Skylight cleaning in Hunters Hill

Hunters Hill 2110

Skylight cleaning for Hunters Hill homes

Hunters Hill is in the Hunter's Hill Council area, about 45 minutes from our base in Elanora Heights. Hunters Hill has some of Australia's oldest sandstone houses. Cleaning them is slow, careful work, and that's how we do it. Blast through that skin and the wall starts to erode.

Salt from the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers settles on skylight glass where the rain doesn't reach, and the film builds up faster than on vertical windows.

Skylights and roof lanterns on older homes are often later additions to slate or terracotta roofs, which are fragile. We clean from the ground or a ladder rather than walking those roofs.

Skylights under trees collect leaves, twigs and sap all year. Leaves packed against the upstand hold water and can block the flashing.

Old glass can have bubbles, waves and fine scratches that a clean won't remove, and old putty is fragile. We clean these windows slowly, by hand, and keep the water and pressure off the frames and the soft sandstone around them.

How often in Hunters Hill

For most Hunters Hill homes, skylight cleaning is worth doing every 4 to 6 months. Salt settles on sloping glass that rain doesn't rinse.

What affects the quote in Hunters Hill

• Salt film on low-pitched glass.
• Fragile slate or terracotta roofs limit access.
• Debris around the upstand to clear first.

Every quote is fixed and itemised by area after a quick look.

Glass in Hunters Hill homes

Hunters Hill has some of Australia's oldest sandstone houses, on the peninsula between the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers. Streets like Alexandra Street, Woolwich Road and Ferry Street are lined with nineteenth-century cottages and villas, and almost the whole suburb is under heritage controls. Many windows are original timber sashes with old glass.