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As a window cleaner, we would wash windows and other glass surfaces on buildings using ladders, water-fed poles, rope access equipment (abseils) or cradles. We can work on different types of buildings, including:

• private homes
• schools
• offices
• shops
• hospitals

Depending on the job, our duties could include:

• using ladders to clean lower windows
• washing windows at a higher level using water-fed poles
• cleaning windows on high buildings like tower blocks using cradles or ropes
• keeping a record of payment and completing customer reports
• safely storing equipment like ladders and transporting them between jobs. 

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Shining Windows, tips and tricks to window cleaning..

Shining Windows, tips and tricks to window cleaning..

 

Equipment

 

To get off to a good start with cleaning your windows, it's important to have good quality equipment. Some of this may be a little more specialised, but you should be able to find it all at a large hardware store, or a cleaning supplies shop - just type "cleaning supplies" into a search engine to find one close to you.
Here is a list of what you would find in my window cleaning bucket

• Bucket - Preferably wide enough to fit the squeegee and mop in. This one on the right is great for professionals, but a little over the top for householders.
• Squeegee - There are huge differences in quality available, and this is probably the most crucial tool of all. So I suggest purchasing a good one, not like the ones you find at petrol stations. Unger, Ettore, are recommended brands. Good quality squeegees will usually come assembled from three pieces. The handle, the channel and the piece of rubber supported by the channel. The rubber can be turned over when it gets old, and then replaced when both sides have worn out. (Window cleaners usually have their favourite brand of rubber, but I don't think it makes a big difference.) I have various sizes from 4 inches to 40 inches, but I use the 14 inch squeegee about 90% of the time.

• Mop (Also called 'Washer' and 'Wand'.) - This comes in two pieces: the plastic t-bar and the sleeve. When the sleeve gets dirty, you can detach it from the t-bar and put it in the washing machine. It's usually attached by Velcro or buttons. 14 inches is a good length.
  The sleeves come in different versions: Porcupine - with little plastic bits throughout it to help scrub off tough marks, Regular, Scourer - with a scouring strip on one side. But my favourite is definitely the Water Retention one. It's handy not to have to return to the bucket so much to dab more water on it. The handles can either be fixed, or swivel. The swivel one is easier on the wrist and far better when using a pole.
• Scraper - this comes with replaceable metal blades and is useful to get tough marks off, such as paint, varnish or stubborn insect marks. A little one inch, pocket scrapper (as seen to the right) is usually enough for most maintenance jobs, but larger 3 and 6 inch ones that fit onto the end of the pole are good for scraping larger areas.
  Take care using scrapers on glass! If you don't know the correct methods, you could cause permanent damage! Check point 2 in 'How to do it' below.
• Detergent - I hate to be the one that lets the cat out of the bag since there are a lot of window cleaners who jealously guard their secret formula, but I don't see any point in not telling. 'Morning Fresh' and 'Palmolive' are probably the most popular detergents. At the cleaning supplies shop you can spend a lot of money on all kinds of window cleaning detergents. I've tried a lot of them, and seem to always come back to Palmolive (soft on the hands and does a great job). Some people recommend vinegar in warm water. The biggest problem with this is that it doesn't sud up. The suds are important to lubricate the rubber as it passes over the glass, making it a lot easier to turn the squeegee. They also make it easier to see any water marks that need wiping off. In fact, they help to show up areas that need more scrubbing because the pattern of the bubbles separate more where there is a finger mark or some other dirt.

Other things not in the bucket

• Scrims/Rags - Usually a cotton towel or a micro-fibre cloth. More about how to use them later.
• Poles - I carry a short one that extends. It is 1.5m closed, 2.3m opened. This can be very handy for certain windows - but you need to know how to use it. I also use a 4 section pole that extends to 3 storeys high
• Ladders - I find a three step step-ladder is very useful, and the extension ladder that reaches about 2.5 storeys high - not advised for anyone not confident being at heights.
• Saftey Equipment - I use a ladder stopper, this great design significantly reduces the risk of movement between the ladder and the surface being used. Always ask someone to foot the ladder on ground that is not level, wet surfaces and loose gravel.
• Tool belt - This supports a side bucket and is a good place to easily access your scrapper and rags.
• Bucket-on-a-Belt - This is really just for the professionals. It is a small bucket that hangs down one leg off a belt around the waist. It is a great place to easily stash you mop and squeegee, saving them from dripping all over the place, and also giving you two free hands while walking up the ladder, on the roof etc.

How to do it

Assuming you have at least the basics of the above tools, I'll now describe how to actually use them.

1. Fill the bucket to about half or a bit less with cold water. Hot water will make the water evaporate too quickly. Put a few squirts of detergent into the water.
2. Apply the wet mop onto the window. Give it a good rub to make sure all the dirt is lifted. This is the time to scrape any stubborn marks off with the scrapper. If you need to use the scrapper, make sure to only pass the blade in the forward direction, i.e. don't scrape backwards - this could drag the dirt, cement etc across the glass causing scratches.
3. Now get the squeegee ready. Let's assume you're right-handed. Hold the handle of the squeegee in your right hand with your thumb half way between the top and side. When you place it on the glass, you want to have it at the correct angle and pressure.
4. Now you are ready to clean the water off the glass with the squeegee. Start at the top left corner and snake you way down the window. Make sure to go right to the edges. With a little practice, you will be able to manage this with no water marks left in the middle of the window.
5. It is nearly impossible to do a window without having to wipe the edges. Even the pros normally have to do this! That's where the scrim comes in. This is great for getting rid of those water marks anywhere on the glass. Use it dry. You can just put it in the washing machine when it's too wet or dirty.
6. Use the micro fibre cloth or wet scrim to wipe up any water spilt onto the window sill, frames  and the floor.
   
7. If there are any other marks, such as little insect marks or grubby finger marks that didn't quite come off, give it a rub with a clean part of the scrim or micro-fibre cloth, or start again with the mop. That's it! Your shining windows will look fantastic!
8. Now do the same on both sides to all the windows you want clean.

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Shining Windows Services, Window Cleaning Milton Keynes

Shining Windows, Milton Keynes Window Cleaning is a professional window cleaning company that provides a high quality service at an affordable price. We have dicounts and offer available online for new and existing customers.

When we are finished cleaning your windows there will be:
 
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Our qualitfied and fully trained staff are trained professionals that can handle even the toughest jobs. No project is too small or too big.

We clean windows for all types of structures and provide services for:

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Just blogging or making a difference....

The beginning of an end, can an industry be completely revolutionised...? by Matthew McDaid

The window cleaning industry has been tarred with the same old brush for year upon year, decade after decade. Most people find a that they share a common opinion of a window cleaning service; somewhat unprofessional, irregular and unstable. Those frequent changes of employment, periods of unemployment and pure desperation have driven many a desirable and undesirable to create a low budget income, we all seem too familiar with this experience of tradesmen. A man with a set of tools; someone who seems to mystify the majority of his customers expectations of regularity, quality of workmanship and sincerity of trade. Well, things are about to change for one industry in particular!

Yes, the current year is 2014! Is this a date that signifies our caution of trading with small companies? Have our experiences with international brands and casual window shopping on the high street created higher expectations of local traders? What is your reason to change an industry aged by inexperienced business men? Do our expectations and experiences as individuals in a modern society drive us to demand a better service?...

 

Shining Windows has come along long way with an understanding of our customers needs and expectations. The company to date have created a comforting handful of services available for purchase online, offers and services so creatively informative that members of society are inspired to talk about and share our ideas with friends, family members and co-workers. These ideas and impassioned desires to create what many customers secretly wanted to find in a company, have been implemented and welcomed by our local communities. Clients are surprised to see a local company thinking so far outside the box, these interactions with new and existing clients have driven the company to excel online with an impressive application of local services. The initiation of shopping online for a window clean has taken the market by surprise... Surprise!

Watch this space; www.shiningwindows.co.uk. These ideas are currently growing into action, these inspirations for the future of window cleaning will accomplish things far beyond your imagination.

Endgame; to excite the public opinion of a window cleaning service, a local tradesman and an industry full of potential. It would be a dull world without competitors...

Ideas are a beginning to something beautiful, a perspective!

The future is new, our future is for you.

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Shining Windows began trading in 2001. Since then the company has grown strong foundations and developed some wonderful working relationships whilst window cleaning in Milton Keynes

The future of Shining Windows continues to explore the world of business, learning and continually evolving for the benefit of the company and our customers

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