I have these type of windows on a clients house that I’ll be going to in 2 weeks. He says they’re closed right now, but are essentially like mini-blinds, where he’ll have them open and wants them cleaned inside/out. The rest of the windows are an outside-only job. For the mini-blind type windows, have any of you seen these on a job, and what is the most effective (and quickest way to clean them?
For reference, the middle picture is the one in question.
not sold here, because of the brand, but you could try something like this. makes quick work of louvre windows like those
Sorbo Tricket With Squeegees - YouTube
Do a house that has some of those. It’s A Pain in the butt, and they never look good enough! It takes a lot of time make sure you price it high!!!
They are also known as louvered windows and a real pain as mentioned. I price these at $10 per piece of glass in the window just because I don’t like doing them, but if someone is willing to pay my price then it would be worth my time.
The way i clean louvered glass is open them up wet a few at a time and squeegee with a small channel,once they dry you will have to buff the edges,wait til they dry or you will make a mess. for each set, i would allow 30 mins each.
They are the most pain of any glass to clean.
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For future reference. Do you do both at once or do 1 side, let dry then do the other then buff edge. Guess it depends on how wet and if the solution is and if it stays on wet side or works onto backside. Could you scrub both sides at the same time and squeegee both together?
Yeah i would wet up both sides of say 4-5 panes squeegee off both sides and continue on wetting up and squeegeeing waiting til they were really dry before detailing the edges.
There are quite alot of louvers over here, quite used to cleaning them. Still don’t look forward to cleaning them.
Just wondered if scrubbing both at the same time, hands across from each other for support and able to apply more pressure since the hands can equal the pressure. Not familiar with these so I would be worried doing 1 side and possible breaking. Figure the other supports or can scrub/squeegee too.
Thanks Steve
So anyone else opinion on this Tricket double squeegee? I like the concept of it, just want to make sure I don’t spend the $26 on a tool that’ll end up being useless in my toolbox.
I’ve never tried the tricket. I’ll still offer my opinion based on my experience over the years with jalousies.
Save your money. You can get pretty good at them and do it quicker than you may think.
I open them up to as horizontal as I can get them. Sometimes the outside of the top pane and the inside of the bottom are a bit tight to get at.
I use a scrubber to wet them a few at a time from top to bottom. Then I use a white pad to get all the crud loose, hand wipe with a terry towel, and buff dry with a huck or scrim. They look pretty stinkin’ good when I do it that way and it’s not as horrible as you might think as long as they have fairly easy access.
… I think you’d be better off without it. Open the louvers up, use a damp (not drippy) micro fiber cloth cleaning both sides of a pane at once (depending on their size) and then wipe / buff with a huck. Time consuming but very easy to do.
Yea, the access isn’t that bad. They’re checkered all over the 3 levels, as the pictures I posted indicate. The bottom level is standing height, the few on the second and third level are easily reached with my extension ladder. I’m just glad every single window isn’t that style. I think there’s about 15-20 total out of the 115 windows that are in the house.
Yea, that was my original thought on what to do, but figured I’d ask here to see if suggestions provided easier ways to do it. I appreciate everyone’s feedback on this 
My wife is helping me with this job, maybe I’ll have her do all these and I’ll do the regular windows…lol. Wait, maybe that’s not such a good idea…lol lol.
These are a pain as mentioned. I use SprayWay and blue hucks. Works very well. I try not to do them unless we are in a slow season.
I have seen those windows on some older schools around here. I am sure they are not that bad once you figure out the quickest way to clean them. Everyone has great suggestions so far
Seen em in trailer parks lol.
I dont see it working. All jalousies are not created equal, and without being adjustable it wont work.
That, and Sorbo is apparently a pompous a$$.
I have the double squeegee , don’t use it. I do like Dan said above. Horizontal, wet and scrub both sides, but I use a long squeegee or just blade to reach in and get 90 % of the glass, both sides, then I go back and wipe.
Hi there. Here in Queensland Australia about every second house has them (climate similar to Florida). I’ve done homes with 1000+ of them an yes they are a pain.
The Sorbo tricket is good for washing but not the squeegee bit. Carry a spray bottle with solution, spray the first 4-5 with the louvre closed, them open and spray the tops of those. Wash, squeegee top / bottom / top / bottom etc… and as mentioned in an earlier post wait for them to dry in the corners before going back to buff.
Another tip for really bad ones is to WFP them from outside first. The worst of the dirt will always be on the outside/top of glass.
We don’t actually clean these old ones (as pictured) anymore for safety reasons. They fall out easily and the glass is really weak. Very easy to cut yourself. Modern louvres are more secure and made with safety glass.
We charge about 1.25 + tax per panel and that equates to about $100 an hour for us.
We see theses here a lot , we use a lot of caution because they can easily slip out when whipping them
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