Window Cleaning in Marston Green

Road film, garden trees and sills that catch it first

Film on glass builds unevenly. Traffic film is worst on the elevation facing the road; sap and honeydew build under whatever tree hangs over the garden; ordinary grime settles fastest on whatever sits closest to horizontal. On a house that means the top edge of each pane, the outer face of the sill and the upper glazing rebates load first, while the middle of the glass still looks acceptable. It settles on uPVC too, where it reads as a general greying more than a mark, and a frame left for a year needs more than one visit to come back.

• A fine traffic film on the elevations facing the busier village roads
• Sills, frame tops and upper glazing rebates loading first, because near-horizontal surfaces catch what settles
• uPVC greying evenly, which reads as age until it is cleaned back
• Sap and pollen from mature garden trees spotting the rear glass through spring and summer
• Larger gardens with mature trees adding an ordinary autumn debris load on top of it

Rinse volume over scrubbing for an even film

Everything is done from the ground with a pole fed by pure filtered water off the van, which reaches up to three storeys, so the taller houses on the newer roads are as straightforward as a standard semi. No detergent goes on the glass and no squeegee touches the outside. Because the film here is fine and evenly spread, the work is about rinse volume more than scrubbing at spots: we flood the glass, brush along the frame line and sills with the pole where the load sits, then rinse until the run-off comes away clean. Pure water dries without spotting, so the glass is never touched with a cloth. Where an old frame has chalked and needs a uPVC cleaner, we tell you and quote it.

• Ground-based pure water pole throughout, with nothing leaning on render, guttering or a conservatory frame
• Sills, frame tops and glazing rebates brushed by the pole each visit, since that is where the film collects first
• Enough rinse volume to carry a fine even film off the glass, with no detergent and no squeegee
• Frames, sills and door glass in the price, never quoted as an add-on

More detail on the equipment and the order of work: the full window cleaning process.

Regular visits in Marston Green

B37 bookings are grouped on set days, covering the station and the village core through Station Road, Land Lane and Alcott Lane, then the wider streets towards Bickenhill and Chelmsley Lane. Off-street parking outside almost every property keeps each visit quick. If the side gate is unlocked, nobody needs to be home. Where a house also has a conservatory, gutters or a drive on our list, those can go on the same scheduled visit.

Openings, storeys and the interval you choose

Two things set the price. The first is how many openings there are and whether the property is two or three storeys. The second is the interval. At six to eight weeks the film has not had time to bind, so each visit is quick and the per-visit price stays low. Let the same house go a year and the first clean afterwards is a bigger job, priced accordingly, and the frames may need a uPVC cleaner before they look right. Frames and sills are included at every interval, since that is where the dirt sits.

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Six to eight weeks for most B37 houses

Six to eight weeks suits most houses here. Six is worth it on the elevations facing a busy road or under a tree that drops sap, where glass that is consistently clear matters to you. Eight is comfortable for a semi on a quieter street. Twelve weeks is workable, though you will see the film in the fortnight before each visit, and annual cleaning turns every visit into a restoration.