We’ve all seen window cleaners at work, but over recent years the image of a man with a bucket and a ladder has changed. These day you see them using big long poles with a brush on the end, hose pipes everywhere, you’ve probably also seen “PURE WATER” written all over their van, but does anyone really know what all the fuss is about?

Here comes the science!

Pure Water starts out as normal tap/drinking water and is passed through a five stage filtration process removing all particles and minerals. These particles and minerals are measured as total dissolved solids (TDS) a glass of drinking water would measure around 300ppm (parts per million) (TDS), this is the standard of cleanliness we are all happy to put in our bodies. The water used by window cleaners on your windows will be no more than 010ppm. (TDS). This water is stored in a tank in the back of the operators van, sometimes up to 1000 litres of water at a time! It is then pumped up to the brush to clean your window. The extendable poles can reach heights of 70 feet. With traditional methods, a bucket of water used on five previous houses would send a TDS metre off the scale, not to mention all the holes in your immaculate lawn, left by the feet of a ladder!

So why are window cleaners choosing Pure Water cleaning over traditional methods? And why should we choose Pure Water over traditional methods?

Using a Pure Water System (Water fed poles) has many advantages to both the customer and the operators. We all know or have heard of someone who has fallen from a ladder and it can happen to the most experienced of ladder users, a fall from only nine metres can produce enough force to break any bone in your body. This alone should be enough to convince you why window cleaners are switching over to water fed poles! For those of you that still need convincing here are ten more reasons why.

1) No detergent residue left on surfaces to re-attract dirt.

2) No slippery detergent residue left on the floor.

3) Frames are cleaned as well as the glass.

4) Less time taken to complete the job.

5) No holes left in lawns by ladder feet.

6) Less potential for damage to customer property not having to manoeuvre ladders around.

7) No problem cleaning intricate leaded windows or hard to reach places.

Flats or hotels up to 6 floors high can be cleaned with minimal fuss.

9) Continuously clean water is applied to the window, not the dirt from the five previous jobs.

10) Bedroom/Bathroom areas remain private as there is no one on a ladder at the window.