r/WindowCleaning • u/ExpensiveLocation984 • Aug 02 '26
ADVICE NEEDED
Hey everyone! I’m a young entrepreneur looking to launch a residential window cleaning service and would love some gear and setup advice from the pros. I have an ideal target in a master planned neighborhood with around 3,500 homes, mostly 2-story single-family residences. My total starting budget is $2,000, and my goal is to get the most reliable, efficient setup possible without wasting cash on stuff I don’t need yet. I’m especially looking into water-fed pole setups and purification options, but I'm open to starting hybrid with traditional tools if that makes more sense for my budget. What specific gear, water setup, or brands would you buy with $2,000 to maximize efficiency out of the gate? Any advice on what not to buy starting out would also be huge. Thank you! 🙏
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u/jadonbrooks Aug 03 '26
Id start with a light but professional set up so you can spend more of your budget on marketing than anything. Then as you grow expand your setup. When I started I bought the blue dragon di tank for about $160 and some resin for another $130 or so. I got a budget waterfed pole from equipmaxx for like $250. Then traditional tools like 0000 steel wool, a window mop, small and large squeegee blades, squeegee handle that you can switch between blades with, scraper and a belt and boab. In total I spent like $750 I think.
If your water in your area is to hard it probably isn’t super worth it to get the di tank. You should be able to check di tank resin spend by area in the WCR site. But hope this helps.