Window Cleaning in Torquay

The Moore & Franks approach in Torquay

Torquay is the grand dame of the English Riviera, all white Italianate villas, palm-lined terraces and tiered seafront hotels looking out over Tor Bay. That elevated, sea-facing glass takes salt air constantly, and the bigger detached homes up around the Warberries carry upper windows no ladder should be near. We do it the safe way, with pure-water reach poles that clean high panes from the ground and lift salt film so glass dries clear, frames and sills included. As a Devon family firm with twenty-five years behind us and £5m cover, we give Torquay's fine frontages the polished finish the Riviera reputation calls for.

Torquay stacks up in tiers, and the glass at each level weathers its own way. The grand villas up around the Warberries and Wellswood carry tall windows shaded by mature trees, where damp does the damage; the terraces of Ellacombe and Upton sit lower and cop traffic film and salt; the Chelston and Shiphay semis take the sea air off the bay. Knowing which problem you have is half the job of quoting a sensible clean.

The town is full of balconies, conservatories and big sea-view windows, all of them pointed straight at the salt. That view is the whole point of a Torquay home, so a hazed, filmed pane is a real loss. We rinse the salt off with pure water so the glass dries clear, and take conservatory roofs on at low pressure, priced by size, £50 + VAT up to £90 + VAT. Balcony glazing and finials go in the same set-up.

With so many hotels, guest houses and holiday flats along the front, a lot of our Torquay work runs to a regular commercial schedule. Sea-facing glass here films again within weeks, so monthly or six-weekly suits better than quarterly, and it is a fixed price each visit with no booking calls. We work from outside and early, so guests and the seafront traffic are never dodging a pole on the pavement.

Our Torquay customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ1, TQ2 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Babbacombe & Oddicombe Beach, Cockington Village, St Marychurch, Wellswood, Torre Abbey, Kents Cavern).