Restaurants and bars
Between lunch and dinner service. Fryer film on the lower third needs a degreaser, not just water.
Commercial
Glass on a route looks permanently good.
Weekly storefront work takes twenty minutes. The same storefront quarterly takes ninety, needs mineral work on the lower third, and still shows film by week three.
Every account
What a commercial scope contains
- Exterior storefront glass, entry doors, sidelights and transoms
- Interior vestibule glass and door push plates
- Frame and threshold wipe on every visit
- Awning and sign face spot-clean where reachable from the ground
- Monthly route sheet with pane counts and visit dates
- Certificate of insurance filed with the property manager
Documents ready to send
Certificate of insurance
General liability and workers' compensation, naming the property owner or manager as additional insured.
Written scope with pane counts
Per elevation. Doors, sidelights and transoms listed separately because they take different time.
W-9 and vendor packet
Whatever your accounts payable system needs, sent the day you ask.
Safety programme summary
Ladder policy, exclusion zones, and for high work the anchor certification and rescue plan.
Route frequency
More often costs less per pane
Counter-intuitive but consistent: the shorter the interval, the lower the per-pane rate, because the glass never gets hard. Quarterly is the most expensive way to buy clean glass.
| Interval | Typical accounts | Per-pane rate |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Restaurants, high-traffic retail, boardwalk businesses in season | Lowest per-pane rate |
| Fortnightly | Offices, professional suites, retail outside peak season | Low per-pane rate |
| Four-weekly | Suites with low foot traffic, upper-floor offices | Mid per-pane rate |
| Quarterly | Warehousing, industrial, low-visibility frontage | Highest per-pane rate, each visit is harder |
Sample route rate from $0.95 per pane per visit on a weekly storefront. Every scope is quoted from its own count.
Industries
Who we run routes for
Retail and storefront
Before 9 am on a fixed day. Entry doors, sidelights, transoms and push plates every visit.
Offices and professional suites
Interior partition glass and conference rooms outside working hours, exterior on the building route.
Hospitality and short-let
Timed to turnover. Balcony and sliding doors take the punishment on this coast.
Medical and dental
Early morning before first appointment. Waiting-room glass, entry and interior partitions.
Property management portfolios
One route, one invoice, one certificate of insurance covering every site in the portfolio.
Above two storeys
High access, and the paperwork behind it
Rope descent work is governed by OSHA 1910.27 and 1910.140. That means certified anchorages tested to 5,000 pounds, written anchor certification on file with the building, a second independent lifeline for every descent, and a documented rescue plan before the first technician leaves the parapet. We will not descend a building whose anchors have no current certification letter, and we will tell you plainly if that is the blocker.
- Pre-work site survey with elevation drawings and drop plan
- Anchor certification review, or coordination with your engineer if certification has lapsed
- Two-rope descent system with independent lifeline on every drop
- Ground-level exclusion zone with cones, tape and a ground attendant
- Written rescue plan and a crew trained to execute it
Commercial questions
What property managers ask first
Insurance and scope documents go out the same day. Call and we will send them before you commit to anything.
Yes. Most of our commercial route runs between 6:00 am and 8:30 am so the glass is finished before the first customer arrives.
Yes. We bill the property manager for common areas and each tenant separately for their own storefront if that is how the lease is written.
General liability and workers' compensation are current, and certificates are issued naming the property owner as additional insured on request. Sample limits are listed on the commercial page.
General liability and workers' compensation are current and certificates are issued naming the property owner as additional insured on request. Sample limits are listed on the commercial page. Ask any contractor for this before they touch your property.
A water-fed pole reaches about four storeys in calm conditions. Beyond that, or in wind, we use a boom or scissor lift where there is hard standing, and rope descent where there is not. Rope work needs certified anchorages and a written rescue plan before anyone leaves the parapet.
Ladders get standoff brackets so they never rest on the gutter. We do not walk shingle roofs for window work, and we soft wash roofs from the ground rather than climbing them.
Commercial
We will count your elevations for free.
Send the address. A technician counts every elevation, writes the scope, and gives you a per-visit figure with no obligation.
Insured and IWCA. Certificates issued to your property manager on request.