Baseball Bat Road Rage

A metal baseball bat-type object was used to smash the car's window

Teenager Davern Pinnock of Fartown admits baseball bat road rage attack which injured father and son on Leeds Road: A window cleaning father and son were both assaulted after their van was attacked by the occupants of another vehicle which had cut in front of them. The violence erupted after David Jones senior beeped his horn at the Renault Clio which pulled in front of him, causing him to brake sharply in in Leeds Road, Huddersfield.

Kathryn Stuckey, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court yesterday the occupants of that car began gestures towards him and his son David. He drove on but the Renault Clio then turned round and began to follow them. When he had to stop at a traffic light on red Mr Jones was shocked when his driver’s side window was suddenly smashed causing glass to go over him.

That had been done by a man holding what appeared to be a metal baseball bat. Mr Jones got out rather than be “a sitting duck” and grabbed the bat. They stumbled across the road with him being punched several times and he could see his son was being assaulted by two other men. Those two men then joined the attack on him before the trio eventually drove off.

The incident was witnessed by at least one other motorist who called the police. Mr Jones was bleeding and suffered dizziness, while his son was also injured from punches and kicks. Miss Stuckey said one man was identified as Davern Pinnock who denied having a weapon but accepted he was party to a joint enterprise.

Pinnock, 18 of Aquamarine Drive, Fartown, accepted assaulting causing actual bodily harm to both men. He also accepted breaching a previously suspended sentence by failing to attend activities when required and failing to attend court on an earlier date. Yunus Valli representing him said that suspended sentence had been imposed after the assaults for offences committed earlier than them and he had changed his life since then including helping his mother with siblings.

“He is a young intelligent man and is genuinely remorseful and ashamed what he did that day.” Judge Rodney Jameson QC said it was difficult to accept his remorse as genuine when he failed to attend court and had not admitted guilt as early as he could. He sent Pinnock to a young offender institution for a total of 17 months saying whoever had the weapon the van window was smashed in a joint enterprise and the two men assaulted. “They both required stitching to cuts caused in the course of the assault.”

A Life On The Edge

French-born new American citizen Juju Julien has led a peripatetic life. Now settled in Telluride, he says the American Dream has nothing to do with money; it’s about opportunity.

For Juju Jullien, a life on the edge (Raised in the French Alps, rope technician now calls Telluride home): On a recent weekday morning, a crowd of a dozen or so tourists gathered on a rugged switchback leading up to the top of Bridal Veil Falls, tumbling out of their four wheel drive Jeeps to gawk and take pictures.

The scene was beautiful: a bluebird day, the box canyon walls resplendent in their deep, earthy red and Bridal Veil Falls tumbling down with renewed vigor after recent rain and snow. But the tourists were focused on something else: a man walking across a newly installed water pipe like an acrobat, a grin on his face. Below the pipe is nothing but hundreds of feet of empty void before the nearby falls crash onto loose rock.

That man is Juju Jullien. Oblivious to the tourists below snapping pictures of his nimble ascent, he is focused on his work getting water pipes installed to eventually bring water from Blue Lake to the Pandora water treatment system. “Since I was a kid I always loved to approach the void and just stand up and try to control my fear and my balance,” Jullien said in an interview during a break from work, relaxing against a windowsill inside the Bridal Veil Power Station. “I think it’s beautiful. I’m never as happy as I am when I’m on the edge,” he added.

A crowd of onlookers gather below Juju Jullien, who is working with his rope access company just below the Bridal Veil Power Station.

Jullien grew up in the French Alps, and has an air of fearlessness and aliveness that is typical of mountaineers and alpinists when they are in their element. For 15 years, Jullien worked in the Alps as ski patrol, bombing avalanches and patrolling the backcountry. Starting in 1994, he would spend the off-season between winter and summer seasonal mountain jobs working in the burgeoning world of rope access.

Rope access work started in the 1980s in France, when urban companies in Paris and Lyon would call upon mountaineers to help with work like window washing and construction. The first real rope access company was called Les Alpinistes du Bâtiment, or the building alpinists. Mountain guides and alpine climbers flocked to the work, a natural fit for their bravery and technical skill on vertical walls.

Julien has lived in the U.S. since 2002 legally, and has since become a U.S. citizen. In 2005, he started RopeTech, an employee-owned window-washing and roof-shoveling business.

Jullien found plenty of gigs doing rope access work: installing phone antennas, washing windows, even rigging safe via ferrata routes in Europe. He’s even worked on offshore wind farms in Denmark and rigged 22,000 strobe lights to the Eiffel Tower. Then he found Telluride, a mountain town paradise for a ski mountaineer like him with the added benefit of plenty of rope access work. He started by window washing at The Peaks and has found work ever since. “I live in Telluride and I have a job in my specialty. I feel lucky. I worked hard for it, but I feel lucky,” he said.

Back to that opening scene, where Jullien is walking across a 2000-pound steel pipe to the marvel of a crowd of people below. What the tourists can’t see from far away is the redundant safety system that Jullien and his workers maintain. He and his business partner Damon Johnston, with whom he runs a company called Access in Motion, are certified by the both the Industrial Rope Access Trade Association and the Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians.

They always have two locking carabiners affixed to a static rope when they’re working at height, in addition to the professional grade equivalent of what is essentially a Petzl GriGri, a belay device that automatically locks if the wearer takes an unexpected fall. “Unless someone shows up and cuts my rope, nothing can happen to me,” Jullien said. “And I have a double rope system.” “It seems dangerous, but it’s the safest industry in the construction industry,” he added.

Julien saw an opportunity to use his technical rope and rigging skills to extend his work visa. He would go to England to obtain a worldwide certification for rope access and rigging, something he says doesn’t’ really exist in the U.S.

While rope access gear is similar to that used by rock climbers, much of the professional gear was actually inspired by cavers. Cavers use static ropes (rock climbers use dynamic ropes that stretch) and cavers also depend on ascenders, or jumars, to climb back up out of the cave they descended into to explore.

It’s not easy work. Jullien’s current work site with the Town of Telluride project is at 10,500 feet, with the cold, wet Bridal Veil Falls constantly booming in the background. Plus the job itself is a physical challenge: lifting, pushing, rigging and climbing. “We help each other like we would do climbing or hanging out in the mountains,” he said. He and his team always work in pairs: two points of contact with safety ropes, two ropes and two workers who are trained to rescue each other if anything goes wrong.

“You try to be alive every day, by taking chances,” Jullien said. “There are pros and cons of that lifestyle, but I like it. There is only so much you can go against your own self. That’s me.” With that, the interview is over and Jullien swings out of the open window, clips back onto his rope, and walks above the void again. Back to work, living and working on the edge.

Window Cleaning Everyday In Fancy Dress

Ian Kevern wore 30 different suits in 30 days for charity. Click all images to enlarge.

Torrington window cleaner dons a costume a day for charity: A window cleaner has raised thousands of pounds for charity after donning a different suit every day last month for work. Ian Kevern, from Torrington, created the Suitember challenge to raise money for Edukid and the Barnstaple Chemotherapy Unit appeal. So far Ian has raised £3,800. From Spiderman and Scooby Doo to Woody Woodpecker, Ian wore a different fancy dress outfit every day throughout September while on his window cleaning rounds. Donate here.

Ian said: “What a month it turned out to be. Torrington and surrounding community have been amazing, very supportive and encouraging. “I think this was helped by a daily blog on Facebook which kept everyone up to date with what I was wearing and what I got up to. “Every morning around 7am my wife Tanya launched the day to show what I would be dressed up in, she produced a concept photo which took a few hours every night to create.”

Ian fulfilled his window cleaning duties despite being stung by a hornet and being taken into hospital.

He said: “I think the worse day was when I was Spiderman. I got stung on the head by a massive hornet and had to go to hospital for two hours. “I had a bad reaction and went into anaphylactic shock and had to take some steroids to calm things down.”

Ian said his favourite suit was his Breaking Bad costume. He said: “The day I did the character Walter White I went into town and had just about everybody pose for a photo with me and had them holding a bag with blue sugar in it.”

Ian said September’s hot weather caused havoc when he wore long wigs. He said: “One day I was Woody Woodpecker and I was hot I went for a swim in the Torridge when my beak went somewhat limp. “I turned a few heads along the way, my favourite moment was when I took my dogs out dressed as Marilyn Monroe in a red dress and blonde wig. “A white van man tooted his horn and shouted out the window. His face was a picture when I turned my head to look at him.”

Previous Blog on Suitember here.

Window Cleaner’s Worst Nightmare

Frana speaks to 3AW Breakfast who organised a window cleaner who cleaned the wrong house.

A window cleaner's worst nightmare (Rumour Confirmed): A window cleaner has done a bang-up job, cleaning an entire double-storey property, only to realise he was at the wrong house.

'Sparkling Clean' told the 3AW Rumour File how a Mornington Peninsula (Australia) cleaning company employee did a stellar job washing all the windows of a home, but when it came to leaving his bill he discovered he was at the wrong address.

Frana, who arranged the window cleaner, told Ross and John she realised there was a problem when the cleaner mentioned there was an Audi parked in the driveway - a car she doesn't own.

“During the day I got the call, ‘Hi Frana, I’ve finished the house, I’ll leave the bill here. But there’s a bit of a problem, the back door in unlocked,’” she told 3AW.

“Oh my God, really?" He said, ‘And there’s an Audi in the drive.’

“I said, ‘I haven’t got an Audi.’

“I said, 'Look, there’s a key beside the back door in the book case. Can you get the key?’

“He said, ‘There’s no bookcase there.’”

Frana then suggested the cleaner take a look at the house number – and then the penny dropped.

“He goes out [to the letterbox] and all I heard was ‘Ooh’,” she said.

Ross Stevenson said the cleaner could have been pounced on by the rozzers.

“The bloke in the Audi was presumably either armed with a shotgun or ringing 000 saying that there’s someone here cleaning windows against my will,” he said.

Burnso said the fuzz would have charged him with aggravated burglary because "he was armed with window cleaner". The window cleaner told Frana that what he’d done was “a window cleaner’s worst nightmare”.

Joe: Who else has done this then?
Was instructed by a custy to park at the back gate, told me red gate, tree overhanging & tree cuttings piled up.
Walked in, halfway through the garden," What are you doing?!! "
"hi shelley im here to clean your windows!". Im not shelley and i dont need a window cleaner!
Oh sorry i say, this was the instructions i was given. Turned out house i needed was 10 houses up.
What are the chances of the directions i was given being exactly the same for another house?!

Paul: Yes I done it 4 days ago lol started cleaning done 2 windows and some old bird came out "what you doing" I said I Gave you a price 2 days ago on Facebook, oops it was next door so the next-door house was Totaly different to what I priced up I priced about £5 more than I should of lol felt like a rite ***

All Round Cleaning: I done it myself but i done 3 in 1 go lol .

Dodger: I ask facebook customers to put something in window like a piece if paper with an X on it or something (change it all time) not just to make sure it's right house but more to make sure I'm not being wound up by another windie.

RCProperty: yer i've done that a few times! not just a few windows!! the whole house! lol think is just something that goes with the job! lol

Posh: Have cleaned 2 whole houses before. One wrote me 65 & should ave been number 63 & another had an extension done so when I went back 5 months later next door had an extension to & just didnt think.

GMeister: Last month cleaned this house(one house in a row of house) anyway, it was the third house in, in the row, anyway I somehow counted it as two houses in, as the one at the end didnt have a front door like the others but was on the side.
So when I when to do the back I counted two houses in by mistake and started to clean the backs, women comes out and says I thought we agreed every 8 weeks?
I was like yeah we did but I counted the wrong house in lol. Was meant to do next door
 

MarkM: I cleaned a wrong house last year should have been No1 i cleaned No1a

RCProperty: thats the problem when they are 1 1a 1b etc! mine was 22c but i did 22d! lol

David Van Bebbers 50 Foot Fall To The Aisle

David Van Bebber worked hard to recover after falling from a 50-foot building while helping his father with his window-washing business.

Louisburg Rehab celebrates a remarkable patient: David Van Bebber’s fall from atop a 50 foot building put him in a wheelchair with a fractured back and damaged spinal cord. His determined recovery let him walk unaided down the aisle just over a year later to marry his bride and gain the title of 2014 Great Recovery Patient from Miami County Medical Center Louisburg Rehabilitation.

Van Bebber’s therapists gave him this recognition to highlight National Rehabilitation Awareness Week and to laud his positive attitude one calls “electric” and all admire. “That’s the majority of the battle,” said physical therapist JJ Vogelsberg. “We point them in the direction and guide them along, but ultimately what the patient does is the difference.”

Van Bebber, 30, said he takes full responsibility for the fall he took May 27, 2013, at Geary Community Hospital in Junction City while helping his father at his window-washing business. “I had been a certified outdoor guide at the time,” Van Bebber said. “I would inspect climbing equipment, so I told my dad ‘I’ll look at your stuff.’ “I looked at it, it looked good, so I said I would rappel down before anyone else.”

He said he knows he overlooked a few things. “The mistakes were mine,” he said. “Just as I started to rappel down, the rope popped and down I went.” His experience as a rock climber, boulderer and zip-line attendant all combined, he said, to desensitize him to the sensation of free-falling, and he subconsciously moved in place to land on his feet.

Extensive damage

His injuries included damage to his spinal cord — the result of a burst fracture in his back bone that sent bone fragments flying — lumbar fractures, ankle fractures and heel bone fractures. He had four surgeries on his heels, three lower back surgeries, including a L1-5 spinal fusion, and two surgeries to place and remove blood clot filters.

He said his recovery process began with a determined thought that, down the road, he would not regret that he had not put forward a full effort. “I didn’t want to have to think that I could have worked harder,” he said. “That essentially was the more motivating factor, it is simple to settle, and I don’t like that idea. “I had worked hard prior to being injured, and I hated to let that seem to be all for naught.”

He knew, too, that he was not alone in his recovery. “I had a lot of people around me that are incredibly encouraging, people who spent time praying for and with me and speaking affirmations in my life. When you have people wanting you to do well, you seem to be persuaded or compliant to pushing in that same direction,” he said.

The right place

After finding Louisburg Rehabilitation in January, he said he always felt like he was in the right place, and he encountered the right people. His physical therapists were Vogelsberg, Christine Davis and Lisa Robbins. “They take ownership in you as a patient and in your recovery,” he said. “That’s what sets Louisburg Rehabilitation apart.”

“He was very fortunate that he didn’t end up paralyzed,” Vogelsberg said. “He came from a very low place to now he rides his bike 20-some miles, he’s back to some light running, it’s just an amazing kind of recovery.” Had Van Bebber avoided physical therapy, his physical therapist said he would not have gotten back much function. “He had a fall that damaged him clear to the frame of who he is,” Vogelsberg said. “The doctors put the frame back together, but that does nothing to what holds the frame or makes it move. “What moves, supports and protects the frame, that’s what we worked on in physical therapy.”

He’s gone from a wheelchair, to a walker, to a cane to walking unaided, albeit with what Van Bebber calls “a few deficits” including numbness and tingling sensations. “Recovery isn’t linear,” Van Bebber said, “You have to shift your paradigm to reassess what progress is. It is forward and backward, but you can use the setbacks to assess, to take time off. It prevents things from getting worse.” From the time of his fall until his wedding day in July was just under 14 months. “Thanks to Louisburg Rehab,” he said, “I could walk down the aisle.”

Window Cleaning - Water Or Chemicals?

Since 1997 Ionic Systems has manufactured The Reach & Wash® System for the cleaning of windows, solar panels and many other high-level surfaces quickly, efficiently and with little environmental impact.

Window cleaning - water or chemicals? Window cleaning used to be something of a craft in which specialists on ladders would work hard to produce a streak-free finish using a detergent solution and a squeegee. But factors such as speed, efficiency, safety and sustainability have become increasingly important and perhaps even more valued than craftsmanship.

Enter the water-fed pole solution. But what are the pros and cons of using pure water versus traditional window cleaning systems? Ann Laffeaty finds out.

Window cleaning used to be something of a craft in which specialists on ladders would work hard to produce a streak-free finish using a detergent solution and a squeegee. But factors such as speed, efficiency, safety and sustainability have become increasingly important and perhaps even more valued than craftsmanship.

Enter the water-fed pole solution. This removes the environmental impact of chemicals by using pure water alone while also allowing operatives to clean windows safely – and more quickly - from the ground. So why would anyone ever again require a traditional window cleaner?

Marketing manager of Ionic Systems Philip Hanson (pictured) says the benefits of water-fed pole systems can be summed up in three words: safer, faster and higher.

“Using hand tools requires working at height and unfortunately, falls from height have always been the biggest killer of window cleaners,” he said.  “Most companies we deal with switch to our Reach and Wash system for safety reasons.”

He says most window cleaning companies can double their productivity by using poles.  “In window cleaning where time is money, this increased efficiency is a serious benefit,” said Hanson.

And he adds that water-fed poles can clean at greater heights without the need for access equipment. “Currently poles can clean to over 24 metres from the safety of the ground, and cleaning companies are using poles where previously they would have used hydraulic platforms or even rope access,” he said. “This means the work is not only safer, but it is also much more cost-effective.”

According to Hanson, the effective use of hand tools such as an applicator and squeegee is a skill that takes many weeks’ practice.  “In contrast, even a complete beginner can use a water-fed pole to clean effectively with only a little training.”

And he claims sustainability is a further advantage of water-fed poles. “Since only highly purified water is used, no cleaning chemicals are required,” he said.

The company’s managing director Reuben Reynolds (pictured) concurs that traditional window cleaning methods are already dying out. “UK squeegee sales have dwindled and I think this will soon be the case all over Europe and across the rest of the world,” he said.

Ionic’s Reach and Wash system was launched more than 20 years and the company considers itself to be a pioneer in water-fed pole cleaning. However, Reynolds concedes the system might not be ideal for use on older, damaged windows.

“If a building has poor wooden frames from which the putty is coming out, it might be a problem,” he said. “But if you can’t afford to have windows replaced, why would you have them cleaned?”

Both he and Hanson are convinced that the water-fed pole market is on the up. “Traditional hand tools will never be replaced completely because they are still the best way to clean in certain circumstances, such as for interior windows,” said Hanson. “But while squeegees will continue to be used in these cases, I think window cleaners will increasingly use poles for external use.”

Unger’s strategic business unit director Torsten Deutzmann (pictured) also believes that pure water systems beat traditional cleaning methods hands down. “Pure water dries without leaving the spots from dissolved solutes that can be found in ‘normal’ water,” he said. “It also delivers a better result - and it does so without the need for chemicals. This ability to clean without leaving spots and streaks delivers a better, faster solution that boosts productivity. And because a thorough clean can be achieved without the use of chemicals, environmental goals are attained.”

Unger offers a range of window cleaning equipment including squeegees, washers, scrapers and accessories, many of which are designed to work with the company’s Nlite water-fed pole system.

According to Deutzmann, pure water is particularly suited for solar panel cleaning.

“Solar panels have to be cleaned regularly to ensure they are working sufficiently effectively to recoup the financial investment needed to install them,” he said. “Cleaning with chemicals can leave a film on the panels that could prevent the sun’s rays from getting through. This may prevent solar panels from producing the required energy levels.

“Water-fed poles allows solar panels and high windows to be cleaned safely from the ground which not only makes the work safer, it also increases profitability since it avoids having to hire equipment such as mobile elevating work platforms.”

Lehmann’s marketing director Pepijn Carlier also believes the increasing popularity of solar panels is helping to boost the water-fed pole market. “Some solar panel manufacturers say their products are naturally cleaned by the rain – but try leaving your car out in the rain for two weeks and see how clean it will be,” he said. “In order to be viable, solar panels need to be cleaned as fast as possible and as cheaply as possible - and this is a job for water-fed poles.”

Lehman’s Qleen system uses light aluminium poles and pure water along with a range of specialised brushes for various applications and surfaces. The company also makes squeegees and other traditional tools.

Ettore vice-president Niels Ysbrandy (pictured) feels safety is a huge advantage of water-fed poles. “The authorities are trying to prevent people working on ladders for long periods of time, which means people have started to look at alternatives,” he said.

Large areas of glass

According to Ysbrandy, water-fed pole cleaning is particularly suitable on large areas of glass. “It is all about manpower,” he said. “If you use a ladder you have to reposition the ladder all the time. And you can clean glass very well with pure water. It is also faster than using a squeegee and the results are streak-free.”

Another advantage is that cleaning with a water-fed pole is relatively easy, he said. “A squeegee takes more practice which means training is easier with water-fed poles.” Ettore offers traditional window cleaning products as well as water-fed pole options, and Ybrandy believes both solutions have a place in the market.

“Although climbing up and down a ladder can be exhausting, you still face a physical challenge when working a water-fed pole,” he points out. “It is particularly tiring when working at heights above the third of fourth floors of a building.”

He says safety guidelines discourage the use of poles of more than 12.5 metres in length in any case. “Window cleaners still often go up to 18-20 metres, however - and with poles of over 12 metres in length there is the safety risk of the pole falling.”

He adds that an advantage of using a squeegee is the fact the operator remains close to the glass being cleaned. “The window cleaner scrapes the dirt and moisture away from the glass and leaves the surface dry,” he said. “This means he or she can instantly see if the window is clean. But with pure water you need to follow a strict pattern of cleaning and rinsing to avoid missing any areas of the glass. And you can only see the areas you have missed once the glass has dried, which can take up to half an hour in some cases.”

He says water-fed pole cleaning is not always the best solution when cleaning the windows of older buildings or those with damaged facades or cracked paintwork. “With a water-fed pole you have to wet the whole frame and if the paintwork between the floors is old and cracked, the water running down the walls could repollute the glass beneath,” he said. “And of course, you can’t use a water-fed pole system for indoor windows.”

Director of Moerman Marc Roels (pictured) adds that the market for squeegees and detergents is still strong. “Detergents are still more efficient than ionised water for removing heavy grease,” he said. “And while a growing number of people are becoming concerned about sustainability, there is an increasing trend towards using detergents that are more environmentally friendly.”

Moerman has manufactured traditional window cleaning products for 125 years and among its latest products is the ProClean system which includes squeegees, handles and rubbers.

According to Roels the market for traditional window cleaning products is sustainable - and is also likely to grow. “We are seeing an increase in new types of families where both partners work, which means people no longer have the time to clean their own windows,” he said. “Traditional methods are more commonly used in domestic homes than water-fed pole systems so there is potential for growth.”

He does admit that there has been a recent trend towards the use of high-reach water-fed pole systems. “This sector is growing but it is still a relatively small part of the overall market – and I wonder if it will grow in the long term,” said Roels. “High-reach pole systems use a lot more water than traditional methods, and as water becomes increasingly scarce it will become more and more expensive.”

Ettore’s Niels Ysbrandy agrees that there will always be scope for traditional cleaning methods. “They won’t die out altogether since there are a lot of situations where water-fed pole cleaning is not ideal,” he said. “With pure water systems you have to bring a truck and a water tank with you to the job - and sometimes it is simply quicker and more flexible to use a bucket and squeegee.”

And Lehmann’s Pepijn Carlier agrees with this verdict. “If you have only a small area of glass to clean - say two square metres – someone with a ladder will have completed the task before you can even get a machine out,” he said. “

“And in any case, there will always be customers who prefer to have their windows cleaned by a person on a ladder because some people simply like the traditional ways of doing things. That’s why so many cleaners still use brushes and smaller vacuums - because that’s the way things have always been. Though if this situation is still the same in 20 years’ time is anyone’s guess.”

Wagtail Has A New Website - Vote Now

Wagtails new website.

New Wagtail Website: Willie Erken has a passion for improving the way windows are cleaned. Willie has seen it as a personal challenge to redefine the window cleaning tool. For more than 20 years since his award winning pivoting Combi, Willie has continued to create a series of world renowned innovations. His reputation for leading the world in tool design is outstanding. Willie Erken was the owner of ZAP,  a successful window cleaning company for many years. Go to this link now to see Wagtails vastly improved website.

Click here now, to vote if you like the new website.

Like the vast majority of window cleaners, Willie and his employees had developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from using tools that were heavy, cumbersome and forced the user to manipulate their arms in unforgiving, unnatural ways, which were not only very time consuming but could only provide the perfect angle in very specific and limited circumstances. This was the the pivotal moment which lead to change how the world cleans today. The idea of building tools based around the pivot system was born—and, with it, the Wagtail™ Cleaning Tools company.

The only freely pivoting squeegee in the world is known as Wagtail. Some like to refer to this as ‘the best thing since sliced bread.”

Why switching to Wagtail is one of the best things you'll ever do: The speed and ease of Wagtail Squeegees has been appreciated by the select few for almost two decades. Business operators have closely guarded their secret of Wagtail for themselves to safeguard their profits. It has been acknowledged as an asset, an expression of uniqueness and style for the new embracers.

Wagtail as an Investment: Wagtail as an investment can be identified as a ‘best kept secret’ and coveted as an enhancement to ones working life. In this competitive world an individual work stands alone! It should be recognized as the ‘one off’ it is; made even more unique because it is an original creation. It commands the respect of the cleaner and the aspirant.

Not all appreciate Wagtail! In fact only a relatively small percentage of the window cleaning population appreciate it. This is changing, as witnessed by the demand for window cleaning exhibitions touring Nationally and Internationally to an audience who appreciate innovation. Plus the availability of information, so easily accessed and the use of the media to demystify Wagtail and as the flow of information increases the interest.

Click here, for Wagtail T.V.

Heaviness of a tool does not mean quality: In the past, Wagtail Squeegees have been viewed by outsiders as the radical tool from Australia, they could see our tools were fast but assumed they were not as robust like traditional tools that are particularly heavy and cumbersome. Today, our tools have stood the ‘test of time’ as proof that Wagtail Pivoting Tools are appreciated and regarded as lightweight yet robust assets to hold and work with to maintain the health and wellbeing of the operator.

The Pivot: Wagtail manufacture the only freely pivoting squeegees in the world.  The advantage of a free pivot is that you can s-stroke with ease and grants you with further reach and speed than fixed squeegees. Wagtail continues to implement the pivot technology to achieve better force vectors with a growing number of newer applications such as the “rinse bar” with the newest "Jetstream" invention.  Efficiency becomes part of our quest for attaining pure speed. 

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