Cleaning your Commercial Building’s Windows – How often should it be done?

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Your commercial business’ impression and image is critical to your success and a good one is created and sustained in a variety of ways impacted by a lot of different factors. One such way and factor is your windows.

If your windows are accessible to sunlight, they can illuminate the entire work environment. Conversely, if windows are full of fingerprints, dust, and grimy dirt, the overall appearance of the business is negatively affected.

Basically, your commercial building windows need to be kept clean – even if you and your employees are the only ones who notice that they sparkle. Because you better believe if your windows are dirty, everyone will notice and pass quick judgment on all other areas of your business.

Granted, some factors are more difficult to manage than others. For example, how often and to what extent your commercial building windows need to be washed depends on things like where it’s located, type of landscaping, and the weather or climate in your region.

But, most importantly, the type of business or industry has a strong influence on how often and to what extent you prioritize and schedule cleaning your building’s windows. If you have a medical office, a retail business, or any type of restaurant, clean windows must be a non-negotiable priority.

It won’t take a customer or patient but a minute to see a dirty window and automatically assume that your products, offices, equipment, patient rooms, or kitchen is equally as dirty.

Window Cleaning Schedule per Industry

Following is a brief guideline for how often your particular type of business or facility should have your windows cleaned.

Office buildings should be cleaned about every six months. A complete cleaning is recommended whereby both the inside and outside of the windows are cleaned.

Medical offices and buildings – which include clinics, outpatient surgery centers, dental offices, and hospitals  – should be beyond clean – they should be sterile and sanitized. To maintain this level, it’s best to clean all medical offices and building windows once a month.

Storefront businesses or any retail business with customers coming in and out which sells products of any kind – from hardware to clothing – are also recommended for cleaning once every month.

Restaurants – Clean windows in restaurants are as critical as clean windows in any type of medical facility. Because of the likelihood of grease and oily moisture accumulating throughout the restaurant and settling on the windows, these windows should be cleaned on a twice a month schedule.

Commercial windows hazards and needs

If commercial building windows are neglected – regardless of your industry, location, or climate – they are at risk of hard (even impossible) to remove stains. Furthermore, metal screens against the glass can prompt oxidation and sprinklers often create extremely difficult to remove water spots.

Think of your building’s windows as the windows to your business practices, values, and integrity. From this viewpoint, you’ll likely be even more motivated to ensure that your windows are not dirty, stained, or cluttered with debris from the parking lot and grounds.

If you are looking for an experienced and professional commercial window cleaning company in the Metro Detroit area call (586) 726-2340 today!