Outstanding service at extraordinary heights.
Established in 2013, with just four employees, Principle Cleaning Services’ IRATA-accredited vertical division has grown considerably to become the UK’s second largest with a 120-strong team.
From glass panes in the thousands to core building maintenance for many of London’s largest property companies and estates, our teams deliver a service of outstanding quality.
Our vertical cleaning division provides a complete solution to your window cleaning and exterior maintenance needs. Our highly skilled and experienced teams proactively manage and monitor safety as our top priority. We always tackle access issues in accordance with current legislation, guidance, and best practice. And we deliver our service while ensuring the minimum of disruption to business activities.
All work is carried out by fully trained personnel directly employed by Principle Cleaning Services. Our in-house teams provide:
- Window cleaning using water-fed poles, ropes, and cradles;
- Cleaning of cladding and building facades, including stainless steel, plastic, anodised, and powder-coated materials;
- Fascia, soffit and gutter cleaning;
- Stone and fabric maintenance.
Reaching new heights.
We deploy a range of technologies and techniques to clean glass and other materials on even the highest and most challenging buildings.
These include:
- State-of-the-art reach and wash systems
- MEWPs and mobile elevated access
- IRATA rope access technicians
- BMU and other Work-at-Height Equipment maintenance
- Specialist fabric monitoring, cleaning and maintenance.
We can also provide specialist access consultancy services to help your teams or other contractors perform work on your premises.
Investing in our people.
Our 120 strong, IRATA-accredited window cleaning team expertly cleans a diverse range of highly complex glass buildings across London. We regularly assess each team member for specific areas of development and nurture them through regular training.
Our team is made up of fully experienced and qualified individuals. Qualifications held by our team members include:
- IOSH Supervising Safely (Supervisors)
- IOSH RAMS (Supervisors)
- PASMA
- IPAF
- IRATA
- Human Focus Training
- General Health and Safety
- Working at Height Training
- Roof Safety
- Fire Awareness
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- ACT Awareness
- Equality and Diversity
- Site specific BMU Training.
Our management team is also hugely experienced, fully motivated and all are locally based, which means they know their staff and clients and are on-hand whenever needed.
Motivated to perform.
We provide one of the best benefits packages in the industry, which includes annual bonuses, a competitive holiday allowance, holistic and individual health assessments, access to mental health resources and team building and wellness events.
Our team receives significant investment in their development and we are proud to have one of the most highly qualified and engaged teams in the UK, with a 95% retention rate; one of the strongest in the industry.
A motivated and happy team is the foundation of the exceptional service we aim to provide.
Innovation and use of technology.
We lead the way in innovation and the use of new technologies to improve performance and efficiency, reduce costs and help minimise impact on the environment. For example, we use drones and robotic solutions across our activities to reduce water use and increase water recycling.
Our in-house innovations include:
3D Mapping
3D mapping delivers a totally bespoke, highly manoeuvrable 3D map of an entire building or estate. It collects data and delivers performance statistics for multiple buildings including how washrooms are used, how windows are cleaned and what cleaning standards are being achieved. It also details hotspots around estates, cleanliness, waste management and more.
Drop Marking
Drop Marking technology integrates with 3D Mapping, allowing our window cleaning teams to track and record drop duration times accurately. It also provides a real-time record of the progress of scheduled cleans. In addition, all our teams must complete our custom weather report form before work can commence.
Reverse osmosis filtration
To conserve water and minimise chemical use, we strive constantly to reduce, reuse, and recycle. For example, we’ve implemented a reverse osmosis filtration system across multiple sites, enabling us to conserve and recycle 25% of the water.
A semi-permeable membrane separates contaminants in the water, acting as a physical barrier that blocks impurities at a molecular level. This filters out 98% of unwanted molecules, producing what is effectively pure water and this is used to clean shop fronts, external receptions, columns and low level glazing across a number of client estates.
And because this is through a water fed pole system, no streaks or watermarks are left.
