How To Clean Windows In High Rise Flat

Skylines are changing every single year for cities in the U.K, There are always new high-rise buildings cropping up.

Change our view. The Walkie Talkie, the Gherkin and the Shard are perhaps the most famous, Perhaps because they're so dominant, but there are dozens of smaller properties steadily springing up around them. All of these buildings need to be maintained, They all present their own challenges.

Aquamark's commercial window cleaning team has tackled some of the toughest buildings in the capital, Including bridges, glass structures and even theatre sets. When it comes to cleaning the windows in a soaring skyscraper, we know more than most about the amount of time the job is likely to take.

How To Clean A Skyscraper Building

Most skyscrapers have a huge number of windows, and they all need to be cleaned from the outside. The first thing we need to do is work out the best method of cleaning. This is affected by all kinds of things, including height, wind speed and the debris on the panes themselves.

We can use a cradle (or boom) if the building is equipped with one. Many skyscrapers don't have them, which is when abseil window cleaners are brought in. Alternatively, we can sometimes mount a temporary cradle on the top of the building, depending on the space available.

Abseil window cleaning is sometimes the only practical solution for cleaning high windows, but it's actually the preferred method for a number of reasons. One of these is speed: moving from window to window is very quick when you're suspended on a rope, and it requires less time than using a platform.

Commercial abseil window cleaners are also very agile, so they have an advantage when working on surfaces that are not completely flat. Modern skyscrapers frequently incorporate curves and angles that would slow a cradle cleaner down considerably.

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How Long Does It Take To Clean The Windows On A High Rise Building

Obviously, the more people we deploy to clean a high rise building, the quicker the work can be done. Again, abseil cleaning is an advantage here, since we can cover a large surface area very quickly.

On an average day, one abseil window cleaner can expect to work for four hours, which covers one descent, and hand-cleaning every window on the way down. We will normally deploy multiple cleaners each day, so a typical skyscraper would take anything from a week to two weeks.

Some buildings take considerably longer; the tallest buildings in Manhattan sometimes take six cleaners as long as four months. This is the length of time it took for cleaners to clean the Time Warner building, which is notorious for its many jagged angles.

Rest assured that very few cleaning jobs take as long as this, and with water-fed poles, we can clean many buildings in a matter of hours.

Get A Window Cleaning Survey From Aquamark

Aquamark's window cleaning team clean some of the most challenging buildings in the UK, and we never skimp on quality, no matter how long the job will take. If you manage a skyscraper or a block of flats and you need an experienced cleaning team, don't hesitate to get in touch with Aquamark to arrange a full site survey for your commercial window cleaning.

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