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Does anyone know of any good window cleaners in the Prenton area. We have used the same one for over 10 years and he keeps bumping up the price and now he has just put them up to £4 which is ridiculous and us and other people in the road have just cancelled him coming so he is loseing alot of custom from it.
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Sounds like a job opportunity to me. (well not me cos I'm a girly and I don't like heights!) Is it worth anyone starting up and under cutting him?
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Sounds like a job opportunity to me. (well not me cos I'm a girly and I don't like heights!) Is it worth anyone starting up and under cutting him? Was thinking that meself, i would do it for 3.50 a house.
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how often did he clean them
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he usually made them dirty
He never really cleaned them much
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Does anyone know of any good window cleaners in the Prenton area. We have used the same one for over 10 years and he keeps bumping up the price and now he has just put them up to £4 which is ridiculous and us and other people in the road have just cancelled him coming so he is loseing alot of custom from it. Stick with him,I live off North Rd and have been quoted £19.00 to do my windows. Chris Infact send him down this way
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got to be may bank /west bank rd big houses there.
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£4 a house is bloody cheap imho, our window cleaner wanted £6 just to do the front of the house.
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Does anyone know of any good window cleaners in the Prenton area. We have used the same one for over 10 years and he keeps bumping up the price and now he has just put them up to £4 which is ridiculous and us and other people in the road have just cancelled him coming so he is loseing alot of custom from it. Buy one of those long pole things with the sheep's wool on one side and the windscreen wiper on the other and give it to the wifey for her birthday
Last edited by bert1; 5th Mar 2009 8:43am.
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Buy one of those long pole things with the sheep's wool on one side and the windscreen wiper on the other and give it to the wifey for her birthday
Make sure there's a hook on the end of the pole so when she shoves it up your @rse you can get it back out.
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Buy one of those long pole things with the sheep's wool on one side and the windscreen wiper on the other and give it to the wifey for her birthday
Make sure there's a hook on the end of the pole so when she shoves it up your @rse you can get it back out. Just thought it was lighter for wifey to carry, than ladders.
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Buy one of those long pole things with the sheep's wool on one side and the windscreen wiper on the other and give it to the wifey for her birthday
Make sure there's a hook on the end of the pole so when she shoves it up your @rse you can get it back out. Just thought it was lighter for wifey to carry, than ladders. You're all heart you
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[quote=bert1]
Buy one of those long pole things with the sheep's wool on one side and the windscreen wiper on the other and give it to the wifey for her birthday Make sure there's a hook on the end of the pole so when she shoves it up your @rse you can get it back out. Just thought it was lighter for wifey to carry, than ladders. You're all heart you [/quote] Thank you for saying so
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i thought that aswell u sure your not jamie
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lmao he must be lol do your windows you self MR Iceman
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lmao he must be lol do your windows you self MR Iceman I carnt the warm water will melt the ice hehehe.
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Does anyone know of any good window cleaners in the Prenton area. We have used the same one for over 10 years and he keeps bumping up the price and now he has just put them up to £4 which is ridiculous and us and other people in the road have just cancelled him coming so he is loseing alot of custom from it. MrIM £4 is REAL CHEAP. "They" wanted £15 to clean my windows with a brush on a pole thing supplied with water pumped from their van. OK, I am a corner house with bays up & down on two sides BUT access is real easy all the way around the house. I had watched them 'clean' the windows on a neighboring house and was less than impressed so I declined their offer. I do it myself - once a month downstairs and like maybe once or twice a year upstairs. Maybe) My mum pays £10 for her windows to be cleaned by hand (regular semi) back & front but for that they do not clean upstairs at the side of the house because they say the passageway is too narrow and their ladder will be unsafe. £4 is real low. How long does it take to properly clean the windows on (say) a semi? I reckon with 2 people 20 mins absolute minimum with ladder moves etc. So the theoretical max is 3 houses per hour - and more likely 2 allowing for cleaning leathers, getting water, a morning/ afternoon break and lunchtime. That means £56/ day for a 7 hour working day with 1 hour lunch. Share that between 2 people and pay National Insurance, liability insurance and tax - and then you see how low is £4 per house Snod
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what annoys me about window cleaners...oh hold on wrong thread - i'll plonk this in the what annoys me thread
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Does anyone know of any good window cleaners in the Prenton area. We have used the same one for over 10 years and he keeps bumping up the price and now he has just put them up to £4 which is ridiculous and us and other people in the road have just cancelled him coming so he is loseing alot of custom from it. Stick with him,I live off North Rd and have been quoted £19.00 to do my windows. Chris Infact send him down this way is this a joke?
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Does anyone know of any good window cleaners in the Prenton area. We have used the same one for over 10 years and he keeps bumping up the price and now he has just put them up to £4 which is ridiculous and us and other people in the road have just cancelled him coming so he is loseing alot of custom from it. Stick with him,I live off North Rd and have been quoted £19.00 to do my windows. Chris Infact send him down this way is this a joke? I wasn't laughing when he told me the price.Sorry only just caught up with this thread again. Chris.
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I'm joining the £4 is cheap side. I pay £6. He comes every 6 weeks & uses the pole system. If it's used properly, the system uses de-mineralised water & it takes 2 or 3 goes before it works at its best.
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I know this post has died and moved on but i just came across it and as a window cleaner i felt i had to inject some info into it
Firstly you have traditional window cleaning,ie ladders and a squeegee secondly you have the water fed pole cleaning system The 2005 working at heights regs restricts the use of ladders,unless you have attended a ladder safety training course and ladders are to be used only if there is no alternative safe method,thats why the water fed pole cleaning system is now the uk and european preferred method of cleaning windows because it meets all legal and safety requirements
Window cleaners ,in my opinion fall into sections 1)professional:adheres to the above requirements,offers electronic / internet payments,calls on a regular basis,leaves a slip when the clean is completed, text service if the gate needs left open, uniformed etc, etc
2)and the other section well probably none of the above,but thats up to them and good luck to them
What you then get is a price differential, no 1 will charge on average £10.00 a month for a three bed-semi,for this everything gets washed,doors, frames, windows, even the ones above the conservatory thats one of the advantages of the "pole system" the traditional window cleaner well for £4.00 you get £4.00 worth of service and a cleaning. i could go on all night but i want to leave with a thought for you: if the guy on the ladders falls on your property and he can prove YOU are negligent,ie the decking was not maintained,the paving / patio flags were not sound,laid properly etc he can sue. by employing someone on a ladder there may be a small window of mitigation on your part
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id rather pay a fiver to have them done by hand the pole doesn't do as good a job theres plenty of window cleaners that don't do electronic billing text or uniforms yet offer a good old fashioned service
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by employing someone on a ladder there may be a small window of mitigation on your part
Don't understand this last sentence; care to clarify what you mean?
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I think what he means is...
Window cleaner is up the ladder washing the windows, ladder slips on an un-even surface. Window cleaner gets hurt and then claims off the customer saying "floor wasn't level" etc.
If this did happen they wouldn't have a ladder to stand on imo.
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I think what he means is...
Window cleaner is up the ladder washing the windows, ladder slips on an un-even surface. Window cleaner gets hurt and then claims off the customer saying "floor wasn't level" etc.
If this did happen they wouldn't have a ladder to stand on imo. Oh, I understand perfectly well what the general idea of his argument is; it's just that the last sentence makes no sense to me. I agree with you; in my opinion it's the responsibility of the ladder user to make sure it's safe. If his judgment is incorrect and he falls, that's his own fault, after all, no-one made him use an insecure ladder.
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omg moaning about £4 the going rate is 5to 6 pound...clean your own if your that bloody worried about being ripped off
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In my opinion most window experienced window cleaners know how to safely use a ladder and they dont take silly risks, after all its not in there interest. I live in Heswall and i recently started using a window cleaning firm called Wirral Window Cleaning i am very happy with them as they do a great job!
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