Balcony Cleaning Supplies for a First Condo Owner

Balcony cleaning supplies, on the unit you just closed on, are a bucket, a mild soap, a soft brush, and a squeegee. That short list is the dollar figure people miss while they price machines. A pressure washer stays off the balcony. A hose stays off the rail. The published visit is $2 a square foot, so an 80 square foot floor is $160, and that visit replaces the kit on a tower with no hose bib.

What supplies do you actually need?

You need a bucket, a mild soap, a soft brush, and a squeegee. Those four are the balcony cleaning supplies that belong on a first condo, and a pressure washer is not among them.

The bucket is the water system. Fill it at the kitchen sink. A Florida tower in downtown St. Petersburg or Tampa often has no bib on the balcony wall, so the sink is the tap. Carry the bucket through the slider. Do not point a stream at the outer edge.

Mild soap means the liquid already under that sink, not a deck stripper. The film on a rail is salt and dust. A harsh bottle marks a finish the association will see before you have opened the closing packet.

The brush has to be soft. Powder-coated rails along Beach Drive, and the metal caps on a Channelside panel, scratch under a stiff deck brush. The squeegee is for glass you can reach while both feet stay on the slab. Leave the outside face, past the rail, alone on a first weekend.

The strokes sit in the guide to washing a high-rise when no hose is allowed. This page is only what to carry out.

What does the full kit cost?

A full store kit has no price here, because we will not invent a receipt. The dollar figure we can stand behind is the visit: $2 a square foot, and 80 square feet is $160.

Shelf tags move. A guessed total for soap, a brush, or a squeegee would be a fake number. The visit is the line we actually charge, and it stands in for that cart when the tower has no hose bib.

Multiply the walkable floor by two dollars. Eighty square feet comes to $160. That visit covers the slab, the rail, reachable glass, the screens, and the slider channel. Nothing extra is added for showing up.

If the square feet are still a blank, pace the walkable floor or open the size calculator before you text a photo. A closing plan sometimes prints a notch you cannot stand on. The photo shows it.

What can you skip?

Skip the pressure washer, any hose you would hang over the rail, and any jug meant for a driveway. A first owner can also skip the specialty spray, the bleach, and a second mop.

A house article lists machines because a house has a yard. A first buyer in Pinellas or Hillsborough often loads the cart before opening the closing folder. Water that leaves your rail falls on the neighbor under you. Keep the wash on your own slab.

Ordinary film yields to mild soap. Bleach on a rail whose metal you have not named becomes a mark you then own. If the outside glass is the part you cannot touch, hiring is the next decision, not another gadget. See the comparison of washing it yourself and hiring the visit.

Four items are enough when the sink can fill a bucket this weekend. When the bib is missing and the packet is still in a folder, the $160 visit is the list.

What would yours cost?

Length times depth, in feet. Pace it off if you have no tape: a normal stride is close to three feet.

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Sources

1. Bay Balcony. Published rate, $2 per square foot, on the cost guide. baybalcony.com