Window Cleaning in Stourbridge

Honeydew from the limes and glass across every rear elevation

Two things dirty glass faster here than the city average. The first is the trees: mature limes and sycamores through Oldswinford, Norton and Pedmore shed sap and honeydew all summer, and it dries onto the pane as a sticky film that ordinary rain will not lift. The second is the shade those same trees cast, which lets a green algal bloom establish on north-facing frames, sills and the rubber gaskets of newer units. On the older houses there is a third problem: painted timber sashes and ageing putty lines show grime far more readily than uPVC, and neither will take anything abrasive.

• Mature limes and sycamores shedding sap and honeydew onto glass right through summer
• North facing frames, sills and gaskets greening up in the shade near the green belt edge
• Wide rear elevations, bi-folds and garden room glazing, so one house carries several times the usual pane count
• Original sashes, ageing putty and leaded panels in the older villa stock nearer the centre
• Conservation area fabric, where nothing at all may rest against a stone sill or original cast iron

Pure water to three storeys, gentle on old sashes

Filtered deionised water goes up a pole that reaches three storeys, so nothing rests against a stone sill, painted timber or old cast iron. Pressure comes down for original sashes, tired putty and any leaded panel, and goes up for a modern bi-fold that can take it. Frames, sills and the undersides of bay soffits are brushed by the pole, because on a shaded elevation that is exactly where the algal film sits. There is no detergent on the glass and no squeegee on the outside, and where a frame needs a proper cleaner, that goes on the quote. Pure water dries without spotting so nothing is towelled off, which matters a great deal on glass bedded in putty that is a century old.

• Ground-based pole work throughout, with no weight on stone sills or original cast iron
• Pressure dropped for old sashes, putty lines and leaded panels, raised for modern bi-folds
• Frames, sills and the undersides of bay soffits brushed by the pole, where the shade film gathers
• Garden room and conservatory side glazing cleaned on the same visit as the house windows

More detail on the equipment and the order of work: our window cleaning method.

Set days and grouped bookings in DY8

We work Stourbridge on scheduled days rather than dropping in, and that shapes how bookings are grouped. Runs of houses in Wollaston, Oldswinford and Norton go on the same visit, and a detached property can be paired with a gutter clear or a conservatory roof clean on the same day. Summer is heavier than winter here because of the sap. Nobody needs to be in for exterior work, though we do need the side gate unlocked, and on the majority of these properties the rear is gated.

Bi-folds, garden rooms and painted timber in the figure

Two things set the price: how many panes there are, and what is holding them. A Norton detached with bi-folds, a garden room and a fully glazed rear elevation carries several times the glazing of a town centre flat, and the price reflects that time. Painted timber sashes add hand finishing that uPVC simply does not need. A smaller house is just as welcome and goes onto the same scheduled days.

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Eight weeks for most houses, six under the limes

Eight weekly suits most Stourbridge houses. Six weekly earns its keep if you sit directly beneath limes or sycamores, where the honeydew film returns quickly through summer. Twice a year is the realistic floor on a large glazed rear elevation, because an annual clean turns every visit into a restoration job on the frames as much as the glass. The autumn window visit pairs naturally with a gutter clear.