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Month: June 2017

Is window cleaning a pain in the neck? MGWC to lead new research.
June 25, 2017
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| Window Cleaning News
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  When you think about it, there isn’t a lot of information out there regards the correct posture and movement for the jobs that we window cleaners carry out day in, day out. From using a water fed pole at dizzy heights to cleaning inside windows and storefronts with our humble squeegees. It is true that some manufactures have worked ergonomics into their tool designs, namely the likes of Unger or Wagtail and now Moerman. But…

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Reach-iT Flow – First look
June 19, 2017
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| Equipment Reviews
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Yep, Reach-iT is more than just water fed poles these past few years. At first we had the Wash-iT PRO cart that did extremely well in the USA. It was made in America and adopted the standard cart design, which was not over engineered using a universal RO membrane, refillable DI cartridge and Carbon Filter. With a catchy slogan like ‘RO for Low, DI for High’ and promoting it as a no ‘BS’ system there is…

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100 year old squeegee goes home to America
June 12, 2017
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Having attended the 70th Anniversary & Trade Show of the Federation of Window Cleaners a few weeks back, I stumbled upon a real nice guy called Kevin Dixon. Kevin is a hard core, traditionalist, his hands etched and stained black, definate signs of a traditional window cleaner. Kevin displayed an amazing wealth of collected historic items at the event. These included amongst other things a music box that chimes the tune ‘When I’m cleaning windows’ to Journals,…

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The Legend Channel – Sorbo on speed?
June 12, 2017
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The legend is a new wide-bodied channel born out of Canada released in February of this year. As all things new on the market it has peaked the interest of the window cleaning community across the world. Predominantly for sale from WCS (Window Cleaning Source) and Beautiful View the Window Cleaning Store in Canada, recently Black Diamond have taken up a distributor position with the Legend channel in both the US and Europe. Mark Strange writes…

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How to win a residential bid in 8 minutes
June 5, 2017
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| Editor's view
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This title is a little precise dont you think? But so true! It just happened to me JUST now and it happens to me all the time. It’s so efficient, most of the time that I felt I needed to share this with you. Its Monday morning as I write at 9.24am. I took an enquiry 9.12am. Simone asked if I could give her a quotation for a regular window clean. She used to have a guy but he turned…

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Home run – Pressure Washing & Window Cleaning Convention 2017 update
June 3, 2017
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Event organisers of the Pressure Washing & Window Cleaning Convention 2017 are literally surprising us all with little white rabbits being pulled out of the HUGE convention hat. As if the location New Orleans, Louisiana, often referred to as the most unique city in the United States and famous for being the home of Jazz, is not enough of a draw for this fantastic event, the organisers will be taking your business phone calls during your…

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What is the liability of householders to window cleaners on ladders?
June 3, 2017
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Back in the 1900’s before the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 was a mere twinkle in the eye of the HSE’s first Director General, John Locke (74) window cleaning, just as all other trades, took great risks. Residential window cleaning by large window cleaning companies were reserved mainly for the very rich and the commercial sector boomed. Around this time, as the population could buy more with their money, working class folk would begin…

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