Are you looking for a Museum window cleaner? Do your Museum windows need to be professionally cleaned? Are some of your Museum windows awkward to access or hard to reach?

Then MPW are here to help – They have cleaned windows in almost every type of commercial premises including: high rise office blocks; factories; warehouses; supermarkets; hotels; universities; historic buildings; schools; hospitals and residential units - making them the ideal choice as your museum window cleaner

As your Museum window cleaner, MPW can offer you the following:

• Dependability: We turn up on the dot every time

• Flexibility: We clean at specific times to suit you

• Friendly staff: Who are fully trained, conscientious, courteous, considerate, punctual, smart and trustworthy

• Capability: A range of cleaning which includes windows, framework, cladding and gutters (including clearing) and buildings of all shapes and sizes

• A Property-friendly service: Using the proven “Reach & Wash” system which dispenses with ladders that can do so much damage to your property (ie marking, chipping and scratching paintwork, cladding, gutters and tiles/slates)

• A Fair price: We guarantee our prices for a minimum of THREE YEARS. This means no irritating annual increases and no artificially low first year prices just to win the business.

 If you need advice related to museum window cleaning then feel free to get in touch with us on 020 7060 1956 or 0845 263 8910. You can email us here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

Take a look at some of the places we've been working recently. We love sparkling, clean windows! Let us know if we can help your business...

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If you would like more advice related to commercial window cleaning then feel free to get in touch with MPW Window Cleaners on 020 7060 1956 or 0845 263 8910.

You can email us here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

Part 1 of this 2 part series of articles on the topic of “Beware of Unscrupulous Window Cleaners” continues to outline unscrupulous tactics to be wary of.

Here are some examples you need to watch out for when it comes to hiring a window cleaning company for your commercial (or residential) property:

• Hiring untrained people.  Some companies take on more work than they can really handle, usually by pricing low to win the work, and then have to hire inexperienced workers to do the work.  Not only does this result in poor quality, but is likely to lead to a higher rate of damage to property.  There is also a higher risk of theft.  More importantly, the risk of accidents, to both window cleaners and employees is also greater.
• Poor communication skills. What starts off well at the beginning can very often go badly wrong through poor communication. That means people not returning calls or being evasive in other ways.
• Upfront payments.  Some companies ask for an upfront payment and arrange to do the work the following week.  Of course, if they do not appear you will find it hard to contact them!
• Irresistible offers.  Some companies have been known to win work by making very tempting offers.  These offers are then not delivered.  The most common of these in recent years has been the “Pay for 2 and get the 3^rd clean free” offer.  Very often you get the first clean straight away and then you never see the company again.
• Latchway work without training.  Latchway work requires specialist training and certification. Doing the work with untrained people is clearly cheaper for the contractor, but can have fatal consequences.  Ask to see copies of training certificates for those doing the work.  Some of the equipment can also be expensive and may therefore not be used. For example, the ‘Transfastener’, which enables operators to stay constantly attached to the latchway system, costs around £400.  Without it, operators possibly disconnect while moving around the roof.
• Operating without insurance. It is not uncommon for companies to allow their insurance to lapse, either through inattention or to save money if cash flow is tight.

We hope this information proves useful. Don’t get caught out by the cowboys!

If you need advice related to commercial window cleaning then feel free to get in touch with us on 020 7060 1956 or 0845 263 8910. You can email us here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

Thanks for reading…

Marcus

Ever wondered how high rise windows are cleaned? Here's one way... Cherry Pickers allow our staff to get up to those hard to reach windows and give them a sparkling finish.

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If you would like more advice related to window cleaning feel free to get in touch with MPW Window Cleaners on 01494 772655. You can email us here: http://www.mpwresidentialwindowcleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

We're not scared of heights!!

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As in any business, there are some companies that are not as ethical as we would all wish. Being aware of the potential dangers is at least some defence against these types of window cleaning companies.

Here are some examples of unscrupulous behaviour you need to watch out for when it comes to hiring a window cleaning company:

• Overcharging for difficult access.  Since some areas are indeed hard to reach and not all companies have people with the necessary training or experience to carry out the work, some companies take advantage by overcharging for these areas.  Within the overall job, this may seem relatively small, but it can make a few percentage points difference in the overall price.  Make sure you get several quotes and have them broken down so you can see where the overcharging is taking place.
• Using unnecessary access equipment.  Some companies will insist that special access equipment is required, when the job doesn’t really require it.  Rope access is a typical example, when in many cases ‘Reach and Wash’ and / or ‘cherry picker’ can be used instead.
• Unjustifiable price increases.  It is easy for a company to get a contract by bidding at a particularly low price. Once in, they find reasons to increase the price. These usually are accompanied by very plausible sounding reasons that are rarely, in fact, valid.
• Pricing low and ‘cutting corners’.  This is probably the most common form of scam among window cleaning companies.  They price up the job then submit a much lower price to win the work, in the knowledge that they will not do the job thoroughly every time.  They do this by deliberately leaving some windows out each time and rotating the ‘missed’ windows in the hope that it isn’t picked up.  The best defence against this is to require them to estimate the length of time on site as part of the contract and then make sure that they spend that time each visit, by ensuring they sign in and out.

If you would like more advice related to commercial high rise window cleaning then feel free to get in touch with MPW Window Cleaners on 020 7060 1956 or 0845 263 8910.

You can email us here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

Take a look at some recent photos of what we've been up to! Window cleaning for high rise apartments, shops and office buildings - not a problem for MPW!!

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MPW (London) Window Cleaners Ltd offer a fully professional and legally certificated Abseiling/Rope access service.  Abseiling/Rope access is often the safest and simplest way to acces and clean high rise builings.

In my personal experience, I've come into contact with many customers who have initially thought that rope access is very expensive. This is not true. In fact on many occasions rope access has proved a lot more affordable than Hydraulic Platform hire (cherry picker). Even more so now, given the alarming rate in which fuel prices are rising.  

MPW (London) Window Cleaners Ltd staff are fully IRATA (Internatinal Rope AccessTraining Association) trained, combining teams of level 3 with levels 1 and 2.  IRATA is the internationally recognised governing body for abseiling/rope access.    

Customers are not always certain as to which form of access is suitable for their building. Most modern high rise buildings are suitable for rope access. If you are not sure, a member of our team will be happy to do a site visit and offer free advice.    

IRATA Level 3 is the highest level of rope access that be attained. The difference between the levels is the varying degrees of rescue technique. Level 3 operatives are fully trained in all aspects of rope access rescue. At Level 3 the operater is also fully qualified to a supervisory status over other levels. 

IRATA levels 1 and 2 are fully trained in rope access but lack the rescue capabilities of a level 3. Level 1 is trained to carry out snatch rescue only, whereas abilities to carry out more complicated recue procedures are recognised by the size of the level number.

If you require further advice or a quote for high rise window cleaning please do get in touch here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

Thanks for reading. See you again soon!

Marcus

• Are you 100% satisfied with your existing supplier’s quality, reliability and customer service?
• Would you like to benchmark their prices and service levels?
• Do you have additional requirements and want to stop your existing supplier being complacent?

MPW can offer you the following:

• Dependability: We turn up on the dot every time
• Flexibility: We clean at specific times to suit you
• Friendly staff: Who are fully trained, conscientious, courteous, considerate, punctual, smart and trustworthy
• Capability: A range of cleaning which includes windows, framework, cladding and gutters (including clearing) and buildings of all shapes and sizes
• A Property-friendly service: Using the proven “Reach & Wash” system which dispenses with ladders that can do so much damage to your property (ie marking, chipping and scratching paintwork, cladding, gutters and tiles/slates)
• A Fair price: We guarantee our prices for a minimum of THREE YEARS. This means no irritating annual increases and no artificially low first year prices just to win the business.
• Experience: You will be in good company. MPW work with 100s of commercial and public sector organisations such as: Morrison Supermarkets; ISS Mediclean; The Savoy Hotel, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Siemens, Odeon Cinema Complexes, the NHS Trust and Buckinghamshire County Council.
• Guarantee. When you select a window cleaning company, you want someone you can rely on.  We are so confident in our service standards that we guarantee them.

If you would like more advice related to commercial window cleaning then feel free to get in touch with MPW Window Cleaners on 020 7060 1956 or 0845 263 8910.

You can email us here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/

So what should you expect from your commercial window cleaning contractor? Much will depend on the nature of your building or office and the constraints you are under financially.  The usage of the building can also play a large part in the extent to which you need your window cleaning contractor to perform.

HEALTH & SAFETY

Health and Safety is an important issue when it comes to high rise and office window cleaning. It may well be your responsibility to ensure that contractors on your site are working safely and complying with the relevant guidelines. Responsibility will certainly lay with the directors.

More information about these guidelines is available from the Health & Safety Executive and specifically at www.hse.gov.uk/falls/guidance.htm

ACCESS METHODS

There are a whole host of access methods used by commercial and high rise window cleaners. Here is a list of the most common methods used by commercial window cleaners:

• Abseiling
• Cherry pickers / Hydraulic access platforms
• Latchways
• Cradles/Boats
• Tower Scaffold
• Stairway Scaffold (Stairway Scaffold is a trademark of Lobo Systems)
• ‘Reach & Wash’ / Water-fed Poles
• Ladders

If you would like more advice related to commercial high rise window cleaning then feel free to get in touch with MPW Window Cleaners on 020 7060 1956 or 0845 263 8910. You can email us here: http://www.mpw-london-window-cleaners.co.uk/contact-us/