
Skylights are one of those things that people forget about until they really notice how bad they've gotten. Out of sight, out of mind - until the room feels darker than it used to and you can't quite figure out why. The glass is covered in grime, bird droppings, pollen, and debris, and all that buildup is quietly blocking the natural light you installed that skylight for in the first place.
This one in Lake Monticello, Virginia was a good example of that. Heavy organic buildup caked around the frame, streaks running down the glass, debris sitting in every corner. The kind of mess that doesn't happen overnight - it just slowly accumulates until the skylight is barely doing its job.
We cleaned it top to bottom. Frame, glass, edges - the whole thing. Once the grime was gone, the difference in light transmission was immediate and obvious. That's what a clean skylight actually does for a room. It's not just aesthetic. It's functional.
Skylights also take a beating from the elements that your standard windows don't deal with - direct sun exposure, rain, falling debris, and everything that collects on a roof. That's exactly why they need attention as part of any exterior cleaning routine. Ignoring them means letting all that buildup work against you season after season.
If you've got skylights and you can't remember the last time they were cleaned, that's probably your answer right there. It's one of the more straightforward exterior cleaning jobs we do, and the payoff inside the home is hard to argue with.