Quote:
Originally Posted by Biskopski
We purchased our 8 yr old home and moved in Sept 2023. Our home has an extended Lanai that was originally just screened. The previous owners had the Lanai enclosed with glass sliding doors and It is heated and has air conditioning. How do I wash the exterior side of the patio doors with the large permanent screens installed? Do I use a special product I spray thru to the glass thru the screens? Do I have to have the patio doors popped out of the tracks? Are there professional Villages companies that would handle this for me? Thanking you in advance for your recommendations!
|
I have the same arrangement with a permanent screen outside of sliding glass panels. I wash them myself. I slide the panels around so that the one to be washed is near the middle of the opening with the others slid fully away from both sides of it. The key is to have access to both sides of the panel to be washed. I then just use my favorite glass cleaner with microfiber cloths and reach in from each side -- you only have to reach in halfway with your hand to wash the window since the other half is reached from the other side. The screen flexes out enough for my hand to get in there and reach all areas to be cleaned. I recommend wearing thin gloves to keep from scraping the back of your hand against the screen too much when doing the panel closest to the screen. The process goes better if you don't clean the window when the sun is shining on it.