How Professional Window Washing Works in San Clemente
Seven steps from scheduling to walkthrough. No surprises along the way.
Free quote — before you schedule
Call or submit the online form. Tell us your neighborhood, how many stories your home has, and when the windows were last professionally cleaned. We give you a clear price range before you commit to a date. If we need to know anything specific about your property — gate access, hillside terrain, known hard water issues — we ask during this call, not after arriving.
We confirm and arrive ready
We confirm your scheduled time by phone or text and send a heads-up message before arrival. We show up with equipment matched to your property type — a water-fed pole system for exterior second-story glass, the right mineral chemistry for hard water deposits, and the correct approach for your neighborhood's specific exposure level. A Pier Bowl blufftop setup is different from a Talega single-story with HOA irrigation spotting. We know that before we get there.
Site walk before touching anything
We walk the property before starting. We check for established salt hazing versus early-stage film, hard water deposit severity, screen corrosion from coastal exposure, and any access challenges on hillside or two-story configurations. Anything that changes the scope from the original quote gets flagged here — before we start, not after we invoice.
Tracks cleared dry — always first
San Clemente's onshore wind loads window tracks with coastal grit. Wetting that grit before removing it creates an abrasive slurry that scratches glass during the cleaning pass. Tracks get vacuumed and hand-detailed dry before any water contacts the window. This order is non-negotiable on a coastal property, and it is the step that most DIY cleaning attempts skip — which is why fine scratches appear in direct sunlight after homeowners clean their own windows.
Exterior glass — deionized water, water-fed pole
Exterior glass is cleaned using a water-fed pole delivering deionized water with zero dissolved mineral content. San Clemente tap water from the Metropolitan Water District carries 16 to 24 grains of dissolved calcium and magnesium per gallon. Using that water to clean coastal glass deposits minerals as it dries — compounding the problem. Deionized water leaves nothing behind when it dries. The pole system reaches most second-story exterior glass without ladder setup on standard properties.
Screens — off the frame, washed flat, reinstalled
Screens come off the frame. They get washed flat with cleaning solution and water, dried, and reinstalled correctly with the mesh seated properly in the spline. Brushing screens while they are still mounted pushes salt, pollen, and debris into the mesh rather than removing it. We note any screens showing structural damage from coastal corrosion — corroded aluminum frames or deteriorated splines — before you ask about them.
Walkthrough with you before we pack up
Every visit ends the same way. We walk through with you. Every window. Every screen. Every track. Anything that does not meet your standard — a streak, a missed edge, a screen not seated correctly in the frame — gets fixed before we leave. Not on a callback. Not at the next visit. Before we pack up. This is how every job ends, not just the ones where someone asks.
The 90-day guarantee
If deposits we were specifically hired to remove return within 90 days due to something on our end — not because a Santa Ana event hit the week after we left or your irrigation system continued running — we come back at no charge. No fine print. No conversation about whether it qualifies.