Hamilton is two kinds of building in the same postcode. The river side at Northshore and Portside is newer mid rise, glass balustrades and rendered walls, designed late enough to have roof anchors from day one. Back up the hill and along Racecourse Road there is older stock, brick and render walk ups and small commercial buildings that were never built with anyone working off the roof in mind.
That split decides how a job gets rigged. On the newer buildings the anchors are usually there and usually certified, so the crew is over the edge inside an hour. On the older ones the first question is what the ropes are going to hang off, and the honest answer is sometimes that anchors need installing before anything else happens. Either way it is the river side of town, so salt and wind show up on the hardware well before they show up on the glass.
Hamilton at a glance
Building types
Newer riverfront mid rise at Northshore and Portside, older walk ups and small commercial back up the hill
Typical access
Certified roof anchors on the newer stock, anchor installation often needed on the older
Usual frequency
A full facade wash once a year, with a glass clean in between at the six month mark
What we watch for
Salt and wind off the river on anchor hardware and balustrade fixings
Photos
On site in Hamilton
Local work
On the ropes around Hamilton
Hamilton work runs from signage and facade cleaning on the commercial buildings out toward Eagle Farm through to glass and facade rounds on the residential towers along the river. The building types are different enough that the quotes are too, which is why we look before we price rather than working off a rate per square metre.
If your building is in Hamilton or Northshore and already has certified anchors, we can usually fit it into a run we are already doing rather than mobilising for it on its own. If it does not have anchors yet, that is a separate conversation and it is worth having before the first clean rather than after it.
