Help. New to the game. 7 story Building. Gaborone

Hi there,

I own a small window cleaning company in Gaborone, Botswana. And have been asked if I could do this building.

This is the building
http://www.property.co.bw/common_up/sfb/property-gallery-img-time.bmp

I am going to see it in person, in the morning.

I do have a pure water fed pole system, but poles that reach about 8m

I do beleive I have access to roof. and guys who can repel, but need training in window cleaning.
I do also have a cherry picker that’ll go 17.5m.

Just curious how you guys with experience would do it?
(also details would be great)

I would really appreciate your help.

Thank you WINDOW CLEANERS

80 ft boom (cherry picker) would probably be the fastest.

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Nice building looks lovely. That’s money. Better lock them down quick.

There is no way you would fit a boom down that left side next to that tan building, probably rope access would be easiest, but you cant just give a guy on a rope a squeegee and expect results, that person needs to be trained on the ground first. I mean you could WFP it but your probably gonna have to spend a good dollar on a longer pole.
Is it glass and panels or just the glass?

His pole is not long enough.

Our new friend @Krees has 3 options:

  1. train his rope guys how to clean windows for a day then get them going down the sides
  2. rent a larger lift
  3. buy a 7 storey wfp

Having just purchased a 6 storey wfp, my advice would be to try 1 or 2 before going this route. It is incredibly difficult to wfp at 5 storeys and above.

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He only has 8 metres worth of pole, which is 26 feet.

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I don’t recommend going pass 6 stories with a wfp. You have too much glass at that height. I’m sure you want to do a great job. For rope accent would be be the way to go. If You have at least15 ft clear from the ledge you could use a roll around which would be even faster.As long as the guy in the chair is fully trained. You have to watch out for Osha. They see anything unsafe, they could fine you and or shut you down.

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Think about it though… @Krees is building his window cleaning business and already has guys who can descend by rope. They just have to be trained to clean glass. Take the cost of renting a lift and subtract out of that the cost of training a few guys for the day and the remainder is savings in the bank.

Now after this job is done he can do other high rise jobs at no extra cost than hourly wage.

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I am assuming there are 4 sides of glass…
From that pic it doesn’t seem that there is even enough room to drive a small car down the left side of the building, if you can’t fit a car down that ally way then you cant fit a lift, if you cant fit a lift you likely would not have room to clean that high with a pole.

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2 guys 2 days on a rope… easy

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You could use a boom for all other sides but that left side, does the roof have some kinda gantry system set up?

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Repel with wfp if they can’t squeegee

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