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Large metropolitan areas such as London house a huge amount of office buildings, hotels, historical buildings, apartments, private homes and even palaces, and all of these buildings have windows.

While cleaning windows offers a wide scope of opportunity to people to earn a living in a city this size, all the water used may in the future contribute to sustainability issues. Save water, save money and do your bit to save the planet by using water collected by connecting a rain butt to your gutter system. Rainwater is chemical free as well as free of charge and no-one can stop anyone from collecting it. How many things can you say this about today?

It may surprise some to find out that rain water is almost pure, compared to tap water it only contains a fraction of the impurities found in mains supplied water. For reach and wash window cleaning systems this is very helpful as the water purification process is easier and filters needn’t be replaced as often.

The only reason why every window cleaner does not do this is because they don’t think it is important. Just think, rain water has a great deal of potential cleaning uses, and using it keeps the city water supplies more affordable and sustainable. Why would anyone want to pay for something they can get free?

The roof of a building which is 2 000 sq ft is able to collect as much as 1 000 gallons of rainwater in run-off. A half inch rainfall can fill a 50 ‘ 80 gallon rain butt, and this is only one half inch. How many half inches do we get in London? Thinking about it logically, every window cleaner in London should be able to happily not have to pay for their water supplies in a good rainfall year.

Think even harder, if you are paying for your own water, for whatever reason, even if you aren’t a London window cleaner. How much money can you save on your water bill this way? Even if you only use it for watering the garden, cleaning your car and watering indoor plants!!

Window cleaning is hard work, but collecting water in a rain butt is not, just put it in place and leave it till its full. They have through which the water can be dispensed and recycling is the thing of the future, lets get with the times. Think of your roof as a giant funnel dispensing free water, you just channel, collect and use.

For anyone living in Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Camden, Hackney or anywhere else in North London, window cleaners north London will be at your service. Do your research on window cleaners North London so you can get your windows of your house, offices or business cleaned the right way.