3 for 2 - Window Cleaning DVD Unique Offer

Mark Henderson of Window Cleaning Resource UK has kindly agreed to this 3 for the price of 2 offer for a limited time period. Get them while you can! All 3 for £40 +p&p.

What you get:

1. Advanced Window Cleaning Skills DVD
The most comprehensive guide to traditional window cleaning available, An ideal training aid. Learn such skills as; selecting the right tool for the job, minimising detailing, cleaning interior windows, using a scraper blade and the various techniques used for using a traditional extension pole up to a height of 10 metres. Work effectively! Each piece of equipment is explained and shown how it is used on real jobs. Warning: This DVD could seriously transform the way you and your staff clean windows. Normally £19.99+£1.50 P&P.

2. Window Cleaning Essentials DVD
This DVD shows how you can improve your skills as a window cleaner, helping you to work faster and more efficiently hence earning more money. It also offers useful tips regarding organisation, motivation and customer rapport. With the Window Cleaning Essentials DVD you will discover basic techniques and equipment required for novice window cleaners and anyone who might be considering starting their own window cleaning business. How to deal with various types of windows such as leaded and Georgian windows. Hints and tips that will help you avoid common and time costly mistakes. How to stay organised in your work and remain motivated. How to increase your income by improving the efficiency of your technique. An advanced technique is put to the test and the huge time difference is clearly shown, illustrating the effect it will have on your earnings. Normally £19.99+£1.50 P&P.

3. Choosing and Using a Water Fed Pole System DVD
This DVD shows how the water fed pole system works and offers advice for choosing the best type of system for your needs. It also demonstrates how to use a water fed pole to get the best results and contains many useful tips that can save you time and make you money. Normally £19.99+£1.50 P&P.

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Don Marsh - Networking with Other Services: Once in awhile I get a job for someone else who does some other service. It happens because a customer asks me if I know a painter or electrician or a plumber. I give them a name and number and that person mysteriously gets a phone call from someone who is ready to spend money. In a nutshell, that is how networking referrals work. At this very moment, someone is looking for a window cleaner in your town. She is hesitant to just call someone in the Yellow Pages because she wants someone who is known and trusted by her friends or another service person whose judgment she trusts. Today, some baby sitter or dog groomer or nail tech is thinking of who she knows who cleans windows; or who she has heard another customer talk about. Everyone is drawing a blank…because not one of those people knows who you are. More....

Don talks about self employment...

Two domestic workers (aka house maid) cleaning a second floor apartment window in Jordan, risking her life in the process. This is a very common sight in Jordan. Window cleaning is considered a required chore in many households, and if the worker refused she could be coerced, chastised, or fired. In some cases where the maid falls and dies or is injured, it's reported as an attempted suicide and the victim's family is denied any compensations.

Mr Squeegee of "A New View window cleaning" brings you the 6th & 7th episodes in the summer series of "weather or not." In the first video, Tony shares his ideas on add-on services during the slowdown. In the second video, Tony gives his thoughts on scheduling jobs around the heat. The third video shows you Tony utilising his backpack with a wfp on a balcony. See other videos here.

Shawn Gavin of Reach Higher Ground shows us the clamps & operation of the Gardiners SLX pole in the next 3 videos. RHG was started in 2006 by Shawn Gavin, a window cleaner with a vision. Shortly after getting into the window cleaning industry Shawn discovered pure water window cleaning. In his day to day operations of his window cleaning business Shawn found a need for products that were not currently available. As a result he sought out those products from other markets and began to utilize them in his own business. Since then, he has become committed to making those types of products available to other window cleaners. Shawn still operates his window cleaning business and his passion is to educate his fellow window cleaners about the benefits of pure water and help them incorporate it into their business. Reach Higher Ground, manufacturers in Colorado and distributes to many countries around the world. Check out the new website here.

Another new video series in the making from Window Cleaning Resource, this one titled "WFP's on WCR." Hosted by Micah Kommers of "We Wash Windows" from Greenville, South Carolina. Also shown is an exterior gutter cleaning video utilising a pressure washer.

The North West Window Cleaners BBQ was the gathering place for all window cleaners in the North west territory & was a resounding success. Here is the video below to show what happened on the day. Look out for the world's biggest squeegee "the Slayer." Tim Hunter of "Gleaming the View" showcased Networking, Demos, a Swap-meet & a BBQ. Click here for more details & pictures.

Finally....I think the heat has finally got to this window cleaner.

Glidex® Advanced Window Cleaning

Glidex spent seven years intricately researching every aspect of professional window cleaning; how professional window cleaners work and how the tools they use perform. Every step of the way was taken in consultation with professional window cleaners, and their views and advice examined and acted upon. All prototypes were extensively trialled in the field before final designs went into production. The result is a system of advanced professional window cleaning equipment that works better, is made from materials that fit the task better, is less tiring to use and is built to last. Glidex is not simply an incremental improvement on existing equipment, it is a total redesign to meet the high performance demands of today’s professionals.

Glidex® Ultra-stiff Alloy Channels: Made from anodised high temper aircraft grade aluminium, Glidex channels are four times more rigid than traditional brass or stainless steel channels. The unique Glidex channel design ensures even pressure across the entire rubber blade eliminating ‘tip lay-off’. Glidex channels offer a superior release angle when squeegeeing into tight corners such as aluminium box frames. For added convenience there is also an extra groove to alter the squeegee angle to suit various site conditions or user preference. Glidex channels come in 12 widths from 150mm (6 inches) to 910mm (36 inches). All channels are supplied with squeegee blade and easy to use stainless steel retaining clips.

Adjustable Swivel HeadThe adjustable swivel head is standard on all Glidex squeegee handles and T-bar washers, giving them the versatility to work in any situation. All Glidex handles have the unique Safe-ConnectTM feature for use with Glidex poles. The Glidex swivel handle can be fixed through almost 180°. There is a convenient self–righting click to re establish the 90° configuration. The Glidex Safe-ConnectTM pole latch attachment means effortless attachment and release of Glidex squeegees and T-bar washers. There is a unique double action lever-lock feature for both safety and convenience. The first lever action allows easy offsetting of the channel without the danger of an accidental channel release. The second action allows a controlled release for a quick channel change. For those who prefer a longer grip there is the new GH2 safety swivel handle which incorporates a convenient lanyard fixing point. Ideal for hi-rise work!

Glidex® Squeegee BladesGlidex blades are made from a compound like no other. Six years of dedicated research went into the development of a blade compound, based on highest quality natural rubber, that could be manufactured to give the truest edge and most durable performance where it matters. Where blade, water and glass meet. The unique, reversible twin life rubber profile ensures the second edge is completely protected until the blade is reversed. This means longer life and better performance from each blade. The Glidex ‘micro eye’ process ensures that every blade is manufactured totally free of imperfections. Glidex blades are available in 12 lengths ranging from 150mm (6 inches) to 910mm (36 inches). When fitting the T-bar washer handle or squeegee handle to the pole, Glidex’s innovative Safe-ConnectTM latch feature does away with the need to jamb handles onto the pole.

Glidex® Squeegee Swivel Handle Moulded in hi-impact Nylon 66Glidex squeegee swivel handles are ergonomically shaped to fit the hand. They are both lightweight and incredibly tough. Choose from the standard GH1 squeegee swivel handle, or for those who prefer a longer grip, the new GH2 safety swivel handlewhich incorporates a conveniently placed lanyard fixing point. The GH2 offers the ultimate in safety for hi-rise work.

Ergonomically Speaking Professional window cleaning is demanding physical work. Equipment that is ill-balanced, awkward to grip or uncomfortable to use can build up damaging levels of strain in the operator. Glidex is designed to balance the weight of the channel head to the glass, which results in a little less energy spent with every sweep. The fingers receive extra support in the handgrip, a fact well appreciated by the cleaners who trialled Glidex. Every operational action, the lengthening of an extension pole, the rotation of the T-bar swivel handle or the switching of a blade has been carefully studied and designed so that it can be carried out with routine ease–even when you are 40 floors up.

Material GainMany existing systems still employ brass in castings and moving parts or inferior plastic compounds that do not possess sufficient mechanical strength or durability. Glidex is made from aircraft grade aluminium and hi-impact Nylon 66–light but incredibly tough and long-lasting. All moving parts are made from self-lubricating hi-density polymer, which will remain smooth and unworn through thousands of operations (unlike traditional brass fittings). The greatest and most important difference is in the Glidex squeegee blade. The high quality rubber-based compound is the result of years of rigorous testing to establish exactly the right balance between durability and ease of use while maintaining a perfect streak-free edge. This unique compound is not simply moulded but slit under high pressure to unrivalled and exacting standards of true finish, using purpose-built equipment. Other blades, literally, don’t come close.

Glidex® is Manufactured by: Raven Products Pty. Ltd. 18-22 Aldershot Road, Lonsdale, SA

5160 Australia

Government Data Reveals Cleaning Payments

Millionaire’s MP wife claimed £1,600 for cleaning windows:

AN MP married to a Welsh millionaire spent £1,600 of taxpayers’ cash on cleaning the windows of their luxury London flat. Barbara Follett, the Labour MP for Stevenage and wife of novelist Ken Follett, called the cleaners 18 times between February 2003 and March 2004 to the flat they share in the Soho area of the city. The cleaning cost £80 a time plus £14 VAT, and every penny was claimed back from the taxpayer. A home in the same street as the Folletts’ is currently on sale for £4.25m. The details are among extensive data finally released yesterday after Commons authorities gave up a three-year £100,000 legal battle to keep them secret.

SpiderMan as a Window Cleaner...again

Wall-climbing technique now used for robots could lead to tech that allows soldiers, window washers to scale sheer surfaces, too. are a whole range of scenarios, from security- or surveillance-related situations to natural disasters, in which it could be really useful to have a robot that can climb walls. But the idea gets so much traction because it's also just flat-out cool.
We've covered the efforts to design machines that scale vertical surfaces using techniques borrowed from geckos, and another that uses vacuum forces. But this weekend, at a major robotics conference, researchers from SRI International will be discussing a different approach: electro-adhesion. The SRI robots can clamp on to glass, wood, brick, concrete and more by using electrostatic charges generated by a battery. The materials used are compliant, so their robots can attach to just about any surface - rough and dusty or clean and flat. In the future, they say the technology could allow humans to climb walls, too, whether they be Special Forces operatives or window cleaners.

10,000 Windows

Crystal Cathedral gets a wash down. GARDEN GROVE The glass panels of the Crystal Cathedral will likely have an added shimmer in the coming days as the sun's rays bounce off the Orange County landmark. That's because the Cathedral is getting its first wash down in two years. Why the hiatus? The cathedral has more than 10,000 windows of tempered silver-colored glass that are held in place by a lace-like frame of white steel trusses. Of course, cleaning it involves a lot of man hours, expense and special equipment, says Ed Quiroga, facilities director for the Cathedral. "It takes quite a lot of work to maintain a glass house like this one especially when it comes to washing it," he said. It's not your average window-washing job, but an elaborate two-week process. Five men are hoisted up in a specially designed basket by a crane. The basket is equipped with brushes on the side that spray de-ionized water with ammonia, he explains.
"The basket goes up and down with the men until all the windows are washed and cleaned," Quiroga said. The ammonia in the water prevents spots and streaks in the glass after it's cleaned, he said. They use at least 100 gallons of ammonia and tens of thousands of gallons of water. It takes a lot of preparatory work even before workers get to that stage. First they go up in a different basket and put suction cups on the glass to check for loose panels. "We want to fix it because it's the only way to minimize leaks inside the house," Quiroga says. The caulking takes a week and the washing itself lasts another week. Workers are preparing to wash down the Cathedral this week. Usually, this is an annual ritual, but the Cathedral hasn't been washed in two years because of the time and expense involved, Quiroga said. It also creates a scene with curious passers by stopping to look at the laborious process. "It's a lot of work and a lot of hours,'' Quiroga said. "But the Cathedral looks really beautiful right after it's done and we get a lot of comments about that."

Computer Problems

I'm afraid that I'm having some computer problems - so the blog for the next week could be rather limited. The fact that we have had huge rainfalls & I live in a third world country (Mallorca, Spain) could have something to do with it! This post & the subsequent posts are coming from an internet café. Until Telefonica get their act together & it stops raining - happy window cleaning.

Window Cleaning Resources UK DVD - Out Now

The most comprehensive guide to traditional window cleaning available, this DVD looks at the various skills a window cleaner needs to aquire in order to work effectively, making it an ideal training aid. Each piece of equipment is explained and shown how it is used on real jobs. Learn such skills as; selecting the right tool for the job, minimising detailing, cleaning interior windows, using a scraper blade and the various techniques used for using a tradtional extension pole up to a height of 10 metres. Warning: This DVD could seriously transform the way you and your staff clean windows. Buy it here.