history of window cleaning
history of window cleaning
1900's
1900's
crude squeegees are made
1936 Ettore Steccone
1936 Ettore Steccone
Ettore steccone an Italian American invents a newer simpler squeegee that becomes the staple of window cleaning for most of the rest of the 20th century
1990's waterfed era begins
1990's waterfed era begins
the nineties brought about a revolution in window cleaning,
out side windows upto about 4 storeys could now be cleaned without the risk of using ladders or scaffolding , by washing and rinsing
1998 wagtail pivoting squeegee
1998 wagtail pivoting squeegee
in 1998 the Australian wagtail starts with a revolutionary new squeegee, which has benefits for the operator which in turn enables him to deliver a better clean quicker, and also protects his body to let him return for many years to come .
February 2008
February 2008
toowoomba got the first glimpse of our services as we started working alongside acacia general cleaning.
9th November 2011
9th November 2011
we had incorporated solar cleaning into our services and returned to the terryfic name
18th july 2016 wagtail wave
18th july 2016 wagtail wave
we at a1 terryfic solar and window cleaning were able to witness the lanch of the single biggest upgrade to the waterfed window cleaning industry with the wagtail wave.
the wave moved from the accepted brush towards the microfiber washer, but the biggest advance with the wave was the overhead rinsebar, which not only cleaned windows better and faster and more acurate but with less water