While looks are important too, window care is important for maintaining your home’s building envelope. If windows aren’t properly cared for eventually, every bit of dirt and dust and hard water will begin sticking to them and the seals will fail. This leads to incoming water, cold or hot air, and even insects.
When we clean windows at Clean Air Home Care it’s like pushing the reset button on your glass and getting back to manufacturers quality so they can continue to repel hard water and dust and keep your home sealed from the elements. We recommend at least a Spring and Fall cleaning annually to maintain your windows. It’s an investment in your home just like restaining a fence or deck so it doesn’t need replacing sooner rather than later.
We also clean screens, tracks, frames, and sills. We highly recommend both gutter and pressure washing services in concert with window cleaning. This is because doing one without the other can lead to water damage faster and poor results. Without gutter cleaning, the downspouts will get clogged and dirty water will overflow the fronts of the gutters causing staining and build-up on your siding and windows and screens. It can also lead to basement flooding or even ice dams and roof damage or fascia being torn off the home when the gutter fails. This can lead to water entering an attic space and mold along with very expensive repairs. Gutter cleaning is an essential maintenance requirement twice a year.
However, when gutters get cleared it is a messy process and pressure washing helps us clean up after ourselves. Pressure washing also provides a deeper clean for screens and tracks and frames so that screens will fit better in the frames, be easier to remove, and continue to repel insects. It keeps them from becoming brittle and tearing as easily from the buildup of hard water which destroys the vinyl coating. Spider webs near frames and screens are very common and this process will knock them back. Pest control becomes more effective as spiders seek new homes.
Lastly, window washing is an important final step. When pressure washing with hard water, spots can be left on the glass. That’s why we highly recommend our reverse osmosis or hand window cleaning following. The three services together are vital and we offer huge discounts for clients to get them done together and maintain their homes the right way. Ask us about our Gutters, Windows & Pressure Bundle today to get your entire exterior cleaned up at an affordable price.