Yes. We clean exterior glass, interior glass, or both, depending on what your estimate covers. Frames and sills are always included with every window we clean, because a clean pane sitting in a dirty frame is only half the job. Screen cleaning can be added as well; removable screens are taken out, washed or carefully brushed, rinsed, and reinstalled. Tracks can also be detailed when included in the estimate.
Do both sides need cleaning every visit?
Usually not, and plenty of customers alternate. The outside of the glass takes the beating in South Florida, salt film near the coast, sprinkler overspray inland, and dust off the road, so exterior-only visits on a regular cycle, commonly every 3 months, and closer to every 4–8 weeks on salt-exposed coastal glass, keep the house looking sharp. Interior glass collects fingerprints, pet nose prints, and cooking film at its own slower pace, so many homes fold the interior in every 2nd or 3rd visit instead of every time.
Scoping both sides also roughly doubles the work: a 20-window home becomes 40 sides of glass, and across the industry an interior pass commonly adds 30–60 minutes to a visit. That split is normal across the industry, not a shortcut. There is no wrong answer, it just gets written into the scope so pricing stays predictable and you are not paying to clean glass that is still clean.
What should you do before an interior visit?
Interior work needs a little cooperation from the house. We need a clear path to the windows, which sometimes means sliding a couch or moving picture frames off a sill. We bring drop cloths and shoe covers, and we work carefully around blinds, drapes, and anything on the ledge, but fragile valuables are always safer if you move them before we arrive. On a typical home with 15–25 interior windows, clearing sills ahead of time can easily save 30 minutes, and if you have pets that bolt through open doors, let us know and we will plan around them.
What glass problems need their own conversation first?
A few situations behave differently from routine dirt, and we flag them on the walkthrough so there are no surprises on either side:
- Specialty and coated glass, which can be damaged by standard tools and products.
- Failed double-pane seals with fog trapped between the layers, common as units pass the 10–15 year mark. Cleaning cannot fix these, since the moisture is inside the unit; the pane needs repair or replacement.
- Paint, stucco, and concrete splatter from recent construction, which needs careful removal rather than a standard wash.
- Bonded mineral deposits from sprinklers, which typically need a water spot removal treatment once they have baked on for more than 2–3 months.
Naming these up front matters because each one changes either the method or the honest expectation for the result. A fogged seal will look fogged after a perfect cleaning, and knowing that before the visit beats discovering it after.
If you are deciding how much scope makes sense for your home, how long does window cleaning take explains what actually drives the time and cost of a visit, from pane count and access to screens and tracks.
Related questions
- How long does window cleaning take? ; Pane count, access, interior work, screens, tracks, and glass condition all affect the visit length.
- How often should residential windows be cleaned? ; Exposure, irrigation, nearby water, landscaping, and household preferences matter more than one universal schedule.
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