Exterior glass, frames, and sills cleaned from rope, swing stage, or water-fed pole depending on building height and anchor availability. Crews and equipment are matched to the building, not the other way around.
Confirm access method against building height, roof davit or anchor condition, and any tenant or bylaw restrictions.
Rope lines are anchored and inspected, a swing stage is hoisted and tied back, or a water-fed pole system is filled with purified water — matched to the drop.
Glass is pre-wet and loosened with a soft applicator to lift dust, salt spray, and organic film before contact cleaning.
Squeegee or purified-water rinse finishes the pane; frames, sills, and corners are hand-detailed separately.
Technicians work each drop line systematically across the elevation, re-anchoring at set intervals per the access plan.
A final walk confirms coverage, drip marks are cleared at grade, and any glass defects are logged for the property manager.
Coastal salt air, construction dust, and rain streaking mean most Metro Vancouver towers need more than an annual clean to look presentable year-round. Frequency is usually set by exposure and lobby visibility, not a fixed rule.
Yes. Rope access is one of the most tightly regulated access methods in construction — every technician is IRATA or SPRAT trained, works on independent primary and backup lines, and anchors are inspected before each use. It's chosen specifically because it avoids street closures and swing stage rigging time on buildings where that matters.
We never use razor blades on tempered, tinted, or coated glass — only soft applicators, purified water, and, where needed, a plastic scraper rated for the coating. Razor use is restricted to uncoated annealed glass at ground level where scratch risk is negligible.
Water run through a resin and reverse-osmosis system has the dissolved minerals stripped out, so it dries spot-free without squeegeeing. It's what makes pole-fed cleaning viable up to roughly the fourth to sixth floor — beyond that, wind and reach limits push us to rope access or a lift.
WorkSafeBC and CSA Z259 guidance call for annual inspection of permanent fall-protection anchors and roof davit systems by a qualified person, with load testing on a longer cycle set by the manufacturer or engineer of record. We flag anchor condition on every visit and will tell you in writing if a recertification is overdue before we use it.
Most high-rise cleaning happens during business hours from outside the glass line, so tenants see the crew but aren't displaced. For sensitive floors — boardrooms, medical suites — we schedule around bookings the property manager flags in advance.
Get a budget estimate, review our insurance and safety credentials, or see recent work in our case studies.
Verified feedback on our rope access, swing stage, and water-fed pole window cleaning programs.
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“Class act! Super easy to book and showed up on time and did a stellar job! I had all of the glass windows cleaned and let me tell you winter was unkind to all of our sliding glass doors and now they are perfection. Will be booking them again soon!”
“David and all of the team at Spiffy are good guys who aim to please. They did a wonderful job on my windows, gutters inside and out, and my deck glass which was covered in years of green algae. I didn't think I needed cleaning, but after it was done, I must say, I do enjoy my clear views.”
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