Window cleaning advice for business owners
Plain answers on frequency, safety, contracts and communal blocks, written for the people who look after commercial buildings.
How Often Should a Shopfront Be Cleaned?
Most busy high-street shops need their windows cleaned weekly or fortnightly; quieter or set-back units can usually go monthly. Footfall, traffic,…
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Is Water-Fed Pole Window Cleaning Safe for Offices?
Yes. Water-fed pole cleaning keeps the cleaner on the ground instead of up a ladder, uses only purified water and reaches up to around four storeys,…
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What to Ask a Commercial Window Cleaner Before You Sign
Before you sign, ask exactly what is included, how high they can reach on your building, how often they will come, what they need from you, how they…
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Window Cleaning for Landlords and Managing Agents
For blocks of flats, agree a written scope for the communal glass, a fixed cycle (often every eight or twelve weeks), one invoice per block, and…
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How Often Should Office Windows Be Cleaned?
Most offices suit outside window cleaning every four to eight weeks, with entrance doors and reception glass more often. Quiet business parks can…
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Commercial Window Cleaning Contracts Explained
A good commercial window cleaning contract is short and plain: a list of exactly what is cleaned, how often, what the cleaner needs from you, the…
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When Should Schools Have Their Windows Cleaned?
Most schools have their main window clean in the summer holidays, when the site is empty and parking is free, with a lighter clean of entrances,…
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Care Home Window Cleaning: What Managers Should Plan For
For care homes, plan window cleaning around residents first: a fixed weekday at a quiet time, privacy for ground-floor rooms, no ladders against the…
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How to Keep Pub and Restaurant Windows Clean
Pub and restaurant windows get dirty fast because of cooking grease, condensation, smokers by the door and evening traffic. Most suit an outside…
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Cleaning Shop Signs, Fascias and Canopies
Most shop fascias, projecting signs and the tops of glass canopies can be cleaned from the ground with a water-fed pole and purified water as part of…
Read the guide →Window Cleaning Method Statements and Risk Assessments
A window cleaning risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) should explain how the work is done, the main risks on your site and how each is…
Read the guide →Is Pure Water Safe on Tinted, Coated and Filmed Glass?
Pure water with a soft brush is one of the gentlest ways to clean tinted, coated and filmed glass, because it uses no detergent, no scraper and no…
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Cleaning Glass Entrance Doors and Lobbies
Glass entrance doors and lobbies take more hand marks than any other glass in a building, so they usually need cleaning more often than the rest:…
Read the guide →Window Cleaning for Business Parks and Industrial Units
On business parks and industrial estates, window cleaning usually focuses on reception and showroom glass, monthly or every two months, with office…
Read the guide →Who Pays for Window Cleaning: Landlord or Tenant?
In most commercial leases the tenant pays to clean the windows of the premises they occupy, while the landlord arranges cleaning of shared areas and…
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