March is full of a variety of wonderful things – Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s Day, and even the first day of Spring! The groundhog this year predicted six more weeks of Winter, but we all know that here in the South, we just have to take it day by day. One day can be cold and wet while the next is warm and humid. These conditions mean that we have to stay on top of our seasonal maintenance! Varying, humid conditions can create mildew that sticks to your home’s exterior. Not only is it an eyesore, but it’s dangerous! Sunshine Softwash recommends and offers professional mildew removal for your CSRA home. Keep reading to find out why!
Where to Start: Identifying Mildew
The first step of your spring cleaning should include general home maintenance. You want to make sure that certain aspects of your home successfully made it through winter and are still running well enough to survive the spring and summer! It’s the same idea as getting a check up for your car, air conditioner, and even your health.
When inspecting your home, you’ll want to look for any powdery grey, white, or other abnormal colors around your siding, roof, walkways, porches, and decks. This is most likely mildew! If you see it in one area, it’s likely already spread to other areas as well.
How Mildew Spreads Throughout Your Home
Mildew, which is essentially a form of mold in it’s early stages, commonly thrives outdoors in wet environments. It spreads through spores small enough that we can’t see them with the naked eye being blown through the air and landing in other damp or wet areas.
A lot of us love to leave our windows open when that warmer weather starts rolling through. Although, if you aren’t aware that you have a mildew issue on the outside of your home, you can be inviting those spores inside! With warm weather outside and your AC running inside, humidity or condensation can accumulate on your windows or within the windowsill, creating the perfect playground for mildew. The spores can then travel through your AC and circulate through your entire home! Stay clean and be careful!
Get Ahead of Allergy Season
Struggling with pollen is enough each year, don’t make it worse on yourself with the effects from mildew! If you have sensitive allergies, having mold and mildew throughout your home’s interior and exterior can lead to you having extra rashes, hay fever-like symptoms, and more.
You can try to get a head start on clearing away any mildew, but why put yourself at risk? The Sunshine boys are the professionals when it comes to mildew removal. The job may not seem so technical, but using a professional team that has the proper industrial equipment and keeps up with the scientific updates behind their techniques makes all the difference.
Let the Sunshine Boys Wash Your Worries Away
Don’t open those windows this year without being sure that you have no mildew to worry about! As highlighted earlier, routine maintenance is important, so you’ll want to keep this in check at least once or twice a year. As for other March maintenance tips, don’t forget to also inspect your driveway for cracks, inspect your roof, repair your deck, and caulk your windows and doors. When it comes down to your pressure washing, soft washing, and mildew removal needs, whether residential or commercial, just know that Sunshine Softwash is the way to go.
