It’s a task no one really wants to do: gathering the towels, the paper, the glass cleaner, and some gloves, and getting to work scrubbing down the windows. Whether it’s just a little haze or so covered in dirt and grime that it’s impossible to see through, however, cleaning your windows is an important part of both your home and personal maintenance routines.
Dingy, dirty windows are universally seen as the primary indicator of an unkept home. Meanwhile, a clean, streak-free window helps beautify a home, leaving a virtually unimpeded view of the outside world. It makes living and workspaces larger and can help people feel more connected to the beauty and openness of the outside world.
On the side of home maintenance, the less you clean your windows the more likely you’re inviting hard-to-remove grit, salt, and other contaminants into your home and into your window frame itself. Over time these pollutants and begin to eat away at the frame and the window screen with rust and rot, slowly damaging your home over time and making cleaning them exponentially more difficult and more costly.
Finally, studies have shown that light is an imperative in living a healthy, happy lifestyle. Being in rooms lit by the natural glow of the sun aids in productivity and aids in the production of vitamin D, which helps fight diabetes, depression, and chronic conditions like pain. When the clearness of windows is impeded, this in turn impedes the healing power of the sun and reduces its effectiveness.
