HOMEFRONT SOLUTIONS TO A TRICKY QUESTION
JAMES MENZIES
JEM Window Cleaning 3045 Southcreek Rd #11 (427 & Dundas) 416.410.5131 www.jemwindowcleaning.com How often should I clean and is it necessary?
frequently than homeowners.
Living close to Lake Ontario in Toronto, your house is likely covered with black spider webs. Do spiders really spin a black web? Nope!
To create an inviting work environment, most building owners clean the main floors of Toronto’s downtown buildings daily. Restaurants typically clean their windows weekly. Glass and your home’s exterior surfaces are simply not designed to be left uncleaned for very long.
How quickly a spider web turns black is a great example of the level of dirt and pollution which also coat your house. What you might not realize is what all that pollution is doing, other than looking very unsightly. After 34 years of window cleaning, I can tell you it’s actually eating away at your windows and frames. Just like the east coast and west coast of North America where the homes get covered in saltwater, homes in Toronto closer to the lake have their own issues. Oddly, Canadians don’t clean the exterior of their homes as often as people from other countries. Take, for instance, people from Scotland, where monthly cleaning is an accepted practice. Yet they are not the most avid cleaners. In places like Belfast and many other places in Europe, homeowners clean their windows twice a month.
Just like oral hygiene and tooth decay, regular cleaning does so much more than make your home look and feel fresh, clean, and beautiful.
JAMES E. MENZIES
JEM Window Cleaning www.jemwindowcleaning.com 416.410.5131 Celebrating 34 years in Etobicoke Since 1987! Award Winning, locally owned profession residential cleaning company specializing in consistent home maintenance.
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