Richardson Clean

Here’s what working as a team actually gets you: the same great result, in a fraction of the time. 🪟

These living room windows hadn’t been touched in at least six years, and there’s a large, deep hedge sitting right in front of them — so there’s no walking up and reaching them.

So we run a three-step process. I work a pole from behind the hedge, alternating a scrubber loaded with window soap and a specialized clamp holding 0000 steel wool to break down six years of buildup. Right behind me, Kenny runs a water-fed pole with a Gardiner flocked sill brush to clean the frames, work the edges, and rinse everything with pure DI water.

Safe for us, safe for the plants, and a beautiful finish on the glass.

This is why I brought Kenny on. Nobody wants one person at their home for seven hours when two of us can be in and out in four. That gives us all more time to be where we should be — with our families.

Serving Windsor and all of Essex County — call or text 519-963-6161.

Take a shortcut and you often end up right back where you started. 🪟

This is glass railing right on Lake St. Clair, in Riverside.

We actually tested it — cleaned a few panes without steel wool first, just to see. The result wasn’t good enough. Fly spots stuck on the glass, the kind you can’t squeegee away.

So we did it the right way: steel wool first, then squeegee, then a water-fed pole to properly scrub the railing supports and fittings.

Every step is there for a reason. Skip one and you either do the job twice, or you live with glass that isn’t quite right.

The view through it now? Worth every step.

Serving Windsor and all of Essex County — call or text 519-963-6161.

There was a swamp on top of this RV. And the owners had no idea. 🦟

First visit to Erie Shores this week — a brand new 33-foot Jayco, in for a roof, sides, and awning clean.

When I started rinsing the awning covers over the slide-outs, I found it. They dip in the middle and collect water — and this one was full of stagnant, swampy water that smelled exactly like it sounds.

At this time of year, it was crawling with mosquito larvae.

Here’s what most people don’t realize: mosquitoes breed in standing water. A forgotten pool of it on top of your RV is a perfect nursery — right outside where you sleep.

A gentle brush, a solution that kills the algae and mould, and the roof went from dark grey to white.

Clean roof. No more swamp. A whole lot fewer mosquitoes.

Serving Windsor and all of Essex County — call or text 519-963-6161.

Some windows you can’t just walk up to. 🪟

These three are in the foyer of a dealership in Tecumseh — thirteen feet up, and set back over a ledge that’s about five feet deep.

So there’s no reaching them by hand and no simple ladder setup either.

This is a large A-frame ladder paired with a pole to bridge the distance.

To squeegee at that angle I’m using a Moerman Excelerator
handle with a Liquidator 3.0 blade —which lets me finish the glass cleanly without having to go back and detail every edge.

Tricky work like this takes the right tools, the experience to use them, and the liability insurance to be working at height in a commercial space like this.

It’s the kind of job a lot of people simply can’t take. We can & we do.

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Social media makes this look easy.
This is not an easy job. 🪟

This single pane at a dealership in Lakeshore is the equivalent of seven difficult windows in one — about six feet wide and twenty feet
tall.

I’d already cleaned the top third on an earlier day, working from a scissor lift on a pole.

This is me picking up at the two-thirds mark and working my way down to the ground.

Here’s what makes it hard: right in front of the glass, just twelve inches away, is a large black glass display.

So I had about a foot of space to fit a ladder, my body, and my arms without marking up either pane.

There’s a strip of adhesive across the glass that has to be razored off by hand.

I can’t reach across the whole pane, so I clean it in sections — left side first: razor, soap, clean, step down one section at a time.

Then I move the ladder to the right and switch to my left hand, so I’m not leaning across and ruining the section I just finished.

This kind of job isn’t for everyone. It takes the right tools, a steady hand, and years of working out how to do it properly and safely.

I thought about how to do this and had dreams about it at night.

That’s the part that doesn’t make the highlight reels and joke posts.

Window “cracking.” 🪟💥

This is a Pella double-hung on the third floor of a home in Riverside. Here’s what makes them tricky — there’s no switch, no mechanical release. To tilt them in and clean them, you have to pull with a bit of force, and they “crack” as they
release.

That sound scares a lot of homeowners off cleaning them at all — they’re worried they’ll break something.

That’s where experience comes in. I clean these inside and out, including the exterior of a third-floor window without a ladder, using bronze wool to scrub the outside properly clean.

And here’s the payoff — the glass in these windows is exceptional. They’re 30 years old and the quality is better than most windows being made today. Once they’re clean they’re absolutely gorgeous — so clear it’s like the glass isn’t even there.

The windows other people are afraid to touch are usually the ones I enjoy most.

Friday I’m in love - I hope you are too. 🎵🪟

This window was 6 to 8 feet across a garden, so I reached it on a pole — standing half inside a bush to get the angle right.

People assume there’s one “right” way to
clean a window. There isn’t. Pole, ladder,
squeegee, pure water — every window is a
little different, and the skill is knowing
which approach the job actually calls for.

And for the gardeners wondering — the soap I use is plant-safe, so the flower beds
I’m standing in come away unharmed.

Out in Harrow this morning for a repeat
client — a really lovely family. 🪟

Homes out by the farm fields take a beating
on the glass. All that dust and dirt from
the surrounding fields settles on the windows and builds up over the season.

You’ll hear my philosophy in this one.
I love clean glass, but I’m not chasing
some impossible idea of perfect — perfect
belongs to Mother Nature. What I do bring
is high standards I actually stick to.

The clients who get that are exactly the
ones I love working for. And I’m grateful
for every one of them.

This is how eavestroughs should be cleaned. 🍃 this is the polar opposite to using a leaf blower.

No ladder leaning against your home.

No debris thrown across your garden.

Just a ground-based vacuum that pulls everything out cleanly.

It’s safer for me, safer for your property, and there’s no mess in your gardens and around your home to clean up.

And here’s what’s new — I can now flush your downspouts using a hose run right into the vacuum pole, so I can confirm everything is flowing freely before I leave.

Clogged eavestroughs aren’t just a nuisance — they cause water damage to your fascia, soffit, and foundation. Clearing them is cheap insurance against an expensive repair.

Book your clean — call or text 519-963-6161.

Here’s a small thing that makes a big
difference on a soft-wash job in Riverside. 🌊

This patio drain was covered and clogged,
so the wash water had nowhere to go —
just pooling across the patio.

Pull the cover, clear the debris, and
it all drains away exactly like it should.

I do this for two reasons: it lets me
keep working without flooding the area,
and more importantly, it protects my
client’s property from standing water
and the damage it can cause.

The details nobody asks about are usually
the ones that matter most.