How to Get a Sparkling Finish on Your Exterior Windows

Achieving the perfect sparkle and shine to your freshly scrubbed exterior windows is no easy feat. Anyone who has tried to do so on their own before knows it can be a time-consuming and tedious task. Growing up, we would get about halfway through and then be too frustrated to finish well. When we were older, we wanted to find a way to alleviate this burden from people’s lives. So, we created the ASF Clean Team to ensure no one else ever has to suffer through window cleaning again.

How We Get a Sparkling Finish on Your Exterior Windows

We Have the Best Cleaning Solutions

First, we want to find the perfect natural cleaning solution to make your windows glisten. Finding efficient cleaners without chemicals is tough stuff, though, and we have mastered this at ASF Clean Team. When you hire us to clean your windows, you can be confident that we will get the job done 99% of the time with no chemical usage at all! 

Plus, we have all of the professional tools to ensure a streak-free shine. These are not your run-of-the-mill squeegees or old rags. Every item in our toolbelt is designed to leave your windows sparkling when we’re done. 

We Can Reach Those Second-Story Windows

You will likely also need a ladder to reach those second-story windows. This can be dangerous and a little scary. It will be impossible if your ladder isn’t tall enough! 

ASF Clean team is ready to go in this department as well, though. We have made sure that all of our employees are insured and well-trained to be masters at what they do. We even clean the stunning high-rise buildings in the heart of San Francisco. 

We Save You Time

If you attempt to clean all of your exterior windows yourself, you should also be ready to dedicate a few hours to this task, if not the whole day, depending on the size of your home. You’ll be tired and achy, and the time it took you to do it yourself takes away from you getting other important things done. Or just plain relaxing after a long work week!

Did you know that ASF Clean Team can complete most homes in just two to three hours? Can you clean that fast? We aim to save our clients all the time we can. If we are just cleaning the exterior windows of your home, you don’t even have to be at home while we do it! So long as we have access to what you would like cleaned, we will take before and after photos to ensure you are entirely satisfied with the job we do. 

With the holiday season fast approaching, don’t wait too long to get your professional window cleaning booked with us. We will ensure your exterior windows are sparkling clean when we are finished and save you time and effort while we do it. If you want, we can also wholly revitalize the exterior of your home. We provide everything from pressure and power washing to gutter cleaning to cobweb removal. Let us know how we can best serve you today!

Can Ash and Dust from a Wildfire Clog your Gutters and Downspouts?

Yes, ash can clog your gutters! Clogged gutters and downspouts can cause numerous issues with your home. Hoping that rain will wash the ash and dust away can cause the ash that pollutes the water systems or clog water system pipes.

Unclogging ash from your gutters after a wildfire can be difficult. 

Cleaning your gutters is more challenging than you think. With most homes having more than one story to climb, you run the risk of hurting yourself if you fall off a ladder. You also need to be extremely careful with ash to not pollute the local water systems while cleaning. Calling the ASF Clean Team is in your best interest. We have the proper equipment, insurance, and training necessary to make clean-up a breeze. We can typically complete a home in just two to three hours, and we will save you a lot of time and headaches by cleaning ash from your gutters and downspouts. 

The rainy season is coming.

November through March is considered the rainy season in San Francisco. If something has caused a clog in your gutters, now is the time to clean those out. If you wait too long, the water will start to pile up and cause significant damage to your home. Don’t leave anything to clog your gutters this season.

Using chemicals to unclog your gutters can be dangerous.

There is always the risk of runoff when cleaning things outside your home. Suppose you begin using chemicals in your gutters to loosen clogs. In that case, they could run off into city drainage systems polluting the water for yourself and everyone around you! At ASF Clean Team, we aim to use only the most eco-friendly chemicals while still getting the job done. 

What happens if I don’t remove ash and debris from my gutters and downspout?

Freeflowing gutters and downspouts for your home are essential. Leaving debris to clog your gutters after a wildfire or not installing them at all could cost you thousands of dollars in repairs. Clogged gutters and downspouts overflow with water, leading it to leak and drain along your home’s foundation. If water collects around the foundation, rather than being properly channeled away, it can cause damage like cracks, mold, and deterioration. This results in expensive repairs down the road. It is better to invest in professional gutter cleaning services, especially before the rainy season. Even if it sounds like a high price to pay, getting your gutters cleaned doesn’t cost nearly as much as repairing your home’s foundation.

Please don’t wait until it is too late to fix a simple problem. It is highly recommended that you clean your gutters at least twice a year to ensure that nothing is obstructing them, including ash. At ASF Clean Team, we can take care of all your gutter cleaning needs.

Call ASF Clean Team today to get on our schedule. With online quotes available, it’s easy to reach out to us today. We can’t wait to help you take care of your home.

Can I Get My Windows Clean Outside and Inside?

The short answer is YES! At ASF Clean Team, we make sure to get your windows clean inside and out. We are in the business of detailing the exterior of your home so that everything looks pristine. Since our goal is to leave everything sparkling clean, we need to do the inside of the windows too. We want to ensure your home looks as good as new when we finish. 

We clean the WHOLE window.

When ASF Clean Team is on the job, you can be confident that we will clean not just the glass portion of your window but the tracks, sills, frames, screens, and trim as well. Have you ever just wiped down the inside glass or just the outside glass of your window? It may look a little better but probably doesn’t gleam as you would like. Our goal is to give you the cleanest windows possible, and that means cleaning your windows in their entirety. Let us put in the hard work for you to make your windows clean inside and out!

We clean ALL of your windows.

At ASF Clean Team, we don’t back down from challenges. Do you have windows that are high up? Our team of experts is insured and trained, so everyone is safe while scrubbing those hard-to-reach spots. We can also clean skylights or atrium windows. Whatever you have that is causing problems, we are happy to help.

We clean quickly and efficiently.

Our experts will work quickly to get the job done well. While a rough estimate is two to three hours to clean your windows, you will receive a time estimate when you reach out to get a quote from us. This will help us to better gauge how long we will need. Larger homes with more windows will naturally take more time to clean, and adding tricky-to-reach places will also add time. No matter the case, we will work not to waste anyone’s time.

We clean with ECO-FRIENDLY products.

We aim to use as few chemicals as possible when cleaning your home. We want to be friendly to our environment and customers. These goals push us to do most of our cleaning without harsh chemicals. When we do use them, we use gentler ones. We also utilize biodegradable products in our cleaning as well. All of these things help us and you to keep our environment a safe place to be.

We can give an ONLINE quote.

If you want to get a quote before getting started, we offer an option to receive an online quote. Like us, you stay busy, and waiting on the phone is not always an option. Submit your information online, and we will get back to you with your quote for whatever services you require.

At ASF Clean Team, we are eager and willing to help make your home as impressive as possible. We offer window washing, pressure washing, power washing, soft washing, gutter cleaning, and solar panel cleaning. Whatever your home needs to look its best, reach out today and let us do the hard work for you to make your windows clean.

3 Reasons to Clean Your Home for Halloween

Ah, October. Spooky season is in full swing and Halloween is just around the corner. But do you know what makes this season extra spooky? It’s how dirty your house is. Leaves are falling, ash and dust are covering everything, and don’t even get us started on those cobwebs. If that’s not enough for you, here are 3 reasons to clean your home for Halloween.

Make space for the spooks

When Halloween comes around, you want to decorate. Whether it’s the jack-o-lanterns you carved out of pumpkins or plastic ones you bought from the store, you need a place to put them. You’re looking all over your porch, and it’s just dirty. You need a clean place to put your decorations, especially if they’re reusable. You don’t want them to be super dirty when you bring them back into your house.

Don’t scare off trick or treaters this Halloween with dirt on your doorstep and no pumpkins in sight. Clean your home for Halloween to make space for the spooks.

Are those cobwebs real?

There are some houses decorated for Halloween that are just spooky. You can tell the people who live there really love Halloween because they go all out. It’s almost like a haunted house!

But, there’s a difference between being a haunted house and being the scary house on the corner. A haunted house is something exciting that kids want to visit, even though it’s scary. A scary house is one of those houses that has rumors of ghosts living inside and a creepy backstory told through the generations.

One of the key differences between the two—haunted houses have fake cobwebs and scary houses have real cobwebs. Don’t be that scary house on the corner. Get rid of those real cobwebs before Halloween and make room for the fake ones.

The key to Halloween: Safety first

On Halloween, you’re going to have a lot of people visiting your home. From infants to teenagers, you’re going to see everyone in the neighborhood. And one of the most important things we teach these kids is to be safe on Halloween.

A dirty home can be unsafe for the children visiting. Is there ash and dust all over your porch? Is it covering your handrails and the light near your door? Are your street numbers visible so the kids can tell their parents which house they’re at when it’s time to be picked up?

These are only 3 reasons to clean your home for Halloween, and there are so many more. But we really encourage you to think about the safety of the children visiting your home. You don’t want them to slip and fall on your porch steps. And you want them to be able to see. 
But, you don’t have to do this cleaning yourself. You may not get to everything, or you may inadvertently leave the steps slipperier than they were before. Let the professionals at ASF Clean Team handle it. We’ll clean your home for Halloween, and can follow up after to clean up any Halloween mess. Reach out to us online to find out more.

Do I Need to Clean Solar Panels After a Wildfire in California?

Unfortunately, ash from California wildfires can affect everything it touches, including your solar panels. You do need to clean solar panels after a wildfire in California. In fact, you should really be cleaning them every six months! Any sort of build-up on them can reduce their efficiency, and ash can reduce their efficiency by up to twenty percent. This can begin to negate the reasons you purchased them to begin with.

Safe and Effective Solutions to Clean Solar Panels

At ASF Clean Team, we have the proper equipment and supplies to ensure that your solar panels are as good as new after a wildfire in California. Did you know that you should never pressure wash your panels? That soap is bad for them? Even using a regular water hose to clean them can still leave behind residue that will prevent them from functioning properly. You don’t want that mixing with ash.

ASF Clean Team knows all the ins and outs of cleaning solar panels because we do it all the time. We are experts at caring for every part of a home’s exterior.  We will come to you prepared with the appropriate tools, water, and can even get things clean without the use of toxic chemicals ninety-nine percent of the time! We pride ourselves on doing things as naturally as possible for you, your family, and our environment. 

Our experts will come equipped with ladders, solutions appropriate for your solar panels, and water that is filtered so you don’t end up with hard water deposits after cleaning. Let us take all of the guesswork and potential extra work from getting it wrong out of the equation for you. We would hate to see you waste time and money trying to figure out what works to get clean solar panels if ash gets on them.

Insured Experts

We also have insured experts working on our team. This allows us to be on your property and roof without worry or concern over things going terribly wrong. Our employees are trained to be as safe as possible while caring for your home. You can kick back and relax while they work away to ensure your home is spotless and ready to go!

This also means you don’t have to climb any ladders to get to solar panels and risk your health. What would happen with family finances should you slip and fall while trying to clean your solar panels? Best case scenario you recover quickly from your injuries and your family is only mildly impacted by the incident. Don’t take the chance that it could be worse, and let our experts take care of things for you.

Make sure you are getting the most out of your solar panels after a wildfire in California by giving ASF Clean Team a call. Our team is trained and ready to go. We have the best tools, employees, and solutions to ensure that your solar panels are working in top condition all year long. Don’t wait until your warranty is voided because of damage from uncleaned solar panels. Reach out and schedule your bi-annual cleaning today. This will help you continue to save money long term.