Do you have a window cleaner?

Blimey. £15 every 8 weeks seems steep now. Saying that, he stopped showing up back in April and not heard from him since. My cleaner before him actually died, he was in his 60s, current one who will be replaced as unreliable is in his 30s so hopefully he hasn't died!
 
Puzzled said:
£10 a month front and back but all they do is use one of those water fed cleaning poles.

Apparently they use filtered water to stop streaks as they don't dry them properly but I reckon it's just tap water. I get told to stop moaning :p

They do most of the houses on the street so must make quite a bit.
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£10 is actually insanely cheap! my window cleaner charges £25 a month and we never have any problems. maybe your guy isnt actually using purified water because how is he charging only £10? one of those wfp poles alone costs hundreds of £ doesn't make sense to charge such little. where are you located and what company do you use?
 
£13 every 4 weeks. Eastbourne, 8 big windows in a 1st floor flat, on a main road and salty sea air. Worth it.

Quite surprised hiow low some people's are when you consider these people have to run a van, purified water, poles etc and liability insurance etc. The freeholders got rid of my previous window cleaner cos he didn't have any insurance and they were worried he might damage something.
 
£20 for front and back , approx 20 windows

We have them cleaned about twice a year
 
I clean them myself... Takes about 20 mins. I also get the soffits at the same time.
 
I’d do them myself but haven’t got a ladder long enough. Those poles are garbage if you want to do it properly.

Anyway, £14 every five weeks. 3 bed detached. Old school fella - well into his sixties.
 
Barry Smalley said:
Those poles are garbage if you want to do it properly.
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Have you used a quality carbon fibre pole with pure water and good brush head and not the overly abrasive ones window cleaners use for speed?

I clean my own windows and have tried both traditional and WFP on my homes and the latter is better and lasts longer. Most WFP cleaners are using less than fully pure water, brush heads than can scratch frames (as they clean quicker) and rush hence a poorer and potentially damaging result as we had previously.
 
Simon42 said:
I clean my own windows and have tried both traditional and WFP on my homes and the latter is better and lasts longer.
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if you do it off of a ladder can clean the base of the window where the unit seals into the frame and the sill thoroughly - which I don't think you can do with a pole ?
(when the sealed units get blown I'd like to know if freezing and ingress of dirt at the base contributes)
 
I lived here 14 years or so, never cleaned the windows outside even once..
the rain cleans them.


It rains so often why even bother
 
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Simon42 said:
Have you used a quality carbon fibre pole with pure water and good brush head and not the overly abrasive ones window cleaners use for speed?

I clean my own windows and have tried both traditional and WFP on my homes and the latter is better and lasts longer. Most WFP cleaners are using less than fully pure water, brush heads than can scratch frames (as they clean quicker) and rush hence a poorer and potentially damaging result as we had previously.
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I’d be interested which one you use please. Our cleaner charges £30 for a 10 minute job, 5 bed semi and it’s never a great finish
 
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jpaul said:
if you do it off of a ladder can clean the base of the window where the unit seals into the frame and the sill thoroughly - which I don't think you can do with a pole ?
(when the sealed units get blown I'd like to know if freezing and ingress of dirt at the base contributes)
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This is my issue. There is no way a pole can get in between the sill and the frame. You can’t even see the it unless you’re up there with a ladder.
 
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