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We are in the middle of Autumn, and Bournemouth is as beautiful as ever. The crimson walkways and golden tree crowns transform the town into a magical fairytale. The weather is still warm, the rain clouds haven’t started to dominate over the skies and the people are still enjoying every moment of sunlight. This is the perfect time to prepare your home for the upcoming winter months. One of the most important cleaning chores that you must perform is the autumn window cleaning. If done correctly, you will save yourself a lot of problems when the snow comes.

Benefits of Autumn Window Cleaning
There are many advantages to cleaning your windows in autumn. Typically most people do a deep window cleaning once a year during the Spring, however, there are a couple of factors that make the autumn a more suitable season for these cleaning activities.
- During the autumn months, there is a significant amount of rain that falls. Even in Bournemouth, the autumn showers are common. Usually, after a rain, the windows get dirty, and all of the leaves and dust gets stuck in the window screens. If not cleaned properly before the winter cold, everything will freeze into a nasty pile of rubbish.
- Window cleaning will actually save you money. If your windows are uncleaned, they prevent the sun rays to enter the home. This leads to a significant heat loss, thus bigger utility bills.
If you don’t care properly and don’t prepare your windows for the upcoming cold, the possibility to end up with a cracked glass is very much real. - The autumn window deep-cleaning helps clean the home from mould and mildew and lowers the chances of developing winter allergies. These nasty fungi love to hide in the window cases or the window corners. The heat emanating from the home in combination with the cold outside creates the perfect moist environment for all moulds.
- The best season for window cleaning is autumn because there are more cloudy days. This may sound strange but all cleaning professionals advise to avoid washing your house windows when the sun is shining outside. The sunlight reflects on the glass surface, and you can’t properly see all the smudges and spots.
Tips from the Bournemouth Cleaning Experts
Every region is unique in its own way that is why we gathered some of Bournemouth’s cleaning gurus and asked for advice. Here is what you need to know:
The best months to do a deep window cleaning in Bournemouth are September and October.- Avoid cleaning the windows with water in November. Use a microfibre cloth and just polish them.
- Remember to put on some gloves and clean the debris and leaves from the window screens. Since there is so much greenery in Bournemouth, you might have to do this a couple of times.
- Never wash your windows with hot or warm water. This will make the glass crack or shatter in pieces.
- Don’t spray your window cleaner directly on the glass surface. Spray it on a cloth and then polish the window.
- A common belief is that the best way to clean your windows is by using newspapers and vinegar. This is actually quite damaging. The vinegar is acidic and can dissolve or damage the rubber isolation, and the newspapers will leave ink stains all over the surface of the window.
- You need to buy a squeegee. It will be your best friend when cleaning and drying the window.
- An important part of this deep cleaning falls over the window screens and frames. Depending on the material, they are made of, you can use cleaners for wooden surfaces or a multipurpose cleaner.
- Use an old toothbrush to clean all the corners but be careful not to scrub too hard and scratch and damage them.
- If you don’t want your windows the get morning frost, you can try to polish them with some rubbing alcohol. This will prevent the frost from forming.
- Follow this exact sequence when cleaning – window screens, window frames, windows.
- First dust and remove all the debris and leaves that have been stuck to your windows. After you clean all particles by hand or with a vacuum cleaner you can start the washing process.

