Windows
Double-hung and storm windows
Wood or vinyl sash, six-over-six or one-over-one, with an aluminum storm over each. We wash both sashes, the storm pane and the track.
Most Boston houses built before 1950 have double-hung windows, and many have a storm window outside each one. That can mean four layers of glass between you and the street. We wash the ones that tilt in or lift out, and we leave painted-shut sashes closed.
Included
Both sides of every pane we can reach
Storm panes, inside and out where they swing or lift out
Frames wiped and sills dried
Tracks vacuumed and wiped
Screens washed and rehung in the same window
How it is priced
How this one is priced
By the pane. A small divided-light pane in a six-over-six window is priced lower than a standard sash pane, because there are more of them. Storm panes count as panes.
Standard sash pane
Outside only, or inside and out.
Small divided-light pane
Priced lower than a standard pane, outside only or inside and out. A six-over-six window has twelve.
Screen
Washed and rehung in its window.
The visit
How a visit goes
- 01
Step 1: You confirm a day
We text the evening before with a two-hour arrival window and who is coming.
- 02
Step 2: We count at the door
The count goes against your quote. If it differs, we tell you before we start.
- 03
Step 3: Inside first, then outside
Cloths down at every window. Screens come out and go back into the window they came from.
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Step 4: We walk the house with you
We check each window with you, then text the receipt.
Before and beyond
What to do before we arrive, and what we leave alone
Before we arrive
Clear the sills of plants and lamps
Open or tie back curtains and blinds
Tell us about pets and any alarm
Leave a path to each window
What we do not do
Open painted-shut sashes
Scrape or sand paint
Wash outside glass above the second floor from a ladder
Work in the rain or on ice
Questions about this
Homes built before 1978: will you open painted-shut windows?
No. We clean the glass we can reach and leave painted-shut sashes closed. Homes built before 1978 can have lead paint on sashes and sills, so we don't scrape, sand or force paint. If we see flaking paint at a window we wipe around it, stop there and tell you.
What counts as a pane?
One sheet of glass. A one-over-one double-hung window has two panes, a six-over-six has twelve, a picture window has one. If you can't tell, text a photo and we will count them for you.
Count your panes, or send a photo
We text back a written price by the pane. Sending a photo books nothing.