Discount on window cleaning for charities

The old saying is that charity starts at home.  For us, that means charity starts with window cleaning.

We all like to give to charity.  Research has long shown that happier people give more to charity and that giving to charity promotes a feeling of happiness*.

At Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning, we are very happy people.  And we like to stay happy.  So we choose to give to charity.  And the way for us to do that is to offer a discount to registered charities on their window cleaning.

It doesn’t matter if it’s the shop-front, the warehouse or the fund-raising headquarters.  As long as the building is part of a registered charity, and it's in our patch of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning are happy to offer a discount on window cleaning. 

So if you work for a charity, contact us now to ask about our discount scheme. 

If you know someone who works for a charity, share this blog with them to help their donations go even further.

Every little helps, and this is our way of helping those who help others.

Plus it helps us keep those big cheesy grins on our faces!

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Why you need a window cleaner with full insurance

Risk is an unavoidable part of life.  There probably isn’t a job on the planet that doesn’t involve some form of risk.  But when tradespeople come into your house or office, that risk is brought home to you.  So you need to know that tradespeople who carry out work on your property have proper insurance.

Most window cleaners will tell you they have insurance (if they can’t show you their insurance certificate don’t even think about taking them on!).  But the devil is in the detail.  There are insurance policies, and there are insurance policies.

A policy with a £500,000 limit per claim is useless to you if your home is worth more than that – and let’s face it, even modest houses in Kent, Sussex and Surrey top the £500,000 mark.  A policy that doesn’t insure the window your cleaner is working on, is next to useless – yet surprisingly many of them exclude windows while they are being cleaned.  Even worse are the policies that don’t cover injury to people.

At Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning we want our customers to feel safe in their own homes and places of work.  That’s why our work is backed by a premium insurance policy.  Our public liability cover has an upper limit of £5million, covering even the most luxurious homes.  We have scoured the small print to make sure we are covered if we accidentally break a window while cleaning it (it hasn’t happened yet, but we prefer to be safe than sorry).  And we insist on cover for injury to property and people.

We insist on the best insurance available 

because we want our customers to feel as safe as houses.

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In safe hands

We all want know we are in safe hands, which is why I am proud to be CRB checked.

When we invite tradespeople into our homes or work places, we want to know we are in safe hands.  One way is to check professional accreditation.  Another is to ask if they are CRB checked. 

It’s not a requirement for tradespeople and most won’t be.  In fact, generally only those who work in sensitive areas, such as schools, will have been through the process.  That’s how I can to be checked against the Criminal Records Bureau: when Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning won the contract to clean the windows at Belmarsh Prison it was a condition of the job.  After all, it probably wouldn’t be a great plan to invite an ex-con to clean the windows of a Category A prison.

But I’m glad I went through the process.  Having the all-clear from the CRB means I can offer my services confidently to schools, hospitals and other public services.  It also means I can offer all my clients an additional bit of peace of mind.

So ask to see my CRB certificate.  I won’t be insulted. 

After all, you have a right to feel secure at home and work.

Old wives' tales

Is vinegar really a good way to get your windows clean?  Can you get the best results with newspaper?  We put those old wives’ tales to the test.

Pick up any tips and wrinkles book and they’ll insist that nothing gets windows cleaner than vinegar or newspaper.  And they have a point.  Diluted vinegar (and a heavy dollop of elbow grease) or newspaper (and a heavier dollop of elbow grease) are pretty effective at getting windows clean.  But the problem with these old wives’ tales is that they are from olden times.  Yes, if you have nothing better, diluted vinegar or newspaper will get you reasonable results – often better than you’ll get with detergent and a cloth.  But when the sun shines you will still be able to see all the marks where you have rubbed.

But the 21^st century is not the place for these old wives, or even desperate housewives.  The 21^st century offers something much better, which means the old wives’ tales are destined to be reduced to mere folklore.  And that’s Waterfed Pole WindowCleaning.  Even the best balsamic can’t compete with the sparkle achieved by pure water and gentle brushes.  And it doesn’t matter whether you use a tabloid or the FT, you won’t get the long-lasting results that you get from gently washing the frames before you clean the panes.

So if a bird leaves an unwelcome greeting card on your window and I’m not due to visit again for a few weeks, by all means resort to emergency measures.  But for clean windows that stay clean, leave the old wives’ tales in the history books and embrace the Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning revolution!