Drone Building & Facade Cleaning in Alabama
We clean facades, windows, roofs, solar arrays and parking structures with tethered cleaning drones and, where flight is not the right tool, water-fed poles and ground crews. Crews and equipment mobilize to Alabama with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey.
Quick facts
- Coverage
- Statewide, nationwide service
- Season
- Birmingham's average first freeze falls around November 9 and freeze risk typically clears by late March, leaving roughly an eight month window for exterior washing without freeze-related scheduling constraints.
- Reach
- Up to 200 ft per staging position
- Insurance
- FAA Part 107 · $2M liability
Where we work in Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama's largest metro and commercial hub, with 66 high-rise buildings over 115 feet including the state's tallest concentration of office towers.
Huntsville
Fast-growing tech and aerospace corridor with expanding office and research park stock around Cummings Research Park and the Redstone Arsenal area.
Montgomery
State capital with a government and institutional building base plus a humid subtropical climate that drives regular algae and mildew facade soiling.
Mobile
Gulf Coast port city with high humidity and salt-air exposure that accelerates facade grime buildup on commercial buildings, including the state's tallest tower, the RSA Battle House Tower.
Season and scheduling
Birmingham's average first freeze falls around November 9 and freeze risk typically clears by late March, leaving roughly an eight month window for exterior washing without freeze-related scheduling constraints.
Birmingham's average first freeze is early November, and the average last freeze is late March.
Water-based washing pauses in freezing weather, and recurring clients are booked at the start of the window.
How we operate in Alabama
These are the rules that shape a job here; we plan around them at the survey, not on site.
Alabama treats the FAA as the sole regulator of the national airspace over the state, and municipal or county governments cannot establish a no-fly zone without prior written FAA approval.
Code of Alabama Section 13A-7-4.3 makes unauthorized physical entry of a completely enclosed or clearly posted critical infrastructure facility by drone a Class A misdemeanor, escalating to a Class C felony if the drone carries a weapon or interferes with operations.
Act 2024-222, codified around Code of Alabama Section 13A-7-91, makes it a felony to operate a drone within 500 feet horizontally or 200 feet vertically of a Department of Corrections facility.
Alabama has no comprehensive statewide drone privacy statute; a 2025 bill that would have restricted drone recording near schools and private individuals died in committee and never became law.
Birmingham: Birmingham caps drone flights at 100 feet above ground level within city limits, well below the FAA's 400 foot ceiling, and restricts operations to daylight hours only.
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport sits in Class C airspace, so commercial drone flights in the surrounding controlled rings need LAANC authorization or an FAA waiver before takeoff.
Alabama has no state-level contractor license specific to pressure washing or exterior building cleaning; operators typically need a county privilege license from the local probate judge or license commissioner and any required city business license.
Alabama municipalities operate under ADEM-issued MS4 stormwater permits that prohibit non-stormwater discharges into the storm drain system, and Birmingham's post-construction stormwater ordinance similarly bars unauthorized discharges of waste material into municipal storm drains.
Building stock
Birmingham has 66 high-rise buildings taller than 115 feet, led by the 454 foot, 34 story Shipt Tower (formerly Wells Fargo Tower), giving it the largest concentration of tall commercial buildings in Alabama.
Five of Alabama's ten tallest buildings are located in Birmingham, concentrating the state's high-rise facade and window cleaning demand in that metro.
What to expect in Alabama: two documented projects
We have not yet published a documented project in Alabama. Until we do, the two jobs below are the reference for scope, duration and price. Both were delivered in Florida, where we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning, with the same equipment, method, insurance and price sheet that crews bring to Alabama.
Reference project: Belmont Village
Belmont Village Senior Living · Coral Gables, FL, a 130,000+ sq ft luxury senior living high-rise. Delivered in Florida, where we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning.
Belmont Village needed its entire exterior - facade, windows and floor surfaces - cleaned without closing a single entrance or moving a resident. Lifts, scaffolding, swing stages and rope access were all off the table.
Before
After- 130,000+
- sq ft of exterior cleaned
- 7 days
- start to finish
- Zero
- lifts, scaffolding or closures
- 2×/year
- asked back on a semi-annual schedule
Delivered at $0.20 / sq ft, all in, across the full scope. That is a real project price, not the advertised rate, and it does not move when the published range moves.
Reference project: Miramar Centre II
Workspace Property Trust · Miramar, FL, a four-story Class A office building in Miramar Centre Corporate Park. Delivered in Florida, where we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning.
A prospective tenant walkthrough was booked for Thursday and the job was only confirmed on Monday afternoon. Lifts and scaffolding could not clean the building in the time available, and nothing could block the entrances or take over the parking lot.
Before
After- 48 hours
- to complete the entire building
- ~29%
- below traditional pricing for the same scope
- Zero
- lifts or scaffolding on site
- Minimal
- disruption to tenants and daily operations
Services offered in Alabama
- Facade and building cleaningStucco, EIFS, brick, painted concrete and metal panel, cleaned from the air without lifts or scaffolding.
- Window cleaningPure-water drone glass cleaning for high-rise and commercial buildings, no swing stage.
- Roof cleaningSoft-wash for tile, metal, shingle and flat roofs with no foot traffic on the membrane.
- Solar panel cleaningPure-water rinse for rooftop and ground-mount arrays, priced per panel.
- Parking garage cleaningDecks, drive lanes, walls and stairwells at a flat per-square-foot rate.
Pricing in Alabama
We publish our prices. The commercial rate of $0.12–$0.25 per square foot, fixed after a free site survey, is our published national rate, and every job in Alabama is a fixed price after a free site survey. There is no minimum charge on any job, and a maintenance contract runs 20–30% below the one-off price per visit. The full model is on how we price.
Alabama questions
Have you completed a project in Alabama yet?
Not a documented one yet. Our reference projects are two jobs delivered in Florida: Belmont Village in Coral Gables, FL (130,000+ sq ft of exterior cleaned, 7 days start to finish, Zero lifts, scaffolding or closures, 2×/year asked back on a semi-annual schedule) and Miramar Centre II in Miramar, FL (48 hours to complete the entire building, ~29% below traditional pricing for the same scope, Zero lifts or scaffolding on site, Minimal disruption to tenants and daily operations). Work in Alabama uses the same equipment, method, insurance and price sheet, and the first documented Alabama project will be published here when it is delivered.
Do you really serve Alabama?
Yes. Crews and equipment mobilize anywhere in the United States, with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey. In Florida we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning. The first documented Alabama project will be published on this page when it is delivered.
When is the washing season in Alabama?
Birmingham's average first freeze falls around November 9 and freeze risk typically clears by late March, leaving roughly an eight month window for exterior washing without freeze-related scheduling constraints.
Can you fly a cleaning drone in Alabama?
Alabama treats the FAA as the sole regulator of the national airspace over the state, and municipal or county governments cannot establish a no-fly zone without prior written FAA approval. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport sits in Class C airspace, so commercial drone flights in the surrounding controlled rings need LAANC authorization or an FAA waiver before takeoff.
Do you need a licence to pressure wash in Alabama?
Alabama has no state-level contractor license specific to pressure washing or exterior building cleaning; operators typically need a county privilege license from the local probate judge or license commissioner and any required city business license.
How is pricing set?
Commercial work is quoted per square foot, fixed after a free site survey. $0.12–$0.25 per sq ft is our published national rate, and bigger jobs get lower rates. Crews and equipment mobilize anywhere in the United States, with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey.
More general answers are on the national FAQ. See every state on the states directory.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Birmingham,_Alabama
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Alabama
- https://www.weather.gov/mgm/
- https://www.weather.gov/bmx/climo_first_fall_freeze
- https://www.flyusi.org/guides/drone-laws/alabama
- https://propelrc.com/drone-laws-in-alabama/
- https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/uas_facility_maps
- https://www.theamericanllc.com/alabama/pressure-washing
- https://adem.alabama.gov/water/npdes-programs/npdes-permits
Our core services
- Facade & building cleaningStucco, EIFS, painted concrete, glass and metal panel, cleaned from the air.
- Roof cleaningSoft-wash for tile, metal, shingle and flat roofs with no foot traffic.
- Window cleaningPure-water drone glass cleaning for high-rise and commercial buildings.
- Parking garage cleaningDecks, drive lanes, walls and stairwells at a flat per-square-foot rate.
Get a free site survey in Alabama
Tell us the property. We survey it for free and send a fixed price.