About Our Services in Riverwoods
Riverwoods is the most literally named village we work in. Acre minimum lots, no sidewalks, almost no streetlights, and a canopy dense enough that plenty of houses are invisible from the road in July. Nearly everything about exterior cleaning here follows from that.
Gutters are the recurring job. Oak, hickory and maple sitting directly over the roof drop a volume most suburbs never deal with, and many Riverwoods homes have low pitch rooflines where that material settles instead of washing toward the downspout. Two cleanings a year is the starting point and three is common. We flush the downspouts and any underground drain as part of the visit, since a clear trough feeding a blocked drain still puts water over the edge.
Building stock is the other thing that sets this village apart. There is a lot of mid century and contemporary construction here, which in practice means cedar and wood siding, long low rooflines and big fixed glass facing the trees. Wood is one of the surfaces a pressure washer ruins permanently, so we soft wash it at low pressure with a solution suited to wood. Glass that size shows every spot, so most owners here end up on a twice a year exterior schedule rather than calling when it starts to bother them.
Shade and damp are the third factor. Between the canopy and the Des Plaines River corridor along the west side of the village, roofs here stay wet far longer than they do on open lots, and that is what grows the moss and algae we get called about. It clears with a low pressure soft wash. We also handle power washing for drives and wood decks, plus dryer vent cleaning, throughout 60015.
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Riverwoods Exterior Cleaning FAQs
Can you clean the large fixed glass walls on a mid century Riverwoods home?
Yes. Oversized fixed panes and glass walls are routine for us, cleaned by hand or with a water fed pole depending on reach. Because glass that size shows every water spot, most owners here put it on a twice a year exterior schedule.
Is there anything that stops my Riverwoods gutters filling every season?
Not entirely. Guards and screens cut the volume, but fine oak and hickory material still gets through and packs down, and a guarded gutter that does clog is harder to clear. On a lot this wooded, two scheduled cleanings a year is more reliable and usually cheaper than a guard system plus the cleanings you still need.
Do you pressure wash cedar and wood siding?
No. Wood and cedar are the surfaces high pressure damages worst. It raises the grain, erodes the soft wood between the growth rings and leaves the siding rougher and quicker to soil than it was before. We soft wash wood at low pressure with a cleaning solution instead.
Do you work the Saunders Road office corridor?
Yes. We handle commercial window cleaning on weekly, monthly or quarterly schedules along Saunders Road and the Milwaukee Avenue corridor, including multi story elevations worked from anchored rope where a lift is not practical.
Which zip code is Riverwoods in?
Riverwoods uses 60015, shared with Bannockburn and most of Deerfield. We cover the whole zip code, along with the neighboring Lake County communities of Deerfield, Highland Park and Lake Forest.
Location Details
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Neighborhoods We Serve:
- Ryerson Woods area
- Riverwoods Road
- Deerfield Road corridor
- Portwine Road area
- Saunders Road offices
- Milwaukee Avenue corridor
- Des Plaines River corridor
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