Hey guys. I just received a call to give an estimate on a window cleaning. I just added exterior window cleaning to my PW business, so I’m not sure as to pricing. It’s a pretty large undertaking. Could someone give me advice on pricing per window or what you would charge for this project? I’m not going to post all of the windows but a few. They are all the same size throughout the perimeter from small to large. By the way, it’s over 300 windows
With a waterfed pole… outside only… $1200-$1500 and should add a day to the work
When I do a house wash I always wash the windows, screens, tracks and frames etc. but I add the window detail using the waterfed pole as a separate line item because some people don’t care and don’t want to pay extra for that. What I’ve learned is that the waterfed pole works good for maintenance if the windows are pretty clean and just have light dust or the occasional bird poop on it. Even after softwashing them, if someone hasn’t had their windows cleaned in a really long time, sometimes you have to do a deep clean on them first to remove hard water spots or really stuck on debris. I also have a clause saying that this does not cover hard water spots, if those are found work will be paused and shown to cut the customer to get approval to deal with them as time and materials. in your experience if the windows are not maintained is it possible to get them clean with just a Waterfed pole?
I use a waterfed pole on every job, every day. It could be a first clean or their 25th clean.
For whatever reason, which I’m not mad about, my service area isn’t too crazy dirty.
Of course, some windows may need to be bladed after the fact if I see something once I’ve come inside.
I don’t do any post construction cleaning or storm windows anymore. Way too much to do and I’d rather do work I enjoyz
I offer a “glass only” window cleaning after a house wash, nice little add-on $ and the expectations are set that it’s just a quick clean.
I don’t do commercial any more, maybe 20 years ago. Me and tall ladders/poles don’t mix.
Do you have a WFP? That makes all the difference, especially if your set up correctly for large commercial. My set up is on demand pressure fed pure water.
There is two of us running 2 WFP’s and based on the pics you showed and a window count of 300 I would be at $1k and would take us about 1.5hrs or (3 hours for one experienced guy)
That’s easy glass to clean!
Thanks guys.
I’m planning on buying a wfp soon, mostly 4 stories and under. I’d like something where everything stays in the trailer and i just unroll hose and wfp. No rolling out carts. Is your setup like that? Pics?
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I have a cart. It something i built myself. I don’t have a dedicated pump for my set. I have very little room to play with because i have a Ram procity master.
