Don’t Wait Until Spring: Get Your Gutters Cleaned Before the Rainy Season

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The first official day of Spring 2023 is Monday, March 20. We are less than two months from the official start of spring! While winter brings many cozy moments, spring brings the promise of new beginnings and fun summer days right around the corner. Spring also brings another round of seasonal chores for the homeowner. And at the top of that list should be—getting the gutters cleaned.

Rainy Season in Cincinnati: It’s Coming

Our region of Cincinnati has an average of 42.2 inches of precipitation every year. Precipitation in the form of rain, sleet, and snowfalls, on average, across 132 days annually here. On the flip side, we also get more than 2,500 hours of sunshine, which averages to about 107 days.

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Great New Year Resolutions for Homeowners

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As the calendar year begins to wind down again, it’s that time when we begin to think about making New Year resolutions. How about a few New Year resolutions for your home? If a home is where the heart is, then isn’t it time to focus on improvements that can help both in the short and long term?

Make Energy Efficiency a Priority

According to Energy.gov, the average American family spends about $2,000 every year on home energy bills. Leaky windows, inefficient HVAC systems, and inadequate insulation can contribute to drafts in winter and excess interior heat in the summer. Energy.gov offers a wide selection of DIY guides for improving your home’s energy efficiency, from insulating hot water pipes to sealing leaks in air ducts with caulk.

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Five Practical Gift Card Ideas for Homeowners

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Finding the absolute perfect gift for everyone on your holiday list can be hard. Sometimes the perfect gift is the one that comes in card form—a practical gift that is often as desired and appreciated as much or more than other gifts. Gift cards are great gifts! They’re one-size-fits-all and you can find one for most any business or service.

Check out our top five practical gift card ideas for homeowners.

Home Improvement

Topping the list has to be gift cards to home improvement stores. Home ownership often feels like one long to-do list of chores and repairs, many Read more »

Is a Professional Window Cleaner a Good Profession?

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Remember when you were asked in school, what do you want to be when you grow up? Answers often range from astronaut to firefighter, movie star, and chef. One of our most favorite answers from a five-year-old boy was simply: happy. What a great answer! Being happy is a fantastic goal for any age, but sometimes, as adults, it can be difficult to find that balance between making a living and being happy with your chosen career.

Professional window cleaning may be something you’ve never considered as a career. However, it’s a job that has multiple benefits and is wide open for a range of candidates.
Let’s be honest, for many of us, behind the desk jobs aren’t for everyone. Likewise, jobs with constant public interaction are definitely not for everyone. The good news is that you can have a satisfying, well-paying job that doesn’t lock you indoors dealing with hundreds of different people throughout the long work day.

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Have You Started Winter House Prep?

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The winter season officially begins on December 21—less than three months from now. Those colder temperatures and snowy days will soon arrive, and before they do, it’s important to think about winter house prep.

Top Winter House Prep Priorities

If it seems like many of your household chores are seasonal, it’s because they are! Seasonal chores make it easier to keep track of when certain things need to be done. Before winter hits, there are several items that every homeowner should address. These include but are not limited to:

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Why Businesses Need Dependable Cleaning Services

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Businesses need dependable cleaning services for more than just clearing away the dust and trash. Regular cleaning of both the exterior and interior of the business is a must. A clean workspace, shop, or service center offers multiple benefits for employees, guests, and customers.

Promotes a Safer and Healthier Work Environment

According to Psychology Today, researchers from Princeton University found that a cluttered space can make it harder to focus. A person’s visual cortex can become overwhelmed amid the clutter, the task-irrelevant objects create a distraction. This lowers efficiency and can also become a safety hazard. Read more »

Our Favorite Chores to Do While Multitasking

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Let’s be honest, many household chores are boring—mind-numbing, boring. There simply are not many ways to make folding laundry exciting. However, with a little multitasking, it may be possible to make the mundane less mundane and maybe even entertaining.

The Oxford dictionary defines multitasking as doing more than one task at the same time. We’ve all multitasked at some point. You may even be doing something else right now as you’re reading this blog post, like eating lunch or enjoying your morning coffee.

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What You Can Do Instead of Cleaning This Summer

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Summer is here! Officially, the summer season runs from June 20-21 through September 20-21 and it’s one of the best times of the year to get outside for activities, travel, and relax. While certain household chores can’t be ignored, like laundry and washing dishes, maybe some of these tasks can be delayed. It’s summer and it’s time to have some fun.

At United Window Cleaning, we love summer. From cookouts to catching fireflies, baseball games, trips to the beach, and ice cream cones under the shade trees, summer is a great time to take advantage of the longer days and warm nights. We’ve put together a list of a few of our favorite things to do in the summer that are not cleaning.

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How to Improve Your Commercial Building

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Improvements to your commercial building can have a positive impact on your business, organization, tenants, and the surrounding neighborhood. Improvement needs may vary, but on average, they can help increase energy efficiency, security, safety, and even capitalize on curb appeal.

Consider these three ways to improve your commercial building:

Invest in Energy Efficiency

If you haven’t switched LED lighting, now is the time. It offers not only a higher rate of energy efficiency, but it means less time wasted replacing burnt out bulbs. According to Energy.gov, “A good quality LED bulb can last 3 to 5 times longer than a CFL and 30 times longer than an incandescent bulb.”

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4 Tips for Budgeting for Home Maintenance Services

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Homeownership has many benefits and can bring a lot of joy. It’s relaxing to sit on the front porch and enjoy a quiet neighborhood evening or to cookout on the deck and share a meal with friends and family. However, with ownership comes responsibility and a list of ongoing home maintenance tasks that can’t be ignored.

We’re looking at home maintenance tasks that usually need to be done by professionals. These can range from roof repairs to HVAC issues and gutter cleaning. Ignoring or postponing these tasks can create time-consuming and expensive problems in the future. To help you stay on track, we’ve got our four top tips on how to budget for essential home maintenance services.

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