Skylight Cleaning

A skylight is a window laid nearly flat, which changes what lands on it. Rain sheets off slowly instead of rinsing, so pine pollen sits and grows algae instead of washing off. The leak risk isn't the glass. It's the flashing around the curb, which is why ours get inspected while they're being cleaned.

Why the outside needs pure water, not soap

On sun-baked glass at that angle, soap evaporates before the squeegee arrives and every pass leaves a streak. A pure-water pole system has no soap to dry, so the glass rinses and stays clear. It also means no ladders planted against your roof line and nothing walked across your shingles that doesn't need to be.

The inside is a different kind of dirty

Interior skylight glass collects what rises: kitchen grease, dust, the film from cooking and candles. Foaming cleaner lifts it, careful squeegee work clears it. The same haze that films the inside of a car windshield, except this one comes from your kitchen.

How often

Once a year minimum. Skylights under trees or on the sunny side of the roof need it more; that's where algae takes hold, on glass that gets both sun and moisture. Six months to a year is the honest answer, and it depends on what's hanging over your roof.

Flashing gets looked at while we're up there

A skylight leak almost never starts with the glass. It starts where the curb meets the roof. Cleaning is when someone's already up there with a brush and a hose, so every service includes eyes on the flashing, seals, and weep paths, plus a report if something looks wrong.

Yearly schedule service

Recurring skylight cleaning comes with a fixed rate and priority scheduling. As our customer Gregory Cowan put it: They did a great job. I only have my sunroom glass cleaned once every two years. After he cleaned them today they look just as good as when I had them installed. More reviews →

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