Post-Construction Cleaning for New Builds and Renovations
There is a boom on. New homes going up in Collingwood and the Blue Mountains, cottages torn back to studs, additions and full renovations from Thornbury to Wasaga Beach. Every one of them ends the same way: the trades finish, and the building is filthy in a way no regular clean touches.
We do the final stage. Construction residue comes off the glass and frames, the dust film comes off every surface it settled on, and the property is ready to be photographed, handed over, or moved into. We have been doing this since 2012, and we work for builders and homeowners both.
- Stucco and mortar splatter — off glass, frames and sills
- Paint overspray, primer mist and stain haze
- Silicone and caulk smears from the glazing and trim crews
- Manufacturer labels, stickers and the adhesive they leave behind
- Drywall dust — the film on glass, not just the pile on the floor
- Concrete splatter and slurry on windows, doors and hardware
- Window tracks, sills and channels cleared of screws, grit and debris
Why a Standard Clean Fails on a New Build
A regular window clean assumes dirt. Soap it, squeegee it, done. Construction residue is not dirt — it is cured material bonded to the glass. Stucco, silicone, paint and adhesive do not dissolve and they do not wipe. Send a standard crew at it and they either leave it there or they scrub until something gives.
That is where the real money gets lost. New glass scratches. Some tempered panes carry fabricating debris from the factory that a blade will drag straight across the surface, and scratched glass is not fixable — it is replaceable. Replacing a pane in a finished building means a glazier, a lead time, and a hole in your schedule. This is exactly why post-construction glass is its own trade, and why we approach it as one.
Rough Clean, Final Clean, and Working Between Trades
A rough clean happens mid-build: debris out, dust knocked down, site made workable for the next trade. A final clean happens once the last trade is off the job — it is the detail pass, and it is the one your client actually sees. We work the final stage, and we book it around your sequence, not ours.
Order matters. Glass and frames get cleaned after painting, after flooring, after final caulking — otherwise you pay us to clean it twice. If a trade has to come back and remakes a mess, tell us and we come back too. We run Monday to Saturday and we book construction work as tight as the schedule allows, which is usually enough to fit a clean between the last trade and the walkthrough.
For Builders, GCs and Site Supers
You need the punch list closed and the date held. We are one call for the exterior and the glass, we carry $2M general liability, and every worker is covered by WSIB — the paperwork is available before we are on your site.
We work off your schedule and your access. If the occupancy date moves, tell us and we move with it. If your client walks the property and finds a pane we missed, we come back — our streak-free guarantee runs 48 hours and it applies here the same as anywhere else.
- Scheduled around your trade sequence and occupancy date
- $2M general liability · WSIB on every worker
- One contractor for glass, frames, exterior surfaces and site glass on multiple units
- Repeat work across subdivisions and multi-unit builds
For Homeowners Taking Possession
A builder clean and a real clean are not the same thing. The builder clean gets the place presentable for the walkthrough. Then you move in, the first low winter sun comes through the south-facing glass, and you see every silicone smear and every ring of adhesive the labels left behind.
Book the real clean for the week you take possession, or right after your renovation crew pulls out. Same applies to cottage renovations — if the work wrapped in October, get the glass clear before the place sits closed all winter with construction film curing on it. It gets harder to remove the longer it stays.
Multi-Storey Glass and Everything Above the Ladder Line
Most new builds around here have glass nobody can reach from a ladder — great rooms with two-storey window walls, escarpment-facing lots designed around the view, commercial and mixed-use buildings on four and five floors. We reach it with purified water-fed poles rated to 50+ feet, which leave no residue and dry spot-free, and with certified rope access where poles cannot go.
On the commercial side, the concrete comes with the job. Machine floor scrubbers and power sweepers pull construction grit and slurry off parkade levels, loading areas and lobbies before the tenant fit-out arrives. If your project has both — high glass and dirty concrete — it is one crew and one scope.