Mar
02
Whenever I’m downtown I see these window cleaners high up cleaning windows of the skyscrapers that make up the gorgeous skyline of Pittsburgh. I always think to myself, “That takes serious guts. I could never do that job.” It does take a special kind of person to do that job. You have to be able …
Mar
02
When I started writing for this blog I had no idea what any of the terminology meant. Hell, it had been a good year since I had cleaned my own windows. I had to spend an entire day on google trying to translate the blogs that were written before I had published mine. Then, I …
Mar
02
Ever think “Well I was going to go wash my car but since it’s raining, I don’t have to because the rain will wash it for me.”? You’re wrong. Also, just because there is a hurricane whipping at your window and flooding your basement doesn’t mean that your windows are clean. On the contrary my …
Feb
02
So last night I was reading and I heard my phone ring. I answered it and it happened to be Satan. He said that he had had it with all this window cleaning. “What in the Sam hill are you talking about Satan?!” I replied. “I work hard all night long to keep those windows …
Feb
01
The International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) and The Glass Association of North America (GANA) released a joint Glass Informational Bulletin (GIB) which could have been titled a little better. Construction Site Protection and Maintenance of Architectural Glass is not just that catchy. Anyway, it outlines the need for proper protection of architectural glass throughout the construction process to all general …
Feb
01
The easiest answer is looking out a clean window is just better. Simply having clean windows just looks so good. How do you feel when the windows are cleaned? You feel more creative, you’re in a better mood and well, over all, you just feel better. Clean windows can also improve your insight as well …
Feb
01
What business is A to Z window cleaning in? We are in the window cleaning business. A to Z cleaning is a business you can count on. We clean windows big or small, up high or down low. A to Z window cleaning is just that, we will clean all windows A to Z. We …
Jan
10
Stefan Bright authored an article on suspended scaffold safety for the new issue of SA – the magazine of the Scaffold and Access Industry Association http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/courier/scaffoldindustry_201201/#/12 Sort of an overview on the topic with a few tips and advice to thoroughly train, document and have all OSHA regs on hand. The article doesn’t actually mention …
Nov
30
Hard water stains can not only damage the glass but also make your building look horrible. Costing you long term tenants itching for a new place and also loss in rent. Hard water deposits form on windows that are exposed to over-spray from sprinkler systems. Mineral deposits in the water collect on the glass and appear as a haze and/or white spots. If the …
Nov
29
We stopped in our local window cleaning supply business in Pittsburgh and at first we were just by ourselves,on a rainy day. I was with my partner,my wife, my love Mercedes. We’re picking up window cleaning supplies; blades, some blue hucks and soap. As we were being waited on about four other window cleaning companies …
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