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Exterior Window Cleaning in Perth

Cleaning stone-house windows with a water-fed pole in Nedlands, Perth

Outside Glass, Cleaned With Pure Water, Up to Six Storeys

Coates Window Cleaning provides exterior window cleaning across the Perth metro, outside glass, frames and flyscreens on single storey homes, double storey homes and buildings up to six storeys, cleaned from the ground with purified water through water-fed poles so there is no ladder against your render, nobody on your roof and no spots left as the glass dries. It is the method behind every outside clean we do, for homes and for commercial sites, and most customers add the inside while we are there.

What Is Pure Water Window Cleaning?

Pure water window cleaning, also called water-fed or reach and wash cleaning, uses purified, deionised water pumped through a water-fed pole to clean glass up to six storeys from the ground.

Because the water contains no minerals or detergent, it dries completely spot-free, with no residue, no streaks and no film for new dirt to cling to. It's the standard method on every Coates Window Cleaning exterior clean across Perth.
Window cleaner squeegeeing a large sunlit pane at a Perth property
Brush-head pole cleaning an exterior window of a Perth building

Why Pure Water Beats Traditional Cleaning for Outdoor Windows

Ordinary tap water in Perth is full of dissolved minerals, and detergent leaves a microscopic film, which between them cause the streaks and quick re-dirtying everyone associates with window cleaning. Purified water does the opposite, it actively pulls dirt off the glass, rinses clean, and evaporates leaving nothing behind.

In plain terms, the glass isn't just cleaner on the day, it stays cleaner for longer. Perth's bore water staining and building dust are exactly the problems this method was built for. If you grew up calling it window washing, this is the modern version, and it works better. It is also why an outdoor window wash with a hose and a squeegee never quite gets there, the hose water carries the same minerals the sun then bakes onto the glass.

What Perth Does to Outside Glass

Outside windows in Perth get dirty in ways that are specific to the place, and knowing which one you have changes how often you need a clean. Bore-water reticulation is the big one, the overspray from sprinklers dries on the lower panes and leaves the white and orange mineral spotting that etches if it is left, which is why we look at the lower glass first on every quote. The easterlies through spring and autumn carry red dust off the hills that settles on every west-facing pane. Along the coast at Scarborough and Cottesloe and on the river at Nedlands, Dalkeith, South Perth and Como, salt and insect film build faster than anywhere inland. Near the arterials, Walter Road through Morley and Guildford Road through Bayswater, it is traffic film, a grey layer that detergent smears and pure water lifts. None of these need a special treatment, they need the right water and the right frequency.
Coates Window Cleaning technician squeegeeing a large window at a Perth home

High and Double-Storey Windows, No Scaffolding

High window cleaning and hard-to-reach glass is exactly what this system was built for. The telescopic pole system means we handle external window cleaning on double-storey homes, three-level offices and buildings up to six storeys without scaffolding, lift hire or rope access, which keeps jobs safer, faster and more affordable, and means no access equipment cluttering your site.

Our team is working-at-heights certified for everything above ground level regardless.

How Much Does Exterior Window Cleaning Cost in Perth?

Exterior-only cleans are quoted per home, and they always come in under the full inside-and-out clean, which runs $300 to $600 for most Perth homes with glass, frames and flyscreens included. What moves the price is the number of panes, the storeys and the condition of the glass, not the suburb. Most customers find that once we are set up outside, adding the inside is the better value, and the window cleaning prices page has every published figure.

How Often Should Outside Windows Be Cleaned in Perth?

Twice a year suits most inland homes, once before the spring and once after the winter rains have finished. Coastal and riverside homes do better on three to four cleans a year because salt and insect film build between visits, and anywhere reticulation hits the glass, the sooner the spotting comes off the less chance it has to etch. Commercial sites and shopfronts run on scheduled programs, usually every four to eight weeks, see commercial window cleaning.
Washing a sliding glass door from outside at a Perth home, furniture visible inside

What's Included

Glass, frames and sills, and on interior cleans, low-toxicity products and traditional methods, worked carefully around your furnishings.

Frames and flyscreens are part of every residential clean for residential jobs, and scheduled programs are available for commercial sites.

What About the Inside?

Pure water is an outside method, the inside is done by hand with low-toxicity products, traditional tools and boot covers on, worked around your furniture and blinds. Most homes book the two together because the inside pass is quick once the outside is done, and the full inside-and-out clean with glass, frames and flyscreens is what the residential window cleaning page covers. Offices and shopfronts get the same split on a schedule, see commercial window cleaning.

Exterior Window Cleaning, Your Questions Answered

Same job, two names. The water-fed pole is the tool, a telescopic pole with a brush head that carries water to the glass, and pure water is what goes through it. Reach and wash is a third name for the same thing. Whatever it is called, the result is outside glass cleaned from the ground and dried without a mark.

Yes, purified water is "hungry" water. Stripped of its minerals, it binds to dirt and lifts it off the glass, then rinses and dries spot-free. It's the same reason laboratories use deionised water for cleaning.

Light mineral staining, yes. Heavy, baked-on bore staining sometimes needs specialised treatment, and we'll tell you honestly at the quote stage rather than promise a miracle on the day.

Safer than traditional methods, because no chemicals means nothing to react with tints, coatings or seals. It's the same reason we use it for solar panel cleaning.

Genuinely, yes, and not in the vague marketing sense. There's no detergent or chemical in the process at all, just purified water, so nothing goes into your garden beds or down the stormwater drain except water. It's the cleanest method there is, in both senses.

Nothing, and that's the whole trick. We take everything out instead, running the water through filters that strip the dissolved minerals until it's completely pure. Pure water grabs dirt on its own and dries without a mark, so there's no detergent, no additives, nothing left on your glass.

Purified water through a water-fed pole, worked from the top pane down and rinsed clean, because it dries without the mineral spots that hose water and tap water leave. If you are doing it yourself, a bucket of clean water and a squeegee in the early morning is the next best thing, and our guide to the best way to clean windows walks through it.

Outside first, it carries most of the dirt. Once the exterior is done, anything still showing is on the inside, which makes the interior pass quick and precise. It's how we work, and it's the right order if you're ever doing it yourself.

With traditional detergent methods, avoid direct summer sun, the solution dries before it can be rinsed and leaves streaks. Pure water is far more forgiving, which is one reason we can work right through a Perth day, though early morning is still kindest on the glass in the middle of summer.

Either. Exterior-only is a common booking for two-storey homes and for commercial glass, and the full inside-and-out clean is what most homes book because the inside pass is quick once the outside is done. Tell us which when you ask for a quote.

Water-fed pole window cleaning on a modern Perth patio

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Fantastic -I couldn’t believe how dirty my windows were until they were cleaned. Highly recommend Ellis and team, gave me advice, cleaned the skylight and was a great price. What more could you ask for?
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Would definitely recommend. Always on time. Very efficient and always does an amazing job.
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Ellis was prompt with his quote and reminders to us of the date/time and extremely efficient when cleaning our gutters and solar panels. The paths were washed clean after the job was done. Highly recommend Ellis from Coates Window Cleaning.
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Great communication, follow up and service and an awesome job. Nothing like coming home to beautiful clean windows. Thanks Ellis
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Great job from Coates, Ellis and helper cleaned our windows/fly screens far better than I ever could. Would definitely recommend
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Really good Service, a job well done - woukd definitely recommend them👌
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Great service, did a really good job on our property. Communication was great and did it very quickly without compromising on quality. Would definitely use their services again.
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Can not fault Ellis or his service. Windows are exceptional. The kids have commented they can see why we need the circle stickers on the window now. Attention to detail is second to none - very thorough.
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Ellis came recommended via a friend after my previous window cleaner retired. He was easy to communicate with, arrived as scheduled and did a really good job with my windows and flyscreens.
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Thank you, Ellis and team. We were really pleased with your work! Very professional.

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