Window cleaner – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Window cleaning, or window washing, is the cleaning of architectural glass used for structural, lighting, or decorative purposes.

Commercial work is contracted variously from in-person transactions for cash or barter, to formal tender processes. Regulations, licensing, technique, equipment and compensation vary nationally and regionally.

Chamois is used to loosen and remove dirt, followed by a buffing with cheesecloth, or scrim.

Generally, chemicals are added to water, and a device such as a brush or cloth-covered handle is dipped into the resulting solution and used to scrub glass. A squeegee is then used to sluice dirt and water mixture from glass.

Any of a variety of types of telescopic poles, fitted at the upper end with a brush and water jets, fed either from vehicle-borne tanks of deionised water or by on-site production of deionised water using a domestic or commercial water outlet.

Where glass is found are window cleaners, and methods of access and equipment related to both access and cleaning vary nationally and regionally.

Ladders ranging in size from a single step to the extent (and beyond) of local regulations are used to access windows for cleaning purposes.

Not to be confused with suspended scaffolding, these are temporary work platforms typically erected from a lower level to gain access at height.

Machines variously configured and powered, designed to deliver workers to otherwise inaccessible areas.[1]

Not to be confused with supported scaffolding. Devices designed for ascent and/or descent via rope (wire or fiber [synthetic or natural]) by mechanical or manual means.

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