Many Annandale windows come framed by plaster mouldings, often sit beside coloured glass and, on the northern end and the cross streets, look out toward the harbour, Anzac Bridge and the city. The buildings range from small workers' houses to pre-war flats of three storeys. We clean exterior glass, frames and sills from the ground with carbon-fibre water-fed poles and purified water, so upper floors are reached without a ladder against old render.
Annandale windows carry more decoration than most. Council lists plaster mouldings above doors and windows, and coloured glass, among the suburb's characteristic features. Dust and soot settle on the ledges of those mouldings and wash down over the pane below with the next shower, so the glass under a moulding picks up streaks a plain window would not.
Getting to the back is the second consideration. With so few rear lanes, the rear of many houses is reached by a side passage or through the house, and there is rarely room to stand a ladder safely once you get there.
Heights vary sharply across the suburb. The largest buildings sit on the highest land, with the deepest setbacks, while the pre-war flats in the conservation area run to three storeys, and upper windows on either are not a comfortable job from a ladder. On Parramatta Road, the two-storey shop-top buildings have their upper windows above awnings, beside a road council describes as carrying high levels of traffic pollution, so grime can build on that glass faster than elsewhere.
A pole lets us reach all of it from the ground. The purified water dissolves dust and traffic film and dries spot-free, with no detergent on the glass, frames or sills.
From the northern end of Johnston Street and many of the cross streets, Annandale looks out to the harbour, Anzac Bridge and the city skyline. A film on the glass dulls that outlook so gradually that you tend to notice how much only once it is gone.
Coloured glass benefits in its own way. Grime flattens the colour, and the water-fed pole and a purified-water rinse bring it back with no detergent on glass that may be original to the house.
Frames and sills are part of every clean rather than an extra. Soot and dust sitting on a sill hold moisture against it, and rinsing them off along with the glass keeps the paintwork in better shape between repaints.
For landlords and strata, ground-based cleaning means upper windows on a walk-up block can be done from outside without entering each unit, and interior glass can be added on request, for example when a tenant moves out.
Shops along Parramatta Road and around the Booth Street intersection get clean upper windows without a ladder set up on a busy footpath.
Yes. Our clean covers exterior glass, frames and sills, and that includes the coloured glass council lists among Annandale's characteristic details. Purified water with no detergent means nothing harsh touches old glass or its frame. If a pane is cracked or loose, tell us beforehand and we will take care around it.
Interior glass is available on request. Our standard clean covers the outside of the glass, frames and sills, worked from the ground. In an older terrace or a pre-war flat, adding the inside at the same time means you see the full effect of the outside clean in rooms that rely on a few windows for light.
Council's heritage statement for the Parramatta Road strip notes high levels of traffic pollution, and the fine particles settle on glass as a slightly greasy film. Purified water lifts that film and dries clear, but homes and shops closest to the road will see it come back sooner than houses further from it.
No. The carbon-fibre pole is worked from the ground and only the brush head meets the glass and frame, so nothing leans on render, plaster mouldings or parapets. On Annandale houses where those mouldings are original, that is a real advantage over cleaning from a ladder.
Water-fed poles, purified water and spot-free glass up to three storeys, without a ladder against your gutters.
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