How we do it
Most of it happens from the ground.
We're as comfortable with a mop and squeegee as anyone, and we still reach for them
where they're the right tool. But most exterior work is done with water-fed poles —
a long carbon-fibre pole running pure filtered water up to the glass from where we're
standing.
Reason 01
No ladders against your house
A ladder has to lean on something, and boots have to stand somewhere. Over enough visits that means dented siding, scuffed eaves and footprints through the flower bed. Working from the ground means none of that ever comes up.
Reason 02
Nothing but pure water
The water is filtered until there is nothing left in it but water — no soap, no solvents, nothing with a warning label. Nothing runs off into your garden or onto your patio, and nothing needs rinsing off afterwards.
Reason 03
The clean tends to last
Think about what soap is actually for: it attracts dirt and holds onto it. Traditional cleaning leaves a faint soap residue behind, and that residue starts collecting the next layer of dust straight away. Pure water leaves nothing for dust to stick to.
Reason 04
Fresh water at every window
There's no bucket. The water is filtered on its way to the glass, so the last window's dirt never arrives at the next one on a cloth or in a bucket of grey water.
Reason 05
Frames get rinsed on the way past
The brush and the water go over the frames as well as the glass, so you don't end up with clean panes sitting in a dirty border, which is what people notice from inside the house.
Reason 06
The awkward ones stop being awkward
Over a deck, above a garden bed, on ground that isn't level — the windows you can't safely stand a ladder under are just another window when the water goes up and you don't.