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The pole that does
the high glass.

A water-fed pole is a long carbon-fiber pole with a brush on the end and purified water running through the inside of it. We stand on the ground, reach up to the second story, scrub, rinse, and walk away. The window dries itself perfectly clear.

Straight talk about what it can and can't do: it comfortably handles the ground floor and most second-storey glass on a normal house or a shop frontage. It is not a high-rise tool and we are not high-rise cleaners. Anything the pole can't reach safely gets a ladder or step stool — set up properly, never alone — or we tell you it's not a job for us.

Ground level, pole up Window cleaners standing on the pavement using water-fed poles Feet on the pavement, brush up on the glass. The pole does the reaching — up to about a second storey.
The actual science

Why pure water
dries invisible

Tap water isn't just water. It's water plus dissolved minerals — calcium, magnesium, salts. Cleaners call that TDS: total dissolved solids.

When tap water dries on glass, the water evaporates but the minerals stay. That white crust is what you're seeing when someone hoses off a window and it looks worse.

Our filters strip the water down to almost 0 parts per million. Water that pure is actually "hungry" — it grabs dirt off the glass — and when it evaporates there is literally nothing left to leave a spot.

Fun fact you can test: leave a drop of tap water and a drop of distilled water on a mirror overnight. Only one leaves a ring.

Tap water vs. our water

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Tap water

~150–400 ppm of minerals. Dries into visible spots. Needs a squeegee and a towel to look good.

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Through the filters

A carbon pre-filter removes chlorine and grit. Then a resin tank swaps the remaining minerals out of the water, ion by ion.

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What hits your window

Near 0 ppm. Rinse it on, walk away, and it air-dries clear. No towel ever touches the outside of your glass.

Anatomy

What's on the pole

Tap or hover each part. It's a simple tool — it just does one job extremely well.

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Soft brush head

Flagged nylon bristles that flex around the frame and lift dirt without scratching.

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Fan jets

Two nozzles spray purified water while we scrub, so dirt never gets dragged across dry glass.

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Carbon-fiber sections

Light enough for us to hold steady. Ours extends to roughly 20 ft — enough for a normal two-storey house, not a tower block.

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Filter tank + hose

Connects to your outside spigot. Every drop passes through the filters before it goes up the pole. We bring the hose; we just borrow the tap.

The routine

How a pole wash actually goes

A window cleaner scrubbing a soapy window Step two in real life: soap on, brush working, water running the whole time.
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Rinse the frame first

Loose grit and cobwebs come off the frame before we touch the glass, so nothing gritty ends up under the brush.

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Scrub top to bottom

Water on, brush working across the pane, then along every edge where dirt hides.

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Flood rinse

We pull the brush off the glass and sheet clean water down the pane from the top. Everything the brush loosened rides down and off.

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Walk away

Seriously — that's the step. It dries on its own in a few minutes with no spots and no towel marks.

Our gear

Real tools. Not paper towels.

Every single thing we bring is chosen for one reason: it cleans glass without hurting it.

A professional stainless-steel window squeegee
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The squeegee

What it does: pulls the water off in one clean pass, taking the dirt with it. The whole job lives or dies on this tool.

Why ours is safe: the only thing touching your glass is soft rubber in a smooth channel. We change the rubber often — a nicked or dried-out blade is what leaves those thin lines people call streaks.

A microfiber window scrubber sleeve on a T-bar
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The scrubber (washer / sleeve)

What it does: holds a ton of soapy water and loosens everything stuck on — pollen, dust, bug spots, sprinkler mist.

Why ours is safe: it's a soft microfiber sleeve, not a scouring pad. We rinse it constantly so grit doesn't build up in the fibers, because trapped grit is what scratches windows — never the fabric itself.

A hand holding a spray bottle of glass cleaning solution
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Window solution

What it does: breaks the surface tension so dirt lets go, and it lubricates the glass so the squeegee glides instead of skipping.

Why ours is safe: a tiny amount of pro glass soap in a lot of water. No ammonia, no harsh chemicals, nothing that eats window tint, damages seals, or kills the plants under your windows.

Window cleaners using water-fed poles from the ground
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Water-fed pole

What it does: reaches upstairs windows from the ground and rinses them with purified water so they dry spotless with no towel.

Why ours is safe: soft flagged bristles, and the water is running the entire time so nothing is ever dragged across dry glass. Full page on it here →

A folded blue microfiber detailing cloth
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Microfiber detail towels

What it does: wipes the edges and corners where a squeegee can't reach, and catches the last drip along the bottom of the pane.

Why ours is safe: lint-free microfiber, washed after every job. A dirty towel just smears the dirt back on, so we bring a stack of clean ones.

A window cleaner working carefully on a pane of glass
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Scraper — used carefully

What it does: takes off paint specks, stickers, and hard stuck-on gunk that soap won't touch.

Why ours is safe: this is the one tool that CAN scratch, so we treat it that way. Fresh blade, always on soaking wet glass, one direction, flat to the pane — and never on tempered or coated glass. If we're not sure a window can take it, we skip it and tell you.

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Bucket + belt

What it does: keeps clean solution close and keeps our tools off your deck and your window sills.

Why ours is safe: fresh water every few windows. Cleaning window ten out of a bucket of mud helps nobody.

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Ladder & step stool

What it does: gets us to the windows the pole can't reach well — awkward angles, glass tucked under an overhang, and the tops of tall inside windows.

How we use it safely: the pole does as much of the high outside glass as it can first. When a ladder is the only way, it goes on level ground with standoff pads — never leaning on your gutters, your siding, or the glass itself. One of us always foots the ladder while the other works, and a parent is around for the higher outside windows. Inside, a step stool covers almost everything, because most second-story windows fold or tilt in.

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Drop towels & shoes off

What it does: protects your floor, your sill and your paint while we do insides.

Why it matters: a great window over a soaked windowsill is not a great job. We leave the room the way we found it.

The important part

Why we can't scratch your windows

Here's the honest truth most people don't know: glass doesn't get scratched by towels or brushes. It gets scratched by a piece of grit that got trapped under one of them — or by a scraper used dry or on the wrong kind of glass.

So our whole system is built around grit control:

  • Rinse the frame and the glass before anything scrubs it
  • Rinse the brush and the sleeve constantly while we work
  • Fresh water in the bucket, fresh rubber in the squeegee
  • Nothing dry ever gets dragged across a dirty window
  • Scraper only on soaking-wet glass, and only when the glass can take it
  • If a window looks risky, we ask you first instead of guessing
Close-up of a professional window squeegee blade Fresh rubber. The single biggest reason a window ends up streak-free.

Our promise, in one line

If we're ever unsure whether something might damage your window, we stop and ask you — even if it means leaving one spot on the glass.

No ammoniaNo abrasives No dry scrubbingCareful ladder work No guessing
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Less time on a ladder

Ladder falls are the #1 injury in window cleaning, so we use the pole for as much of the high glass as it can reach. When a ladder is the only way, it goes on level ground and one of us foots it the whole time.

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No chemicals in your yard

It's filtered water. Nothing that hurts your plants, your pets, or the paint on your siding.

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Nothing leaning on your house

No dents in gutters, no scuffs on siding, no footprints in the mulch under your windows.

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