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Month: April 2017

Featured Readers: Pinewood Cleaning Contractors, Michigan USA
April 30, 2017
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Hi, my name is Henry Hawran of Pinewood Cleaning Contractors. I started my career in window cleaning in early 1985. I was a 20-year-old college student working towards a degree in Mechanical Engineering. There was just one problem: the more I studied and worked in that field the less I enjoyed it. By chance, I came across a book by cleaning guru Don Aslet. He mentioned the proper method for cleaning windows and so I went out…

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The truth about undercutting residential prices
April 25, 2017
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I noticed this post yesterday in the Window Cleaning Magazine Facebook Group. A member had posted something they found else where on Facebook. It was a post about a window cleaner displaying his prices that were far lower than the average, in some cases by 50%. So what is the logic behind this? Is it that the window cleaner in question has no idea what to charge or is it something more sinister such as undercutting the…

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New Zealand at war with car window washers!
April 24, 2017
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Car window washers stir multiple feelings in people from anger, to surprise and excitement and when you least expect it.  It is easy to recognize it as a job for the thick skinned. Hey but when you’re hungry it beats breaking into a house and stealing, right? New Zealand has its fair share of pop up intersection cleaners that have dogged Councils and Police and created huge headaches with the general public on busy roads. A new…

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Widow gets 9 Million payout following fatal accident
April 23, 2017
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A Manhattan building co-op and window Installation Company got slammed with a joint settlement pay out of $9M. The settlement was accepted last month. Robert Domaszowec 49, fell at least 12 stories to his death in an accident that hit the headlines back in 2008. He was washing a bedroom window on the 17-story on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. He was found with his harness, squeegee and applicator by his side. Tracy Domaszowec, his widow, fought a…

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Softwash Systems crushing it in the UK!
April 22, 2017
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^^ AC Lockyer of Softwash Systems Softwash Systems from the US have been touring the UK with their new UK distributor Purple Rhino. Window Cleaning Magazine spoke with AC Lockyer of Softwash Systems and Darren Smith of Purple Rhino today as they were driving between gigs. The UK tour consisted of visits to Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and finally Ashford in Kent. “The turnout and interest has been amazing”, says Darren and AC, “ The weather…

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