Louvered Windows

Hey Luke In Hawaii, there are still many homes with louvered windows My house is an older home that was built with many louvered windows They are a b**ch to clean and it took me a long time!

I’ve determined that I will not take them off to clean for liability reasons and also it is very time consuming I feel like I would be doing them a disservice though Any suggestions?

How much would you charge a customer? Any chance you can make a video for louver cleaning?

That type of occurs in Hawaii often? Anywhere else? I never encounter them in Reno .

I’ve only had to clean them a few times here in kc. I would be pretty high as they can be time vampires . I’d start at around $3-$4 per slat

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This is the best tool to clean them with https://shopwindowcleaningresource.com/sorbo-tricket.html

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Thanks John Lee I purchased it and it is really good and I just used it yesterday on my louvers But the problem is not with cleaning the actual glass It’s cleaning the frame that supports the glass A lot of cracks and crevices My frames were really dirty

It took me at least 10 minutes to clean one frame! I ended up using a spray bottle filled with soap and water to clean all the crap out At that rate, it would take me 6 hours to do about 20 window frames on my own!

I feel it would be a disservice to only clean the louvers and not the frame I think I’m gonna use Luke’s guide and charge them more than I usually would

Thanks Luke I’ll take that into consideration :call_me_hand:

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Yes Derrick Many times in Hawaii The older homes were built with louvers Newer homes these days are coming with the standard windows Thank goodness! Not too sure about other areas outside of Hawaii

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Absolutely man! Let us know how it goes !

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Use a hand sprayer with a de-greaser solution like Simple Green and then use a 1 gallon sprayer with clean water to rinse and a have wet/dry shop vac to suck it into at the bottom of the frame.

Soap:
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Rinse:
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