Window Cleaning in Olton

Sap, pollen and shade on the older Olton roads

Two things dirty Olton glass faster than an open estate would. The tree cover along the older roads is heavy enough to drop sap and pollen onto the upper panes right through summer, and heavy enough to keep the north elevations damp so a green film forms on frames and glazing bars. Then there is height: a tall villa elevation collects rain shed off several roof planes at once, and it lands as dirty streaking across the top storey, never washing evenly down the face. Painted timber shows all of it far more readily than uPVC, and on a conservation street the front elevation is precisely the part everybody sees from the pavement.

• Three-storey villa elevations where top-floor glass streaks from run-off across several roof planes
• Mature trees along the older roads dropping sap and pollen onto the upper panes all summer
• Painted timber frames and sills, which hold and show grime far more than the uPVC on the semis
• North elevations kept damp under the canopy, so a green film forms on frames and glazing bars
• Conservation frontages on St Bernard’s Road, Grange Road and Kineton Green Road, where the elevation is the whole point

Pure water from the drive, up to three storeys

Everything is done from ground level with a water-fed pole running pure filtered water, reaching up to three storeys without a ladder going anywhere near the barge boards, fascia or original guttering. There is no detergent on the glass and no squeegee on the outside. Bays are worked face by face and then along the returns, which is where a rushed clean leaves tide marks. Painted timber frames and sills are brushed gently by the pole, and any leaded or stained glass in a hall or stair light gets a lighter touch still. Where a frame needs a proper cleaner, that goes on the quote. Pure water dries without spotting, so nothing is towelled off against ageing putty lines and tired paintwork.

• Ground-based pole to full height, so no weight ever rests on barge boards, fascia or old guttering
• Bays cleaned face by face and then along the returns, where the tide marks otherwise sit
• A gentle brush on painted timber frames and on any stained or leaded stair glass
• Pure water finish with no towelling, which matters where the putty lines are getting on

More detail on the equipment and the order of work: how we do window cleaning, step by step.

Planning an Olton visit round villa roads and station semis

Bookings in B92 and on the B91 edge take in the villa roads, conservation stretches included, and the semis between the Warwick Road and the railway. A three-storey villa with stacked bays takes roughly twice as long as a semi near the station, and we plan the time for it so the visit never overruns your morning. Summer is the heavier season here because of the sap. Exterior work needs nobody at home, though we do want access to the rear, which on these plots normally means an unlocked side gate past the garage.

Pane count, height and painted timber on a B92 villa

Pane count, height and frame material are what move the price, and the villas score on all three. A stacked three-storey bay elevation in painted timber carries several times the frame and sill length of a post-war semi’s uPVC front, and that is time, with no surcharge for the address. What keeps it sensible is the interval: at six weeks a villa elevation has picked up a few weeks of sap instead of a whole season of it, so each visit is short. A one-off after two years is a much bigger job and priced as one. The in-and-out drives help too, since setting up on the property beats working off a road.

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Six weeks under the canopy, eight for a sheltered semi

Six weekly is the interval we recommend for a villa under that tree cover. Four weekly is worth considering if you sit directly beneath the canopy on one of the older roads, or front onto the Warwick Road, where traffic film adds to the sap. Eight weeks is fine for a sheltered semi with uPVC nearer the railway. Annual cleaning on a tall timber elevation is poor value, because every visit becomes a recovery job.