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Techniques

Techniques
The real strength of Oz Cleaning Services is the breadth of different techniques it offers to give you the fastest and most cost effective solution to your cleaning needs. Our highly skilled technicians have experience across all types of access methods, and this allows us to combine different techniques on a single job, maximizing cleaning efficiency.
Techniques include:

• Water-Fed Poles
• Abseiling
• Building Maintenance Units
• Lifting Equipment
• Confined space abseiling
• Pressure Washing
• Scaffold
• Traditional

Please take a moment to look through our detailed explanations that follow.

Water Fed Poles

Water-Fed Poles (WFP) are super-light extendable poles that allow us to reach up to 20m in height (around five to six stories depending on the actual building). This allows us to work from the safety of the ground with minimum disturbance to those around us.

While extendable pole technology has been around for many years, the results have always been poor as standard water and cleaning agents have been used: It is very difficult to see what you are doing from the ground, and most of the time traditional techniques will leaves spots and smears on the glass.

Our breakthrough technology combines WFP with highly purified water. All the water we use has gone through a multi stage filtration process removing the mineral content of tap, bore or spring water. The water we drink is great for our health because of its mineral rich content, but is extremely poor at cleaning glass, as it is these very minerals (calcium, chlorine, sulfates, magnesium etc) that lead to mineral deposits building up on glass leading to the spots and smears you see.

By applying this di-ionized water to a dirty surface, the water wants to immediately return to its mineral rich state, absorbing everything it comes into contact with. The result is spotless cleaning every time, with the run-off having the same properties as rain water.

Seeing is believing, and the results will astound you.

Abseiling

Rope access techniques such as abseiling have been commonplace for the last twenty years. Abseiling of buildings for cleaning purposes came out of techniques and equipment developed for mountain climbing. It allowed for buildings that previously needed expensive and time consuming roof top safety systems installed to now be cleaned by this relatively inexpensive and time efficient technique.

The majority of commercial window cleaning enterprises concentrate on offering this service.

At Oz Cleaning Services, we see abseiling as just another technique- to be used when a more efficient cleaning method is not available.

We have also adapted our pure water technology to be used by our abseiling team. The photo to your left shows how this really comes in to its own on tricky jobs such a louvres. It is notoriously difficult to get into confined spaces using a mop and squeegee, where as our short hand held Water-fed poles can easily access the tightest of spots.

This again demonstrates how we are trying to develop the business to take on board the latest time saving innovations for you the customer.

Confined Space Abseiling

Confined space entry has for a long time been a workplace hazard which claims several lives each year, mainly because of a lack of understanding and education of the dangers. Specific legislation has been developed to manage the inherent risks of entry and working in confined spaces.

A confined space, according to AS/NZS 2865- Safe working in a Confined Space is defined as an enclosed or partially enclosed space which:

• is at atmospheric pressure during occupancy;
• is not intended or designed primarily as a place of work;
• may have restricted means of entry and exit, and may;
• have an atmosphere which contains potentially harmful levels of contaminant
• not have a safe oxygen level or cause engulfment.

Confined spaces may include:

Storage tanks, tank cars, process vessels, boilers, pressure vessels, silos and other tanks usually having only one manhole. Open topped spaces at more than 1.5m in depth such as pump wells, pits or degreasers that are not subject to good ventilation. Pipers, sewers, tunnels, shafts, ducts and similar structures.Any shipbaord spaces entered through a small hatchway or access point.

BMU (consultation & use)

Building Maintenance Units (BMU) are defined as an item of plant that comprises a working platform suspended on wire ropes from a securely mounted overhead structure or carriage. It is designed and erected to provide access to parts of a permanent building and to serve only that building, although parts of the installation may be demountable for storage purposes. The platform is capable of being raised or lowered and may be able to move laterally across the face of a building.

Most buildings in excess of around 20 stories usually have a BMU. for areas that are inaccessible via the BMU rope access techniques are required.

Our staff have extensive experience in the use and maintenance of a wide variety of Building Maintenance Units. It is normal however to be inducted by an approved technician into the use and safe working practices on any unit we have not used previously.

We have adapted our pure water delivery system to be used on a BMU. This allows us greater flexibility and speed when carrying out a cleaning project. In some cases we can use roof top rain water tanks, in conjunction with a mobile filtration system thereby providing a chemical free, and socially responsible solution to your cleaning needs.

Lifting Equipment

We have extensive experience in all forms of Elevated Work Platforms (EWPs). Any Technician operating any lifting equipment has either completed his certification or is under the supervision of a certified trainer.

We receive significantly discounted rates on the hire of this equipment, and pass the price through to you at cost. The expensive part of equipment hire of this type is not the actual day rate, but rather the delivery and pick-up costs. We therefore try and carry out a number of different services at the same time when on-site to minimize the overall cost.

We will be able to advise you as to the exact equipment required for any operation. We can also provide trained operators on a half day and day rate.

We have extensive experience in using:

• Diesel and electrical Knuckle booms to 90ft
• Diesel and electrical Scissor lifts to 140f

Please contact us for further details.

Traditional

The majority of inside work requires the good old fashioned mop and squeegee. This also includes pole extension up to around 3m to extend the reach.

All our Technicians have years of experience and do not leave drips or smears. Careful attention is paid to sills and frames. There is not a lot one can say about this!

Pressure Washing

Oz Cleaning Services offers a variety of pressure washing services. Please refer to the login area for our current Sydney Water Permit Status. Generally speaking we try to clean surfaces without the need for pressure washing, however there are some jobs that it simply is the only answer. This includes:

• Driveways
• Pathways
• Forecourts
• Reception areas
• Certain initial graffiti removal
• Brick and porous surfaces

We have a number of different pressure washing units depending on the job:

• Light Commercial electrical units (in all vehicles) (bar/MPa) 120/12
• Heavy Commercial electrical units (bar/MPa) 10-180/1-18
• Diesel Heavy Commercial units (dual out-put) 30-250/3-25
• 10-40ft Pole adapters for electrical units

By adapting our Water-Fed Pole Technology to accept pressure washing requirements, we can provide this type of cleaning service to areas that traditional heavy lifting equipment, or scaffold simply cannot reach. It also means for smaller contained stains and marks, the expense of lifting equipment is not incurred.

Scaffold

We use low level scaffold up to 3.8m in height. All our equipment is company owned ensuring the highest levels of quality and safety.

All technicians are fully trained in the safe erection and dismantling of equipment.The photo to your left shos a practical example of scaffold in use, where by combining this safe work platform with our water-fed pole technology, we have been able to complete a complicated task without the need for expensive lifting equipment.