Reasons To Externally Clean Your Home

In North East England along with other parts of the country your home is constantly exposed to harsh weather conditions. Everyday your homes surfaces are attacked causing them to degrade, discolour and oxidize. The end result your property will lose value and it won’t look as good as it potentially could.

The worst natural elements attacking your home include – ultraviolet light rays, rain, wind, dirt, algae and grime. To add to this – nature takes its toll with insects, birds, spiders also leave their mark on your house. Man-made marks such as car exhaust emissions, smoke from your barbeque can create a need for your home to have some exterior cleaning.

The benefits of exterior cleaning your property –

It will help uphold the value of your property

Pressure washing is the most affordable way to maintain or increase the value of your property.

It will maintain the beauty of your home

If you’re considering selling your house in the near future then increasing the curb appeal by power washing. Removing mildew/mould could possibly increase the number of people putting in offers.

Remove spiders and cobwebs around the house

You might notice cobwebs accumulating around windows, under guttering, soffit, gable ends. THLCO can remove all spiders and cobwebs from the exterior of your home. Even if your spiders are not a hazard to humans, it’s never a nice feeling to walk through a cobweb.

Feel proud about your home

Feeling great about your home will make you overall feel happier about your life and what you’ve achieved. Having a cleaned, well-maintained house dramatically increases your mood and the way you feel about yourself.

Stop your property from losing value

If you leave the exterior cleaning of your property too long, it could require a lot of extra money to bring it back its former glory. A yearly visit from THLCO can dramatically improve the exterior of your home. There are many factors to consider how regularly you should maintain the exterior of your property such as location to trees.

Protect your family’s health.

Leaving the exterior cleaning of your home too long, can affect your family’s good health due to exposure to mildew, mould, dirt, and algae. The longer it sits there, the more threatening it is for your family. It’s not a bad idea to regularly clean your driveway, porch, patio, roof, and walkway for these reasons.

So whether you’re thinking of selling a property or cleaning your house for preventative measures it is worth giving your home a thorough clean externally to maximize the sale price or the longevity and personal enjoyment of your home. Call THLCO Cleaning Services today and sit back and let us clean the exterior of your home.

Five Winter Cleaning Tips

  1. BEGIN OUTSIDE YOUR PROPERTY: No doubt at this time of year in County Durham you have probably spent a great deal of time clearing your concrete/paved yards from leaves so please don’t forget your gutters! It’s always important to clear your gutters of debris and always check the downspouts. With the predicted freeze that is on the way – disconnect your garden hose and drain the water out to avoid frozen pipes! Patio furniture, jet-wash them down before storing it away for the winter.
  2. CLEAN YOUR WINDOWS: Wash your windows internally and externally. Chances are they will have accumulated a lot of dust/grime from the summer and autumn. By increasing the light from clean windows into your property it will make the winter days a bit more enjoyable. The added daylight into your home can help the inside of your property feel warmer.
  3. FIREPLACE/CHIMNEY CHECK: Have a professional clean and inspect the fireplace and chimney so you can safely enjoy a warm fire.
  4. CARPET CLEAN: Schedule a professional carpet cleaning service. You spent all summer and autumn bringing in dirt. Now is a great time to give the carpet a fresh cleaning, it can also improve the indoor air quality in your home.
  5. HEATER SERVICE: Depending on what type of heater you use for your home, call in a professional to give it a service to make sure it will keep you warm and free of any emissions during the winter. A tuned up combi boiler can help lower your utility and fuel bills over the winter months.

For help with your winter home cleaning please check out our pages detailed in the menu bar.

Bonfire Night 2017

A lot of our time at this time of year is spent clearing gutters. With winter now setting in and the leaves coming down thick and fast, now is a great time to get your gutters cleared and stop water penetrating your roof space, which for the vast majority of homeowners is not heated. So if moisture enters the internal roof space it does not dry and can allow rot to form. Using Sky Vac poling system clearing gutters is a simple clean task, no risk of ladders slipping or walking on wet roofs to reach those awkward gutters, we just simply add more sections to the pole and reach those gutters safely. Give THLCO a call today, quotes are free, you don’t pay until the work is complete and your happy. Don’t let a simple gutter clean turn into a job for lots of different tradesmen to fix.

Happy Halloween – Cold weather forecast to be on the way

THLCO – Wishes – A Happy Halloween to all of our customers in County Durham. It is this time of year when much of our time is spent cleaning customer gutters. This is due to the buildup of dirt/grime/algae that has built up in customers gutters over the last twelve months.

The problem is that rain water in many instances cannot flow into the down pipe. What happens is it fills up the gutter with rain water adding a lot of weight to the gutter potentially damaging the gutter causing the gutter to sag, the water flows over the side of the gutter and starts to cause damp to the soffit and external wall.

Over time this damp will penetrate the roof space which is rarely heated and causes permanent damage. What was a just a gutter clean now involves bringing in a range of different tradesmen to fix what was a very simple problem.

Give us a call today and we will give you a highly competitive quote to clean your gutter using our Sky Vac system. BTW its a no obligation quote and we only charge your after you are happy with the work completed.