Exterior House Cleaning Services: Leave the Windows to the Pros

When you’re looking at exterior cleaning services for your home, you might be thinking about hiring one company to do everything – house washing, window cleaning, deck cleaning, concrete washing, you name it. Who provides this one-size-fits-all service? Perhaps a power washing company.

Windows are often included in exterior cleaning services that a homeowner needs, but as a professional window cleaning company that has cleaned hundreds of thousands of windows in our 40 years, we offer a combined approach with power washing.

Why Power Washing Is Enticing

At first glance, power washing is an easy DIY solution for exterior cleaning predicaments that property owners face every year. It’s powerful, fast and you can spray everything all at once. A machine with 3,000 PSI of water rushing out will leave no grime or dirt remaining anywhere, right?

The Turtle Wax polishing company addressed the issue of power washing a car, which is certainly less delicate than a window. They advised that 1,500 PSI is all you need to wash your car and that you should keep six inches away from the paint and 12 inches away from the trim when operating a power washer.

They also make a point to address nozzles on the power washer, noting that while a concrete washer uses a 10-to-15-degree nozzle, you should not use more than a 25-degree nozzle for your car.

So, there’s a little more to know about power washing than you might think.

The Challenges with Power Washing

Just like the example of power washing your car, there are some concerns about power washing your home, especially when you get into delicate areas like windows. There seems to be a mixed bag of opinions as to whether power washing your home is a good idea, but there is more consensus on it being safer for a brick home than ones with vinyl siding. When it comes to siding, the safest advice is to use a garden hose and soft-bristled brushes for vinyl as the force of water from a power washer might get behind the siding and cause some damage.

You also need to be mindful of air conditioning, vents, and meters that can be located outside of the home when performing exterior house cleaning services. When it comes to window cleaning with a power washer, shattered glass from a power washing is more expensive to replace than the cost of a professional window cleaning service.

Can you pressure wash windows? Sure. Should you pressure wash windows? Probably not. The risk of damage just isn’t worth it.

What a Professional Window Washing Service Provides

When Fish Window Cleaning washes windows, we are also inspecting them for damage. We are up close to the window and can see any damaged glass, broken seals, or bad screens. These problem areas can lead to issues with hornets or bees and ladybugs if they’re not remedied, and that can lead to further expenses for the homeowner.

Power washing doesn’t allow you to inspect up close beyond the force of the water, so you or a power washing company could miss these details, or even further aggravate them with the pressure applied to these areas.

Fish Window Cleaning does provide some additional exterior cleaning services that property owners find helpful, such as gutter and awning cleaning. This enables the property owner to have the more delicate features handled appropriately while the power washer can blast away at your concrete walkway or driveway.

The bottom line is that hiring a professional window cleaning service offers preventative maintenance and delivers a streak-free shine for your window. It is a safer and more detailed service than a power washer can provide, and your risk of a damaged window is substantially reduced.

Contacting Fish Window Cleaning

When you have been cleaning windows for 40+ years, you have seen a lot of examples of poor decisions in window cleaning. We understand property owners want to save money and be efficient with exterior cleaning services, but part of that consideration must be the risk. We are the largest window cleaning company in the world, and there’s a reason for it.

Request a free estimate today from a Fish Window Cleaning service near you and find out what you’re looking at in terms of price and then compare that to the cost of a new window installation if the power washing situation goes poorly.