Storefronts at 6:30. Houses after 9.
A window cleaner's day has two halves: a run of shops that have to be done before the doors open, then a house or two that take most of the afternoon. Redline keeps the storefront route on repeat, books the houses at their real length and moves the outside work when it rains.
Building a window cleaning week
Book the storefront route yourself
Shops want you at 6:30, before suggested times start. Give Redline the time ("Bella's Bakery every other Monday at 6:30") and set the repeat on the visit.
Save the cadences
Presets like "Storefront 2-week, 30 min" and "Residential 6-month, 3 hrs" make the next customer one tap. Up to 20 presets.
Book houses at their real length
In the calendar's Add event, set the length (a colonial inside and out might be 3 hours) and Redline offers the 3 best open slots, favoring towns you're already in.
Bring regulars back
Repeat a home every 6 months, ending after as many visits as you like, so spring and fall are booked before the rush.
Move the wet days
Rain, wind or a freezing morning for water-fed pole work: one message moves a day's outside jobs to the next open day.
A wet Wednesday
Thursday is open from 9:00. Whitman (3 hrs, Lexington) at 9:00 and Kowal (2 hrs, Lexington) at 12:30 keeps both in one town. Move them?
Whitman and Kowal moved to Thursday. For the 4 storefronts, delete this week's visit on each in the calendar. The rest of each 2-week series stays, so they're back on the 29th.
Moves happen right away once you say yes. Single visits are deleted in the calendar. Suggested times assume weekdays from 8 to 5, so set early storefront times yourself.
A window cleaner's calendar, by kind of job
| Job | When | How it's booked |
|---|---|---|
| Storefronts and offices | Before opening, weekly to monthly | Repeating series at a time you set |
| Residential regulars | Spring and fall | Every 6 months as a series |
| One-time homes | Whenever they call | Single visit at its real length |
| Post-construction cleans | When the builder is ready | Single visit, often a full day |
| Gutter or screen add-ons | Same visit | A longer visit, not a second trip |
The early route and the 8 to 5 assumption
Redline's suggested times assume a weekday from 8 to 5. That works for houses and it doesn't for storefronts, which is fine: storefronts are a fixed route you already know, so you set the times once and the series holds them. The suggestions are for the work that moves, the homes that call in April wanting their windows before a graduation party.
The other thing to know is that Redline groups by the town on the address, not by drive time. For a residential day in one town that's exactly what you want. If your route crosses a town line every few blocks, use your own judgment and tell Redline the order.
Straight answers on window cleaning schedules
Redline does
- Hold storefront routes at the early times you set
- Book homes at their real length with suggested slots
- Repeat residential regulars every 6 months
- Move a wet day's visits in one message
- Group homes in the same town on the same day
Redline doesn't
- Suggest times before 8am or on weekends
- Check wind and rain and move jobs by itself
- Let customers book themselves online
- Remind customers before a visit
- Plan routes by drive time
Questions contractors ask
Can Redline check the forecast?
If you ask in the chat, it can look it up, which uses some of your AI credits. It won't watch the weather or move jobs on its own.
Can my second crew see their storefronts?
On Team and up, each crew gets the tech app with their day, the order and the shop notes (key box, alarm code, which door). Team includes 3 seats.
Can I set up a whole storefront route by chat?
The chat books one visit at a time. Book each shop's first visit, then set its repeat on the visit, or pick a saved preset in one tap.
More for window cleaners
Keep reading
- Window cleaning softwareQuote by the pane, keep storefronts on repeat and rebook homes every season.
- Window cleaning quote appPane counts and add-ons into an itemized quote, then the next visit reminded.
- Pressure washing softwareQuote by the square foot from photos, move rain days and rebook last year's washes.
- Recurring jobs and repeat presetsBook a whole season of visits in one save, and reuse the cadence as a preset.
Run your business by chat.
Redline is free to start. Tell it about the job and it handles the quote, the schedule, the invoice and the follow-up.