleaner whip through a few patio windows, it looks so easy that its obvious that anyone can do it.
but as we all know, what that trad guy does in a few minutes will take a total newbie 5 or 6 times as long to achieve, and the quality of the clean will be poor.
This I know from many years of employing and training window cleaners!
On a 12 window house I would do all of the upstairs and most of the downstairs too, they would be lucky to get 2 windows done, and I would probably have to go over most of their work to boot
This clip isn't a speed clip, it isn't about quality, it is merely an example of what can be done..
Ian.
Oh dear, as I clicked on 'post' I saw that others had replied....
As usual I see that Squeaks has to slag of WFP and in particular slag of the ability of one of the leaders in WFP, such critisism is rude and unjustified.
Peter was not trying to speed clean, it was merely an example of WFP in action and being done by a very experienced and professional window cleaner.
Any time you want to tag along and watch me clean a standard monthly clean Roger, be my guest, get out your stop watch and time me on how long it takes me to get my gear out and clean a similar number of windows, including the downstairs.
We'll have a coffee and a chat while we wait for the windows to dry so that you can verify that they have been done to a high standard.
You will also notice that all frames and sills are thoroughly washed too.
I think you will find that the job that Peter has done will be as good as any that you could do.
this wasn't posted as a trad v WFP thread, it was pure WFP.
I did not post this link to see an unsuspecting man pilloried for doing his job, and his integrity called into question.
Comments like Squeaks will leave me no option but to delete the thread.
Ian