Cleaning tall windows or large glass facades doesn’t automatically mean you need an aerial work platform. With professional cleaning drones, it’s becoming possible to clean windows without an aerial work platform in more and more situations.
Washdrone uses specialized drones to clean tall and hard-to-reach glass surfaces from the ground. This creates an innovative way to clean windows that requires less heavy equipment around the building.
How can you wash windows without an aerial work platform?
With traditional window cleaning at height, the window cleaner must be able to reach the window. Depending on the building, this is typically done using a cherry picker, scaffolding, or a facade-mounted system.
With a cleaning drone, the worker does not have to go to the window themselves.
The drone is controlled from the ground and flies in a controlled manner along the glass facade. The cleaning system sprays water onto the glass while the operator works safely from the ground.
Window Cleaning with a Drone
A cleaning drone is specially equipped for professional cleaning work at heights.
Before work begins, Washdrone assesses the location. This assessment includes evaluating the building, its height, accessibility, the immediate surroundings, and the level of dirt on the glass.
It is then determined whether window cleaning with a drone is a suitable solution for the building in question.
Why wash windows without a cherry picker?
An aerial work platform may be ideally suited for window cleaning, but it also presents practical challenges.
There must be sufficient space around the building; the machine must be transported to the site and set up, and for larger facades, it must be moved regularly.
Washing windows without a cherry picker can therefore offer advantages:
- less heavy equipment around the building;
- less work at heights;
- rapid deployment;
- less obstruction of parking spaces and access roads;
- suitable for tall and hard-to-reach glass surfaces;
- less disruption for employees, residents, and visitors.
Window Cleaning in Hard-to-Reach Areas
Drone technology can be particularly useful for windows that are hard to reach.
Think, for example, of tall office buildings, apartment complexes, industrial buildings, or structures where parts of the glass facade are difficult to reach with an aerial work platform.
A drone moves freely along the exterior of the building and can therefore reach areas that might require additional equipment with traditional window cleaning methods.
Window cleaning with osmosis water
Washdrone uses osmosis water for window cleaning.
This is purified water from which minerals, among other things, have been largely removed. As a result, fewer residues remain on the glass after it dries.
For large glass facades, this is an efficient way to clean windows without requiring a window cleaner to finish each window individually with a squeegee.
Cleaning windows at height from the ground
The main difference lies not only in the drone itself, but primarily in the way the work is carried out.
The drone operator remains on the ground and controls the cleaning process from there. As a result, less work at height needs to be performed on suitable buildings.
This can be of interest to property owners, homeowners’ associations, and facility managers when large quantities of glass at height need to be cleaned on a regular basis.
Is a drone always an alternative to an aerial work platform?
Not in every situation.
Some windows are easily accessible from the ground and can be cleaned just fine using traditional methods. For other buildings, the location, the type of dirt, or the conditions may make a different cleaning method more suitable.
That’s why Washdrone assesses in advance which method best suits the building and the job at hand.
Aerial work platform, telescopic boom, or cleaning drone?
There are various ways to clean windows at height.
Telescopic systems can be operated from the ground, while greater heights often require other access methods. A cleaning drone adds a new option: the cleaning solution or water is delivered directly to the surface to be cleaned via the drone.
This can offer particularly interesting possibilities for tall and large facade surfaces.
Have your windows cleaned without a cherry picker?
Does your commercial building, apartment complex, or other structure have high or hard-to-reach windows?
Washdrone would be happy to assess whether it’s possible to clean windows at your location using a cleaning drone without a cherry picker.
Check out our drone-based window cleaning services or contact us for a no-obligation assessment of your building.
