I am looking for some advise, PM is ok. We soft wash a ton of houses and have that down to a science, however, we are coming across more and more sunrooms with large glass roof’s. This is ladder and brush work but we spend far too much time on them. Any advise on how to get these clean faster. We are in BC and we have no shortage of the green moss / algea on everything. Any tips would be welcome. We do spray them with some our house wash mix but still requires a ton of elbow grease. Maybe our mix needs to be stronger on these, not sure. Thanks
I spray house wash mix and let dwell and rinse. Occasionally you will need a ladder and extension pole with a brush to lightly brush. That’s just my experience with them.
I have had a Tucker Waterfed Pole system in the cart a dozen times but keep hesitating on pulling the trigger. I know it would easily pay for itself here however the rates people charge here to clean windows does not match my desired hourly rate.
I ordered the Tucker Cart with 40’ Carbon Fiber Pole. Lots of dough. Excited to get it. Already have a contract for 5 commercial buildings with monthly cleaning so that’s a good start, plus it will be a nice add on service to my other activities.
A word of caution, coming from an experienced window cleaner:
Glass roofs are the bane of my window cleaning career. They can get some nasty, stubborn staining on them. I had a housewash a couple weeks ago with a neglected sunroom. Even after downstreaming a hot house wash mix and rinsing thoroughly, my WFP didn’t touch some of the stains left on the glass. The customer was very understanding, but I was quite disappointed. Had they indicated more interest in cleaning it up, my next move would’ve been treating it with OneRestore.
Also, with low pitch roofs, trying to get a thorough rinse with the low volume of a wfp system can be a nightmare.
Thanks Alex, These glass roofs have been my biggest PITA also. I am not expecting this one to be any different. This one is not to bad just big. House wash will go one first with a good scrub and then a final clean with the WFP. Will see what happens.
I second what Alex said. Most of those roofs do not rinse that great with WFP due to low pitch. Probably best to spray a good house wash mix on it and agitate with a brush on a pole. Then give it a good rinse before it dries. That should get 95% of everything. You could then follow it up with WFP to try to get it more spot free. Most of the time there is enough dust in the air and stuff falling out of trees that the glass is starting to get dirty again before you are done. In the end though the end up being a lot cleaner than when you started and washes another year of grime off the top.
Do you spend significant time rinsing or apply a neutralizer like fresh wash or agent halt or something? I have a ballroom job I just did a trial on and turned out absolutely great. Except the frame paint was bleeding. I had to rub it to get it to do so. I used a pump up sprayer where I mixed about a 3-4% mix and some cling. I have a 12v just didn’t have it on me for the trial.
