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Window cleaning means washing the glass inside and out, then working the frames, the sliding tracks at the bottom, and the screens that sit in front of them. On a house that has not been done in a while, most of the work is not the glass itself, it is the film, pollen, and grime that build up along the edges and in the tracks. Done right, you can see the difference standing across the yard.
Acadiana is hard on glass. The humidity keeps a fine film of pollen and mildew on north-facing windows, and after a good Gulf storm the rain carries grit that dries into spots you cannot wipe off with a paper towel. Homes near the fields around Scott, Duson, and Carencro pick up dust off the roads and crop dust in season, and anything close to standing water or heavy oak cover grows a green cast of mildew on the frames faster than you would think. Sliding door tracks are the worst of it here, because that same damp keeps leaves and dirt packed down where they hold moisture against the house. If you are cleaning up before hurricane season or right after a storm, expect the outside glass to need more than one pass.
The inside glass and the ground-floor outside glass are a reasonable weekend job. A squeegee, a bucket of water with a little dish soap, and a microfiber cloth for the edges will get you most of the way, and vacuuming the tracks first keeps you from turning dust into mud. Where it changes is height. Second-story windows over stairs, over a roofline, or reached only by leaning a ladder on soft or uneven ground are where people get hurt, and that is the part worth handing off. Screens can be popped and rinsed yourself, but if the mesh is brittle or the frames are bent, let someone who replaces them handle it so you are not paying for new screens twice.
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It depends on where you sit. A shaded house near trees or fields around Scott or Carencro grows mildew and collects pollen faster and may want it a couple of times a year. A more open lot in town can often go longer. Watch the north-facing glass, that side hazes over first.
Clean rain mostly runs off clear glass without spotting. The spots you see usually come from dirty glass, sprinkler overspray, or runoff carrying grit off the roof. Fixing sprinkler aim away from the windows does more than any coating.
For a proper job, yes. Dust cakes into the mesh and washes down onto the glass the first time it rains, so cleaning the glass without pulling the screens undoes part of the work. Screens can be rinsed and set back in the same visit.
That is a sensible split. The inside glass and any ground-floor outside windows are a fair DIY job. Handing off the second-story and hard-to-reach glass keeps you off a ladder on our soft, often damp ground, which is where the real risk is.
Gerry is an A.I. assistant. He can point you at a trade and take your details, and a person handles the work.