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A Works Co. manual · No. 01
The Window Cleaning Works
Nobody is going to automate the person who turns up and cleans the windows. Window cleaning is hands-on, local and recurring — about as AI-proof as work gets — and now one person can run the whole round with AI doing the quoting, the admin and the marketing.
Free · instant download · PDF + Excel · 179 pages · 15 spreadsheets · 95 prompts
✓ Manual + Excel toolkit + 95 AI prompts ▤ 179 pages ∞ Free updates for life ↺ Refund without friction
AI-proof by design
An income AI can't take.
AI can write an essay; it cannot clean a first-floor window in the rain. The work is physical, local and relationship-based, and the income is recurring — the same houses, every four to six weeks, for years. That makes it durable in a way a desk job built on tasks software now does is not. What AI changes is the back office: you no longer need staff or evenings of admin to run a serious round.
The headline feature
Run it with AI behind the scenes.
Every manual ships with an Excel toolkit and a 95-prompt AI library mapped to the real jobs of window cleaning — so one person can run a serious operation without staff or evenings of admin.
A round that plans itself
The Excel round planner and the 4-week/8-week cycle templates turn a list of customers into an efficient daily route — no software subscription needed to start.
Customer messages, handled
Polite payment chasers, 'we're coming tomorrow' texts and review requests — drafted from a prompt, sent in seconds.
Local marketing on autopilot
Ten Facebook community posts, a Google Business Profile description and a leaflet — generated from the prompt library, ready to use.
Start before you register
Your first £500 before you fill in a single form.
You do not need to register a company, build a website, or spend a penny on marketing to earn your first £500. With a £400 starter kit and a Saturday of door-knocking on the right street, the manual walks you from your first 'yes' to twenty paying customers — and you register with HMRC once the money is coming in, not before.
UK-accurate, not guru noise
The real numbers, kept current.
~£400
Starter kit
A water-fed-pole backpack system — the modern, ladder-free method.
£90,000
VAT registration threshold
You only register for VAT once turnover passes this — most solo rounds never do.
£15–£25
Typical domestic clean
Charged every 4–6 weeks. The average UK customer stays on a round ~7 years.
£45,000–£75,000/yr
Realistic solo round
A mature one-van round in an affluent area, ~65–75% margin.
See inside
Open the book before you buy it.
Real pages from the manual you'll download — not mock-ups.
Read Chapter 1 free (PDF)
The complete first chapter, straight download — no email address needed.
What's inside
179 pages, built to be used.
Foundations
- The Window Cleaning Opportunity
- Is This For You?
- Setting Up the Business
The Craft
- Equipment: The Traditional Method
- Equipment: The Water-Fed Pole
The Customers
- Getting Your First 20 Customers
- Own Your Customers
- The Trust Kit
- Speed to Lead
- Pricing and Quoting
- Pricing That Wins
- Get Paid, Every Time
- Doing the Work
Commercial
- Commercial Window Cleaning
- Winning Commercial Contracts
Growing
- Scaling the Business
- Specialist Work
The Modern Operator
- The 2026 Tech Stack
- Your AI Co-Pilot
- The First 90 Days
The Moat
- Drones, AI, and the Decade Ahead
The whole thing. Free.
Why free? Because it's the proof.
This is our flagship — the best manual we've made. Giving it away whole is the most honest way to show you what a Works Co. manual is. If it earns your trust, there are 22 more trades in the catalogue at £47, and The Operator membership adds a ready-to-run campaign every month on top.
- The complete second edition — nothing held back, no "lite" version
- The same 15-file Excel toolkit buyers of every other manual get
- 95 AI prompts for quoting, admin and the social round
Free · the complete flagship
Get The Window Cleaning Works — free.
The full 179-page manual, the 15-file Excel toolkit and the 95-prompt AI library. No card, no trial — just an email address.
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When you're ready for more: 22 more trades · The Operator — a ready-to-run campaign every month, £9/month
The price, in context
What this free manual replaces.
£15,000–£25,000
A cleaning-trade franchise licence
Plus ongoing fees, territory rules and their brand on your van.
£497–£1,997
A typical "start your business" course
A webinar funnel, an upsell ladder, and a mentor you never meet.
Free
A Works Co. manual
The complete flagship book, toolkit and prompt library. Yours for an email address.
No catch
It costs you an email address. That's the whole deal.
No card details, no trial that quietly starts billing, no "free chapter" that turns out to be a sales letter. You get the complete manual, toolkit and prompt library, and we get the chance to show you our standard. If you never buy anything from us, you still keep everything.
Honest questions
Answers, in plain English.
Why is The Window Cleaning Works free?
Because it's the proof. It is The Works Co.'s flagship manual, and giving it away complete — the 179-page book, the 15-file Excel toolkit and the 95-prompt AI library — is the most honest way to show what a Works Co. manual is. The publisher earns from its other 22 trade manuals at £47, from The Operator membership at £9 a month, and from partner links to suppliers a real operator uses. There is no card, no trial and no cut-down version; you trade an email address for the complete bundle.
How do I start a window cleaning business in the UK?
Buy a water-fed-pole starter kit (around £400), pick a street of houses to target, and knock on doors offering a regular clean for £15–£25. You can earn your first money before you register anything; you register as a sole trader with HMRC once income is coming in. The Window Cleaning Works gives you the equipment list, the door-knock scripts, the pricing and a week-by-week plan to your first twenty customers.
Is window cleaning still a good business in 2026?
Yes. It is a recurring, local, hands-on service that AI and software cannot replace, and demand is steady — every house has windows. The change in 2026 is that one person can now run a serious round alone, because AI handles the quoting, admin and marketing that used to need staff or long evenings.
How much can a window cleaner earn in the UK?
A part-time round of 40–60 customers earns roughly £8,000–£18,000 a year. A full-time solo operator with 150–250 customers typically earns £45,000–£75,000 a year at a 65–75% margin. Small operators with a few vans and staff turn over £150,000–£400,000.
Do I need a licence to clean windows?
No licence is required to clean domestic windows in the UK. You should register as self-employed with HMRC, hold public liability insurance, and follow working-at-height and water-byelaw rules — all of which the manual walks you through.
Do I need AI or technical skills to use this?
No. The trade is run with a bucket and a doorbell. The AI prompt library simply lets you copy a prompt into ChatGPT or Claude to draft a quote, a customer message or a marketing post in seconds — it compresses the admin, it does not replace the work.
Tools & suppliers
What you'll need, and who we rate.
A short, honest list of what gets you started. Some links are partner links; we only list things a real operator uses.
- Public Liability Insurance — Public liability cover from around £5–£10/month — most trades need it before the first job.
- Business Bank Account — A free app-based business account to keep takings separate from day one.
- Trade Equipment Supplier — Water-fed poles, pure-water systems and starter kits from a UK trade supplier.
- Company Formation & Accounting — Register a limited company and get bookkeeping handled — for when you're ready.
- Job & Round Management Software — Scheduling, invoicing and Direct Debit collection for a growing round.
Start this weekend.
Everything you need to start window cleaning — the manual, the Excel toolkit and the 95-prompt AI library — free, in one instant download.