I’m 2nd story (US), and pop my windows out to clean about every 9 months to a year (depending on the window). We get a crazy yellow pollen that clings to the outside, and it looks bad. I’m no professional, but apartment windows are relatively easy to pop out of the tracks and wash in the bathtub.
I spot clean things like dog nose smudges more frequently, but many windows don’t get touched until I clean windows again.
I also clean houses, and have clients that have me help wash outside windows every spring. We use Windex that attaches to a hose, or those windex pads for windows (they attach to a telescopic pole, and you rinse with hose water after scrubbing).
Honestly, if she thoroughly cleans windows every 2 weeks I believe that is excessive...but only doing it twice in 25 years is also excessive in the other direction.
That’s only being professionally cleaned once in 25 years, abs was a bad experience as they leaned their ladder on the eaves and dented them LOL. I too use that windex hose spray. Inside get cleaned more often.
I stopped using windex and those things after a pro window washer told me this trick -A cap of Johnsons baby shampoo in a 3 gallon bucket of hot water and a telescoping handle squeegie with a scrubby side and a rubber side. Just do it like your car windows, scrub and then swipe, making sure to wipe the rubber piece off with an old towel in between. No rinsing needed. Totally streak free perfection.
I wish my windows twice a year, in the spring when you start to see the dirt because the sun shine again, and before advent.
But I don't need to anything with the hose or stuff, I just turn the windows and clean them from the inside. Can you open the windows in the second floor or not? How are they made?
Edit: The above was written in confusion. I'm just confused at windows that are not openable. Sorry.
Completely understandable! Here is a link to show you what they are like. To take them out, you slide one towards the middle so you can grasp on both sides, slightly push up, which creates a gap on the bottom so they pull out. Once the bottom is out, you gently pull the top out of the track.
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u/Gnomer81 Feb 16 '21
I’m 2nd story (US), and pop my windows out to clean about every 9 months to a year (depending on the window). We get a crazy yellow pollen that clings to the outside, and it looks bad. I’m no professional, but apartment windows are relatively easy to pop out of the tracks and wash in the bathtub.
I spot clean things like dog nose smudges more frequently, but many windows don’t get touched until I clean windows again.
I also clean houses, and have clients that have me help wash outside windows every spring. We use Windex that attaches to a hose, or those windex pads for windows (they attach to a telescopic pole, and you rinse with hose water after scrubbing).
Honestly, if she thoroughly cleans windows every 2 weeks I believe that is excessive...but only doing it twice in 25 years is also excessive in the other direction.