Window Cleaning in Castle Bromwich

Traffic film, garden trees and wide uPVC sills

Traffic film is not the same soil as garden dirt. It is fine, faintly oily and it binds to glass, so unlike pollen it does not simply rinse away in the next shower, and it builds up worst on the side facing the road and on glass that driven rain does not reach. That is why a road-facing house here wants the shorter interval and a sheltered one does not. On top of that, the mature trees around the Hall Gardens drop sap and honeydew onto glass on the bordering streets right through summer, giving those properties two loads at once. The wide uPVC sills on the estate stock hold the same film and show it sooner than the glass.

• A binding, faintly oily traffic film on houses facing the busier roads, which rain does not rinse away
• One elevation soiling faster than the others on the very same house, depending on the road and the trees
• Sap and honeydew from the mature trees around the Hall Gardens onto the streets bordering them
• Wide uPVC frames and sills on the estate stock, which show the film before the glass does
• Older and leaded glazing in the historic core, where we work gently and nothing may lean on the masonry

Pole work from the ground, taken gently near the Hall

Everything is done from ground level with a water-fed pole running pure filtered water, with no detergent on the glass and no squeegee on the outside, so it dries without spotting and never needs towelling off. The pole brush works along the frames, sills and door glass as it goes, because on a wide uPVC sill that is where the traffic film actually sits. Where a frame has chalked and needs a uPVC cleaner, we tell you. Around the Hall, the Hall Gardens and the church we work older and leaded glazing gently and keep the pole clear of the brickwork and historic joinery. Where a house has an obviously dirtier side, we put that elevation on a tighter cycle than the rest.

• Ground-based pole work throughout, with nothing resting on historic masonry or joinery in the core
• Frames, sills and door glass brushed by the pole each visit, since the film settles on the sill first
• A gentle approach on older and leaded panes around the Hall and the parish church
• The dirtier aspect flagged and cleaned on a tighter cycle where a house is clearly one-sided

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Set days across B36

Bookings in the parish are grouped on set days, with estate streets and historic core properties planned into the same day. Access is the easy part here: almost everyone has a driveway, so we are not blocking anyone or hauling equipment past parked cars, and nobody needs to be at home for exterior work. Summer is the heavier season for the streets bordering the Hall Gardens because of the sap, while road-facing elevations are steady the year round. We leave a note to say we have been.

Estate uPVC and old glazing near the church priced apart

The price follows the number of windows, the frame type and the height, and a standard estate semi here is a straightforward figure. Older glazing near the church and the Hall costs more, for three reasons: more edges, gentle work on old timber, and a slower approach next to protected fabric. A first clean after a long gap takes longer than a regular visit and is quoted as such. Once a house is on a regular interval, the price per visit stays the same unless the number of windows changes.

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Six weeks by a busy road, eight for a sheltered house

Six weekly suits most properties facing a busy road or under the Hall Gardens trees, because that is the side that greys first. Eight weeks is fine for a sheltered house set back inside an estate. Four weekly is worth it only where a property faces heavy traffic directly and you want the front to stay sharp. Annual cleaning is possible but poor value, since each visit becomes a recovery job.