Streak Free Solutions Covers Eight Towns Around Greater Bangor

Window washing anchors a wider lineup

Streak Free Solutions is a locally owned exterior-cleaning company based in Bangor, Maine, according to its website. The company says window washing is its most requested service, cleaning both interior and exterior glass by hand, with care taken around corners and edges where grime tends to build up fastest. It pairs that work with window screen and track cleaning, which it says removes dust and pollen trapped in screen mesh and clears debris from window tracks so frames open and close smoothly again.

The company's website says it also offers gutter cleaning, with debris removal and downspout flushing meant to protect a home from water damage, along with commercial window cleaning for storefronts, offices and multi-unit buildings. A newer addition to its lineup, solar panel cleaning, is aimed at homeowners whose panels have lost efficiency to buildup; the website says dirty panels can lose up to 25 percent of their output.

Local window types shape the job

Streak Free Solutions describes a difference in the housing stock across its service area: older homes in Bangor, Brewer and Old Town often still have aluminum combination storm windows fitted over wood sashes, with narrow channels between storm and sash where grit builds up over years, while newer vinyl windows in towns such as Hermon and Hampden use tilt-in sashes with small weep holes in the sill track that need to stay clear so water can drain properly. The company recommends cleaning most of these windows once or twice a year — once as spring pollen tapers off, and again during fall cleanup.

The business says it carries full liability insurance and quotes every job in advance with no hidden fees. Pricing for a visit depends on the number of windows and screens, the style of window installed, when the tracks were last gone over, and whether reaching upper floors calls for a ladder, the website says. Streak Free Solutions lists Bangor, Brewer, Orono, Old Town, Hampden, Hermon, Veazie and Orrington as the eight towns it serves across Greater Bangor.

More about the company at mainewindowwashing.com.