hi,
any advice on equipment to clean high windows on internal properties.
i have staff who cannot use a squeegee and i don't want to use ladders..
thanks
R
We have a new internal job that requires the use of an applicator and squeegee on a row of windows 28' high and another row of windows at 35' high. Both of these rows of windows are on first story floors so don't come all the way to the ground. We have done them once.
Just because you can use a squeegee doesn't mean that you can use one at these heights working from the ground.
One operator (son) soaps up the window with an applicator on an Unger Teleplus pole. I use a 0 degree Unger swivel squeegee and can get a good result with horizontal strokes, tapping the squeegee on the lower soaped up part of the window to remove excess water from the blade. Son holds the applicator below the squeegee to catch excess soapy water.
Access is difficult but there are a couple of windows that can be squeegeed vertically in one movement. We then can 'polish' out any streeks with an Unger Flexiclamp and a towel or scrim. It is a slow process.
I am looking at other possibilities. I have purchased an Unger indoor cleaning pad kit (CK05G purchased from Wintecs) and hope that we can speed the process up by 'ragging' the windows. The Unger pad will screw onto an angle adaptor so I can fit that to my SLX22 and SLX40 with the brushes removed.
I am also looking at a wider s channel and rubber. The longest s channel that Unger do for that squeegee is 55cm. I'm currently using at 45 cm channel.
We found that Fairy liquid was better than Ecover that some are raving about, but will do some homework regarding other liquid solutions that may work better in this instance. Fairy has always worked well for us with the occassional internal cleans we do.