Home Turned Green

Choosing the right window cleaning service can have a big impact on the indoor environmental quality of your home. A professional window cleaning service may use products with harmful synthetic chemicals that can have health related side effects on your family. Use this guide to help you select an environmentally friendly commercial window cleaning service.

You can find roughly 16,000 petrochemicals in common household cleaning products. Of the 16,000, only thirty percent have been tested for their impact on human health. These chemicals combined with the fact that homes are better insulated than ever before has resulted in indoor air being many times more polluted than the air outside. If already using a traditional window cleaning services, you should consider switching to a green alternative.

First, perform a search for a residential window cleaning service in your area using Google’s local search service. When you find a few nearby window cleaning services, check their website to see if they offer a green cleaning option. If it not listed on their website, it is very unlikely they provide such a service. If there is only one window cleaning service in your area, it might be worth calling their customer service to see if such an option is offered.

Green window cleaning options are simple and should be offered by most professional window cleaning services. Most green cleaning services will use a simple homemade solution of vinegar, liquid soap, and tap water. Because green alternatives for window cleaning are so inexpensive, you should generally not have to pay extra for the service. Be sure to shop around to make sure you get the best deal and to make sure you are not being charged extra for a service that costs less to provide.

You can make your own version of this green cleaning solution or use the following ingredients to request your window cleaning service to make it for use in your home. To make the green window cleaning solution, combine two cups of tap water with one quarter of a cup of distilled vinegar and half a teaspoon of liquid soap. Traditional window cleaners often contain wax, and unless your solution contains liquid soap it will not be able to cut the wax.

In addition to home made solutions, a green cleaning service may simply use green window cleaning products offered by a company like Seventh Generation. As we come to learn more about the negative side effects of traditional cleaning products, consumers will demand more green alternatives from companies. Even right now, consumer demand has encouraged large companies such as Johnson and Johnson to provide environmentally friendly alternatives to their normal line of products.