Drone Building & Facade Cleaning in Louisiana
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 Louisiana with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey.
Quick facts
- Coverage
- Statewide, nationwide service
- Season
- NOAA 1991-2020 normals put New Orleans' median first freeze around December 21 and median last freeze around February 2, leaving most of the year free of freeze-related scheduling constraints.
- Reach
- Up to 200 ft per staging position
- Insurance
- FAA Part 107 · $2M liability
Where we work in Louisiana
New Orleans
Largest metro in the state with 23 buildings over 100 meters, concentrating the state's high-rise facade and window cleaning demand in one downtown core.
Baton Rouge
State capital and a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and technology center, giving it a mix of office towers and industrial plant exteriors.
Shreveport
Louisiana's third most populous city with a downtown casino and hotel district plus a 350,000 square foot convention center requiring routine exterior upkeep.
Lafayette
Regional hub for the energy sector with a humid subtropical climate and year-round precipitation that accelerates facade soiling and mildew growth.
Season and scheduling
NOAA 1991-2020 normals put New Orleans' median first freeze around December 21 and median last freeze around February 2, leaving most of the year free of freeze-related scheduling constraints.
New Orleans's average first freeze is late December, and the average last freeze is early February.
Water-based washing pauses in freezing weather, and recurring clients are booked at the start of the window.
How we operate in Louisiana
These are the rules that shape a job here; we plan around them at the survey, not on site.
Louisiana Revised Statute 2:2 gives the state exclusive jurisdiction to regulate drones, so state law preempts any local ordinance regulating drone operation, though cities can still set conduct rules on property they own.
RS 14:337 bars intentionally using a drone to surveil or record targeted facilities, including refineries, water treatment plants, pipelines, and ports, without written consent, with fines of 500 to 4,000 dollars and up to two years imprisonment.
RS 14:283, Louisiana's video voyeurism statute, prohibits using a drone-mounted camera to observe or record a person without consent in a place where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Louisiana imposes no separate state pilot license or drone registration beyond the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate required for commercial operators.
New Orleans: City Park New Orleans prohibits drone operations within the park, with violations resulting in revocation of the visitor's park pass, and Audubon Nature Institute properties bar drones as well.
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport sits in Class B airspace, and LAANC near-real-time authorization covers Class B, C, D, and surface-area E airspace at hundreds of towered airports nationwide including major Class B fields.
Louisiana has no license category specific to pressure washing or exterior cleaning; the state board requires a Commercial Contractor license above 50,000 dollars and a Home Improvement Contractor registration between 7,500 and 75,000 dollars for covered trades.
Building stock
New Orleans has 23 buildings taller than 100 meters, led by the 697 foot Hancock Whitney Center, the tallest building in Louisiana since 1972.
What to expect in Louisiana: two documented projects
We have not yet published a documented project in Louisiana. 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 Louisiana.
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 Louisiana
- 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 Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
Louisiana questions
Have you completed a project in Louisiana 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 Louisiana uses the same equipment, method, insurance and price sheet, and the first documented Louisiana project will be published here when it is delivered.
Do you really serve Louisiana?
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 Louisiana project will be published on this page when it is delivered.
When is the washing season in Louisiana?
NOAA 1991-2020 normals put New Orleans' median first freeze around December 21 and median last freeze around February 2, leaving most of the year free of freeze-related scheduling constraints.
Can you fly a cleaning drone in Louisiana?
Louisiana Revised Statute 2:2 gives the state exclusive jurisdiction to regulate drones, so state law preempts any local ordinance regulating drone operation, though cities can still set conduct rules on property they own. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport sits in Class B airspace, and LAANC near-real-time authorization covers Class B, C, D, and surface-area E airspace at hundreds of towered airports nationwide including major Class B fields.
Do you need a licence to pressure wash in Louisiana?
Louisiana has no license category specific to pressure washing or exterior cleaning; the state board requires a Commercial Contractor license above 50,000 dollars and a Home Improvement Contractor registration between 7,500 and 75,000 dollars for covered trades.
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_New_Orleans
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-annualseasonal&stations=USW00012916&format=json&includeAttributes=false
- https://www.flyusi.org/guides/drone-laws/louisiana
- https://uavcoach.com/drone-laws-louisiana/
- https://skyvector.com/airport/MSY/Louis-Armstrong-New-Orleans-International-Airport
- https://www.servicetitan.com/licensing/contractor/louisiana
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 Louisiana
Tell us the property. We survey it for free and send a fixed price.