Maintaining a home often may feel like a never-ending list of out-of-sight, out-of-mind tasks, like window cleaning. A house with mud caked on the window sill may keep you from enjoying fresh air through an open window. A streaky window makes your home look uncared for and make it difficult to see out of the window.
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.
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.
Window cleaning is a part of regular home and office maintenance. Like most chores, it’s natural to want to find a quick way to accomplish them so you can spend your time doing more of what you really want to do. That can lead some people to pressure wash windows as opposed to hand washing, and that can lead to bad outcomes.
Clean windows are an important part of the maintenance plan for any commercial building. From a customer’s perspective, windows that shine make a building more inviting. From an employee’s perspective, a building that is clean and welcoming with lots of natural light creates a more positive work environment.
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.
Shiny, streak-free windows in your office or commercial building have a value beyond aesthetics. Not only does it make a good impression on customers to have clean windows, but it can elevate the work experience for your employees as well. Office window cleaning can either be done by yourself or by hiring a professional service. The benefit of hiring a professional service is that you can deduct the cost as an expense towards your business. According to the IRS, routine maintenance that keeps your property in normal efficient operating condition, but that doesn’t materially increase the value of your property or substantially prolong its life, is deductible. Check with your tax accountant to see if window cleaning falls under the category of an expense that is deductible within the year.
Clean windows have a lot of benefits from enhancing a property’s appearance to delivering natural light to those inside. When we provide customer quotes, the number one question we get at Fish Window Cleaning® is: how often should you clean your windows?
Clean windows can make a big impression on customers and employees alike. For customers, clean windows make a storefront look more inviting, and for retail outlets with merchandise, it can be a great selling tool. For employees, being able to work in more natural light can have health benefits.
Your home is one of the most significant investments you’ll make in your lifetime. Getting into a routine of checking a few areas of your home with these home maintenance tips can help protect your investment and possibly prevent any large repair bills.
