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Cleaning Windows in the Winter: 6 Tips and Why It’s Important
Posted on Wednesday, February 12th 2025

Cleaning the windows is rarely any homeowner’s favorite chore, but washing windows in cold weather makes it an even less enjoyable task. It’s tempting to think that you can skip maintaining your windows until it’s time to start spring cleaning, but dirt and grime don’t stop just because it’s cold outside. Melting snow can be a magnet for debris, and ice-melting salt may become a serious problem if caught in your window’s tracks. Window cleaning needs to stay on your to-do list, no matter the weather.

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Clean Windows Without Streaks: 4 Tips
Posted on Wednesday, January 8th 2025

Every homeowner knows the importance of a good first impression. When your windows are clean and streak-free, your home is putting its best face forward! Unfortunately, most window cleaning products on the market fail to deliver clean windows without streaks. While it may be tempting to give up on your goal of streak-free windows altogether, it’s doable with the right guidance.

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Removing Water Spots on Windows: How to Fix & Prevent
Posted on Wednesday, August 14th 2024

In many areas of the country, homeowners and business owners use hard water for bathing, cooking, and cleaning. Hard water has a high mineral content of magnesium and calcium. When filtered and treated, this type of water is drinkable and potable. When using hard water on surfaces like glass (your windows, for example) and it evaporates, the minerals it contains are left behind to dry and harden. The spots are not very noticeable and are typically easy to remove at first. However, if left unattended, the deposits build up a thick whitish glaze, and the sun will bake these spots onto the glass. This makes removing water spots on windows more difficult.

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Cleaning Tinted Windows: What to Use & When to Hire a Pro
Posted on Wednesday, June 12th 2024

Every home and every office building are different. That means they have different needs, and therefore need to have some different features. There are various reasons many home and business owners choose tinted windows. But while this option provides several benefits to homes, offices, and especially cars, window tinting changes the way you have to clean your windows.

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How to Get Mold Off an Awning: What to Try & When to Hire a Pro
Posted on Wednesday, February 14th 2024

Awnings provide many benefits to a home from giving shade to enhancing the look of a property. As they are usually positioned above doors and windows, Fish Window Cleaning® often performs awning cleaning as part of our window cleaning services. For homeowners and businesses, it often just makes sense since we’re addressing the windows anyway.

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How to Clean a Ceiling Fan: Tips & How a Pro Can Help
Posted on Monday, January 16th 2023

Ceiling fans have been a fixture in American homes since the 1920s. They are one of the few home accessories to have survived the test of time, and they have gained traction as an energy-saving appliance. The Department of Energy notes that if you use air conditioning, a ceiling fan will allow you to raise the thermostat setting to about 4°F with no reduction in comfort. In moderately hot weather, ceiling fans may allow you to avoid using your air conditioner altogether.

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Skylight Cleaning: How to Keep Light Shining Through
Posted on Friday, December 30th 2022

Skylights are incredible features in a home, especially when they’re shiny and streak-free! Here are some tips on keeping your skylights clean and enjoying the abundance of natural light in your home. Before you go ahead with cleaning your skylight, here are a few tips to keep in mind, as there are some more unusual elements to this cleaning job than regular window cleaning:

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Cleaning Double-Pane Windows is Tricky: Here's What You Should Know
Posted on Thursday, September 15th 2022

Window cleaning is often a do-it-yourself task. When it comes to double-pane windows that require cleaning, you may wish to consider a professional service instead. This type of window is more difficult to clean and broken seals can be disguised as dirt, leaving a potential repair unnoticed. Here are some things to consider when tackling this type of window cleaning.

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