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Rope Access Cleaning Services is a method of cleaning at height that has been developed over a 25 year period.

It is also used in construction and is known as a safer, less intrusive method of high-level work. Scaffolding requires time and is costly to install and takes up a larger working space and area.

Ladders involve more risk, and extension poles can’t always reach all the necessary places to give the same level of cleaning required.

It is recommend twice a year high-rise window cleaning. However, many of the clients from certain industries who come to us for high-rise cleaning opt for quarterly or even monthly cleans – it all depends on your needs.

Rope access is a work positioning tactic used by experienced and well trained workers by the use of climbing techniques and ropes.

The evolution of rope access dates back to around the 18th century as it uses techniques used in caving and mountain climbing. It provides for the fulfillment of every employers’ wish i.e. lesser equipment and fewer men.

It does not require any aerial working platforms, cradles, etc. The labor can easily adjust the rope access assembly as per his comfort while working.

A simple answer to this question can be that yes, it is safe.  Rope access requires specific training by technicians and third-party certification, which is different in different regions of the world.

Health and safety executives perceive it as a ‘potentially dangerous’ system. Well, in a way, it is the same as dangling barefooted from a skyscraper.

In reality, rope access has a much better record of safety than many other conventional working systems known for working with heights.