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granjura Tue 31-May-16 19:57:11

No window cleaners here either Bella- and our windows open inwards so easy to clean - always wondered why UK windows open outwards? Got a Karcher window cleaner too- but far far too many windows- thanks goodness my new knee has given me the excuse of having help!

Bellasnana Tue 31-May-16 18:53:34

Well, thanks to jingl then smile I wish I had owned one years ago when we had huge windows which took a whole morning to clean, risking my life in the process as I had to hang out of them to complete the procedure. I remember my mother retreating from the room saying "I can't bear to watch", grin

merlotgran Tue 31-May-16 18:15:15

I think it was jingl who recommended the Krcher because I bought one and I wouldn't be without it. The other day I did our five large windows inside and out - all ground floor and the windows of our mobile home. I was done in under one hour.

Galen Tue 31-May-16 18:15:01

You wouldn't do mine! They're about 20ft up at the back of the house

Bellasnana Tue 31-May-16 18:08:37

I do my own, always have done. Don't think window cleaners exist in Malta. Have found it a lot easier since following advice from a Gransnetter who recommended the Karcher window vacuum cleaner. It works miracles, so thanks, whoever it was grin

Newquay Tue 31-May-16 17:29:47

We have window cleaners about every six weeks. They do outside up and down and, if we're in, do inside downstairs-all for £10.
The first time he used that filtered water and left them all wet I chased him down the road just as another neighbour caught up with him with the same complaint but, as dramatic tessa says, it dries fine.

shysal Tue 31-May-16 16:54:33

Yes, I felt lazy one day when I saw one of these at a neighbour's, and he charged me £20 for a French door and 3 small windows! It did dry smearless, but next day I came home to find that something huge had pooped all over the back ones. Possibly a red kite or from an aeroplane loo smile? I have gone back to doing my own window cleaning.

dramatictessa Tue 31-May-16 16:40:40

Yes, that's what they all do these days. They use filtered water so it doesn't streak - have to say it works on my windows.

Granslife Tue 31-May-16 16:31:12

I'm in an upstairs apartment and once a month a window cleaner comes. His fee is paid by the Management Company but, obviously comes out of the monthly fee I pay to them. I was in today when he came; he has a long handled brush attached to a water tap. That's fine. He watered and brushed the windows well. I then expected him to return with some sort of drying brush/cloth but he didn't. The windows have been left to dry themselves. Is this normal practice would you say?