Friday, February 22, 2013

Window Cleaning & Hard Water Stains

For most people living in Santa Cruz California, their home is their most valuable asset. For this reason simple maintenance should always be considered to insure the life of your investment. But for many window cleaning often falls through the cracks and is seen as more a luxury then a necessity. While professionally cleaned windows are a real treat, it is absolutely necessary to protect glass windows from becoming stained. Windows can only go so long without being cleaned before they will not longer get clean. Each state has it's own unique climate and hazards that can damage windows over time. One common threat that applies just about everywhere is the threat of "hard water stains." Hard Water Stains occur when normal tap water, garden hoses, or run off from plants etc end up drying on windows. Calcium in the water causes staining to occur. Add direct sunlight into this equation and these calcium deposits can actually etch the glass. At this point "window restoration work" if not replacing the glass all together is often required. As a full time professional window cleaner living in Santa Cruz California, I have seen many wonderful view windows stained beyond recovery because of simple neglect. Home owners can save thousands of dollars in replaced glass, buy simply including professional window cleaning to their list of home maintenance. For more information on window and gutter cleaning visit us at Pure Light Window & Gutter Cleaning