20 THE WORLD OF CLEANING
Window Cleaning with Telescopic Poles:
Which One is The Right One for You?
UNGER
Modern telescopic poles make
your job easier and are the safer
alternative to using ladders. Due to
the numerous risks associated with
the use of ladders to clean windows,
telescopic pole should be the first
choice for professional glass and
building cleaners.
Traditional window cleaning
with aluminium telescopic
poles
With UNGER telescopic poles for
traditional glass cleaning, your
work is safer because you have
solid footing on the ground. You
can choose from one- to five-part
aluminium telescopic poles that let
you work as high as 10 m (33 ft) up.
The two-piece OptiLoc telescopic
poles are available in six variants
from 125 cm to 6 m in length. The
three-piece OptiLoc series offers
telescopic poles from 185 cm to
9 m in length. Add-ons allow the
telescopic poles in UNGER’s TelePlus
125 and TelePlus 200 series to be
extended by another 6.2 or 10 m,
respectively. The two-piece UniTec
telescopic poles are also available
in 2, 3, and 4 m lengths. The weight
varies depending on the length, and
ranges between 300 to just over
2,200 grams. Thanks to the UNGER
safety cone, the telescopic poles are
even safer because the tools snap
into place and can’t fall off.
Using telescopic poles in traditional
window cleaning requires certain
workflows that are easy to follow.
First, the washer is attached to the
telescopic handle. If you skip a little
bit at the top edge of the window,
you’ll reduce drips and won’t have
to squeegee down the top edge
afterwards.
When cleaning the window, you
choose either a vertical or right
angle. The vertical technique is
recommended for smaller windows:
wipe the window from top to bottom.
The vertical tracks overlap and the
drops hanging from the rubber lip
are tapped off at the top.
For larger windows, we recommend
cleaning at right angles. Here you
set the squeegee to the left under
the edge of the upper window
frame. First pull horizontally to the
right; when you reach the end of the
track, go vertically downwards. The
individual tracks will overlap here
as well. This method leaves a bit of